SEX PISTOLS - Never mind the bollocks, A3/B3 ONE OF ONLY 1000 FIRST PRESSING -77
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Jul 3, 2012 Sold Date
Jun 23, 2012 Start Date
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SEX PISTOLS - Never mind the bollocks,  ONE OF ONLY 1000 COPIES OF THE VERY FIRST PRESSING WITH THE A3/B3 MATRIX.

No poster, no freebie with Submission.

Condition: Record: Excellent (glossy and great), Cover: Vg (some small wear and a price tag)

What to know about the Blank Back Version
Between the end of August '77 & September '77, members of the Sex Pistols could not decide if the record was going to be released with or without 'Submission'. To speed up the band Richard Branson decided to press an 11 track version without 'Submission', and non-featuring - on purpose - a back cover without any titles. 1000 copies were pressed but the band changed their mind and finally decided to include the song on the record.

Rather than send the whole batch to the bin, Branson decided to recycle the copies exclusively on the promotional circuit, but the Barclay release caused him to change his masterplan again and Virgin Records sent most of the copies to France in order to counterattack Barclay on its own playground, although some copies were also sold in the UK, Sweden and USA, and possibly others countries as a single album without any single or poster bonus.

The best way to know if you have got one of the rare real first 1000 copies is the matrix number: V2086 A1/B1 or V2086 A3/B3. Why use 2 different matrix numbers for the same pressing? Because the manufacturer used several pressing machines at the same time. It was also a good way to test all the different sets of plates. A third plates set V2086 A2/B2 was also manufactured but it seems it wasn't used for the first 1000 NMTB. As we couldn't find any copy with this matrix number we can't say for sure it really exists so check your copies!!

The blank back cover was also used with the 12 tracks version on 4 different occasions with different matrix numbers like A7/B5, A5/B7, A7/B6 & A9/B9 (some with freebie & poster.)

To sum up the blank back story, if you got A1/B1 & A3/B3 you got one of the first exclusive 1000 copies and all the others pressings are just misprints.

Read more: http://www.philjens.plus.com/pistols/pistols/pistols_nmtb.htm

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