Public Image Ltd.* – Death Disco
Tracklist
| Part 1 | |||
| A | Death Disco | 4:11 | |
| Part 2 | |||
| B | No Birds Do Sing | 4:37 |
Companies, etc.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Virgin Records Ltd.
- Published By – Warner Bros. Music
- Published By – Copyright Control
- Pressed By – CBS Pressing Plant, Aston Clinton
Credits
- Bass [Uncredited] – Jah Wobble
- Drums [Uncredited] – Richard Dudanski (tracks: B)
- Guitar, Synthesizer [Uncredited] – Keith Levene
- Lacquer Cut By – Porky (5)
- Piano [Uncredited] – John Lydon (tracks: B)
- Producer, Composed By – Public Image Ltd*
- Vocals [Uncredited] – John Lydon
Notes
Picture labels. Gripper rings are moulded at the circumference of the labels.
Presented in a flipback picture sleeve of matte card with a die cut thumb section. Relative to the orientation of the printed text, the sleeve appears to open from the bottom edge.
Runouts are etched except for the plate-marks which are stamped. Aston-Clinton's characteristic "broken A" may appear as A, Λ, or ∴ (showing only the serifs), and is stamped at approximately 9:00 relative to the matrix at 12:00; plate numbers are stamped at 3:00.
Published by Warner Bros Music/Copyright Control
℗ 1979 Virgin Records Ltd
Made in England
Presented in a flipback picture sleeve of matte card with a die cut thumb section. Relative to the orientation of the printed text, the sleeve appears to open from the bottom edge.
Runouts are etched except for the plate-marks which are stamped. Aston-Clinton's characteristic "broken A" may appear as A, Λ, or ∴ (showing only the serifs), and is stamped at approximately 9:00 relative to the matrix at 12:00; plate numbers are stamped at 3:00.
Published by Warner Bros Music/Copyright Control
℗ 1979 Virgin Records Ltd
Made in England
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Matrix / Runout (Label A): VS 274-A
- Matrix / Runout (Label B): VS 274-B
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 1): VS-274 - A-I PORKY
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 1): VS.274.B.I
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 2): VS 274 A.2 PORKY
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 2): VS.274.B.2
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 3): VS-274 - A-I PORKY A
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 3): VS.274.B.2 A
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 4): VS 274 A.2 PORKY 10 A
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 4): VS.274.B.1 10 A
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 5): VS-274-A-I CD PORKY A
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 5): VS.274.B.2 2 A
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 6): VS-274-A-I PORKY A 7
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 6): VS.274.B.2 A 3
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 7): VS 274-A-2 PORKY A 12
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 7): VS 274.B.1 A 11
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 8): VS 274. A-2 PORKY D
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 8): VS 274. B-2 A
Other Versions (5 of 9)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
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Death Disco (12", Single, 45 RPM) | Virgin | VS 27412, VS27412 | UK | 1979 | ||
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Death Disco (7", 45 RPM, Single) | Virgin | 100 821 | 1979 | |||
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Death Disco (7", 45 RPM, Single) | Virgin | VS 274 | New Zealand | 1979 | ||
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Death Disco (7", 45 RPM, Single) | Virgin | 2097 807 | 1979 | |||
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Death Disco (7", 45 RPM, Single) | Wizard Records (5) | ZS-317 | Australia | 1979 |
Recommendations
Reviews
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Edited 5 years agoIn our country, and maybe others too, "Death Disco" was misunderstood as an anti-disco song; Johnny Rotten's ultimate statement against disco. Maybe because one week after the record entered the UK chart, Disco Demolition Night was held in Chicago, USA...?
In reality, John Lydon was undergoing hard times, and punk did not give him any more inspiration. "With PiL, I wanted to do something different. But rock and punk was boring back in the days. The only music I really cared about was disco."
The idea of "Death Disco" arose after John saw his mother losing her fight against cancer. Her last wish: make a disco record for her funeral.
"And so, I was putting myself in her place. I pictured myself what it would be like to be possessed by an unstoppable force destined to ruin your body from the inside... from that point of view, we started to jam. We went on for some six, seven minutes... that's how the track was made." -
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