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ARTISTS: SEX PISTOLS

TITLE: “NEVER MIND THE BOLLOCKS HERE'S THE SEX PISTOLS” +BONUS ONE SIDED “SUBMISSION” 7” (VDJ 24) NM-

TRACK LISTING (SEE PHOTOS & BELOW):

A1

Holidays In The Sun

3:10

A2

Liar

2:39

A3

No Feelings

2:48

A4

God Save The Queen

3:17

A5

Problems

4:10

B1

Seventeen

2:00

B2

Anarchy In The UK

3:30

B3

Bodies

3:00

B4

Pretty Vacant

3:14

B5

New York

3:03

B6

E.M.I.

3:08

C

Submission

Companies, etc.

Phonographic Copyright (p) –

Pressed By –

Published By –

Credits

Bass – *,

Drums –

Guitar –

Producer – ,

Vocals –

Written-By – * (tracks: A2-B2, B4-C), * (tracks: A1-C), * (tracks: A1-C), * (tracks: A1, B3), * (tracks: A1-C)

Notes

Album:
11 track black vinyl LP with one-sided single with plain white label on the blank side and large poster, shrinkwrapped with green or orange sticker on the outside of the shrink with SPOTS 001 catalogue number.

Sky blue and white 1970s company labels with Virgin in pink and red.

This issue with 11 tracks listed on rear sleeve features matrix combination A3 / B1 only.

SPOTS is a reference to the package :- LP, shrink wrap, sticker, 7" single & NMTB poster. (However some SPOTS editions were not shrink wrapped but did come with 7" single & NMTB poster.)

'Submission' one-sided 7" single, with a silent groove on the B side.
'Never Mind The Bollocks' single-sided poster (approx: 100 cm x 65 cm) folded

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Matrix / Runout (Run-out Side A - etched): V2086 A3

Matrix / Runout (Run-out Side B - etched): V2086 B1

Matrix / Runout (Run-out Side C - etched): VDJ-24 A1

Matrix / Runout (Run-out Side C - etched - Variation 1): VDJ-24 A2

Matrix / Runout (Run-out Sides A + C - stamped): ⋀

Other (Cat # 7"): VDJ 24

LABEL: VIRGIN RECORDS UK

CAT. #: V 2086 A3/B1

YEAR: 1977

RECORD CONDITION:THE RECORD IS IN NM/NM- CONDITION. NO VISIBLE WEAR,SCRATCHES, LINES ETC. NICE SHINEY LUSTER TO THE VINYL. THE LABELS ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. NO BACKGROUND AUDIO BETWEEN THE TRACKS.THE SONGS SOUND & PLAY SUPER CLEAN. THERE IS SOME VERY VERY LIGHT BACKGROUND SOUND ON THE LEAD IN GROOVES, ONE OR TWO LIGHT 'CLICKS”, THE SONGS PLAY SUPER CLEAN!

JACKET CONDITION: THE JACKET IS IN NM/NM- CONDITION. STRAIGHT EDGES, NO TEARS, WRINKLES, NO WRITING OR MARKS, OR SEAM SPLITS, ETC.ETC...THERE IS SOME VERY VERY LIGHT EDGE WEAR ALONG THE UPPER LEFT TOP CORNER,

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The Sex Pistols were an English band that formed in in 1975. They were responsible for initiating the in the United Kingdom and inspiring many later punk and musicians. Although their initial career lasted just two and a half years and produced only four singles and one studio album, , they are regarded as one of the most influential acts in the history of .

The Sex Pistols originally comprised vocalist (John Lydon), guitarist , drummer and bassist . Matlock was replaced by in early 1977. Under the management of , the band attracted controversies that both captivated and appalled Britain. Through an obscenity-laced television interview in December 1976 and their May 1977 single "", attacking Britons' social conformity and deference to the Crown, they precipitated the punk rock movement.

In January 1978, at the end of an over-hyped and turbulent tour of the United States, Rotten announced the band's break-up. Over the next few months, the three remaining band members recorded songs for McLaren's film version of the Sex Pistols' story, . Vicious died of a in February 1979, following his arrest for the alleged of his .

Rotten, Jones, Cook and Matlock briefly reunited for a concert tour in 1996. On 24 February 2006, the Sex Pistols—the four original members plus Vicious—were inducted into the , but they refused to attend the ceremony, calling the museum "a piss stain".

Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols is the only studio album by English band the , released on 28 October 1977 by . The album has influenced many bands and musicians, and the industry in general. In particular, the album's raw energy, and 's sneering delivery and "half-singing", are often considered game-changing. It is frequently listed as the most influential punk album, and one of the most important albums of all time.

By the time of its release, the Sex Pistols were controversial, having sworn on live TV, been fired from two record labels, and been banned from playing live in some parts of Britain. The album title added to that controversy, with some people finding the word "" offensive. Many record stores refused to carry it and some record charts refused to list its title, showing just a blank space instead.

Due in part to its notoriety, and in spite of many sales bans at major retailers, the album debuted at number one on the . It went gold only a few weeks later, on 17 November. It remained a best-seller for over a year, spending 60 weeks in the top 25. It has seen several reissues, the latest in 2012.

Recording

Close to completing a deal with , in March 1977 the Sex Pistols entered to record with producer and engineer . New bassist played on the track "", but his performing skills were not considered fit to record the full album, so the band asked manager to convince previous bassist to perform the instrument for the sessions.Matlock agreed on the condition that he was paid beforehand. When payment was not received, he declined to attend. As a result, Thomas asked guitarist to play bass so work could begin on the basic tracks. Jones' playing was so satisfactory that Thomas had him play the bass tracks for all the remaining songs recorded during the sessions.

Four tracks—writer suspected they were "" (Thomas stated he and Price "gave up" trying to use Vicious' bass track), "", "" and possibly "Did You No Wrong"—were recorded during the two days at Wessex, with "God Save the Queen" and "Pretty Vacant" receiving vocal tracking from and final mixing during the period.As a result of these sessions, Thomas and Price began work in earnest on what would become the Sex Pistols' full-length album. Four days after recording was completed, the Sex Pistols signed with A&M, yet on 16 March the label terminated the contract, and several thousand pressed copies of the forthcoming "God Save the Queen" single were destroyed.

Despite being dropped by A&M, McLaren instructed the Sex Pistols to continue work on the album. While McLaren pondered whether or not to sign the offer presented by , he signed a French deal for the group with in early May 1977. At the same time, the group resumed work with Thomas and Price. Thomas temporarily departed the session partway through (a timeframe Heylin places as sometime in late April and early May), leaving Price to produce what Thomas estimated as five songs. Heylin narrowed down the potential Bollocks tracks Price may have produced to "Liar", "New York", "No Feelings", "Problems", "Seventeen" and "Submission", in addition to the non-album track "Satellite".

Meanwhile, the Sex Pistols had been rejected by labels including CBS, Decca, Pye and Polydor, leaving only Virgin's offer. McLaren still hoped to sign with a major label, and posited issuing a one-off single with Virgin to increase the band's appeal to the larger record companies. Virgin owner refused, so on 18 May the Sex Pistols finally signed with Virgin. Two weeks later, the label rush-released "God Save the Queen" as a single.During promotion of the single, Rotten stated that work on the album was ongoing, and, obscuring Jones's assumption of bass duties, insisted that the bass performances on the in-progress album were split between Matlock "on the Chris Thomas tracks" and Vicious.

The band returned to the studio with Thomas and Price on 18 June to record "", the first song they had written without Matlock. That night after visiting a nearby pub, Rotten, Thomas and Price were attacked by a group of men, and the incident made newspaper headlines the following Tuesday. That month an eleven-track preview of the album began circulating, first reviewed in the fanzine 48 Thrills. At this point, Rotten maintained that the forthcoming album would include no cover songs, and none of the Sex Pistols' previously released singles bar "Anarchy in the U.K.", which was out of print. With "Pretty Vacant"'s release as a single, it was due to be replaced on the track list. The Sex Pistols returned to Wessex once more that August to record a new song, "Bodies" It was on this track Vicious recorded his only bass part for the album."Bodies" contained a second bass track played by Steve Jones, with the final version of the song "leaving Sid's down low."

The time spent in the studio recording the album was, for Steve Jones, the "best part of being in the Pistols."Jones spent many hours doing guitar overdubs with producer Chris Thomas and—repudiating punk's occasional embrace of musical sloppiness—has stated that both he and drummer Paul Cook "weren't just having a laugh" and were "really dedicated in the studio". Also during this time period, bassist stumbled into the same recording room as rock band . He had a weak insult aimed at lead singer , saying "Have you brought ballet to the masses, yet?" Completely unbothered by this, Freddie got up and said "Aren't you Simon Ferocious or something? What're you gonna to do about it?", took him by the collar and threw him out of the room. Later, Queen's producer had a word with the Pistols' engineer over an interruption by an awestruck , saying, "One of the band members just crawled on all fours across our studio up to the side of the piano, said, 'Hello Freddie,' and left on all fours. Could you make sure he doesn't do it again?"

Release

With the completion of "Bodies", the time came to finalise the album's track list. Though wrote there were three versions of each track available, Heylin states that alternative versions for only five tracks ("," "No Feelings", "Seventeen" and "Submission", plus an "album" mix of "Satellite") existed.It was not until 20 September that the track list was finalised, which Heylin said "suggests just how bogged down by the process they had become".Richard Branson spent the night deciding the track list and which versions to use, and included all the hits on the record, despite the objections of the band, McLaren's management company Glitterbest and most of Virgin. Due to the album's long completion time, the Sex Pistols and McLaren decided to release "Holidays in the Sun" backed with "Satellite" as the band's fourth single. "Holidays in the Sun" was not as successful as past singles—it charted at number eight and dropped out of the top 20 after four weeks—which Heylin attributed to the group's announcement that their album would be released on 4 November and that the single would be included on the LP, despite previous statements to the contrary. In an attempt to stem criticism over the decision to include all four previously released Sex Pistols singles on the forthcoming LP, Virgin indicated the possibility of an "alternative album" being issued simultaneously, featuring a new title and two new songs replacing "two of the former hit singles". A label spokesman stated, "We've put the singles on the LP because most people wanted it that way. But the alternative set would enable us to overcome the multiple stores' ban". A ten-song test pressing was made, though no new cuts were included, with "Satellite" and "Submission" being added as bonus tracks.

The Sex Pistols' contract with Virgin stated that its music would be distributed by Virgin in the United States provided Branson matched any competing offers McLaren received. However, McLaren wanted to negotiate separate deals in every territory, regardless of what the contract stipulated, which angered Branson, as the clause for American distribution was an important one he had fought for. Branson knew he had been outmanoeuvred by McLaren, for he could not sue to enforce the contract or else be perceived as acting like EMI or A&M. Competition for the band in the United States narrowed down to , , and , with Warner Bros. signing the band on 10 October for £22,000.

Before Virgin could release Never Mind the Bollocks, Branson discovered that two other Sex Pistols albums were competing with his label's In October, a bootleg named featuring high-quality recordings of Sex Pistols demos and recording sessions with was released on a label called Blank. Among the rumours of who was behind the release of the tapes included Goodman, Glen Matlock and McLaren, who has always considered Goodman's versions to be a more accurate representation of the band.Meanwhile, the French pressing of Never Mind the Bollocks on Barclay had added "Submission" to the slated 11-song track list, and was due for release a week before Virgin's edition. As McLaren's separate deal with Barclay meant that the French release could not be halted and given the Virgin head was aware of how easy it was for import records to arrive in Britain, Branson rushed production of Never Mind the Bollocks to ensure it would come out a week earlier than intended. Nevertheless, the Barclay version was already available in the UK at the time Virgin had its version ready. Ten thousand copies of Virgin's pressing erroneously only listed 11 tracks on the sleeve yet contained 12 on the actual record.

Even with the availability of Spunk, the release of Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols was eagerly awaited in the United Kingdom. With advance orders of 125,000 copies, Never Mind the Bollocks debuted at number one on the the week after its release. A ban of the album enacted by major retailers resulted in the record selling well through independent vendors instead.

Title, packaging and obscenity case

The album was originally going to be titled God Save Sex Pistols. 's cover concept refrained from including a picture of the group and instead was dayglo red and yellow in colour with cutout lettering and a finish resembling crude screen-prints. The album's title changed in mid-1977, based on a phrase supplied by Steve Jones. Jones said he picked up the phrase "Never mind the bollocks" from two fans who would always say it to one another. Johnny Rotten explained its meaning as a working-class expression to "stop talking rubbish".

In the United Kingdom, the album was subject to what Heylin described as "blatant acts of censorship exercised by media and retail outlets alike". London police visited the city's Virgin record store branches and told them they faced prosecution for indecency as stipulated by the 1899 Indecent Advertisements Act if they continued to display posters of the album cover in their windows. The displays were either toned down or removed. However, on 9 November 1977 the announced on its front-page headline "Police Move in on Punk Disc Shops", and reported how a Virgin Records shop manager in Nottingham was arrested for displaying the record after being warned to cover up the word "".Chris Seale, the shop's manager, "it would appear, willingly set himself up as a target, possibly at Branson's behest", according to Heylin, who noted that he had been visited by the police on four separate occasions and resumed displaying copies of the record in the store windows after they had left on each occasion. After Seale's arrest, Branson announced that he would cover the manager's legal costs and hired as defence. Meanwhile, advertisements for Never Mind the Bollocks appearing in music papers attempted to politicise the issue, showing newspaper headlines about Sex Pistols controversies that were underlined with the message "THE ALBUM WILL LAST. THE SLEEVE MAY NOT."

The obscenity case was heard at on 24 November.Mortimer presented the case as a matter of police discrimination. During his cross-examination of the arresting officer, he asked why the newspapers and Evening Standard (which had referred to the album's name) had not been charged under the same act. When the overseeing magistrate inquired about his line of questioning, Mortimer stated that a was apparently at play, and that "bollocks" was only considered obscene when it appeared on the cover of a Sex Pistols album. The prosecutor conducted his cross-examination "as if the album itself, and not its lurid visage, was on trial for indecency", according to Heylin.Mortimer produced an expert witness, Professor James Kinsley, Head of the School of English at the University of Nottingham, who argued that the word "bollocks" was not obscene, and was actually a legitimate Old English term formerly used to refer to a priest,and which, in the context of the title, meant "nonsense". Lawyer , who appeared with Mortimer, recalled the professor saying that early English translations of the Bible used "bollocks" to refer to testicles, this being replaced by the word "stones" in the of the Bible, at which point Rotten handed Robertson a note saying, "Don't worry. If we lose the case, we'll retitle the album Never Mind , Here's the Sex Pistols".The chairman of the hearing concluded:

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