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Sex Pistols / Holidays In The Sun 7″ yellow vinyl

Limited and numbered seven-inch

By Paul Sinclair

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Sex Pistols / Holidays in the Sun 7" yellow vinyl

Universal Music continue to revisit classic Sex Pistols singles from 1976/77 with another limited edition coloured vinyl release.

This time the band’s fourth single, ‘Holidays In The Sun’, will be reissued as a seven-inch single pressed on yellow vinyl (first time on coloured vinyl). The song reached No 8 in the UK charts when it was released in October 1977 to promote Never Mind The Bollocks Here’s The Sex Pistols.

First time officially on coloured vinyl for this numbered ‘Holidays In The Sun’ seven-inch

After the 4576 copy limited release of ‘Anarchy in The UK’, this single sees another small run of just 4577 physical records available for collectors. Each single is individually numbered with the artwork replicating the original UK design (by Jamie Reid).

Holidays In The Sun will be released – via D2C (Direct to Consumer) only – and will be released on 4 August 2023 by Universal Music Recordings. 

Tracklisting

Holidays in the Sun Sex Pistols /

      1. Holidays in the Sun
      2. Satellite

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  1. I remember back in the late 70s Adrians Records got hold of a large job lot of the banned/withdrawn sleeves and were selling them for 50p each or 5 for £2. All brand new and never had a record inside them. Still got mine.

  2. They’ve been my favorite band for over 40 years, but I’m not picking this up. It’s not made for grumpy, cynical old people like those of us around here anyway though. :D

  5. Insert your now-customary “Swindle continues”, “Flogging a Dead Horse” clichés below.

    Did I mess the memo that said the Sex Pistols were supposed to have more integrity than other groups?

  6. I guess they got clearance for the cover art this time then. It was withdrawn when it was first released as the pictures were copied from a holiday brochure. I had to buy the French import version at the time to get it with the picture sleeve.

    1. I had no idea that this cover had been withdrawn (or in pistols-parlance, BANNED!!! ) it seems to have been available for pence everywhere for decades.

  7. Pedantic question I know, but why isn’t it listed as Holiday in the Sun, as per the lyrics? I never thought of it in the plural sense, and it looks like Sound of Vinyl didn’t either as their email is advertising “Holiday in The Sun” (or more accurately – “LMITED | Sex Pistols – Holiday In The Sun”.

    I had to do a double take the first time I saw the reissue advertised, as I swore the song title was wrong, but I fear my memory is, even though the lyrics mention “I don’t wanna holiday in the sun” (SINGULAR!)

    1. Why did 4 Non Blondes not include What’s Up? anywhere in the song’s lyrics? I think Linda Perry needs to answer this….

    2. I’d presume that, despite the lyrics, “Holidays in the Sun” sounded better to both the Sex Pistols and their manager, which is why it was given that title 46 years ago, I guess.

    3. A bit like Bowie’s song Young Americans which only mentions young American. Must have sounded better as a title at the time.

  8. Did we not put ,dead horse,swindle,cheated ect to bed last time they released a single??
    And £20 wasn’t bad for a collectable that will increase in value!!

    1. I’d doubt it will really increase in value. I’ve worked in record stores for years and it’s rare that these types of reissues go up in value. An original, maybe.

  9. Don’t forget the optional add-ons of the poster and/or the t-shirt!

    Perhaps they’re still printing the nowhere/boredom buses t-shirts for the “Pretty Vacant” reissue…

  10. I bought it at the time for I suspect around 70p. So today, that’s probably £4/£5.
    But this is a limited edition and yellow vinyl.
    Is £16 too much? Possibly.
    Will I buy it? No.
    Will it sell out? Very probably.

    I can’t understand those who moan about these things. It’s not compulsory people buy it.

    1. Yeah, plus postage, probably makes it nearer £20.Definitely NO THANKS. I pre ordered the 7″ white vinyl of New Song by Howard Jones a couple of weeks ago, £7.99,that’s not bad I thought, postage was £5.95 which nearly doubled it.

    2. U2 ‘yellow vinyl’ Zooropa re-re-release £56.99……… over sixty quid with postage!!!
      not limited, nothing new.
      No thanks

      1. The beatles have recently released lavish boxsets of their 7 inch singles have they not??
        So why would it be any different for the pistols to do it? The clash did a boxset of their singles in cd form years ago very nice it was,,, especially for a fiver in fopp Byers Road glasgow.

          1. As long as you’re being picky about capitalization, wouldn’t it be FOPP?

    2. Don’t think they’ve skipped it just not doing them in chronological order. Anarchy should have been first if they were rather than GSTQ

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