PIL Vinyl Bootleg Guide #26 - Bad Night 7" - Clear Vinyl

Side A Bad Night (Rough Version) 4.50 min

Side B 1981 (Demo version) 3.15 min

Label & Catalogue Number:   Cat No. PIL UR 04. 2018

Origin: U.K..

Release Date: October 2018

Format:  7'' Single

Sound Quality: Excellent

Notes:  Lathe Cut, Clear vinyl. Surfaced on Ebay October 2018. Limited to 30 copies only

Packaging: Comes in clear plastic sleeve, number stamped from 01-30. 

PIL Vinyl Bootleg Guide #25 - - Studio Out Takes (1981) 7" - White Vinyl

Side A Public Image(Studio Rehearsal).

Side A Flowers Of Romance(Funny Version).

Side AA Bad Life(Studio Rehearsal)

Label & Catalogue Number:   Cat No. PIL UR 03. 2018

Origin: U.K..

Release Date: July 2018

Format:  7'' Single

Sound Quality: Excellent

Notes:  Lathe Cut, white vinyl> Surfaced on Ebay July 2018. Limited to 30 copies only

Packaging: comes in clear plastic sleeve

PIL Vinyl Bootleg Guide #24 - Albatross / Death Disco 12''

Tracklist

A	Albatross ('Melodrama' Mix)
B	Death Disco (Swan Lake) (Unedited Monitor Mix) Label & Catalogue Number:   Not on Label ‎– METAL BOX Origin: U.S. Release Date: Sept 2006 Format:  12'' Single Sound Quality: Excellent Notes:  Marbled disc.  Tracks taken from audio extras on John Lydon's Best of British £1 Notes DVD. Packaging: comes in clear plastic sleeve

PIL Vinyl Bootleg Guide #23 - Poptones (Studio Rehearsal) Square Clear Vinyl

Tracks: 

1	Side A Poptones (Studio Rehearsal) 1981
2	Side AA Vampire (Unreleased) 1981.

Label & Catalogue Number:  URS ‎– UR 002

Origin: U.K.

Release Date: April 2018

Format:  7'' Single

Sound Quality: Excellent

Notes:  lathe cut, 25 copies only. Square shaped clear vinyl 

Surfaced on Ebay, 

Packaging: comes in plain die cut sleeve 

PIL Vinyl Bootleg Guide #22 - Vampire 7''

Tracks: 

A	Vampire (Unreleased)	3:30
B	Socialist #4 (Demo)

Label & Catalogue Number:  URS ‎– UR 001

Origin: U.K.

Release Date: 2017

Format:  7'' Single

Sound Quality: Excellent

Notes:  lathe cut, Individually numbered from 001-030. 30 copies only.

Surfaced on Ebay, in small numbers offered over the space of a couple of months

Packaging: comes in plain die cut sleeve 

PIL Vinyl Bootleg Guide #21 - Identity Factory (LP)

Identity Factory (LP)

Tracks:

Side 1:  Chant /Death Disco/ Memories   

Side 2:  Public Image/ Annalisa/ No Birds Do Sing

Label & Catalogue Number:  Drak Records Ltd ‎– DRK-228

Origin: U.S.

Release Date: 2015

Format:  Single LP

Source: The Russell Club, Manchester 18.06.79

Sound Quality: very good

Notes:  Limited to 500 copies. This came in various versions – Promo copy, White label test pressing, Grey Swirl coloured vinyl (30 copies), White vinyl (100 copies), Red vinyl (100 copies) and black vinyl

Packaging: good quality card sleeve with a picture of John at his home on the front

PIL Vinyl Bootleg Guide #20 - Peel Sessions (12’’ single)

Peel  Sessions (12’’ single)

Tracks:

A1 Poptones

A2 Careering  

A3 Acid Drops  

B1 Chant  

B2 Love Hope  

B3 Think Tank  

B4 Cruel

Source:  1,2,4: Radio 1, John Peel Session 17.12.79

3,5,6,7: Radio 1, Mark Goodier Live Session 25.2.92

Label & Catalogue Number:   none

Origin:  UK

Release Date:  11 March 2011

Sound Quality:  excellent

Notes:  Despite the title 'Peel Sessions' the album also features the 1992 Mark Goodier live session.

Packaging: Cardboard sleeve featuring close-up of the PiL logo from 'Metal Box'. No label is mentioned on sleeve or label; the catlalogue number is featured in the run off groove.

PIL Vinyl Bootleg Guide #19 - Velvet Underground: More Bermuda Than Pizza Picture Disc (miss-press bootleg LP)

Velvet Underground:  More Bermuda Than Pizza

 (miss-press bootleg LP)

 Tracks:

Side 1: Kashmir / FFF / Low Life / Fishing

Side 2: Poptones / Pretty Vacant / Banging the Door / Four Enclosed Walls / Flowers of Romance

Label & Catalogue Number:  N/A

Origin: German

Release Date:  1987

Format: Single, 12’’ picture disc 

Source: There have been claims that this was recorded live at Donauinsel Festival, Austria 12.9.86, but it is actually Hamburg, Grosse Freiheit 36, Germany, June 3rd 1986.

Sound Quality:  Average at best

Notes: This is actually a misspress of a Velvet Underground bootleg LP. For some bizarre reason it features a PiL recording from Germany 1986. The PiL gig itself has never received a bootleg LP release. The source is confirmed by Lydon making reference to "the banks of the river Danube" during 'Low Life'.

Packaging:  Picture disc. Velvet Underground graphics, and track listings. Correct PiL track listing above.

PIL Vinyl Bootleg Guide #18 - This is Not a PiL Album (LP)

This is Not a PiL Album (LP)

Tracks:

 Track/Source: Blue Water / Where Are You / Mad Max (Bad Life) - Pasadena 8.11.82

 Track/Source: Profile (Home is Where the Heart is) - LA, Olympic Auditorium 4.5.80

 Track/Source: Poptones / Careering - BBC, Old Grey Whistle Test 5.2.80

 Track/Source: Belsen Was a Gas - London, Rainbow Theatre 26.12.78

 Track/Source: Problems - Paris, Le Stadium 22.12.78

 Track/Source: Another - Leeds, Queens Hall 8.9.79

 Track/Source: Pied Piper - Rare PiL studio track by Levene, Lydon & Steve New; circa 1980

Label & Catalogue Number:  PORPAK SEX 3525

Origin: Australian

Release Date:  1984

Format:  Single LP

Sound Quality:  Good/Very Good. 

Notes:

 Compilation of live and rare tracks

Packaging: Front cover features two excellent rare colour photographs of Lydon; circa 1982. Back cover features b&w group photo from 'OGWT' 5.2.80, along with track listings etc. Black labels with silver lettering.

PIL Vinyl Bootleg Guide #17 - No More Limits: Loughborough 8.12.83 (12’’ picture disc)

No More Limits: Loughborough 8.12.83 (12’’ picture disc)

Tracks:

Side 1: Public Image / Low Life / Annalisa / Religion / Flowers of Romance / Poptones

Side 2: Chant / Anarchy in the UK / This is Not a Love Song

Label & Catalogue Number:  N/A

Origin: Italian

Release Date:  1984

Format:  Single 12’’ picture disc

Source: Recorded live at Loughborough, University 8.12.83

Sound Quality: Good.  

Notes:   

Packaging:  Picture disc issued in clear PVC sleeve. A-side features 1978 colour Sex Pistols photo of Rotten standing with Joan Jett. B-side features a colour photograph of Lydon; circa 1983, holding a globe.

PIL Vinyl Bootleg Guide #16 - Where Are We (LP)

Where Are We (LP)

Tracks:

Side 1: Where Are You / Mad Max (Bad Life) / Under The House / Banging The Door / Chant

Side 2: Careering / Bad Baby / Death Disco / Annalisa

Label & Catalogue Number:  GOTHIC RECORDS. LP 001

Origin: USA

Release Date:  1983

Format: Single LP

Source: Recorded live in New York, Staten Island, Paramount Theatre, USA 26.3.83

Sound Quality:  Average

Notes:  Includes track separation. The running order has also been changed around; and the recording is incomplete. Only 9 of the 13 songs performed are on the LP.

Packaging:  Hand numbered limited edition of 1,000. One piece, white paper sleeve, with a (terrible) black sketch of the group. Plus lettering on front, and track listings etc on back. White labels with black lettering crediting the album to "Little Johnny and the Nitwits."

PIL Vinyl Bootleg Guide #15 - Rotten The Money (LP)

Rotten The Money (LP)

Tracks:

 Track/Source: Careering / Poptones - Radio 1, John Peel Session 17.12.79

 Track/Source: Where Are You / Death Disco / Bad Life - Pasadena 8.11.82

 Track/Source: Chant - Radio 1, John Peel Session 17.12.79

 Track/Source: Poptones / Careering - BBC, Old Grey Whistle Test 5.2.80

 Track/Source: Under The House - Pasadena 8.11.82

Label & Catalogue Number:  SPVR 1631

Origin: Italian

Release Date: unknown

Format: Single LP

Sound Quality: (As 'Metal Box Demos') Good/Very Good. Live tracks good, TV & Radio tracks very good

Notes:  Reissue of 'Metal Box Demos'. Includes track separation. Again, sleeve states different/wrong song titles (ie: Chant No1 / Careering Remix / Pop Tones / Untitled / No Time To Live / Where Are You Now / Swan Lake / Mad Mix / Under The House)

Packaging: Plain white card with two paper inserts. Front insert, bright red with black PiL logo, titled 'Recorded Live in Pasadena and London', along with track listings etc. Back insert, green with drawing of two US coins titled 'Rotten The Money', along with track listings etc.

 Labels feature black PiL logos on both sides.

PIL Vinyl Bootleg Guide #14 - Metal Box Demos (LP)

Metal Box Demos (LP)

Tracks:

 Track/Source: Careering / Poptones - Radio 1, John Peel Session 17.12.79

 Track/Source: Where Are You / Death Disco / Bad Life Pasadena 8.11.82

 Track/Source: Chant - Radio 1, John Peel Session 17.12.79

 Track/Source: Poptones / Careering - BBC, Old Grey Whistle Test 5.2.80

 Track/Source: Under The House - Pasadena 8.11.82

Label & Catalogue Number:  N/A

Origin: Italian

Release Date:  1986

Format: Single LP

Sound Quality:  Good/Very Good. Live tracks good, TV & Radio tracks very good

Notes:  Supposedly features demos from 'Metal Box', but actually features a compilation of previous bootlegs. Includes track separation. Sleeve also states different/wrong song titles (ie: Chant No.1 Version / Careering Remix / Pop Tones Remix / Where Are You Now? Live / Swanlake / Mad Max Live / Under The House Live).

Packaging: Plain white with blue PiL logo and track listings etc on front. Red back-to-front PiL logo on rear. Labels feature black PiL logo on both sides. The LP was also issued with a green front logo and a black rear logo. And also with a blue front logo and a black rear logo. And again, blue on both sides.

PIL Vinyl Bootleg Guide #13 - Live In Pasadena California (LP)

Live In Pasadena California (LP)

Tracks:

Side 1: I Wish I Could Die (Theme) / Where Are You / Religion / Careering

Side 2: Swan Lake (Death Disco) / Mad Max (Bad Life) / Low Life / Public Image / Under The House

Label & Catalogue Number:  GREAT LIVE CONCERTS. D-548 (6012 4299)

Origin: USA

Release Date:  1983

Format:  Single LP

Source: Recorded live at Pasadena, Convention Centre 8.11.82 (2nd night)

Sound Quality:  Good. Low sound level, quite tinny

Notes: Chant / Bad Baby / Attack / No Birds Do Sing & Annalisa were also played, but not featured on the LP. Although sleeve states catalogue number as D548, the record label states 6012-4299, and is incorrectly dated 1981. Side 1 features track separation.

Packaging: Plain white card with two paper inserts. Front insert, yellow/cream with brown photograph of Lydon from American Bandstand 3.5.80, along with title and track listings etc. Back insert, light blue with 1982 dark blue live photograph of Lydon & Levene, plus PiL lettering. Red labels.

 The LP was also issued with a green/brown front insert.

PIL Vinyl Bootleg Guide #12 - Force (LP)

Force (LP)

Tracks:

Side 1: Immortal (Blue Water) / Where Are You / Annalisa

Side 2: Religion / Bad Baby / Attack

Side 3: Careering / Mad Max (Bad Life)

Side 4: Chant / Death Disco

Side 5: Public Image / Low Life / Under The House

Side 6: * Poptones / * Careering / ** Flowers Of Romance

Label & Catalogue Number:  XL 2872

Origin: Japanese

Release Date:  1983

Format: 3 x 45rpm 12". Issued in single sleeve.

Source: Recorded live at Pasadena, Convention Centre, USA 7.11.82.

 Except * recorded from BBC, Old Grey Whistle Test 5.2.80

 ** recorded from BBC, Top Of The Pops 11.4.81

Sound Quality: Very Good  

Notes: Although the sleeve states the album is entitled 'Force', the labels state 'Mad Max'. Includes track separation. Label track listing is almost entirely incorrect!

Packaging: Multi-coloured, with colour photograph of Lydon in New York wearing grey beret on front cover, and similar colour photograph on back, along with track listings etc. All discs feature red PiL logo on one side and a track listing on the other. Sleeve states "Promo Copy, Not For Sale."