Sleepy Night Records
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Has anyone got the rare record by the Sex Pistols "God save the Queen" on A&M and what was the story about Herb, having a bad time with them, was this in London, did Herb come over?
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"I think we're at the forefront, we have the best groups. We spotted it right from the beginning. We had the Sex Pistols, but that fell apart. They were on A&M for a week in March '77, and it was longer than they deserved to stay."
There were stories circulating at the time that some of the label's other acts wanted the Pistols dumped, but Alpert says, "The Pistols were too demanding, too crazy, too drugged out, and as far as I'm concerned, just nonsense. I can go for somebody who's flamboyant, for craziness y'know, but when it turns on you then it doesn't matter how good an artist is. They were so self-centered they didn't care about anybody else. The Pistols were very rude to our London staff and there was a scene in our offices there. We had some money invested in them but Jerry and I agreed, 'let's get them the f**k off, who needs that'!"
A&M was set to release "God Save The Queen," but all 25,000 copies pressed were allegedly destroyed. A few did in fact get out and now change hands for close to $100 apiece (with picture sleeve).
Thanks for the info Rudy.This is a good summary of the Sex Pistols contract:
March 16, 1977: A&M Records Fires The Sex Pistols After Six Days
A lot of bands get dropped by their record labels, but it usually takes several years and a few stale releases before a label is willing to pull the plug on something it invested so heavily in.www.guitarworld.com
I've never tried to buy the single, though.
I remember this caused a stir among the extreme conservative church world Mr Boone referred to it as a Joke I heard this CD and it was simply Big band style versions of rock and heavy metal classics only in the stressed out polarized 90s could this have been possibleOr Pat Boone?
Oh, I think it would be very possible today, too.I remember this caused a stir among the extreme conservative church world Mr Boone referred to it as a Joke I heard this CD and it was simply Big band style versions of rock and heavy metal classics only in the stressed out polarized 90s could this have been possible
Yep. Pat Boone should do an album of Sex Pistols and Dead Kennedys covers. Maybe a bonus track or two of Chelsea and/or The Damned?Oh, I think it would be very possible today, too.
Well, what I meant, was that today is as (more?) stressed out and polarized as the 90s and had he waited until now, Pat could have found himself in every bit as much hot water as he did then.Yep. Pat Boone should do an album of Sex Pistols and Dead Kennedys covers. Maybe a bonus track or two of Chelsea and/or The Damned?