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PUBLIC IMAGE LTD.

John Lydon's post-Pistols project parlayed its post-punk mix of dub, avant garde, and rock into (unlikely) pop hits. One of the first and most significant post-punk bands, Public Image Ltd. (PiL) were originally a quartet led by singer John Lydon (formerly Johnny Rotten, born January 31, 1956) and guitarist Keith Levene, who had been a member of the Clash in one of its early lineups. The band was filled out by bassist Jah Wobble (John Wordle) and drummer Jim Walker. It was formed in the wake of the 1978 breakup of Lydon's former group, the Sex Pistols. For the most part, the band's early incarnation devoted itself to droning, slow-tempo, bass-heavy noise rock, overlaid by Lydon's distinctive, vituperative rant.  "PUBLIC IMAGE (FIRST ISSUE)"

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1978        LP     VIRGIN RECORDS     VIL 12114

MADE IN ITALY     ORIGINAL PRESSING 

SINGLE COVER + INNER SLEEVE

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: None

Label Code: none

Label: VIRGIN - WHITE LABEL w/B&W LOGO - BLACK TEXT

Catalog on cover: (spine & rear) VIL 12114 

Catalog on labels: VIL 12114  VIL 12114/A  -  VIL 12114  VIL 12114/B

Matrix / Runout (Side A): VIL-12114/1  2-1-79

Matrix / Runout (Side B):VIL-12114/2  2∙1∙79

On labels: (Side B only) rim text reads "Riservati Tutti.......Made in Italy"

All titles Written and Produced by Public Image Ltd

Published by Warner Bros Music Ltd/VIrgin Music (Publishers) Ltd

℗1978 Virgin Records Ltd

Rights Society: S.I.A.E. (stamped on side A)

On Spine: VIRGIN SPECIALE

On Back Sleeve: Credits

℗ 1978 Virgin Records Ltd

DISTRIBUZIONE DISCHI RICORDI S.P.A.

tracklisting

Side A: THEME - RELIGION I - RELIGION II - ANNALISA

Side B: PUBLIC IMAGE - LOW LIFE - ATTACK - FODDERSTOMPF

grading

RECORD VG+ but (please, read above description)

SLEEVE VG+ but (please, see pictures and read above description)

Like it or not, Public Image Limited's First Issue (aka Public Image) was an album that helped set the pace for what eventually became known as post-punk. In England a vacuum had opened up in the wake of the breakup of the Sex Pistols in January 1978, and many punk fans and rival groups were impatient to see what ex-Sex Pistols frontman John Lydon aka "Johnny Rotten" was going to roll out next. Disheartened owing to events in his legal proceedings against the Sex Pistols management company Glitterbest, and disgusted by the punk scene in general, Lydon was determined to create something that was neither punk nor even really rock as it was known in 1978. Working with ex-Clash guitarist Keith Levene, first-time bassist Jah Wobble, and Canadian drummer Jim Walker, Public Image Limited produced an album that represented the punk sound after it had shot itself in the head and became another entity entirely. Embracing elements of dub, progressive rock, noise, and atonality and driven by Lydon's lyrical egoism and predilection towards doom, death, and horror, First Issue was among a select few 1978 albums that had something lasting to say about the future of rock music. And not everyone in 1978 wanted to hear it; contemporary critical notices for First Issue were almost uniformly negative in the extreme...(AllMusic)