Public Image Limited / The Public Image Is Rotten (Songs From The Heart)

In July, Universal Music will issue two massive 40th anniversary Public Image Ltd (PiL) career-spanning box sets which are packed with hits, rarities, radio sessions, live concerts, promos, TV footage and more.

The Public Image Is Rotten (Songs From The Heart) is available as a 5CD+2DVD box set and a 6LP vinyl collection.

The CD box content starts with a disc of singles (1978-205) before moving on to B-sides, rarities and John Peel radio sessions. The third disc is 12-inch mixes and the fourth CD features unreleased tracks and mixes. The final audio disc is a July 1989 live concert at New York Ritz. The two DVDs complete the set and have loads of content, including 21 promo videos, footage from Top of the Pops and The Old Grey Whistle Test and two further live concerts.

The vinyl box (which comes with a download card)  replicates a fair amount of this content but omits live audio, Peel Sessions. The Amazon UK price of £89 for the vinyl box is worth jumping on, because it’s £120 elsewhere! Update: now up to £121.

The boxes include a 72-page book, poster, prints and come packaged in a debossed black and gold foil box.

The CD version of The Public Image Is Rotten (Songs From The Heart) will be released on 22 June, will the vinyl set to follow on 20 July 2018.

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• 1. Public Image
• 2. Death Disco
• 3. Memories
• 4. Flowers of Romance
• 5. This is Not a Love Song
• 6. Bad Life
• 7. Rise
• 8. Home
• 9. Seattle
• 10. The Body
• 11. Disappointed
• 12. Warrior
• 13. Don’t Ask Me
• 14. Cruel
• 15. One Drop
• 16. Reggie Song
• 17. Out of the Woods
• 18. Double Trouble

Disc 2: B-sides, Rarities & Radio Sessions

B-Sides

• 1. The Cowboy Song
• 2. Half Mix / Megga Mix
• 3. Another
• 4. Home is Where the Heart is
• 5. Blue Water
• 6. Question Mark
• 7. Selfish Rubbish
• 8. USLS1
• 9. Turkey Tits

Rarities

• 10. Pied Piper
• 11. Criminal

Radio Sessions

• 12. Poptones (BBC, John Peel Session 1979)
• 13. Careering  (BBC, John Peel Session 1979)
• 14. Chant  (BBC, John Peel Session 1979)
• 15. Cruel  (BBC, Mark Goodier Session 1992)
• 16. Acid Drops (BBC, Mark Goodier Session 1992)
• 17. Love Hope (BBC, Mark Goodier Session 1992)

Disc 3: 12” Mixes & Dance Tracks

• 1. Death Disco (12”)
• 2. This is Not a Love Song (12”)
• 3. Flowers of Romance (instrumental)
• 4. Rise (Bob Clearmountain Mix)
• 5. Seattle (US Remix 12”)
• 6. The Body (US Remix Extended 12”)
• 7. Disappointed (12”)
• 8. Happy (US Remix 12”)
• 9. Warrior (Extended 12” Mix)
• 10. Lollipop Opera (from This is PiL)
• 11. Shoom (from What The World Needs Now…)

Bonus Tracks

• 12. Death Disco (Original Monitor Mix)
• 13. This is Not a Love Song (12” Remix)

Disc 4: Unreleased Mixes and Tracks

• 1.  Annalisa  (“New Mix” – Townhouse 1979)
• 2. Albatross (“Monitor Mix” 1979)
• 3. Careering (Live Paris 1980) (Previously Unreleased)
• 4. Banging The Door (Alternative Mix, Townhouse 1980) (aka The Door)
• 5. Vampire (Unreleased Track – Townhouse 1981)
• 6. Nineteen Eighty One (Original Version, Townhouse 1981)
• 7. Bad Night (Unreleased Track – Park South 1983)
• 8. Things in E (aka Ease) (Alternative Laswell mix 1985)
• 9. Can you Feel the Fours (Unreleased Instrumental – Farmhouse 1987)
• 10. Spy Thriller Open and Revolving (Alternative Mix  – Farmhouse 1987) (aka Spy Thriller)
• 11. Kashmir (Unreleased Renovations Mix 1987) (Instrumental)
• 12. Cajun (Unreleased Bill Laswell Instrumental 1988)
• 13. Worry (“Ruff Mix” – Advision 1988)
• 14. Think Tank (“Outtake” – Eldorado 1991)

Disc 5: Live Concert

Live at New York Ritz July 16th 1989

• 1. Warrior (with intro)
• 2. Happy
• 3. This is Not a Love Song
• 4. Home
• 5. Round
• 6. Brave New World
• 7. Same Old Story
• 8. The Body
• 9. Open & Revolving
• 10. Rise
• 11. Disappointed
• 12. Public Image
• 13. Seattle
• 14. World Destruction

Disc 6: DVD

Promo Videos

• 1. Public Image
• 2. Death Disco
• 3. This is Not a Love Song
• 4. This is Not a Love Song (live in Tokyo)
• 5. Bad Life
• 6. Rise
• 7. Home
• 8. Seattle
• 9. The Body (uncensored)
• 10. Disappointed
• 11. Warrior
• 12. Don’t Ask Me
• 13. Cruel
• 14. Covered
• 15. One Drop
• 16. Reggie Song
• 17. Out of the Woods
• 18. Lollipop Opera (unreleased)
• 19. Double Trouble
• 20. Bettie Page
• 21. The One

Talin, Rock Summer Festival, Estonia, August 26th 1988

(intro)

• 1. Public Image
• 2. FFF
• 3. Seattle
• 4. Home
• 5. Bags
• 6. Rise
• 7. Hard Times
• 8. Religion
• 9. Rules & Regulations
• 10. Angry
• 11. Open & Revolving
• 12. Holidays In The Sun
• 13. The Body
• 14. World Destruction

DVD 2

BBC Archive

• 1. Death Disco – BBC, Top of the Pops 1979
• 2. Poptones & Careering – BBC, Old Grey Whistle Test 1980
• 3. Flowers of Romance – BBC, Top of the Pops 1981
• 4. Rise – BBC, Top of the Pops 1986
• 5. Home & Round – BBC, Old Grey Whistle Test 1986
• 6. Disappointed – The Late Show 1989

Sydney, Enmore Theatre, Australia, April 10th 2013

• 1. Four Enclosed Walls
• 2. Albatross
• 3. Deeper Water
• 4. Memories
• 5. Reggie Song
• 6. Disappointed
• 7. Warrior
• 8. Flowers of Romance
• 9. One Drop
• 10.  Death Disco
• 11. This is Not a Love Song
• 12. Public Image
• 13. Out of the Woods
• 14. Rise
• 15. Open Up

The Public Image Is Rotten (Songs From The Heart) 6LP EDITION

Record 1: Singles 1978-1989

A

• 1. Public Image
• 2. Death Disco
• 3. Memories
• 4. Flowers of Romance
• 5. This is Not a Love Song
• 6. Bad Life

B

• 1. Rise
• 2. Home
• 3. Seattle
• 4. The Body
• 5. Disappointed

Record 2: Singles 1989-2015

A

• 1. Warrior
• 2. Don’t Ask Me
• 3. Cruel
• 4. One Drop

B

• 1. Reggie Song
• 2. Out of the Woods
• 3. Double Trouble

Record 3: B-sides

A

• B-Sides
• 1. The Cowboy Song
• 2. Half Mix / Megga Mix
• 3. Another
• 4. Home is Where the Heart is

B

• 1. Blue Water
• 2. Question Mark
• 3. Selfish Rubbish
• 4. USLS1
• 5. Turkey Tits

Record 4: 12” Mixes & Dance Tracks

A

• 1. Death Disco (12”)
• 2. This is Not a Love Song (12”)
• 3. Flowers of Romance (instrumental)
• 4. Rise (Bob Clearmountain Mix)

B

• 1. Seattle (US Remix 12”)
• 2. The Body (US Remix Extended 12”)
• 3. Disappointed (12”)

Record 5: 12” Mixes & Dance Tracks

A

• 1. Happy (US Remix 12”)
• 2. Warrior (Extended 12” Mix)
• 3. Lollipop Opera (from This is PiL)

B

• 1. Shoom (from What The World Needs Now…)
• 2. Death Disco (Original Monitor Mix)
• 3. This is Not a Love Song (12” Remix)

Record 6: Unreleased Mixes and Tracks

A

• 1. Annalisa  (“New Mix” – Townhouse 1979)
• 2. Banging The Door (Alternative Mix, Townhouse 1980) (aka The Door)
• 3. Vampire (Unreleased Track – Townhouse 1981)
• 4. Nineteen Eighty One (Original Version, Townhouse 1981)
• 5. Bad Night (Unreleased Track – Park South 1983)

B

• 1. Can you Feel the Fours (Unreleased Instrumental – Farmhouse 1987)
• 2. Spy Thriller Open and Revolving (Alternative Mix  – Farmhouse 1987) (aka Spy Thriller)
• 3. Kashmir (Unreleased Renovations Mix 1987) (Instrumental)
• 4. Cajun (Unreleased Bill Laswell Instrumental 1988)
• 5. Think Tank (“Outtake” – Eldorado 1991)