Sex Pistols God Save The Queen A& M Vinyl 7" Repress Mint Condition Never Played
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Sex Pistols God Save The Queen White Vinyl 7" Repress from 2000's Excellent condition.
The pictures of of the record for sale
SOME INFO ON THE HISTORY OF THE SONG / SINGLE
On A&M: (from a news report in 2019)
A rare copy of the Sex Pistols' single God Save The Queen has sold for £13,000 at auction.
The single was originally recorded for A&M Records in 1977, but the label dropped the band before it was issued and most of the copies were destroyed.
Martin Hughes, of Wessex Auction Rooms near Chippenham, said: "It's a holy grail item... and as far as I can tell it's never been played."
In near mint condition, it is among the most valuable vinyl discs of all time.
While other records have since sold for considerably higher prices, the Pistols disc remains among the most sought after artefacts of its kind.
(Unfortunately this is NOT an original but a modern repress by the A&M record company in the 2000's!)
On Virgin records
The single was released on 27 May 1977, and was regarded by many of the general public as an assault on Queen Elizabeth II and the monarchy. The song's title is taken directly from the national anthem of the United Kingdom of the same name. At the time, it was highly controversial for its equation of the queen with a "fascist regime" and for the lyric "there is no future in England's dreaming". According to Glen Matlock, who had co-written the song—although he was no longer a member of the band by the time it was released—the bass was inspired by The Move's "Fire Brigade".
Although many believe it was created because of the Silver Jubilee, the band have denied it, with Paul Cook saying that "it wasn't written specifically for the Queen's Jubilee. We weren't aware of it at the time. It wasn't a contrived effort to go out and shock everyone." Johnny Rotten has explained the lyrics as follows: "You don't write 'God Save the Queen' because you hate the English race. You write a song like that because you love them, and you're fed up with them being mistreated." He intended to evoke sympathy for the English working class and a general resentment towards the monarchy.
the single was banned by the Independent Broadcasting Authority which regulated Independent Local Radio. On at least one singles chart for the period, TOP 20 POPS, the song's position at No. 2 was represented by a blank line. In March 2001, the BBC published an article that stated ‘"God Save the Queen" reached number one in the UK in 1977 despite being banned by the BBC, and marked a defining moment in the punk revolution.’[15] The NME magazine chart did in fact place the single at number-one during the Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II.
THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE ACTUAL ITEM FOR SALE
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