THE PROFESSIONALS (SEX PISTOLS) "I DIDN'T SEE IT COMING" 1981 VIRGIN UK NM-/NM

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ARTISTS: THE PROFESSIONALS (SEX PISTOLS)

TITLE: “I DIDN'T SEE IT COMING”

TRACK LISTING: SEE PHOTO'S & BELOW

A1

The Magnificent

3:50

A2

Payola

3:37

A3

Northern Slide

3:26

A4

Friday Night Square

4:36

A5

Kick Down The Doors

4:32

B1

Little Boys

4:13

B2

All The Way

3:19

B3

Crescendo

4:06

B4

Madhouse

3:15

B5

Too Far To Fall

3:52

Companies, etc.

• Mastered At – Strawberry Mastering

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Virgin Records Ltd.

• Copyright (c) – Virgin Records Ltd.

• Published By – Warner Bros. Music Ltd.

• Produced At – Surrey Sound Studios

• Pressed By – CBS Pressing Plant, Aston Clinton

Credits

• Bass – Paul Myers (5)

• Drums, Backing Vocals – Paul Cook

• Guitar, Backing Vocals – Ray McVeigh

• Guitar, Vocals – Steve Jones (2)

• Photography By – Gered Mankowitz

• Photography By [Group] – Gavin Cochrane

• Producer – Nigel Gray

• Sleeve, Design – Bill Smith (19)

• Written-By – Cook*, Jones* 
  

LABEL: VIRGIN RECORDS UK

CAT.#: V 2220

YEAR: 1981

RECORD CONDITION: THE RECORD IS IN EX/NM CONDITION. BOTH LABELS ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION.. VISUALLY NICE SHINEY LUSTER TO THE VINYL. NO SCUFFS, BLEMS, LINES, VISIBLE SCRATCHES. VISUALLY THE RECORD LOOKS NEAR NEW. THE SONGS PLAY SUPER CLEAN! SONGS SOUND GREAT.

SLEEVE CONDITION: THE JACKET IS IN EX/NM CONDITION. NICE STRAIT EDGES, NO WRITING, TEARS, WRINKLES, CREASES. CUT IN THE JACKET DONE BY THE RECORD COMPANY.

MORE INFO: THIS RECORD IS CURRENTLY OUT OF PRINT. UK IMPORT.

MORE INFO ON THE ARTISTS/RELEASE:

The Professionals are an English punk rock band active from 1979 to early 1982 and again from 2015. They were formed by ex-Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones and drummer Paul Cook after that band's demise.

Career

The Professionals were formed in 1979 by guitarist Steve Jones and drummer Paul Cook, both formerly of the Sex Pistols. In the previous year, Johnny Rotten had left the Sex Pistols, and both Cook and Jones had sung lead for the late Sex Pistols recordings "Silly Thing" and "Lonely Boy". For these recordings, Lightning Raiders bassist Andy Allan was employed as a session musician. After the Sex Pistols officially split and broke ties with manager Malcolm McLaren, this line-up was resurrected as the Professionals, and signed to Virgin Records, the same label as the Sex Pistols.

In July 1980, the Professionals released their first single, "Just Another Dream",which also included a video promo. This was followed by a second single "1-2-3" in October,which reached No. 43 in the UK Singles Charts. Shortly after the second single's release, Cook and Jones had plans to debut a self-titled LP during that same year.But there were some legal problems, as Allan had no recording contract with Virgin. He sued the record company, claiming he had never been credited nor paid by them. Consequently, Virgin's compilation album Cash Cows,which featured the Professionals' track "Kick Down the Doors", was withdrawn and the album was shelved. After Allan left the band, he was replaced by ex-Subway Sect bassist Paul Myers, with Ray McVeigh also joining the band as a second guitarist.The new line-up of the Professionals later re-recorded previous material so that Allan would not be owed any further royalties.

The Professionals were first managed by Dave Hill, who had managed Johnny Thunders and was managing the Pretenders. They recorded radio sessions for John Peel's Radio 1, which aired on 10 November 1980,as means to promote the release of "Join the Professionals" that same month. Due to difficulties in finding a producer (Mick Glossop was eventually picked), the release of the single was repeatedly delayed up to June 1981.Hill left afterwards to focus on the Pretenders, and John Curd was chosen as a replacement. They then recorded further sessions with BBC, this time for The Evening Show with Mike Read on 15 December.

The group brought in producer Nigel Gray to help record their full-length album; the result was I Didn't See It Coming, released in November 1981. The album was supported by UK and U.S. tour dates, and the release of a single for the song "The Magnificent". But the band's American tour was cut short when Cook, Myers, and McVeigh were injured in a car accident. The Professionals returned to America in the spring of 1982 after a hiatus for recovery, but Jones' and Myers' drug problems further hampered the band's prospects.

Later that year, "Join the Professionals" was featured in the movie Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains along with three other Cook/Jones compositions, "Conned Again", "La La La", and "Don't Blow It All the Way".

I Didn't See It Coming was the only album by punk rock band the Professionals to be released in the band's lifetime. It was first released by Virgin Records on November 1981.On June 14, 2001, Virgin/EMI released a CD edition of the album, appending six tracks previously released as singles and two songs recorded for the mooted The Professionals album.

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