The Swindle Continues (1988)

About this title: Another one of the head-scratchers when it comes to the flood of Sex Pistols semi-legal releases, The Swindle Continues attempts to be some sort of counterpart to the official Great Rock & Roll Swindle album, and only partially succeeds. Assembled once more from soundman Dave Goodman's poorly annotated archives -- indeed, there's no description anywhere as to where any of the tracks came from -- it's a dog's breakfast-and-a-half of earlier demos and alternate cuts. The first half consists of Johnny Rotten-sung numbers and barring slightly stronger bass on a few songs like "Problems," and some ... read more

Tracks:

1. God Save the Queen [Cook/Jones/Rotten]
2. Problems [Cook/Jones/Matlock/]
3. Pretty Vacant [Cook/Jones/Matlock/]
4. Liar [Cook/Jones/Matlock/]
5. E.M.I. [Cook/Jones/Matlock/]
6. New York [Cook/Jones/Matlock/]
7. No Fun [Alexander/Asheton]
8. Anarchy in the U.K. [Cook/Jones/Matlock/]
9. Here We Go Again [Cook/Jones]
10. Silly Thing [Cook/Jones]
11. Dancing on the Dome
12. Anarchy in the U.K. [Cook/Jones/Matlock/]
13. Revolution in the Classroom [Goodman]
14. Judging Minds
15. Sex on 45
16. The Swindle Continues

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.