Sex Pistols’ iconic and only album Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols has gotten the high fidelity vinyl treatment from Rhino.
The limited run of 5,000 copies is available to order immediately via Rhino’s website, at $39.98 each. In addition to hi-fi audio pressed on 180-gram vinyl, the reissue new liner notes by producer Chris Thomas.
“We put down a track, just rhythm guitar and drums, pretty much first-take, no mistakes,” noted Thomas. “It was impossible to know if it was any good, so, being a bit stumped, I asked [guitarist] Steve [Jones] if he would like to have a go at putting the bass part on.”
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He continued, “It was an absolute ‘Eureka!’ moment. The combination was so powerful, so simple. We bashed three more songs down, adding the bass and double-tracking the guitar in just a couple of hours. We were seriously in first-take territory.”
Sex Pistols broke up just months after Never Mind the Bollocks came out, and never released another studio album. The LP features such classics as “God Save the Queen,” “Anarchy in the U.K.,” “Bodies,” “Pretty Vacant,” and more, and stands as one of the greatest punk albums of all time.
These days, Steve Jones and fellow original members Glen Matlock and Paul Cook are touring with singer Frank Carter in place of original frontman Johnny Rotten. Sex Pistols Featuring Frank Carter will embark on a North American tour beginning September 16th in Dallas, with tickets available here.
Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols (Rhino High Fidelity) Tracklist:
Side One
“Holidays In The Sun”
“Bodies”
“No Feelings”
“Liar”
“Problems”
“God Save The Queen”
Side Two
“Seventeen”
“Anarchy In The U.K.”
“Sub-Mission”
“Pretty Vacant”
“New York”
“EMI”