(I’m Not Your) Stepping Stone / Pistols Propaganda（VS339）｜Original UK 7″ Press

Here We Go!
Introducing another gem from the Sex Pistols collection!

This time, we’re diving into another single linked to The Great Rock ’n’ Roll Swindle:
(I’m Not Your) Stepping Stone / Pistols Propaganda
Let’s take a look at the original UK press release!

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🧷 Basic Specs

• Title: (I’m Not Your) Stepping Stone
• Artist: Sex Pistols
• Format: 7-inch single (45RPM)
• Release Date: 14 June 1980
• Label / Catalogue No.: Virgin VS339
• Sleeve: Picture sleeve

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🧷 Tracks

• Side A: (I’m Not Your) Stepping Stone
• Side B: Pistols Propaganda

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🧷 Pressing / Variations

✔️ Matrix / Runout (Etched)

• VS-339-A4 Λ / VS-339-B4 Λ

✔️ Sleeve

• Made of thick card stock
• Features the same illustration as the single-disc version of The Great Rock ’n’ Roll Swindle album!

✔️ Label

• Swindle-style colour picture label
• Single-tone yellow label — though it leans slightly greenish 😄

✔️ Credits

• Side A
    Produced by: DAVE GOODMAN
    Assistant: S. JONES
• Side B
    Words & Compilation: Julien Temple
    Music: Sex Pistols
    Voice: John Snagge

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🧷 Collector’s Notes

• This is the only single in the TGRRS series with Johnny Rotten on lead vocals for the A-side.
    (There’s “Watcha Gonna Do…” on a B-side, but that’s a different story.)
• The B-side, Pistols Propaganda, plays like a mock film trailer — chaotic and tongue-in-cheek.

The very first TGRRS VHS tape I ever bought had this promo right at the beginning 😆
(VOS-4824 Hi-Fi, 104min) — priced at ¥4,944 when it launched on 1 July 1990. Seemed like a good deal at the time. It’s even cheaper now 😅

I had a DVD copy but couldn’t manage to grab a still — luckily, I found the exact same version on YouTube! It even has Japanese subtitles 😊

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🔜 Coming Up Next…

Next up in the TGRRS series:
“The Great Rock ’n’ Roll Swindle / Rock Around the Clock” (Virgin VS290) — featuring both the purple and yellow label variations!

Stay tuned — only a few more left in this series!
byebye 👋

For collectors interested in Japanese editions

If you are drawn to the design and information found on Japanese releases, particularly obi strips, you may want to take a look at my Never Mind The Bollocks Japanese CD OBI Gallery.
This page organises each obi strip variation issued for the album individually, presenting the obi itself as the main focus in a collector-oriented reference format.
It is intended as an entry point for those interested in Japanese obi strips.