Sex Pistols / Live In The USA 1978
A trio of separate vinyl releases and a 3CD set
Three new live albums from the Sex Pistols are scheduled for release in April. Live in the USA 1978 documents the band’s last tour of the original era, in America, in 1978.
Avoiding major cities such as New York and Los Angeles, the tour took them through the American south, before ending in San Francisco. It was a notorious outing, littered with issues from the start as Warner Bros, the band’s American label, had to put up a $1 million bond to secure visas for two weeks and whilst on the road audiences were provoked, objects flew, tensions brewed, and cracks widened among the Pistols themselves as the band imploded. Within days of Johnny Rotten’s infamous “Ever get the feeling you’ve been cheated?” challenge to the audience at the last gig in San Francisco, he’d announced his departure from the band.
Live in the USA 1978 includes three shows:
- Great South East Music Hall, Atlanta, 5 January 1978
- Longhorns Ballroom, Dallas, 10 January 1978
- Winterland Ballroom, San Francisco, 14 January 1978
Each gig is being released separately (and a month apart) on coloured vinyl. These are the concerts in full and correctly sequenced. The Atlanta show is being issued on red vinyl on 28 February, the Dallas show on white vinyl on 28 March and the notorious last show from San Francisco on blue vinyl on 25 April 2025. A 3CD box set featuring all three gigs, coincides with the last vinyl offering, in April.
Live In The USA 1978 is being released on vinyl and CD via UMR.
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Live in the USA 1978 - 3CD set
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Live in the USA 1978 - Atlanta Red vinyl LP
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Live in the USA 1978 - Dallas White vinyl LP
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Live in the USA 1978 - San Francisco blue vinyl LP
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Tracklisting
Live in USA 1978 Sex Pistols / Atlanta
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Side A
- God Save The Queen
- I Wanna Be Me
- Seventeen
- New York
- Bodies
- Submission
Side B
- Holidays In The Sun
- EMI
- No Feelings
- Problems
- Pretty Vacant
- Anarchy In The UK
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Tracklisting
Live in the USA 1978 Sex Pistols / Dallas
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Side A
- Intro/Radio Ad
- God Save The Queen
- I Wanna Be Me
- Seventeen
- New York
- EMI
- Bodies
Side B
- Belsen Was A Gas
- Holidays In The Sun
- No Feelings
- Problems
- Pretty Vacant
- Anarchy In The UK
- No Fun
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Tracklisting
Live in the USA 1978 Sex Pistols / San Francisco
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Side A
- Intro/Radio Ad
- God Save The Queen
- I Wanna Be Me
- Seventeen
- New York
- EMI
- Bodies
Side B
- Belsen Was A Gas
- Holidays In The Sun
- No Feelings
- Problems
- Pretty Vacant
- Anarchy In The UK
- No Fun
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Tracklisting
Live in the USA 1978 Sex Pistols / 3CD box set
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CD1 – 5th Jan – 1978 Atlanta, South East Music Hall, USA
- God Save The Queen
- I Wanna Be Me
- Seventeen
- New York
- Bodies
- Submission
- Holidays In The Sun
- EMI
- No Feelings
- Problems
- Pretty Vacant
- Anarchy In The UK
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CD 2: CD2 -10th January – 1978 Dallas, Longhorns Ballroom, USA
- Intro/Radio Ad
- God Save The Queen
- I Wanna Be Me
- Seventeen
- New York
- EMI
- Bodies
- Belsen Was A Gas
- Holidays in the Sun
- No Feelings
- Problems
- Pretty Vacant
- Anarchy In The UK
- No Fun
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CD3 – 14th January 1978 San Francisco, Winterland Ballroom, USA
- God Save The Queen
- I Wanna Be Me
- Seventeen
- New York
- EMI
- Belsen Was A Gas
- Bodies
- Holidays In The Sun
- Liar
- No Feelings
- Problems
- Pretty Vacant
- Anarchy in the UK
- No Fun
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CD1 – 5th Jan – 1978 Atlanta, South East Music Hall, USA
By Dylan McNally
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