SEX PISTOLS - 'Cosh The Driver' 7" FRENCH PRESS 1978 Sid Vicious JOHNNY ROTTEN.
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SEX PISTOLS - COSH THE DRIVER - 7" SINGLE - FRENCH PRESSING 1978
Up for grabs is this Mega Rare Sex Pistols My Way / Cosh The Driver single.
The first single to appear from McLaren's master scam The Great Rock n Roll Swindle bearing the Sex Pistols name, Malcolm's idea to use a former great train robber as the Sex Pistols new front man was never going to fool anyone, Biggs was in exile in Brazil so was never going to be anything other than a guest vocalist at best, the idea was a non starter and ended as quickly as it began.
Issued in the UK as a double A sided single McLaren insisted that the other track was My Way, Sid Vicious sticking his biker boots in the teeth of the Sinatra standard, starting off slow in a mockery of the original before ending with the signature Sid Vicious Sneer and a two fingered salute.
McLaren was keen to promote the hell outta Vicious as he held a secret wish that it could've been him up there doing it but knew he just didn't have the bottle so lived out his fantasy through the film a much safer option than trying to out punk Sid.
The single did quite well and was issued as NO ONE IS INNOCENT - McLaren pushed for it to be called - COSH THE DRIVER, to give the record some added shock value but in the end Virgin bottled it and chose to go with no one is innocent, McLaren however eventually got his way when the record was issued in France on his dodgy Matrixbest label.
This record is that rarest French version of the single, the differences are -
My Way was promoted to the A side, easier to advertise than Cosh The Driver, it was also credited to Sid Vicious and not Sex Pistols.
The sleeve is issued on thick card stock and the Sex Pistols logo and swindle lettering is changed to gold instead of the usual yellow.
No one is innocent is dropped at McLaren's insistence and the label list's the track as Cosh The Driver, the only country to do this, they also make a mistake and put BRIGGS instead of BIGGS on the label.
This has been cared for, minimal storage / use wear to the sleeve, unexpected for a record of this age, the vinyl itself is a great example, this has been looked after very well, it doesn't look 40 plus years old.
Nothing to not like about this excellent record, a Very fine addition to any Sex Pistols collection of note.
As always the photos are the best description of all, miss this and I doubt another this good a quality will surface anytime soon.
Sold with no reserve, check out my other punk and Sex Pistols items.
Selling on collector's sites anywhere between £50 - £70 depending where you like to shop.
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