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Sex Pistols – Never Mind The Bollocks Here's The Sex Pistols  Label:Warner Bros. Records – BSK 3147, Virgin – BSK 3147 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Jacksonville Pressing Country:US Released:Nov 11, 1977 Genre:Rock Style:Punk Tracklist A1Holidays In The Sun A2Bodies A3No Feelings A4Liar A5Problems A6God Save The Queen B1Seventeen B2Anarchy In The U.K. B3Sub-Mission B4Pretty Vacant B5New York B6EMI Companies, etc. Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Warner Bros. Records Inc. Copyright © – Warner Bros. Records Inc. Published By – Copyright Control Pressed By – Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Jacksonville Credits Producer – Bill Price, Chris Thomas Written-By – Matlock* (tracks: A3 to B6), Rotten* (tracks: A1 to B6), Cook* (tracks: A1 to B6), Vicious*(tracks: A1, A2), Jones* (tracks: A1 to B6) Notes Track Sub-Mission missing on back cover. - Black and white labels with Sex Pistols logo.  - Blue and white printed inner sleeve.  This version is the Jacksonville (JW) pressing plant variation. It can be identified by a 'JW#' etched in the runout grooves and, in some instances, as well as by a "0" stamped in the the runout grooves. Made in U.S.A. ℗ 1977 Warner Bros. Records Inc.  

USA FIRST PRESSING VINYL ALBUM WITH ORIGINAL PRINTED INNER SLEEVE.

Sleeve is the first issue without 'Submission' on the rear and without the later applied sticker. 

MATRIX:  SIDE A: BSK-1-3147 JW2 #3 / SIDE B: BSK-2-3147 JW2 #2 O.

SLEEVE: JUST SHORT OF EXCELLENT MNUS, ABSOLUTELY MINIMAL SHELF AND CORNER WEAR.  ONE OF THE BEST ORIGINAL UNSTICKERED SLEEVES WE HAVE SEEN FOR YEARS.  INNER SLEEVE HAS MIDDLE SEAM SPLITS.

DISC: EXCELLENT MINUS. NO SCRATCHES, JUST A FEW VERY LIGHT HAIRLINES AND TWO OUTER EDGE FINGERPRINTS. DISC LOOKS AS IF IT HAS BEEN PLAYED ONCE OR TWICE, IF THAT.  THIS IS A SUPER-CLEAN ORIGINAL PRESSINGS WITH OUTSTANDING AUDIO. CLEAN LABELS.

Why buy a first or early pressing and not a re-issue or a ‘re-mastered’ vinyl album?

First and early pressings are pressed from the first generation lacquers and stampers. They usually sound vastly superior to later issues/re-issues (which, in recent times, are often pressed from whatever 'best' tapes or digital sources are currently available) - many so-called 'audiophile' new 180g pressings are cut from hi-res digital sources…essentially an expensive CD pressed on vinyl.  Why  experience the worse elements of both formats?  These are just High Maintenance CDs, with mid-ranges so cloaked with a veil as to sound smeared.  They are nearly always compressed with murky transients and a general lifelessness in the overall sound.  There are exceptions where re-masters/re-presses outshine the original issues, but they are exceptions and not the norm.

First or early pressings nearly always have more immediacy, presence and dynamics. The sound staging is wider.  Subtle instrument nuances are better placed with more spacious textures. Balances are firmer in the bottom end with a far-tighter bass. Upper-mid ranges shine without harshness, and the overall depth is more immersive.  Inner details are clearer, the music tends to sound more ‘alive’ and vibrant and you 'hear' what the mixing and mastering engineers wanted you to hear when they first recorded the music.