Here We Go!
Introducing part of my Sex Pistols collection.
This time, I am looking at the edited version of the double album The Great Rock’n’Roll Swindle, focusing on the UK, French and Mexican pressings.
(For details on the original double album, please see the earlier articles: Part 1 / Part 2.)
Some copies of this album were originally issued with a free paper or poster, and both items fetch relatively high prices on their own. I would like to add these to the collection one day.
Here are the four copies currently on hand:
① V2168（UK1）
② OVED 234（UK2）
③ 202 521 (France)
④ LA-259 (Mexico)
🧷 Basic Information
UK１
・Title: The Great Rock’n’Roll Swindle
・Artist: Sex Pistols
・Format: LP (33 1/3 RPM)
・Release date: 1980? / 1985?
・Label / Catalogue No.: Virgin V2168
UK２
・Title: The Great Rock’n’Roll Swindle
・Artist: Sex Pistols
・Format: LP (33 1/3 RPM)
・Release date: 1985
・Label / Catalogue No.: Virgin OVED 234
France
・Title: La Grande Escroquerie Du Rock’n’Roll
・Artist: Sex Pistols
・Format: LP (33 1/3 RPM)
・Release date: 1981
・Label / Catalogue No.: Virgin 202 521
Mexico
・Title: The Great Rock’n’Roll Swindle
(La Gran Estafa Rocanrolera)
・Artist: Sex Pistols
・Format: LP (33 1/3 RPM)
・Release date: 1980
・Label / Catalogue No.: LA-259
🧷 Tracklist
UK / France
A面
・A1：GSTQ（Symphony）
・A2：The Great Rock’n’Roll Swindle
・A3：You Need Hands
・A4：Silly Thing
・A5：Lonely Boy
・A6：Something Else
B面
・B1：Rock Around The Clock
・B2：C’mon Every Body
・B3：Who Killed Bambi
・B4：No One Is Innocent
・B5：L’anarchie Pour Le UK
・B6：My Way
Mexico（Spanish titles）
A面
・A1：Dios Guarde A LA Reina（Sinfonia）
・A2：La Gran Estafa Rocanrolera
・A3：Necesitas Manos
・A4：Tontita Manos
・A5：Muchacho Solitario
・A6：Algo Mas
B面
・B1：Al Rededor Del Reloj
・B2：Avientense Todos
・B3：Quien Mato A Bambi?
・B4：Nadie Es Inocente
・B5：L’anarchie Pour Le UK
・B6：A Mi Manera
🧷 Pressing / Variation Notes
✔️ Matrix / Runout
UK1: V-2168-A5 TOWN HOUSE / V-2168 B-5U-1-1
UK2: OVED 234 A-5U-I-2 TOWN HOUSE / OVED 234 B-5U-I-2
France: 202521 A-1/80S II Made in Germany / 202521 B-1/80S Made in Germany
Mexico: LA-259-A MP2 / LA-259-B MP-2
✔️ Sleeves
▼Both UK pressings share the same design, with OVED including a barcode at the top right.
▼The French sleeve features a unique design on both sides, with track listings on the reverse.
▼The Mexican sleeve has noticeably rougher printing, and the reverse side is entirely in Spanish.
✔️ Labels
UK1: Green/red Virgin label
UK2: Grey Virgin label
France: Green/red Virgin label
Mexico: Green/red Virgin label
🧷 Collector’s Notes
・None of the pressings include Johnny Rotten vocal tracks.
GSTQ features Malcolm’s narration on every edition.
・The Mexican first pressing is said to have both the “Rock De Los 80’s” sticker and the “red dragon
twin label”.
My copy has neither sticker and uses the standard green/red Virgin label, so it appears to be a
second pressing.
・Although the sleeve design is broadly the same, the colour tone varies across pressings.
OVED 234 has a stronger blue tone and appears the most vivid.
・As the full double album fits comfortably onto a CD, this edited LP version has never been
released in CD form.
However, my copy of CDVX2510 has been re-sleeved using this striking LP artwork.
🔜 Next Article
The next article will feature the bootleg single and we don’t care.
Hope you enjoy it.
byebye 👋
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