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The Sex Pistols - The 76 Club [2-CD]

Primary Artist
The Sex Pistols
Album Title
The 76 Club [2-CD]
Release Date
November 13, 2001 
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Review by Brian Downing
At last, the final statement on The Sex Pistols' Burton-on-Trent gig from 1976. This release surpasses both prior releases -- The Original Pistols Live and The Best Of & The Rest Of The Original Pistols -- in terms of completeness and even unearths the "lost" track "Satellite." This CD catches the early version of the group during a raw epiphany, which seems to be more appropriate to the punk ethos than the overly polished, yet brilliant Never Mind The Bollocks. At this point, Glen Matlock was still the group's bassist, although the fact that he could actually play his instrument, unlike successor Sid Vicious, had no audible impact on this gig. Read More