Live '78 - 2025 European Universal Label 40-track 3CD Set

40 plus years on, the Sex Pistols output from their original creative period together, forged amidst times of poor leadership and economic turmoil, continues to resonate in ways most could never have imagined. Not least those Stateside who witnessed the performances that make up this release. A document of the last days of the band, left to run adrift by absent management on a label that didn’t really understand, in a country that arguably felt more threatened than it did excited by the prospect of the group, vital, primal and compelling are all words that can be used to describe the audio and here. Until their return as a live entity in 1996, everything that followed their short, fateful tour of America in January 1978 was simply a parody of what had been. With concerts finally released in full and correctly sequenced for the very first time - Live In the USA 1978 takes us back to the moment the creative force that was Sex Pistols imploded.

This 3CD set includes recordings all three concerts. The raw production captures the essence of a live experience, giving listeners a powerful snapshot of a significant moment in punk history.

CD1 - Sex Pistols - Live In The USA 1978 – Atlanta (1LP) – On January 5th 1978 the Sex Pistols ignited their inaugural US tour in Atlanta at the Great Southeast Music Hall.

CD2 - Sex Pistols - Live In The USA 1978 – Dallas (1LP) - On January 10th 1978 the Sex Pistols continued their US tour playing at the Longhorns Ballroom, Dallas.

CD3 - Sex Pistols - Live In The USA 1978 – San Francisco (1LP) - On January 14th 1978 the Sex Pistols closed their US tour at the Winterland Ballroom, San Francisco.

Tracklisting.

CD1.
1. God Save the Queen
2. I Wanna Be Me
3. Seventeen
4. New York
5. Bodies
6. Submission
7. Holidays in the Sun
8. Emi
9. No Feelings
10.Problems
11.Pretty Vacant
12.Anarchy in the UK

CD2.
1. Intro / Radio Ad
2. God Save the Queen
3. I Wanna Be Me
4. Seventeen
5. New York
6. Emi
7. Bodies
8. Belsen Was a Gas
9. Holidays in the Sun
10.No Feelings
11.Problems
12.Pretty Vacant
13.Anarchy in the UK
14.No Fun

CD3.
1. God Save the Queen
2. I Wanna Be Me
3. Seventeen
4. New York
5. Emi
6. Belsen Was a Gas
7. Bodies
8. Holidays in the Sun
9. Liar
10.No Feelings
11.Problems
12.Pretty Vacant
13.Anarchy in the UK
14. No Fun

Release Date. April 25th 2025