Sex+pistols

Numbered Limited Edition (1000) 15 CD Box Set containing a variety of live recordings extracted from previously available bootleg discs.

40 plus years on, the Sex Pistols output from their original creative period together, forged amidst times of poor leadership and economic turmoil, continues to resonate in ways most could never have imagined. Not least those Stateside who witnessed the performances that make up this release. A document of the last days of the band, left to run adrift by absent management on a label that didn’t really understand, in a country that arguably felt more threatened than it did excited by the prospect of the group, vital, primal and compelling are all words that can be used to describe the audio and here. Until their return as a live entity in 1996, everything that followed their short, fateful tour of America in January 1978 was simply a parody of what had been. With concerts finally released in full and correctly sequenced for the very first time - Live In the USA 1978 takes us back to the moment the creative force that was Sex Pistols imploded.

Limited edition six CD box set from the Punk icons including a 16 page biography booklet with extensive gigography 1975-1978. Each CD features a full live concert recorded in the bands 1987 USA tour, Sweden, UK and the final disc is a collection of rare demos from August 1977 at Wessex Sound studios. The band originally comprised vocalist Johnny Rotten, guitarist Steve Jones, drummer Paul Cook and bassist Glen Matlock (later replaced by Sid Vicious). Although their initial career lasted only three years and produced only four singles and one studio album, the Sex Pistols have been described by the BBC as "the definitive English Punk Rock band." The Pistols are widely credited with initiating the Punk movement in the United Kingdom and creating the first generation gap within Rock 'N' Roll.

Limited edition six CD box set from the Punk icons including a 16 page biography booklet with extensive gigography 1975-1978. Each CD features a full live concert recorded in the bands 1987 USA tour, Sweden, UK and the final disc is a collection of rare demos from August 1977 at Wessex Sound studios. The band originally comprised vocalist Johnny Rotten, guitarist Steve Jones, drummer Paul Cook and bassist Glen Matlock (later replaced by Sid Vicious). Although their initial career lasted only three years and produced only four singles and one studio album, the Sex Pistols have been described by the BBC as "the definitive English Punk Rock band." The Pistols are widely credited with initiating the Punk movement in the United Kingdom and creating the first generation gap within Rock 'N' Roll.

For the first time in over 20 years, 20 of the Sex Pistol’s recordings from 1976 to 1978 are collected together to tell the story of one of the world’s most influential and extraordinary bands.
The tracks here cover the entire initial period of the band’s recording career – from Anarchy in The UK, through Never Mind The Bollocks to the post John Lydon Great Rock ‘n’ Roll Swindle soundtrack featuring early demos, cover versions and more.
The compilation is completed by some essential B- sides – I Wanna Be Me (the flipside of Anarchy…), ‘Satellite’ (the b-side of ‘Holidays In The Sun’) and Did You No Wrong (from ‘God Save The Queen’).
The 1CD features a black and white photo of the band with colour logo, packaged in a jewel case.

40 years on and, for good or ill, the Sex Pistols remain the band that we think of first when we think of the 70s punk revolution that continues to resonate. There isn’t much they can do about that. History has spoken. They were the band largely responsible for kicking against the established rock order and establishing a new attitude and DIY aesthetic. Although they would quite naturally baulk at the idea of being called a ‘punk’ outfit, it does on a certain level appear very timely that we’re celebrating the 40th Anniversary of punk this summer with this fantastic live collection.

There is no other band like this: The Sex Pistols have changed the history of pop music and turned it upside down. 36 years after their debut album the echoes on that release are still very easy to recognize in the current music. The Many Faces Of Sex Pistols is a unique collection, which is showcasing lots of new shapes of this great band. On this 3CD you'll find early demo-tapes recorded by the Sex Pistols technician (Dave Goodman), live-recordings , alternate versions and solo-recordings from bassman Sid Vicious. As another highlight this collection is presenting the complete recordings of the Ex Pistols , the band that Dave Goodman has initiated after the breakup of the Sex Pistols , and whose very rare material is one of the hidden treasures of British Punk-music. With very catchy artwork , Linernotes including internal statements and with carefully new mastered Sound, The Many Faces Of Sex Pistols is an album of major importance, not only for fans but for everyone with a serious interest in rock music.