''Filthy Lucre Live'' is a 1996
live album
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by the reformed
Sex Pistols
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. The album was recorded live at London's
Finsbury Park
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on 23 June 1996 during the band's
Filthy Lucre Tour.
BBC Radio 1
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broadcast the concert live, featuring the complete show, including the final encore of "No Fun". "No Fun" was not included on the standard edition of the album; however, it was included in as an exclusive bonus track on ''Filthy Lucre Live''
's release in Japan, making the
EMI-released Japanese edition the only release to include the complete show in its entirety.
Reviews at the time suggested that there had been a number of overdubs done regarding the vocals and guitars.
Track listing
All songs written by John Lydon, Steve Jones, Paul Cook and Glen Matlock, except as shown.
# "
Bodies" (Lydon, Jones, Cook,
John Beverley) – 3:34
# "Seventeen" – 2:31
# "New York" – 3:26
# "No Feelings" – 2:59
# "Did You No Wrong" (Steve Jones, Paul Cook, Glen Matlock,
Wally Nightingale) – 3:41
# "
God Save the Queen
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" – 3:23
# "Liar!" – 2:46
# "Satellite" – 4:07
# "
(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone" (
Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart) – 2:53
# "
Holidays in the Sun" (Lydon, Jones, Cook, Beverley) – 3:29
# "Submission" – 4:42
# "
Pretty Vacant
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" – 3:33
# "EMI" – 4:16
# "
Anarchy in the U.K.
"Anarchy in the U.K." is a song by English punk rock band the Sex Pistols. It was released as the band's debut single on 26 November 1976 and was later featured on their album ''Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols''. "Anarchy in th ...
" – 3:32
# "Problems" – 4:37
Japanese bonus tracks
#"Buddies" – 3:32 (alternate audience recording of "Bodies")
#"No Fun" – 7:12 (final song of the performance, broadcast live on
BBC Radio 1
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)
#"Problems" (
Spedding Demo) – 3:36 (demo recorded by
Chris Spedding
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in May 1976)
Charts
Personnel
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Johnny Rotten
John Joseph Lydon ( ; born 31 January 1956), also known by his former stage name Johnny Rotten, is a British-born singer, songwriter, author, and television personality. He was the lead vocalist of the punk rock band the Sex Pistols, which was ...
– lead vocals
*
Steve Jones – guitar, backing vocals
*
Glen Matlock
Glen Matlock (born 27 August 1956) is an English musician, best known for being the bass guitarist in the original line-up of the punk rock band the Sex Pistols. He is credited as a songwriter on 10 of the 12 songs on the Sex Pistols' only offic ...
– bass, backing vocals
*
Paul Cook – drums
References
Albums produced by Chris Thomas (record producer)
Sex Pistols live albums
1996 live albums
Virgin Records live albums
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