West German bootleg single. Band credited as "Rotten Boys" on label. EMI credited as record label on the sleeve. Plays at 45RPM, however all tracks are playing too fast. B1 is incomplete.
A1,B2 in 1989 reissued by Dave Goodman on Pirates Of Destiny (also running too fast - obviously taken from this release but cleaned up and echo added)
All tracks officially released in mono versions in 1996 on Never Mind The Bollocks/Spunk, on which a reproduction of the front cover of the single was used for the artwork. Stereo versions officially released in 1997 and 1998 on three singles on Man's Ruin Records and subsequently in 2002 Sex Pistols Box Set.
Artwork uses photos by Ray Stevenson taken from his "Sex Pistols File" book.
Recorded at Majestic Recording Studios (146 Clapham High Street, London SW4), May 1976. Exact date unknown, most sources claim Saturday 15th, however Nils Stevenson's diary states Wednesday 12th ("Vacant - A Diary Of The Punk Years 1976-79" by Nils Stevenson).
Producer Chris Spedding: "I'd used the studio when I did the Here Come the Warm Jets album with Eno. And we got the same engineer, Derek Chandler." (from: Clinton Heylin: "Never Mind The Bollocks - The Sex Pistols. Classic Rock Albums", Schirmer Books 1998, pages 14-15)