Live In The U.S.A 1978 – San Francisco: Blue Vinyl LP

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Label: UMR
Release Date: 28th March

A fascinating document into the gigs that destroyed the Sex Pistols finally presented as raw and visceral artefacts of punk. 

40 plus years on the Sex Pistols’ output from their original creative period together, forged amidst times of poor leadership and economic turmoil, continues to resonate in ways most could never have imagined. Not least those Stateside who witnessed the performances that make up this release.

A document of the last days of the band left to run adrift by absent management on a label that didn’t really understand, in a country that arguably felt more threatened than it did excited by the prospect of the group. Vital, primal and compelling are all words that can be used to describe the audio here. Until their return as a live entity in 1996, everything that followed their short, fateful tour of America in January 1978 was simply a parody of what had been. With concerts finally released in full and correctly sequenced for the very first time – Live In the USA 1978 takes us back to the moment the creative force that was Sex Pistols imploded

Sex Pistols - Live In The USA 1978 – San Francisco (1LP) - On January 14th  1978 the Sex Pistols ended their fateful US tour at the Winterland Ballroom, San Francisco. The set list included ‘God Save The Queen’, ‘Pretty Vacant’, ‘Holidays In The Sun’ and ‘Anarchy In The UK’. The raw production captures the essence of a live experience, giving listeners a powerful snapshot of a significant moment in punk history. Limited edition blue vinyl.
 
 
 
Tracklisting:
 
Side A
God Save The Queen
I Wanna Be Me
Seventeen
New York
EMI
Belsen Was A Gas
Bodies
Holidays In The Sun
Side B
Liar
No Feelings
Problems
Pretty Vacant
Anarchy In The UK
No Fun