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Sex Pistols

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Three discs that collect the "Bollocks" album, b-sides, studio out-takes, an entire concert and some rare live tracks:

There is one track, a cover of the Creation's "Through My Eyes" which is more like a warm-up that lasts about a minute or so. If only they had actually recorded the song full out, it would have been great fun! Some of the well-known covers such as "Stepping Stone" and "Substitute" are presented differently; the vocal tracks are the same, but the music is an early, rough mix. An improvement to the over-produced versions previously available. "No Fun" is pretty much the same, they just cut it off a few seconds later so we get more studio conversation. Virgin provides some live tracks, in addition to the complete live show, that sound more like set fillers and audience agitation; mostly moaning, improvisation and feedback. The version of "Belsen Was A Gas" offered is far better than what I heard on the GREAT RnR SWINDLE.

The booklet is great, usual stuff about the Pistol's place in rock history, what they were about, theatrics vs. bare-bones rock, blah blah blah. The track-by-track commentary by the band is, I believe, pretty much what was published in a later chapter of Lydon's autobiography "Rotten: No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs" and on the KISS THIS CD insert.

If you're a fan, this is really the best collection available. Hopefully, this will be the last time you'll have to plunk down hard-earned cash to own some Sex Pistol's product. As they say, the swindle continues. Enjoy...

Don't get me wrong, this is a great boxed set. I commend it for getting rid of a large number of the unlistenable tracks featured on "the great rock and roll swindle". No longer must one labor through the likes of the black arabs doing a sex pistol's medley, or the bizarre violin version of "anarchy in the uk" sung in french. However, it also leaves out a few of "swindle"'s stand out non-rotten vocal tracks like Steve Jone's "lonely boy" or Paul cook's "silly thing". It does manage to include other great "swindle" tracks like the pistol's cover of the who's substitute and "don't give me no lip child". For me the highlight of this set is the booklet which is housed inside the item's fabulous packaging. This booklet is full color and manages to chronicle the band's complete lyrics, fashion, and attitude as well as the public reaction to them. For a hardcore punk fan I would reccomend this item on the strength of the book alone. However, as boxed sets go, I think it may have been wiser to mimic the clash's "clash on broadway" and cover the whole career of the band and feature a wider variety of songs. In short, I believe this boxed set's major flaw is that it features too many versions of too few songs. I think this boxed set is worth your money if you are a hardcore sex pistols fan and will enjoy all the alternate and live versions of songs. I also think that this item is worth it if you are a new or casual sex pistols fan and want a good overview of their music.

This is the most awesome box set i have ever heard. Every song is remastered. The first disc is the studio tracks and some their first demos. The second disc is demos like 'Stepping Stone', 'No Lip', and others. The third disc is their famous concert at the Screen on the Green Cinema and a few unrealesed live songs, including 'Flowers of Romance' and 'Understanding'. There are 61 songs total. There is also an 80 page booklet filled with notes on the band's history, official discography, posters, pictures and more. I've loved the Sex Pistols since i first listened to them over two years ago. Yes it is a big price tag, but it's worth it. And you've probably heard that the Pistols are. They aren't. It's been proven. And you may have heard that Sid Vicious couldn't play. He could. It's been proven. SEX PISTOLS FOREVER!!!!

The first disc is the Never Mind The Bolloks album remastered and louder than the original.
That alone is worth the price of this awsome box set!