Same bootlegger as Dance To The Sex Pistols & Keeping It Cool At The Pingvin Club LPs
Notes
1978 USA pressing – possibly the first ever issue of this gig on bootleg. Black & white insert cover. Date of concert incorrectly given as 1977. ‘I Wanna Be Me’ incorrectly titled ‘I Want To Be Free’. Same source & quality as ‘Welcome To The Rodeo’ LP. Same matrix numbers also
Side One. God Save The Queen / I Wanna Be Me / Seventeen / New York / EMI / Bodies Side Two. No Feelings / Problems / Pretty Vacant / Anarchy In The UK / No Fun
Two pressings. 1) Black & white glued insert. 2) Red cover. USA LP. Also SP 2800, came with a 30 cm X 30 cm xerox cover not glued on the plain white sleeve. This version was sold only in the UK initially. There is a difference on the cover, with the ‘Made In England’ line removed. Most of the copies came with plain full bronze labels.
Side One. God Save The Queen / I Wanna Be Me / Seventeen / New York / EMI / Bodies Side Two. No Feelings / Problems / Pretty Vacant / Anarchy In The UK / No Fun
Japanese LP. Released in 2004 . Label is white with matrix-Dallas 1978-001 on sides A and B. Bottom of label has copyright – 2004 Hot Shot Records LTD. (Pictured – close up of insert)
Side One. EMI / Bodies / Belsen Was A Gas / Holidays In The Sun / No Feelings Side Two. Problems / Pretty Vacant / Anarchy In The UK / No Fun
Surfaced . Soundboard. Taken from official DVD (which explains why opening songs from the gig are missing – they are missing from DVD/Video). No etched matrices. LP pressed on pink, yellow, and white vinyl. 100 copies of each.
Surfaced . 7″ Picture disc, limited to 50 copies. No record company is stated on the label. Front & back pictured.
Surfaced in Greece. 10″ in presentation box limited to 10 copies. Includes poster, pin, and certificate. Front of box & sleeve pictured.
Side One. God Save The Queen / I Wanna Be Me / Seventeen / New York / EMI / Belsen Was A Gas / Bodies / Holidays In The Sun Side Two. Liar / No Feelings / Problems / Pretty Vacant / Anarchy In The USA / No Fun
USA LP. Plain white sleeve with different colour insert: yellow, blue, green, orange, white, pink. White label. Released in 1979. Last pressing came with a dark red & white insert with a Sid Vicious picture by Dennis Morris. Some copies with yellow & black insert.
Side One. God Save The Queen / I Wanna Be Me / Seventeen / New York / EMI / Belsen Was A Gas / Bodies / Holidays In he Sun Side Two. Liar / No Feelings / Problems / Pretty Vacant / Anarchy In The USA / No Fun
The Dragonfly labels were the third pressing. Same A4 insert than SP 2900 but this pressing possibly came first. Original yellow & black Dragonflu labels. Different colour insert.
Side One. God Save The Queen / I Wanna Be Me / Seventeen / New York / EMI / Belsen Was A Gas / Bodies / Holidays In he Sun Side Two. Liar / No Feelings / Problems / Pretty Vacant / Anarchy In The USA / No Fun
Black & white pictures from Ray Stevenson’s book, ‘Sex Pistols File’, on the labels
Apart from the labels (identical on both sides), the record is exactly the same as the one issued on Ruthless Rhymes Records, with the Matrix numbers SP 2900-A and SP 2900-B. The insert is the one used for the Ruthless Rhymes copies (with SP 2900 printed on bottom left). (Label pictured).