Un-Numbered Edition

Never Mind The Bollocks, Heres The Sex Pistols, an album that rewired 20 years of rock in under 40 minutes, is available today from Rhino High Fidelity (Rhino Hi-Fi), the premium vinyl reissue series.Released in 1977, it debuted at #1 on the U.K. charts despite being banned by major retailers and causing widespread controversy. Bristling with broadsides like Anarchy In The U.K., God Save The Queen, Pretty Vacant, and Holidays In The Sun, the album distilled rage and disillusionment into a single, unrelenting statement.In the albums new liner notes, producer Chris Thomas recalls how the band found their recording approach almost by accident during an early session. We put down a track, just rhythm guitar and drums, pretty much first-take, no mistakes. It was impossible to know if it was any good, so, being a bit stumped, I asked Steve if he would like to have a go at putting the bass part on.Instead of playing a traditional bass line, he simply mirrored his guitar an octave loweran unexpected move that snapped everything into focus. It was an absolute Eureka! moment, Thomas recalls. “The combination was so powerful, so simple. We bashed three more songs down, adding the bass and double-tracking the guitar in just a couple of hours. We were seriously in first-take territory.”

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 are considered 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.

Track List:

01 Holidays in the Sun
02 Bodies
03 No Feelings
04 Liar
05 Problems
06 God Save the Queen
01 Seventeen
02 Anarchy in the U.K.
03 Sub-Mission
04 Pretty Vacant
05 New York
06 EMI

street date 5/15/2026