Sold Date: September 24, 2022
Start Date: September 17, 2022
Final Price: £19.99 (GBP)
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SEX PISTOLS - NO ONE IS INNOCENT - 7" SINGLE - DUTCH PRESSING 1978.

Up for grabs is this Rare Sex Pistols No One Is Innocent / My Way single.

The first single to appear from McLaren's master scam The Great Rock n Roll Swindle bearing the Sex Pistols name, Malcolm's idea to use a former great train robber as the Sex Pistols new front man was never going to fool anyone, Biggs was in exile in Brazil so was never going to be anything other than a guest vocalist at best, the idea was a non starter and ended as quickly as it began.

Issued in the UK as a double A sided single McLaren insisted that the other track was My Way, Sid Vicious sticking his biker boots in the teeth of the Sinatra standard, starting off slow in a mockery of the original before ending with the signature Sid Vicious Sneer and a two fingered salute.

The single did quite well and was issued as NO ONE IS INNOCENT - McLaren pushed for it to be called - COSH THE DRIVER, to give the record some added shock value but in the end Virgin bottled it and chose to go with no one is innocent, McLaren however eventually got his way when the record was issued in France on his dodgy Matrixbest label.

This record is a rare Dutch import version of the single with it's original punky PINK picture sleeve.

The sleeve was the same as the UK issue in design using medium paper stock, this unfortunately hasn't stood the test of time well and has a fair amount of wear and a small seam split (see photos)

The vinyl itself seems to be in good overall condition as can be seen in the photos.

This could be a decent collection filler until you find an upgrade but having said that unfortunately most of these pink picture sleeve issues you find these days seem quite worn.

Overall not too bad and a great addition to any Sex Pistols collection of note.

As always the photos are the best description of all, sold with no reserve, check out my other punk and Sex Pistols items.

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