PIL - METAL BOX 1st PRESS UK 1979 Original 3xLP Ltd Ed insert Sex Pistols NM
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PIL - METAL BOX  1st PRESS UK 1979 Original 3xLP Ltd Ed insert Sex Pistols NM
Vinyl kept in Archival Sleeves.   Metal Box wrapped in Archival paper 
"Public Image Ltd...John Lydon.Keith Levene.Wobble.Jeannette Lee.Dave Crowe..." were the members of PIL at the time of the release. However, Jeannette Lee and Dave Crowe as non-musical band members are not featured on the recordings. 

Packaged in a 12" film can-style metal box. The lid section is embossed with the band logo. The base section has a 3.5cm x 2.5cm white sticker showing the catalogue number. Copies of the box are likely to display a natural patina over time, or even rust.
There are four white paper spacers.
Includes an A5 size sheet with tracklist and line-up.

Side B ends with a locked groove which repeats the last few seconds of "Swan Lake".

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

In runouts, the main strings and Tim Young/CBS credits are etched, additional characters are stamped.

Metal Box is the second studio album by Public Image Ltd, released by Virgin Records on 23 November 1979. The album takes its name from the round metal canister which contained the initial pressings of the record. It was later reissued in standard vinyl packaging as Second Edition in February 1980 by Virgin Records in the United Kingdom, and by Warner Bros. Records and Island Records in the United States.

The album was a departure from PiL's 1978 debut First Issue, with the band moving into a more avant-garde sound characterised by John Lydon's cryptic lyrics, propulsive dub-inspired rhythms led by bassist Jah Wobble, and an abrasive, "metallic" guitar sound developed by guitarist Keith Levene.

Metal Box is widely regarded as a landmark of post-punk. In 2012, the album was ranked number 461 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.



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