Sex Pistols - The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle (FLAC) - 1979

The Sex Pistols were an English punk rock band formed in London in 1975. Although they lasted just two-and-a-half years and produced only four singles and one studio album, Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols, they were one of the most influential acts in the history of popular music, initiated a punk movement in the United Kingdom, and inspired many later punk and alternative rock musicians. The first incarnation of the Sex Pistols included singer John Lydon (aka Johnny Rotten), lead guitarist Steve Jones, drummer Paul Cook and bassist Glen Matlock. Matlock was replaced by Sid Vicious early in 1977. Under the management of Malcolm McLaren, a visual artist, performer, clothes designer and boutique owner, the band provoked controversies that garnered a significant amount of publicity. Their concerts repeatedly faced difficulties with organisers and local authorities, and public appearances often ended in mayhem. Their 1977 single "God Save the Queen", attacking social conformity and deference to the Crown, precipitated the "last and greatest outbreak of pop-based moral pandemonium". Subjects addressed in their frequently obscene lyrics included the music industry, consumerism, abortion, violence, apathy, anarchy, fascism, the British Royal Family and the Holocaust.

In January 1978, at the end of a turbulent tour of the United States, Rotten left the Sex Pistols and announced its break-up. Over the next several months, the three other band members recorded songs for McLaren's film version of the Sex Pistols' story, The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle. Vicious died of a heroin overdose in February 1979. In 1996, Rotten, Jones, Cook and Matlock reunited for the Filthy Lucre Tour; since 2002, they have staged further reunion shows and tours. On 24 February 2006, the Sex Pistols—the four original, surviving members and Sid Vicious—were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but they refused to attend the ceremony, calling the museum "a piss stain".

The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle is the soundtrack album of the film of the same name by the Sex Pistols. It also includes performances by other artists.

By the time the soundtrack was being prepared, Johnny Rotten had left the band and refused to participate in the project, so the "proper" Sex Pistols tracks were done by taking Lydon's vocals from the October 1976 demo session recordings and rerecording their instrumental tracks (done by Paul Cook and Steve Jones).[1]

The double album features a significant number of tracks that omit Lydon entirely, most of them written and recorded after he had left the band. These include Sid Vicious singing cover songs, two new original songs ("Silly Thing", sung by Cook and "Lonely Boy", sung by Jones), tracks Cook and Jones recorded with Ronnie Biggs, the title track and "Who Killed Bambi?" sung by Edward Tudor-Pole, and numerous novelty tracks including French street musicians playing "Anarchy in the UK" and a medley of several Sex Pistols songs covered by a disco band.

Two further tracks were recorded along with "Lonely Boy" and "Silly Thing" between May and July 1978; "Black Leather" and "Here We Go Again". While the two songs did not end up on either the film or the soundtrack, both were later released as Sex Pistols singles.[1]

Along with Rotten, people who sang on The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle include:

Paul Cook – lead vocals on "Silly Thing" (1978), backing vocals on "The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle" (1979)
Steve Jones – lead vocals on "Lonely Boy", backing vocals on "The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle", lead vocals on "Friggin' In The Riggin" and lead vocals on the single release of "Silly Thing" (1978)
Ronnie Biggs – lead vocals on "No One is Innocent", "Belsen Vos a Gassa" (1978)
Malcolm McLaren – lead vocals on "You Need Hands" (1979)
Edward Tudor-Pole – lead vocals on "Rock Around the Clock", "Who Killed Bambi", "The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle", (1979)
Sid Vicious – lead vocals on "My Way", "C'mon Everybody", "Something Else" (1978)


Genre: Punk rock.

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Track listing
01. God Save the Queen (symphony) 4:01
02. Johnny B. Goode / Road Runner 6:14
03. Anarchy in the U.K. 4:04
04. Don’t Give Me No Lip Child 3:27
05. (I’m Not Your) Stepping Stone 3:09
06. L’Anarchie pour le UK 3:24
07. Einmal Belsen War Wirlich Bortrefflich (Belsen Vosa Gassa) 2:14
08. Silly Thing 2:51
09. My Way 4:05
10. I Wanna Be Me 3:03
11. Something Else 2:10
12. Rock Around the Clock 2:03
13. Lonely Boy 3:02
14. No One Is Innocent 3:02
15. C’Mon Everybody 1:59
16. EMI (orch) 3:47
17. The Great Rock ’n’ Roll Swindle 4:18
18. Friggin’ in the Riggin’ 3:35
19. You Need Hands 2:52
20. Who Killed Bambi 3:05