To celebrate its thirty-fifth birthday the Sex Pistols album ‘Never Mind The Bollocks is to be reissued as a multi-disc special edition in September.
In addition to the remastered album, the package includes various unreleased demos and live tracks and a feature length DVD containing unseen footage.
Also included are a harback book containing 1977 diary entries and more and a 7″ single.
In fact, the package appears fairly comprehensive, but is missing one vital item: the once-controversial tea-time interview with Bill Grundy on the ‘Today’ programme is, sadly, nowhere to be seen.
‘NEVER MIND THE BOLLOCKS: 35th ANNIVERSARY SUPER-DELUXE EDITION’ confirmed tracklist:
CD1 – Never Mind The Bollocks Here’s The Sex Pistols*
Holidays In The Sun
Bodies
No Feelings
Liar
God Save The Queen
Problems
Seventeen
Anarchy In The UK
Submission
Pretty Vacant
New York
EMI
CD2 – 1977 Studio Rarities & B-Sides
The single b-sides remastered.
No Feeling
Did You No Wrong
No Fun
Satellite
Dave Goodman Jan 1977 demos recorded at Gooseberry Studios **
5. New York
6. EMI
7. Liar
8. Pretty Vacant
9. Problems
10. GSTQ
Chris Thomas Demo’s & Outtakes***
11. Did You Know Wrong (March 3rd 1977)
12. 17 (April 21st 1977)
13. Satellite (April 22nd 1977)
14. Submission (April 22nd 1977)
15. Holidays In The Sun (April 22nd 1977)
16. EMI (April 22nd 1977)
17. 17 (May 16th 1977)
18. Holidays In The Sun (June 11th 1977)
19. Bodies (June 11th 1977)
20. Submission (August 12th 1977)
21. Belsen Was A Gas (original demo) (19 September 1977)****
CD3 – 1977 Live
Ssamfundet Club, Trondheim, Norway – 21st July
Anarchy In The U.K.
I Wanna Be Me
17
New York
EMI
No Fun
No Feelings
Problems
God Save The Queen
Happy House, Stockholm, Sweden – 28th July***
10. Anarchy In The UK
11. I Wanna Be Me
12. 17
13. New York
14. EMI
15. Submission
16. No Feelings
17. Problems
18. God Save The Queen
19. Pretty Vacant
20. No Fun
DVD – 1977
Riverboat Party, The River Thames, London – 7th July
Pretty Vacant
Anarchy In The UK
Problems
Happy House, Stockholm, Sweden – 28th July***
Anarchy In The UK
I Wanna Be Me
Seventeen
New York
Problems
No Fun
S.P.O.T.S. Tour – Winter Gardens, Penzance, Cornwall – 1st September***
Problems
No Fun
Anarchy In The UK
DVD EXTRA’S
God Save The Queen video
Pretty Vacant video
Holidays In The Sun video
The HeyDay Interviews. Interviews by Judy and Fred Vermorel recorded in August 1977 with:
Steve Jones
Paul Cook
John Lydon
Sid Vicious
Glen Matlock
BBC, Radio 1, Rock On, December 12th 1977 – John Tobler interview with John and Sid (previously unheard full uncensored version)
OTHER CONTENT
1977 (The Bollocks Diaries)
100 page full-colour hardback diary detailing every significant band event in this explosive year. Written by former Mojo editor Pat Gilbert, the book includes multiple quotes from key figures, previously unseen photos, recording details, memorabilia and much more.
+ replica A&M GSTQ/No Feeling 7″ single.
+ 3FT by 4.5FT Never Mind The Bollocks Here’s The Sex Pistols replica promo poster.
+ copy of original handwritten lyrics to God Save The Queen.
+ Replica Never Mind The Bollocks Here’s The Sex Pistols promo stickers.
The box set is released in the UK on September 24th.
And now, for those who still love it, is the complete version of the Bill Grundy interview, pieced together from various sources. Bits have surfaced regularly on slip shows, but the whole thing is rarely seen. NB: it looks like the cutaway to the video clip has been extended rather than being a brief insert as originally seen in 1976, but most importantly, every amusing facial gesture and every sneering remark is as seen and heard by the unsuspecting TV viewers.