Few may know the shock it was to listen to the first single of Public Image (Ltd) in the Autumn of 1978. Most of us were expecting (hoping?) a sort of Sex Pistols Mark II and we got a sort of "Siouxsie & the Banshees went Dub" that was everything but instantly lovable. I was personally impressed and happy that he deceived all the expectations and, like Mark Perry, quickly escaped the punk coda and silly rock posture that became the norm. Original punks were everything but this mandatory rock 'n' roll attitude. But that's another story. This single has a non-LP B-side that is one reason to post it. Catch it here.
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