Sex Pistols - Live In The USA 1978

This is a pre-order item. Red Vinyl LP is expected 28th February 2025, White Vinyl LP is expected 28th March 2025, Blue Vinyl LP and 3CD is expected 25th April 2025.

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 – Atlanta (1LP) – On January 5^th 1978 the Sex Pistols ignited their inaugural US tour in Atlanta at the Great Southeast Music Hall. 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 red vinyl.

Side A
God Save The Queen
I Wanna Be Me
Seventeen
New York
Bodies
Submission

Side B
Holidays In The Sun
EMI
No Feelings
Problems
Pretty Vacant
Anarchy In The UK

Sex Pistols - Live In The USA 1978 – Dallas (1LP) - On January 10th 1978 the Sex Pistols continued their fateful US tour playing at the Longhorns Ballroom, Dallas. 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 white vinyl.
 
Side A
Intro/Radio Ad
God Save The Queen
I Wanna Be Me
Seventeen
New York
EMI
Bodies

Side B
Belsen Was A Gas
Holidays In The Sun
No Feelings
Problems
Pretty Vacant
Anarchy In The UK
No Fun
 

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.

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

Sex Pistols - Live In The USA 1978 (3CD)
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 and 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.
 
This 3CD set includes recordings all three concerts. The raw production captures the essence of a live experience, giving listeners a powerful snapshot of a significant moment in punk history.
 
CD1 - 5th Jan - 1978 Atlanta, South East Music Hall, USA
God Save The Queen
I Wanna Be Me
Seventeen
New York
Bodies
Submission
Holidays In The Sun
EMI
No Feelings
Problems
Pretty Vacant
Anarchy In The UK
 
CD2 -10th January - 1978 Dallas, Longhorns Ballroom, USA
Intro/Radio Ad
God Save The Queen
I Wanna Be Me
Seventeen
New York
EMI
Bodies
Belsen Was A Gas
Holidays in the Sun
No Feelings
Problems
Pretty Vacant
Anarchy In The UK
No Fun
 

CD3 - 14th January 1978 San Francisco, Winterland Ballroom, USA
God Save The Queen
I Wanna Be Me
Seventeen
New York
EMI
Belsen Was A Gas
Bodies
Holidays In The Sun
Liar
No Feelings
Problems
Pretty Vacant
Anarchy in the UK
No Fun

PRODUCT DETAILS

Artist:  Sex Pistols
Label:  UMR
Condition:  New 
Genre:  Punk & Post-Punk
Format:  Vinyl LP
Cat Number:  Sexpiss78LP1
Released:  25th April 2025