The Great Rock ’n’ Roll Swindle

~ Release by Sex Pistols (see all versions of this release, 13 available)

Annotation

First NIMBUS pressing, with barcode. Many variations as the text in the booklet keeps getting tweaked. This edition has only the one dot in front of MASTERED BY NIMBUS showing it is early pressing, 1987\88

This version: Booklet page 3 says "Made in West Germany". No other translations. Later variations appeared with more text appearing here.

Matrix: CDVD 2510 :: ‧MASTERED‧ ‧BY NIMBUS‧
No SIDs
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Tracklist

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1God Save the Queen
spoken vocals:
Malcolm McLaren
recording of:
God Save the Queen
writer:
Paul Cook, Steve Jones, John Lydon and Glen Matlock
publisher:
Arista Music, Inc., Careers Music, Inc., Rotten Music Ltd, Stephen Philip Jones, Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. and WB Music Corp.
4:04
2Johnny B. Goode
producer:
Paul Cook, Dave Goodman, Steve Jones and Jamie Thraves
lead vocals:
Johnny Rotten
cover recording of:
Johnny B. Goode
lyricist and composer:
Chuck Berry (in 1955)
publisher:
Arc Music, Arc Music Corp., Isalee Music, Jewel Music Publishing Co. Ltd. and ロックンロール ミュージック
part of:
Back to the Future: the Musical
2:32
3Road Runner
producer:
Paul Cook, Dave Goodman, Steve Jones and Jamie Thraves
lead vocals:
Johnny Rotten
cover recording of:
Roadrunner
lyricist and composer:
Jonathan Richman
3:42
4Black Arabs
producer:
Mickey Foote
performer:
Black Arabs
medley including a cover recording of:
Anarchy in the UK
lyricist:
Paul Cook, John Lydon and Glen Matlock
composer:
Paul Cook, Steve Jones, John Lydon and Glen Matlock
publisher:
Arista Music, Inc., Careers Music, Inc., Rotten Music Ltd, Stephen Philip Jones, Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. and WB Music Corp.
cover recording of:
Anarchy in the UK
lyricist:
Paul Cook, John Lydon and Glen Matlock
composer:
Paul Cook, Steve Jones, John Lydon and Glen Matlock
publisher:
Arista Music, Inc., Careers Music, Inc., Rotten Music Ltd, Stephen Philip Jones, Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. and WB Music Corp.
medley including a cover recording of:
God Save the Queen
writer:
Paul Cook, Steve Jones, John Lydon and Glen Matlock
publisher:
Arista Music, Inc., Careers Music, Inc., Rotten Music Ltd, Stephen Philip Jones, Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. and WB Music Corp.
cover recording of:
God Save the Queen
writer:
Paul Cook, Steve Jones, John Lydon and Glen Matlock
publisher:
Arista Music, Inc., Careers Music, Inc., Rotten Music Ltd, Stephen Philip Jones, Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. and WB Music Corp.
medley including a cover recording of:
No One Is Innocent
writer:
Ronnie Biggs and Steve Jones
cover recording of:
No One Is Innocent
writer:
Ronnie Biggs and Steve Jones
medley including a cover recording of:
Pretty Vacant
writer:
Steve Jones, John Lydon, Glen Matlock and Paul Thomas Cook
publisher:
A Thousand Miles Long, Inc., Arista Music, Inc., Careers Music, Inc., Rotten Music Ltd, Stephen Philip Jones, Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. and WB Music Corp.
cover recording of:
Pretty Vacant
writer:
Steve Jones, John Lydon, Glen Matlock and Paul Thomas Cook
publisher:
A Thousand Miles Long, Inc., Arista Music, Inc., Careers Music, Inc., Rotten Music Ltd, Stephen Philip Jones, Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. and WB Music Corp.
4:45
5Anarchy in the U.K.
producer:
Paul Cook, Dave Goodman, Steve Jones and Jamie Thraves
lead vocals:
Johnny Rotten
part of:
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 53) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 125)
recording of:
Anarchy in the UK (in 1976-10)
lyricist:
Paul Cook, John Lydon and Glen Matlock
composer:
Paul Cook, Steve Jones, John Lydon and Glen Matlock
publisher:
Arista Music, Inc., Careers Music, Inc., Rotten Music Ltd, Stephen Philip Jones, Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. and WB Music Corp.
4:04
6Substitute
producer:
Paul Cook, Dave Goodman, Steve Jones and Jamie Thraves
lead vocals:
Johnny Rotten
cover recording of:
Substitute
lyricist and composer:
Pete Townshend
publisher:
Fabulous Music, Ltd.
3:08
7Don’t Give Me No Lip Child
producer:
Paul Cook, Dave Goodman, Steve Jones and Jamie Thraves
lead vocals:
Johnny Rotten
cover recording of:
Don't Gimme No Lip Child
writer:
Barry Richards, Don Thomas and Jean Thomas
3:30
8(I’m Not Your) Stepping Stone
producer:
Paul Cook, Dave Goodman, Steve Jones and Jamie Thraves
lead vocals:
Johnny Rotten
cover recording of:
(I’m Not Your) Steppin’ Stone
writer:
Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart
3:10
9L’anarchie pour le U.K.
producer:
Jean Davoust
lead vocals:
Jerzimy
recording of:
L’anarchie pour le U.K.
writer:
Paul Cook, Steve Jones, John Lydon and Glen Matlock
translated version of:
Anarchy in the UK
3:27
10Belsen Was a Gas
lead vocals:
Johnny Rotten
live recording of:
Belsen Was a Gas
writer:
Paul Cook, Steve Jones, John Lydon and Sid Vicious
2:09
11Einmal Belsen War Wirflich Bortrefflich (Belsen Vosa Gassa)
producer:
Paul Cook and Steve Jones
lead vocals:
Ronnie Biggs
recording of:
Belsen Was a Gas
writer:
Paul Cook, Steve Jones, John Lydon and Sid Vicious
2:13
12Silly Thing
producer:
Paul Cook and Steve Jones
lead vocals:
Paul Cook
recording of:
Silly Thing
writer:
Paul Cook and Steve Jones
2:51
13My Way
producer:
Paul Cook and Steve Jones
lead vocals:
Sid Vicious
cover recording of:
My Way (Frank Sinatra song)
lyricist:
Paul Anka
composer:
Claude François and Jacques Revaux
previously attributed to:
Gilles Thibaut
translator:
Bobby Cruz
publisher:
Babel Music S.A., Chrysalis Standards Inc., Don C. Publications Inc., Eddie Barclay, Jeune Musique Éditions, Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc., Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., Spanka Music, Spanka Music Corp., Thibout Music, Warner Chappell Music France, Warner Chappell Music Ltd., ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部, ヤマハミュージックパブリッシング (until 2017-03-31) and ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (from 2017-04-01 to present)
translated version of:
Comme d’habitude
4:05
14I Wanna Be Me
producer:
Dave Goodman
lead vocals:
Johnny Rotten
recording of:
I Wanna Be Me
writer:
Paul Cook, Steve Jones, John Lydon and Glen Matlock
3:03
15Something Else
producer:
Steve Jones
lead vocals:
Sid Vicious
cover recording of:
Somethin’ Else
lyricist and composer:
Bob Cochran, Eddie Cochran and Sharon Sheeley
publisher:
EMI Unart Catalog Inc.
2:10
16Rock Around the Clock
lead vocals:
Ten Pole Tudor
cover recording of:
Rock Around the Clock (Bill Haley’s version)
lyricist and composer:
Jimmy De Knight (in 1952) and Max C. Freedman (in 1952)
arranger:
Harry Filler
publisher:
Edward Kassner Music Co. Ltd. and Myers Music, Inc.
version of:
We’re Gonna Rock Around the Clock (Original Freedman / De Knight version)
2:03
17Lonely Boy
producer:
Paul Cook and Steve Jones
lead vocals:
Steve Jones
recording of:
Lonely Boy
lyricist and composer:
Sex Pistols
3:02
18No One Is Innocent
producer:
Paul Cook and Steve Jones
lead vocals:
Ronnie Biggs
recording of:
No One Is Innocent
writer:
Ronnie Biggs and Steve Jones
3:01
19C’mon Everybody
producer:
Paul Cook and Steve Jones
lead vocals:
Sid Vicious
cover recording of:
C’mon Everybody
writer:
Jerry Capehart and Eddie Cochran
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing, EMI Unart Catalog Inc., Metric Music Co and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp.
1:59
20EMI (Orch)
producer:
Paul Cook and Steve Jones
lead vocals:
Steve Jones
recording of:
EMI
writer:
Paul Cook, Steve Jones, John Lydon and Glen Matlock
publisher:
Arista Music, Inc., Careers Music, Inc., Rotten Music Ltd, Stephen Philip Jones, Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. and WB Music Corp.
3:48
21The Great Rock ’n’ Roll Swindle
producer:
Paul Cook and Steve Jones
lead vocals:
Sex Pistols
vocals:
Paul Cook, Steve Jones and Tenpole Tudor
recording of:
Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle
writer:
Paul Cook, Steve Jones and Sid Vicious
4:19
22Friggin’ in the Riggin’
lead vocals:
Steve Jones
recording of:
Good Ship Venus
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 4836)
cover recording of:
Good Ship Venus
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 4836)
3:36
23You Need Hands
lead vocals:
Malcolm McLaren
cover recording of:
You Need Hands
lyricist and composer:
Roy Irwin
publisher:
Leeds Music
2:52
24Who Killed Bambi
lead vocals:
Tenpole Tudor
recording of:
Who Killed Bambi?
writer:
Tenpole Tudor and Vivienne Westwood
3:02