Sex Pistols – Never Mind The Bollocks (LP Vinyl)
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When *Never Mind the Bollocks* hit shelves in October 1977, record shops across Britain refused to stock it, and a Virgin Records manager was actually prosecuted under the Indecent Advertisements Act for displaying it in a shop window. He won. The album's blunt force was inseparable from that legal and cultural chaos, and hearing it cut properly to vinyl, the way Steve Jones's layered guitars were always meant to land, restores exactly the confrontational weight that made it so dangerous in the first place.
Sex Pistols / Never Mind the Bollocks Here's the Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols, an album that rewired 20 years of rock in under 40 minutes, is available today from Rhino High Fidelity (Rhino Hi-Fi), the premium vinyl reissue series. Released in 1977, it debuted at #1 on the U. K. charts despite being banned by major retailers and causing widespread controversy. Bristling with broadsides like "Anarchy In The U. K. ," "God Save The Queen," "Pretty Vacant," and "Holidays In The Sun," the album distilled rage and disillusionment into a single, unrelenting statement. In the album's new liner notes, producer Chris Thomas recalls how the band found their recording approach almost by accident during an early session. "We put down a track, just rhythm guitar and drums, pretty much first-take, no mistakes. It was impossible to know if it was any good, so, being a bit stumped, I asked Steve if he would like to have a go at putting the bass part on. Instead of playing a traditional bass line, he simply mirrored his guitar an octave lower-an unexpected move that snapped everything into focus. "It was an absolute 'Eureka!' moment," Thomas recalls. "The combination was so powerful, so simple. We bashed three more songs down, adding the bass and double-tracking the guitar in just a couple of hours. We were seriously in first-take territory. "
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UPC: 603497806652
Label: Rhino
Release Date: 5.15.26
Format: LP Vinyl