Here We Go!
Another spotlight from my Sex Pistols collection!
This time I’m featuring a key single tied to The Great Rock’n’Roll Swindle film:
No One Is Innocent / My Way – UK Original Pressing (Virgin VS220)
🧷 Basic Specs
- Title: No One Is Innocent / My Way
- Artist: Sex Pistols
- Format: 7″ single (45RPM)
- Release Date: 29 June 1979
- Label / Catalogue No.: Virgin VS220
- Sleeve: Picture sleeve
🧷 Track Listing
A-side: No One Is Innocent (A Punk Prayer by Ronald Biggs)
A-side: My Way (Vocals: Sid Vicious)
This one’s a double A-side:
Ronnie Biggs (of Great Train Robbery infamy) takes the lead on No One Is Innocent,
while Sid delivers his iconic version of My Way.
🧷 Pressing / Variant Info
✔️ Matrix Numbers (Runout Etchings)
- VS 220 A1.
- VS 220 B2.
✔️ Sleeve
- Features photos of Ronnie Biggs and Sid (from the film).
- Glossy finish.
✔️ Label
- Cream-coloured labels on both sides.
- My Way label incorrectly states a runtime of “3:03” — it’s actually closer to 4 minutes!
🧷 Collector’s Notes
According to Great Collection, the first pressing had black/white labels, while the second pressing used cream labels.
Mine has the glossy sleeve and cream labels — so it’s unclear which pressing it is 😅
Maybe they were issued simultaneously?
There are also multiple mispressings of this record, with completely different tracks — but you’d need to play it to know for sure.
Personally, I’m more interested in the version with audience noise and a gunshot at the end of My Way — supposedly taken straight from the film.
This version has “DJ” etched into the matrix and appears to be quite limited based on Discogs listings.
Fun fact: Michiro Endo of THE STALIN once said he wanted to perform Aogeba Tōtoshi (a Japanese graduation song) in the style of My Way — but his bandmates vetoed the idea.
He later released it as a solo track.
Choral vocals followed by punk chaos — totally brilliant.
🧷 Coming Up Next
Next time: I’ll be showcasing the 12″ version The Biggest Blow (PUNK PRAYER by Ronnie Biggs) / My Way (Virgin VS22012) — a limited edition of 20,000 with interview content — plus the Nippon Columbia pressing.
Stay tuned!
byebye 👋
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