The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle

by Sex Pistols

Overview

A wildly inconsistent but often entertaining collection, the soundtrack to the Sex Pistols' pseudo-documentary contains great music, whacked-out novelties, and flat-out tripe in approximately equal proportions. Some formative recordings are included -- mostly covers like "(I'm Not Your) Stepping Stone," plus a demo of "Anarchy in the U.K." that somehow manages to top the version on Never Mind the Bollocks in terms of raw rage and sheer power. "I Wanna Be Me" and a veiled chronicle of the band's breakup, "Silly Thing," are also necessary items. Devoted fans will enjoy "The Black Arabs"' disco medley of Pistols' hits, a French version of "Anarchy in the U.K." complete with accordion, two tracks sung by loony Edward Tudor-Pole (later of Tenpole Tudor), and Sid Vicious' awful but strangely appropriate reading of Frank Sinatra's "My Way." ~ Steve Huey

Product Details

Release Date:	04/05/2024
Label:	Universal
UPC:	4988031627389
Rank:	70760

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Sex Pistols   Primary Artist
Ronnie Biggs   Primary Artist,Guest Artist,Vocals
Black Arabs   Primary Artist,Vocals
Jerzimy   Primary Artist,Vocals
Malcolm McLaren   Primary Artist,Guest Artist,Vocals
Tenpole Tudor   Primary Artist,Guest Artist,Vocals
The Sex Pistols & Friends   Primary Artist
Edward Tenpole   Featured Artist
Paul Cook   Vocals
Sid Vicious   Vocals
Steve Jones   Vocals
Johnny Rotten   Vocals

Technical Credits

Heinz Zawodski   Photography
John Tiberi   Photography
Roy Irwin   Composer
Thomas Sidney Boyce   Composer
Steve Jones   Composer,Composer
Paul Thomas Cook   Composer,Producer
Edward Tenpole   Composer
Stephen Philip Jones   Composer,Producer
Louis Brennon   Translation
Jean Davoust   Producer
Chuck Berry   Composer
Jacques Revaux   Composer
Claude Francois   Composer
Jonathan Richman   Composer
Sharon Sheeley   Composer
Traditional   Composer
Tenpole Tudor   Composer
Simon Jeffes   Arranger
Bob Cochran   Composer
Bobby Hart   Composer
Jerry Capehart   Composer
Max Freedman   Composer
Micky Foote   Producer
Tommy Boyce   Composer
Brian Potter   Composer
Glen Matlock   Composer
Paul Anka   Composer
Paul Cook   Composer
Sid Vicious   Composer
Ian Samwell   Composer
Eddie Cochran   Composer
Johnny Rotten   Composer
Pete Townshend   Composer
Jimmy DeKnight   Composer
Thraves   Producer
Ronnie Biggs   Composer
Trevor Key   Design,Photography
Julien Temple   Composer
Dave Goodman   Producer
Vivienne Westwood   Composer
Jean Thomas   Composer
June Miles-Kingston   Photography
Bob Gruen   Photography
James E. Myers   Composer
Andrew Watson   Photography
Gilles Thibaut   Composer
Barry Richards   Composer
Jamie Reid   Design
Donald Thomas   Composer
Julian Temple   Composer
Pete Townsend   Composer
Joe Stevens   Photography