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PUBLIC IMAGE LTD.

John Lydon's post-Pistols project parlayed its post-punk mix of dub, avant garde, and rock into (unlikely) pop hits.One of the first and most significant post-punk bands, Public Image Ltd. (PiL) were originally a quartet led by singer John Lydon (formerly Johnny Rotten, born January 31, 1956) and guitarist Keith Levene, who had been a member of the Clash in one of its early lineups. The band was filled out by bassist Jah Wobble (John Wordle) and drummer Jim Walker. It was formed in the wake of the 1978 breakup of Lydon's former group, the Sex Pistols. For the most part, the band's early incarnation devoted itself to droning, slow-tempo, bass-heavy noise rock, overlaid by Lydon's distinctive, vituperative rant. 

"METAL BOX"

1979      3x12"EP     VIRGIN RECORDS     METAL 1 

MADE IN ENGLAND    ORIGINAL PRESSING

[Originally released as "Metal Box" in 1979 by Virgin Records (containing 

three 12" 45rpm records), it was deleted from the catalogue on 23 November 1979 

after an initial release of 60,000 units, then re-issued on 22 February 1980 

as "Second Edition", a double LP packaged in a more conventional gatefold]

Packaged in a 12" film can-style metal box. Includes an A5 size sheet with tracklist and line-up.

Edition of 50,000 copies (plus an extra 10,000 for export).

Sides are labelled Metal 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6 on the info sheet 

and Metal 1-A, Metal 1-B, Metal 1-C, Metal 1-D, Metal 1-E and Metal 1-F on the record labels.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: none

LABEL: VIRGIN - WHITE LABEL w/BLACK-RED-WHITE TEXT

Catalog on cover: (rear) METAL 1

Catalog on labels: 1 (METAL 1-A / METAL 1-B);

2 (METAL 1-C / METAL 1-D);   3 (METAL 1-E / METAL 1-F)

Matrix / Runout:

Disc One (Side A, Etched): METAL?1-A-1   TY-CBS

(Side B, Etched): METAL?1-B B B-1   TY-CBS

Disc Two (Side C, Etched): METAL-1-C-1   TY-CBS

(Side D, Etched): METAL?1-D-1   TY-CBS

Disc Three (Side E, Etched): METAL?1-E-2   tim's-cbs

(Side F, Etched): METAL?1-F-1   TY-CBS

On labels: PiL

On Insert: All words and music by Public Image Ltd.

Produced by Public Image Ltd.

Published by Warner Bros. Music Ltd./Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd.

? 1979 Virgin Records Ltd.

On Back Cover: METAL 1 (stickered)

tracklisting

Side A: ALBATROSS

Side B: MEMORIES - SWANLAKE

Side C: POPTONES - CAREERING

Side D: NO BIRDS - GRAVEYARD

Side E: THE SUIT - BAD BABY

Side F: SOCIALIST CHANT RADIO 4

  grading

RECORDS NEAR EX but (please, read above description)

SLEEVE NEAR EX but (please, see pictures and read above description)

 PiL managed to avoid boundaries for the first four years of their existence, and Metal Box is undoubtedly the apex. It's a hallmark of uncompromising, challenging post-punk, hardly sounding like anything of the past, present, or future. Sure, there were touchstones that got their imaginations running -- the bizarreness of Captain Beefheart, the open and rhythmic spaces of Can, and the dense pulses of Lee Perry's productions fueled their creative fires -- but what they achieved with their second record is a completely unique hour of avant-garde noise. Originally packaged in a film canister as a trio of 12" records played at 45 rpm, the bass and treble are pegged at 11 throughout, with nary a tinge of midrange to be found. It's all scrapes and throbs (dubscrapes?), supplanted by John Lydon's caterwauling about such subjects as his dying mother, resentment, and murder. Guitarist Keith Levene splatters silvery, violent, percussive shards of metallic scrapes onto the canvas, much like a one-armed Jackson Pollock. Jah Wobble and Richard Dudanski lay down a molasses-thick rhythmic foundation throughout that's just as funky as Can's Czukay/Leibezeit and Chic's Edwards/Rodgers. It's alien dance music. Metal Box might not be recognized as a groundbreaking record with the same reverence as Never Mind the Bollocks, and you certainly can't trace numerous waves of bands who wouldn't have existed without it like the Sex Pistols record. But like a virus, its tones have sent miasmic reverberations through a much broader scope of artists and genres. [Metal Box was issued in the States in 1980 with different artwork and cheaper packaging under the title Second Edition; the track sequence differs as well...(AllMusic)