http://www.uncut.co.uk/news/uncut/news/10083

LAVISH SID VICIOUS LIVE COMPILATION ON ITS WAY

A colossal collection of songs by punk legend Sid Vicious is to go on sale in October, as part of the marketing surrounding the 30 year anniversary of the release of Sex Pistols’ debut LP “Never Mind The Bullocks”.

Titled “Sid Lives”, the double disc compilation is taken from the last four live shows Vicious has ever performed and consists of 39 songs – most of which have never been released before.

During his period as a solo artist, Vicious performed with the likes of Mick Jones (The Clash), Rat Scabies (the Damned) and the New York Dolls. While the rebellious attitude made him an icon – it’s Sid Vicious’ music with The Sex Pistols that pioneered British punk rock.

A 24-page, 8000-word booklet detailing the Sex Pistols saga is to accompany the album. Inside, former Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Dior gives an eyewitness account on the demise of the band and the conspiracy theories surrounding Nancy and Sid’s deaths.

There is also background material to all the songs and an extensive timeline in regard to the lives of Sid, Nancy and The Sex Pistols.

With the publishers promising the double CD collection for under a tenner, it promises to be the bargain for all the Sid Vicious fans. 'Sid Lives' is released on October 22.

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Contrary to the album title, Sid Vicious is dead. It is his music and legacy that lives on and this two CD set is packed with live performances by the ex Pistol (recorded before his death, obviously). These raw, rough and rambunctious performances have circulated before, but now they can be found on one handy two CD set... He's still very much dead but his music is very much alive! So, in retrospect, Sid Vicious lives even though he doesn't. Or something like that. Jungle. 2007.

DISC 1: Sept 28, 1978
FIRST SET:
1. Search & Destroy
2. Chatterbox
3. I Wanna Be Your Dog
4. Something Else
5. Stepping Stone
6. Don't Gimme No Lip Child
7. Belsen Was A Gas
8. Take A Chance
9. Chinese Rocks

SECOND SET:
10. Search & Destroy
11. Chatterbox
12. I Wanna Be Your Dog
13. Something Else
14. Belsen Was A Gas
15. Stepping Stone
16. Chinese Rocks
17. Take A Chance
18. Don't Gimme No Lip Child
19. Something Else.

DISC 2: Sept 30, 1978
FIRST SET:
1. Search And Destroy
2. Chatterbox
3. Something Else
4. Belsen Was A Gas
5. I Wanna Be Your Dog
6. Stepping Stone
7. Take A Chance
8. Don't Gimme No Lip Child
9. Chinese Rocks
10. My Way

SECOND SET:
11. Search And Destroy
12. Chatterbox
13. Something Else
14. I Wanna Be Your Dog
15. Belsen Was A Gas
16. Stepping Stone
17. Take A Chance
18. Don't Gimme No Lip Child
19. Chinese Rocks
20. My Way

Amazon USA:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000PTYNGS/?tag=imwan-20

Amazon UK:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000PTYNGS/?tag=imwan-21

I'm not at all familiar with his live recordings... how is the sound quality?

Also, I had been under the impression that a re-mastered, possibly expaned, edition of Never Mind The Bollocks was going to come out. Was it ever scheduled, or am I just imagining things?

What's been released before (including bootlegs) hasn't been all that great. Let's hope this album's sound quality matches the historical value.


Yeh, there was supposed to be such an edition about a year ago on Rhino ... the date kept being pushed back, then it vanished from the release schedule altogether. With the 30th anniversary of Bollocks coming up, maybe that expanded version will finally come out.

There was at one point a remastered, expanded NMTB which included the "Spunk" demos or whatever they were.

I have one of the older bootlegs, and I gotta be honest...the quality of these recordings will honestly not make much difference. He was completely wasted and sounded awful, often forgetting the words to songs and just a complete mess. I would submit that only a total diehard Sid fan would be interested in this set.
As for the Pistols, that box set that came out a few years ago was definitive enough for me, and included songs from nearly every bootleg and rare track I had ever purchased on vinyl years ago.