Monday, October 10, 2011

The Ex-Pistols: The Swindle Continues



I remember back in the middle eighties when the record racks were all of a sudden flush with semi-legit Sex Pistols records. For a band with one album the Sex Pistols section in Records on Wheels was fat with product. Obviously a lawsuit had been lost somewhere.




Early Sex Pistols producer Dave Goodman,  discussed previously HERE and HERE, is clealry behind this dog's breakfast which includes his early demo recordings of the real Pistols (Glen Matlock era) from 1976 plus a side of of oddities by his studio-created 'group', The Ex-Pistols. (Check out this documentary about Goodman, on You Tube in its entirety:)





Tracklist
1     Sex Pistols, The* –     God Save The Queen     3:34    
2     Sex Pistols, The* –     Problems     4:15    
3     Sex Pistols, The* –     Pretty Vacant     3:33    
4     Sex Pistols, The* –     Liar     2:43    
5     Sex Pistols, The* –     E.M.I.     3:15    
6     Sex Pistols, The* –     New York     3:05    
7     Sex Pistols, The* –     No Fun     6:59    
8     Sex Pistols, The* –     Anarchy In The U.K.     4:04    
9     Ex Pistols, The –     Here We Go Again     4:10    
10     Ex Pistols, The –     Silly Thing     2:54    
11     Ex Pistols, The –     Dancing On The Dole     2:33    
12     Ex Pistols, The –     Anarchy In The U.K.     3:38    
13     Ex Pistols, The –     Revolution In The Classroom     3:18    
14     Ex Pistols, The –     Judging Minds     3:03    
15     Ex Pistols, The –     Sex On 45     3:45    
16     Ex Pistols, The –     The Swindle Continues     3:11




So what do you make of this batch of Goodman curated Sex Pistols oddities and absurdities? Let us know in the comments section (where you'll find the Swindle Continues link).

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    http://www.mediafire.com/?jzb93776o6hq3dg

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  2. Well thank you for solving the "Ex Pistols" mystery of many ill advised bootleg purchases I made back in high school!

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  3. I bought a cassette of 'The Swindle Continues" whilst stationed in god awful Jacksonville, FL in '91, a swindle indeed!

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  4. Hey I had this on vinyl back in the day, and thought it was pretty good...WHOEVER these guys were! Thanks for the post.

    Tom in FL

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  5. This is a must have for me. For years I had the 12" single of Land Of Hope & Glory and loved it and oft wondered if there was anything else by The Ex's out there. Now I've found some.

    Cheers Jeffen you;re a star

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  6. thanx for this
    had to have a listen

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  7. Thanks Pistols-packing commenters!

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  8. A great soundalike band. But Here We Go Again and Silly Thing (Along with Lonely Boy and Black Leather) are Steve Jones/Paul Cook semi-legitimate recordings and not the Dave Goodman Ex-Pistols, unless they rerecorded these, which I'm not so sure they did.

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  9. Yeah Cook and Jones are shadow members of the band...

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  10. Hello I,m oscar from spain reupload this please,thanks and salud from Galizia-spain

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