Metal Box

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The Metal Box - Remastered
1-1	Albatross	10:35
1-2	Memories	5:05
1-3	Swan Lake (AKA Death Disco)	4:12
1-4	Poptones	7:46
1-5	Careering	4:31
1-6	No Birds (Do Sing)	4:41
1-7	Graveyard	3:08
1-8	The Suit	3:29
1-9	Bad Baby	4:29
1-10	Socialist	3:09
1-11	Chant	5:00
1-12	Radio 4	4:27
B-sides, Mixes & BBC Sessions
2-1	Death Disco (7” Edit)	4:17
2-2	Death Disco (12”)	6:43
2-3	Half Mix / Megga Mix	6:52
2-4	Death Disco Featuring – Jah Wobble, John Lydon, Keith LeveneFeaturing, Drums – Richard Dudanski	2:27
2-5	Memories (7/12”)	4:52
2-6	Another	3:51
2-7	Poptones Featuring – Jah Wobble, John Lydon, Keith LeveneFeaturing, Drums – Martin Atkins	4:32
2-8	Careering Featuring – Jah Wobble, John Lydon, Keith LeveneFeaturing, Drums – Martin Atkins	7:32
2-9	Chant Featuring – Jah Wobble, John Lydon, Keith LeveneFeaturing, Drums – Martin Atkins	5:16
2-10	Poptones Featuring – Jah Wobble, John Lydon, Keith LeveneFeaturing, Drums – Martin Atkins	3:44
2-11	Careering Featuring – Jah Wobble, John Lydon, Keith LeveneFeaturing, Drums – Martin Atkins	5:03
2-12	Pied Piper Featuring – John Lydon, Keith Levene, Steve NewProducer – Mick Glossop	1:51
Rare & Unreleased Mixes
3-1	Poptones (Version 3)	6:36
3-2	Swan Lake (Monitor Mix)	9:24
3-3	Albatross (Monitor Mix)	10:24
3-4	Swan Lake ("Master")	7:42
3-5	Unknown Instrumental Jam 1 ("Chant")	6:30
3-6	Unknown Jam 2 ("Megachant")	5:02
3-7	Music From An Oven (AKA Memories)	4:42
3-8	Radio 4 ("Symphony Suite")	7:19
3-9	Home Is Where The Heart Is (Original Mix) Featuring, Bass – Jah Wobble	6:39
3-10	Unknown Instrumental 2	5:53
Live At Manchester, The Russell Club (The Factory) 18/6/79
4-1	Chant	7:51
4-2	Swan Lake (AKA Death Disco)	7:39
4-3	Memories	7:54
4-4	Public Image	8:48
4-5	Annalisa	5:49
4-6	No Birds (Do Sing)	6:51

Companies, etc.

• Licensed From – BBC Worldwide
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Virgin Records Ltd.
• Copyright (c) – Virgin Records Ltd.
• Copyright (c) – John Lydon
• Published By – Warner Chappell Music Ltd.
• Published By – BMG VM Music Ltd.
• Recorded At – The Manor
• Recorded At – The Town House
• Recorded At – Maida Vale Studios

Credits

• A&R [UMC] – Gavin Fraser, Johnny Chandler
• Artwork [Original Art Concept] – John Lydon
• Bass – Jah Wobble (tracks: 1-1 to 1-12, 4-1 to 4-6)
• Creative Director [Creative Direction], Concept By [Original Concept] – John Rambo Stevens, Scotty Murphy
• Drums – David Humphrey (tracks: 1-1 to 1-12), Jah Wobble (tracks: 1-1 to 1-12), Keith Levene (tracks: 1-1 to 1-12), Martin Atkins (tracks: 1-1 to 1-12), Richard Dudanski (tracks: 1-1 to 1-12, 4-1 to 4-6)
• Executive-Producer [Executive Producers] – John Lydon, John Rambo Stevens
• Guitar – Keith Levene (tracks: 4-1 to 4-6)
• Guitar, Synthesizer – Keith Levene (tracks: 1-1 to 1-12)
• Layout, Assemblage [Composite Artwork] – Phil Lloyd-Smee*
• Photography By [Photographs] – Dave Crowe, David Humphrey
• Producer – Public Image Ltd* (tracks: 1-1 to 1-12)
• Research [Archive Research], Sleeve Notes [Compilation And Sleevenotes] – John Rambo Stevens, Scotty Murphy
• Vocals – John Lydon (tracks: 4-1 to 4-6)
• Vocals, Lyrics By – John Lydon (tracks: 1-1 to 1-12)
• Written-By – Walker* (tracks: 2-4, 4-4), Lydon*, Wardle* (tracks: 1-1 to 2-11, 3-1 to 4-6), Levene*, Atkins* (tracks: 1-9, 3-9, 3-10 ), Dudanski* (tracks: 1-2, 1-6, 1-7, 1-10, 1-11, 2-5, 2-6, 2-9, 3-5 to 3-7, 4-1, 4-3, 4-6), New* (tracks: 2-12)

Notes

"The Metal Box"
Original Release Date: November 23rd 1979
Recorded: The Manor, Oxfordshire & The Townhouse, London, 1979

"B-sides, Mixes & BBC Sessions"
2-1: A-side of 'Death Disco' 7" single.
2-2: A-side of 'Death Disco' 12" single.
2-3: B-side of 'Death Disco' 12" single. Re-recorded and renamed version of 'Fodderstompf' from the debut PiL album 'First Issue'.
2-4: BBC TV, Top Of The Pops July 12/7/79 [Misprinted as "12/7/72"]. Audio recording of live TV appearance.
2-5: A-side of 'Memories' 7" and 12" singles. Alternative mix to the 'Metal Box' version.
2-6: B-side of the 'Memories' 7" and 12" singles. Vocal version of the instrumental track 'Graveyard' from 'Metal Box'.
2-7 to 2-9: BBC Radio 1, John Peel Session 17/12/79. PiL's one and only John Peel radio session. Three songs recorded at BBC Maida Vale Studios, London.
2-10, 2-11: BBC TV, Old Grey Whistle Test 5/2/80. Audio recording of live TV appearance.
2-12: Rare post-'Metal Box' track from budget 1980 Virgin compilation LP 'Machines'. [...] recorded at the Manor Studios, Oxfordshire.

"Rare & Unreleased Mixes"
3-1: Alternative mix. Recorded at the Manor Studios, Oxfordshire, 1979. Previously unreleased.
3-2: Original monitor mix. Previously only released as limited edition Record Store Day 12" single in 2014, and as an audio extra on the 2005 John Lydon 'Best of British £1 Notes' compilation DVD. Recorded at The Townhouse, London, March 21st 1979.
3-3: Original monitor mix. Previously released as an audio extra on the 2005 John Lydon 'Best of British £1 Notes' compilation DVD. Recorded at The Townhouse, London, March 21st 1979.
3-4: Alternative mix of 'Death Disco' / 'Swan Lake'. Recorded at The Townhouse, London, May 3rd 1979. Previously unreleased.
3-5: Alternative early mix of 'Chant'. Recorded at The Townhouse, London, May 21st 1979. Previously unreleased.
3-6: Experimental jam of what would become 'Chant'. Recorded at The Townhouse, London, May 21st 1979. Previously unreleased.
3-7: Early mix of 'Memories'. Recorded at The Townhouse, London, August 13th 1979. Previously unreleased.
3-8: Extended alternative mix of 'Radio 4'. Recorded at The Townhouse, London, October 13th 1979. Previously unreleased.
3-9: Original mix of track that later appeared as the B-side of the 'Flowers of Romance' 12" single. This version [...] was recorded at The Townhouse, London, March 11th 1980. Previously unreleased.
3-10: Post-'Metal Box' instrumental from same sessions as 'Home is Where The Heart Is'. Recorded at The Townhouse, London, March 11th 1980. Previously unreleased.

Memorabilia courtesy of Scotty Murphy

Thanks to Allen Ward, Abbey Road Studios & Sean Magee

Disc Two, Tracks 4 and 7-11: Licensed Courtesy of BBC Worldwide

All titles published by Warner Chappell Music Ltd / BMG VM Music Ltd

Photographs
Page 10 by Dave Crowe
Pages 8, 18, 20 & 29 by David Humphrey
Note: We've made every possible attempt to find the photographers of the images used in this package and will add any missing credits to future pressings.

This compilation ℗ 2016 Virgin Records Ltd. © 2016 Virgin Records Ltd.
Made in the EU.

On sticker affixed to the shrink wrap:
Metal Box Remastered. 4 Disc Super-Deluxe Edition includes rare and unreleased mixes, B-sides, BBC sessions and the Manchester concert from June 1979 plus 72 page booklet, exclusive poster and set of art-prints.

Discs housed in card sleeves, packaged in a square metal tin (20,5 x 15,5 x 3,5 cm) with an embossed PiL logo. The CD version includes four postcards. On "Death Disco" postcard (front): © John Lydon.

Incidental information:
Disc Four is listed as "Live at Manchester, Russell’s Club (The Factory) 18/6/79 (unreleased)" on universalmusic.com.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode (Text, barcode field): 0 602557 014914
• Barcode (Text, back): 00602557014914
• Mastering SID Code (CD1, CD2): IFPI LY34
• Mastering SID Code (CD3, CD4): IFPI LY33
• Mould SID Code (CD1): IFPI AEW39
• Mould SID Code (CD2): IFPI AEW52
• Mould SID Code (CD3): IFPI AEW08
• Mould SID Code (CD4): IFPI AEW26
• Matrix / Runout (CD1): 5701491CD1 01
• Matrix / Runout (CD2): 5701491CD2 01
• Matrix / Runout (CD3): 5701491CD3 01
• Matrix / Runout (CD4): 5701491CD4 02
• Rights Society: BIEM/SDRM
• Other (CD1 catalog no.): 570 149-2
• Other (CD2 catalog no.): 570 149-5
• Other (CD3 catalog no.): 570 149-6
• Other (CD4 catalog no.): 570 150-3

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
METAL 1	PiL*	Metal Box ‎(3x12", Album, Ltd + Box)	Virgin	METAL 1	UK	1979
3288-2	Public Image Ltd.*	Second Edition ‎(CD, Album, RE, RP)	Warner Bros. Records	3288-2	US	Unknown
CDVDR 2512, 50999 0 70015 2 9	Public Image Ltd.*	Second Edition ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM)	Virgin, Virgin	CDVDR 2512, 50999 0 70015 2 9	Europe	2011
300 863-420, 300 861, 300 862	Public Image Ltd.*	Second Edition ‎(2xLP, Album)	Virgin, Virgin, Virgin	300 863-420, 300 861, 300 862	Germany	1980
33C38-7947	Public Image Limited	Metal Box ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Columbia	33C38-7947	Japan	1986

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