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John Simon Ritchie
(May 10th 1957 – February 2 1979),
better known
by his stage name
Sid Vicious
was an
English musician,
best known as
the second bassist
for the punk rock band
The Sex Pistols.
After his death in 1979
at the age of 21,
he remained an icon
of the punk subculture;
one of his friends
noted that he embodied
"everything in punk
that was dark,
decadent
and Nihilistic"
Sid Sings
is the first
released
solo live album
by English
punk rock musician
It was released
posthumously
in 1979
and entered
the British
album charts on
December 15th
where it peaked at
number 30.
The album features
the two singles
"My Way"
and
"Something Else".
These songs also
appeared in the
film and album
The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle
along with
"C'mon Everybody",
which did not appear
on this album.
Most of the album
features cover songs
whilst only one original
by Vicious
is featured on the album,
that being
"Belsen Was a Gas",
originally
a Sex Pistols song
that Vicious
regularly performed
and the only known
Sex Pistols song
that has a
solo version
done by him.
Overview
The album is thin
on liner notes;
there are no
musicians' credits
or recording info,
and the production credit
goes to
"The Engineer,
" John "Boogie" Tiberi.
The bulk of the album
comes from
lo-fi recordings
of performances at
Max's Kansas City
in New York,
September, 28th , 29th and 30th 1978.
The version of the
Johnny Thunders song
"Born to Lose"
on this album
reportedly comes from
a Sex Pistols concert
at Huddersfield, on
December 25th 1977.
During the
children's matinee
performed during the day,
lead singer
Johnny Rotten
stepped off stage
to act as
Father Christmas,
while the remaining trio
played a set,
including among
other songs
"Born to Lose"
and
"Chinese Rocks".
Despite having an
audio fidelity
not much better
than the
rest of the album,
"My Way"
comes from
a studio session
in Paris
with French
session musicians.
The remixed version
that was released
as a single
and on
The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle
features
a different vocal take,
an overdubbed
guitar solo
from
Steve Jones
and strings,
arranged by
Simon Jeffes.
But on the
video version
of the song it
features
Vicious' vocals
on
Sid Sings
but an
instrumental version
from
The Great Rock and Roll Swindle.
There is also another
demo version
available from the album
Too Fast To Live,
which is entitled
"My Way (Take 3)".
Mick Jones
from The Clash
was long rumored
to play on the album.
His two sets
with Vicious
have now been released
on CD
in the double album
Sid Lives,
released by
Jungle Records.
The album was not
designed by
Jamie Reid,
the Sex Pistols' art designer,
but he created the
guitar swastika
that appeared on
the labels of
the original UK pressings
though the German pressing
had a blank spot
instead due to
the swastika's
illegality in
that country
The Idols with Sid Vicious
is a concert album
of former
Sex Pistols
bassist
performing with The Idols;
though recorded in
September 1978,
it wasn't released
until 1993.
Steve Dior
provided a recording
of this performance
to the
New Rose record label.
It was originally
released by
the Fan Club division
of New Rose.
It was also released in
Japan
by Teichiku Records,
under license from
New Rose
TRACKLIST
(Live)
I Wanna Be Your Dog
(Live)
Take A Chance On Me
(Live)
(I'm Not Your) Stepping Stone
(Live)
My Way
(Live)
Belsen Was Gas
(Live)
Something Else
(Live)
Chatterbox
(Live)
Search And Destroy
(Live)
Chinese Rocks
(Live)
I Killed The Cat
(Live)
Take A Chance
(Live)
(With The Idols)
Gimme No Lip
(Live)
(With The Idols)
I Wanna Be Your Dog
(Live)
(With The Idols)
(I'm Not Your) Stepping Stone
(Live)
(With The Idols)
Something Else
(Live)
(With The Idols)
Search And Destroy
(Live)
(With The Idols)
My Way
(Live)
(With The Idols)
Chatter Box
(Live)
(With The Idols)
Chinese Rocks
(Live)
(With The Idols)
Belsen Was Gas
(Live)
(With The Idols)
Something Else [*]
C Mon Everybody [*]
My Way [*]
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