An impossibly rare 1977 Sex Pistols UK A&M Records “God Save the Queen“ promotional T-shirt, formerly owned by Rory Johnston, the Sex Pistols US representative. With a letter of authenticity from Johnston noting the shirt’s extraordinary province. Certainly the rarest Sex Pistols T-shirt, this has been bootlegged numerous times. As has been well documented, the […]
An exceedingly rare UK Sex Pistols Bulletin promotional poster, rushed out by the group’s management in the wake of the group’s notorious December 1, 1976 appearance on the Today television program (aka the Bill Grundy show). Designed by Jamie Reid and Sophie Richmond, the poster makes use of the tabloid headlines that followed the group […]
A Sex Pistols 100 Club handbill, printed shortly after the May 1976 show by Jamie Reid for use on the back cover of the first Sex Pistols/Glitterbest press kit, circa August 1976. The handbill was designed by Helen Wellington-Lloyd, and the press kit was designed by Reid and compiled by him and Sophie Richmond. Pistols […]
A rare concert poster advertising the Dognvill ’08 Festival, headlined by the Sex Pistols, and signed by the full band–John Lydon (as Johnny Rotten), Steve Jones, Paul Cook and Glen Matlock. The signatures, in black sharpie, are large and bold, with Lydon’s measuring over 8″ wide. The Pistols played on the second day of the […]
An extremely rare poster from the Sex Pistols’ last-ever UK show, a Christmas Day 1977 benefit at Ivanhoe’s in Huddersfield. As described in Sex Pistols Diary, ‘the event is aid of a children’s charity and the children of local Firemen. They give a free afternoon party and performance for 250+ local children aged under 14. […]
A Sex Pistols El Paradise Club handbill, printed shortly after the show by Jamie Reid for use on the front cover of the first Sex Pistols/Glitterbest press kit, circa August 1976. The handbill was designed by Nils Stevenson and Helen Wellington-Lloyd, and the press kit was designed by Reid and compiled by him and Sophie […]
A scarce 1976 EMI Records UK promotional poster advertising the Sex Pistols’ landmark debut single, ‘Anarchy in the U.K.’ Produced to promote the single’s November 26, 1976 release, this features Jamie Reid’s classic torn and reassembled with safety pins Union Jack flag. As Sex Pistols biographer Jon Savage wrote in Up We Rise, ‘The deliberate […]
A Sex Pistols 100 Club handbill, printed shortly after the show by Jamie Reid for use on the front cover of the first Sex Pistols/Glitterbest press kit, circa August 1976. The handbill was designed by Nils Stevenson and Helen Wellington-Lloyd, and the press kit was designed by Reid and compiled by him and Sophie Richmond. […]
A very rare 1979 French test pressing of the Sex Pistols double album The Great Rock ‘N’ Roll Swindle, on Barclay Records. This is the French first pressing, most notable for having unique artwork on the back cover featuring newspaper clippings, the track listing on the inside gatefold bearing no relation to the order of […]
A rare May 1977 press kit for the Sex Pistols issued by Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren’s Glitterbest Ltd., in conjunction with the release of the Sex Pistols’ second single, “God Save the Queen.” This is the fourth (and perhaps rarest) of the Glitterbest Sex Pistols press kits, and undoubtedly the most interesting, as it details […]
A rare Sex Pistols ‘Pretty Vacant’ promotional badge made by Better Badges of London, around the 1977 release of the single. As Better Badges founder Joly MacFee told The Guardian in 1976, ‘After initially lifting the “anarchy” design I gained a good working relationship with Glitterbest (Malcolm McLaren’s management company) – ie I paid them […]
A rare Sex Pistols ‘Holidays in the Sun’ promotional badge made by Better Badges of London, around the 1977 release of the single. As Better Badges founder Joly MacFee told The Guardian in 1976, ‘After initially lifting the “anarchy” design I gained a good working relationship with Glitterbest (Malcolm McLaren’s management company) – ie I […]
A rare Sex Pistols ‘Pretty Vacant’ promotional badge made by Better Badges of London, around the 1977 release of the single. As Better Badges founder Joly MacFee told The Guardian in 1976, ‘After initially lifting the “anarchy” design I gained a good working relationship with Glitterbest (Malcolm McLaren’s management company) – ie I paid them […]
A rare Sex Pistols ‘God Save the Queen’ promotional badge made by Better Badges of London, around the 1977 release of the groundbreaking single. As Better Badges founder Joly MacFee told The Guardian in 1976, ‘After initially lifting the “anarchy” design I gained a good working relationship with Glitterbest (Malcolm McLaren’s management company) – ie […]
A large Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols promotional badge made by Warner Bros. Records in 1977. Measuring 3″ in diameter, this is in Excellent condition, with just some light oxidation to the back.
A scarce 1977 Sex Pistols promotional poster issued by Warner Bros. Records in 1977 to promote their album Never Mind The Bollocks. American designer Ronn Spencer designed this day-glo classic, explaining “When Warner Bros. signed the Pistols one of the art directors remembered my work and suggested sending some examples to Malcolm [McLaren, the Pistols […]