The Mekons - 23rd July 2010 - The Fleece, Bristol

The Mekons are a British rock band. Formed in the late 1970s, they are one of the longest-running and most prolific of the first-wave British punk bands. PIL's Lu Edmonds has been a member sincethe mid 1980's.
Tracks:

1. Abernant 1984/85
 2. Tina
 3. Oblivion
 4. Give Me Wine Or Money
 5. Millionaire
 6. Thee Olde Trip To Jerusalem
 7. Diamonds
 8. The Letter
 9. Cockermouth
10. Ghosts Of American Astronauts
11. Perfect Mirror
12. Dickie Chalkie And Nobby
13. Hole In The Ground
14. Hard To Be Human


15. Wild And Blue (Sherrill)
16. Memphis, Egypt


even though I've tagged this as Ex Pil, Lu is obviously still very much an active member of PIL (it's just a tag, dont get hung up on it)


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Pigface - 17th April 2003 - Ogden Theatre, Denver

Pigface is an industrial rock supergroup formed in 1990 by Martin Atkins and William Rieflin.
Tracks:

01 Sweetmeat
02 Sunset Gun
03 Stateless
04 Blow You Away
05 Insect/Suspect
06 Divebomber
07 Mind Your Own Business
08 Everything
09 Think
10 Murder Inc.
11 Weightless
12 King Of Negativity
13 Auto Hag
14 Martin Atkins noise call
15 Closer to Heaven
16 Bitch
17 Stainless Steel Provider [Revolting Cocks cover]
18 Martin Atkins roll call
19 Suck




FLAC

Basement 5 - 21st April 1985 - John Peel Session

Basement 5 were a reggae/punk fusion band from London founded in 1978. Their first vocalist was Winston Fergus, then Don Letts. One of their early performances was a support for Public Image Ltd.'s London debut at the Rainbow Theatre on Christmas Day 1978. Finally in 1979 Dennis Morris - legendary photographer of the Sex Pistols, took over as creative force, lead vocalist and lyricist. He also designed the Basement 5 logo and created their image. The drums were played by Richard Dudanski who had played in the bands 101ers and Public Image Ltd.

This is their John Peels Session recorded on 21st April 1980 & transmitted 28th April.

Engineered by Tony Wilson

Tracks:
01 Last White Christmas
02 No Ball Games
03 Immigration
04 Silicone Chip


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The Zones - 13th September 1978 - John Peel Session

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  Zones were founded in 1977 after the end of PVC2. PVC2 was conformed by Midge Ure on guitar, Russell Webb (future PIL member) on bass, Billy McIsaac on keyboards and Kenny Hyslop on drums. In late 1977, Ure moved to Glen Matlock's Rich Kids leaving PVC2 which immediately ended. Then, Webb, Hyslop and McIsaac called in Alex Harvey's cousin Willie Gardner to replace Ure on guitar and vocals, and Zones was formed.
  
  
• Here's a session they recorded for Radio One's John Peel Show. Recorded on 13th September & broadcast on 22nd September 1978.
• Producer - Bob Sargeant
• Engineer - Nick Gomm
• Studio - Maida Vale Studio 4, London
• Willie Gardner (Lead Guitar,Vocals)
• Russell 'spyder' Webb (Bass)
• Billy Mcisaac ( Keyboard, Backing Vocals)
• Kenny Hyslop (Drums) 

Tracks:

01 Anything Goes

02 Deadly Dolls

03 The End

04 It's Only Fashion

This recording is in MP3 format & I'm sharing this with you all with the consent of Russell Webb

Enjoy!

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PIL - 7th May 1986, Victoria Hall, Hanley, Stoke On Trent

Here's a poor quality, but quite hard to find PIL recording from 1986.
Tracks:
01 Kashmir
02 FFF
03 Annalisa
04 Fishing
05 Poptones
06 Pretty Vacant
07 Four Enclosed Walls
08 Flowers Of Romance
09 Banging The Door

FLAC rip from CD-R

The Avengers/The Nuns - 14 January 1978, Winterland, San Francisco

On the night the 'original' Sex Pistols fell apart & split they were supported by other bands which rarely get a mentions. So I'm giving you both the Avengers & The Nuns sets from that fateful night.
Avengers
Tracks:
01 The American In Me
02 Desperation
03 Paint It Black
04 Friends Of Mine
05 Open Your Eyes
06 No Martyr
07 Teenage Rebel
08 Crazy Homicide
09 End Of The World
10 Summer Of Hate
11 We Are The One
12 I Believe In Me
13 Car Crash

Avengers MP3 here


Nuns
Tracks
01 Lazy
02 Decadent Jew
03 World War III
04 Savage
05 Media Control
06 Hey Little Rich Thing
07 Cock In My Pocket
08 Twenty First Century
09 You Think You're Best
10 Confused
11 Mental Masturbation
12 Suicide Child

Nuns MP3 here

PIL - 22 June 2011 - Gothenburg Sweden

Next up I have a PIL gig from 2011. This was recorded exclusively by Martin Hansen for the old Sex Pistols/PIL live blogspot. I know there are other recordings of this gig out there but not this source.
Tracks:
01 venue noise
02 This Is Not A Love Song
03 Poptones
04 Public Image
05 Home
06 Albatross
07 Flowers Of Romance
08 Death Disco
09 USLS1

10 Disappointed
11 Warrior
12 Bags
13 Chant
14 Religion
15 Memories
16 Rise
17 Open Up

WAV download here
Thanks Martin

Sex Pistols - 19 July 2008 -Summercase Festival,Movistar Stage, Parc del Forum, Barcelona, Spain

I'm gonna start you off with a recording that I only recently added to the collection. It was one that I didnt even know existed until it was sent my way.
Tracks:

Intro-

Pretty vacant

Seventeen

No feelings

New York

Did you no wrong

Liar

I do like to be beside the seaside

Holidays in the sun

Belsen was a gas

Submission

Stepping stone

No fun

Problems

God save the queen

EMI

Bodies

Anarchy in the UK

Silver machine

Roadrunner

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Thanks to Johan Winegard for this one- much appreciated

A Blog Statement of Intention

Welcome my Friends

Past, Present & Future

The Past

With hindsight it was an overreaction to delete the last blog in full. I have imported all the old music posts so that you can find them on here. I have deleted PIL gigs from 2009 plus the Isle Of Wight 2011 gig as these have been released by ConcertLive & I cant guarantee my versions were not ripped from the official releases.

The Present

So now I have a new name, new look, new URL & I have also set it up so that it cant be found by search engines. I'm starting off by only inviting friends of the old blog to join in. Not for any shitty, stuck up my own arse reason but because the old blog started getting a lot of spam, a few idiots started posting crap like ' this post is shit, I don't know why you bothered'. I got bored with having to delete the shit almost every other night.
Mind you I'm still curious as to why spammers might think I need penis enlargement or viagra??? The Mrs swears she's not been saying things.

The Future

Acid Drops will continue to have Sex Pistols/PIL & related posts but I wont be restricted by that & I may post recordings by other artists that I like- I hope you will like them too. My posts will be erratic, but I will continue to try & offer you good quality and/or hard to find stuff.

Feel free to join in, leave comments and opinions, share music where possible. Correct any mistakes I make.

As usual you can pass on anything you find here, post it elsewhere etc

Enjoy the continued experience my friends. I hope to hear from you all sooner or later

Regards

PIL Head

PIL - 10th June 2011, Tripod, Dublin, Ireland

Here's the only other recording I have from this years PIL Tour (so far)- so of course I'm sharing it with you.
Tracks:
01 Public Image
02 Home
03 Albatross
04 This Is Not A Love Song
05 Poptones
06 Death Disco
07 Acid Drops
08 Flowers Of Romance
09 USLS1
10 Disappointed
11 Warrior
12 Bags
13 Chant
14 Religion
15 Memories
16 Rise
17 Open Up

FLAC download here
Recorded & supplied by PIL Lad