Showing posts with label Ex Pistols. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ex Pistols. Show all posts

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).

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Ex Pistols: Land of Hope & Glory (1984) FIXED



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Dave Goodman's legacy is inextricably linked to The Sex Pistols, a fact John Lydon always resented and Goodman exploited relentlessly for the remainder of his days. Those attitudes may explain why Lydon tried have this record, on which Goodman did everything possible to resemble a Sex Pistols release (even including Glen Matlock somewhere along the line) banned.



Still a pretty fun single and almost as authentic as anything on the Great Rock n' Roll Swindle. (For even more on that curiously fraudulent era of the Sex Pistols see this site).




Reactions to Goodman's Swindle are strongly encouraged and can be left in the COMMENTS section (where the link for Land of Hope & Glory can be found).

Update: The full single is now available - please see the fourth comment for link.

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