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YOUNG FLESH REQUIRED [Original Promotional Poster for THE GREAT ROCK 'N' ROLL SWINDLE] by [Sex Pistols]. REID, Jamie (Designer) - [1979]

by [Sex Pistols]. REID, Jamie (Designer)

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YOUNG FLESH REQUIRED [Original Promotional Poster for THE GREAT ROCK 'N' ROLL SWINDLE]

by [Sex Pistols]. REID, Jamie (Designer)

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[London]: Virgin, [1979]. First Edition. 27.5" x 40" approx. Color offset poster. Very mild wear. Else bright and sharp. Near fine or better.

Infamous Pistols poster for their 1979 movie, withdrawn after American Express (unsurprisingly) sued. "The Artist (The Prostitute) / Your name could be here. Your talents will become a source / of unlimited cash for the Record / Company (The Pimp).''
The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle film poster.

The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle film poster.

by SEX PISTOLS - REID, Jamie

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London: Virgin Records,, 1979. An original Virgin Records promotional poster for the second Sex Pistols album which was the soundtrack of the film with the same name. The actress in the centre, Helen Wellington-Jones, was a punk who starred in the film. The double album was first released on 26 February 1979, 15 months before the movie's premiere. Offset lithograph in colours on white matt art paper. Sheet size: 99.5 x 70 cm. Creasing to edges with loss to ink, otherwise a bright copy.
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The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle poster.

The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle poster.

by SEX PISTOLS - REID, Jamie, & M. Hirsch

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London: Virgin Records,, 1980. An original promotional poster for the Sex Pistols film directed by Julien Temple. The film starred amongst others; the Sex Pistols, Malcolm McLaren, Helen Wellington-Jones, Mary Millington, Liz Fraser and Irene Handl. This poster was also issued folded with the single album soundtrack, released 6 June 1980 to coincide with the movie premier. The double album soundtrack was first released on 26 February 1979, 15 months before the film release. Offset lithograph in colours on white matt art paper. Sheet size: 69 x 93 cm. Creasing mainly to edges otherwise very good, unfolded.
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Banned Holidays in the Sun poster.

Banned Holidays in the Sun poster.

by SEX PISTOLS - REID, Jamie

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London: Virgin Records,, 1977. An original Virgin Records promotional poster for the Sex Pistols fourth single "Holidays in the Sun", the B side was "Satellite". Reid liberated the images from a Belgium tourist brochure and added speech bubbles with lyrics from the song. The tourist company sued and the record sleeve and related promotional material had to be withdrawn. Offset lithograph in two colours on white matt art paper. Sheet size: 100.5 x 70 cm Light creasing otherwise in excellent condition.
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Holidays in the Sun poster.

Holidays in the Sun poster.

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London: Virgin Records,, 1977. An original Virgin Records promotional poster for the Sex Pistols fourth single "Holidays in the Sun", the B side was "Satellite". The beach image was taken from a previously published translation of a Situationist International book Reid had worked on, "Leaving the 20th Century", with added speech bubbles featuring lyrics from the song. Offset lithograph in two colours on white matt art paper. Sheet size: 100.5 x 70 cm Light creasing otherwise in excellent condition.
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Anarchy in the U.K.
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Anarchy in the U.K.

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London: Glitterbest Ltd., December 1976. First edition, first impression, number 1, the only issue of this Sex Pistols fanzine, produced in conjunction with the "Anarchy" tour in December 1976. The fanzine was designed by Jamie Reid with Sophie Richmond, Ray Stevenson, Vivienne Westwood, and Malcolm McLaren. Folio. Unstitched sheets, lettering to front cover in red with photograph of Susan Lucas (better known as Soo Catwoman). Full page photomontages by Ray Stevenson. Small split to centre of spine, horizontal fold as issued, otherwise in very good condition, much better than usually found.
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Holidays in the Sun poster.

Holidays in the Sun poster.

by SEX PISTOLS - REID, Jamie

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London: Virgin Records,, 1977. An original Virgin Records promotional poster for the Sex Pistols fourth single "Holidays in the Sun", the B side was "Satellite". The beach image was taken from a previously published translation of a Situationist International book Reid had worked on, "Leaving the 20th Century", with added speech bubbles featuring lyrics from the song. Offset lithograph in two colours on white matt art paper. Sheet size: 100.5 x 70 cm Light creasing otherwise in excellent condition. Presented in a black frame.
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Original Handbill Advertising the Sex Pistols at the 100 Club, Oxford Street, London, June 29 and...
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Original Handbill Advertising the Sex Pistols at the 100 Club, Oxford Street, London, June 29 and July 6, 1976

by [Reid, Jamie]; [Sex Pistols]

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(London): n.p., 1976. First Edition. Very good.. Original flyer from a series of dates that would help define the legendary and infamous band. Beginning in 1976, The Sex Pistols' took up Tuesday night residency at the 100 Club (a venue better known until then for jazz), gigs that would be pivotal for the band. As Jon Savage has written in his definitive ENGLAND'S DREAMING: "In the intimate setting of the 100 Club, the group could relax enough to take risks with their material and their performances. There they began to master their equipment, using the acoustics of the small club to experiment with overload, feedback and distortion. Electric amplification had provided much of the excitement of early Rock'n'Roll: pushing their equipment to the limit [...] the Sex Pistols twisted their limited repertoire into a noise as futuristic as their rhetoric" (177). The club also served as location for the famed 100 Club Punk Special, a two-day festival featuring the Pistols, The Damned, The Buzzcocks, The… Read More
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Pretty Vacant poster.
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Pretty Vacant poster.

by SEX PISTOLS - REID, Jamie

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London: Virgin Records,, 1977. Original poster for the Sex Pisols third single An original Virgin Records promotional poster for the Sex Pistols' third single "Pretty Vacant", signed and inscribed by the artist lower right "Jamie Reid, Demand the impossible". This example is from the collection of Hilary Gerrard, Ringo Starr's business manager from the early 1970s and director of the Beatles Apple Corps Ltd. The B side was a cover of "No Fun" by the Stooges, released in July 1977. Reid liberated the idea of the two buses from Point-Blank, an American Situationist pamphlet from 1973. Offset lithograph on white matt art paper. Sheet size: 72 x 100.7 cm. Framed size: 74.5 x 102.7 cm. Tape residue to extreme corners, otherwise in excellent condition. Presented in a black frame with conservation acrylic glazing.
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