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First Issue - Clear Red Vinyl + Poster - Sealed

PUBLIC IMAGE LTD First Issue (2023 special limited edition 8-track LP, the seminal debut album from 1978 officially sanctioned by John Lydon and pressed on Clear Red Vinyl. Housed inside an expanded gatefold picture sleeve with rare photos, ephemera, fold-out poster, sticker and full album download card featuring a bonus hour-long BBC Interview with John Lydon, and the non-album B-side The Cowboy Song, taken from their debut single. Hypesticker & factory sealed. Recommended)

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Release Date 7th Apr 2023
Release Year 2023 - 1 years ago
Condition Unless stated otherwise in the description above, all items are in at least excellent condition - so please read our descriptions carefully. We try to sell items as close to Mint condition as possible, and many will indeed be close to brand new and/or unplayed. Others may be 'used' - and all will meet our strict grading and are 100% guaranteed.
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Format vinyl LP album (LP record)
Record Label Light In The Attic
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Product Catalogue No LITA100-1-1
Music Genre Punk
Country Comes from USA Comes from 'USA'
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Marking our 100th release on Light In The Attic and following the Record Store Day reissue of PiL’s debut single ‘Public Image’, we are set to reissue the pioneering group’s debut album First Issue, available for the first time ever in the US.

In 1976 Johnny Rotten and the Sex Pistols set the agenda for punk’s year zero with ‘Anarchy In The UK’, a song that summed up the spirit, sound and attitude of the band in one shocking package. Two years later, the Sex Pistols were in tatters, but Rotten was as unsentimental as you’d hope. He reverted to his real name – John Lydon – and set about forming a band whose very identity kicked against press and media manipulation. Featuring bassist Jah Wobble, drummer Jim Walker and guitarist Keith Levene, his new group were Public Image Limited. The public image would be limited.

PiL were a very distinct prospect from the Pistols, founded with a greater thought for rhythm, and with a sound that turned the page from snarling punk to a more experimental sound fusing rock, dance, folk, ballet, pop and dub. But that’s not to say Lydon’s new outfit lacked vitriol. ‘Public Image’ hits out against the notorious British tabloid press, who never gave Lydon an easy ride, and against his own Sex Pistols public image – “You only saw me for the clothes I wore”.

The debut single (and the album that followed) operated as a theme song and a manifesto: “…my entrance/My own creation/My grand finale/My goodbye,” as the lyrics had it. It is, essentially, the sound of four people letting loose in a studio – and not caring what anyone else thought.

The album was never officially released in the USA back in the day, its sound considered too un-commercial by major-labels for an American release.

First Issue has been lovingly reproduced from the original UK 1978 release and this special reissue also comes with a clutch of post-punk era treasures. The 2023 LP edition includes an expanded gatefold jacket, an archive replica fold-out poster, a PiL sticker, insert, and Download Card for the album, the archival BBC interview, and “The Cowboy Song.” All of which were approved and coordinated with John Lydon and his personal management.

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Recording Artist P.I.L.
Product Title First Issue - Clear Red Vinyl + Poster - Sealed
Product Information P.I.L. First Issue - Clear Red Vinyl + Poster - Sealed USA vinyl LP album (LP record).
Language All tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description.
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Artists Related To Brian Brain, Cash Pussies, CBI, Dave Goodman & Friends, Fantastic Planet, Glen Matlock, Hot Club, Jah Wobble, Jamie Reid, John Lydon, Julien Temple, Lightning Raiders, Malcolm McLaren, Rich Kids, Sex Pistols, Sid Vicious, Steve Jones, The Ex Pistols, The Greedies, The International Swingers, The Professionals, The Spectres (80'S), The Surgeons, The Vicious White Kids, Timezone, Vivenne Westwood
Product Barcode 826853310024
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