#NotPhoshopped

2024-03-12

#OTD in #77Punk #MalcolmMcLaren's #SexPistols signed a contract in front of #BuckinghamPalace with the UK imprint of Herb Alpert & Jerry Moss' A & M Records, label of The Carpenters , Peter Frampton and Carole King. Despite pressing up thousands of #GodSaveTheQueen 45 rpm singles, the title went unissued, and the band was dropped within the week. #MusicBiz #Royals #NotPhoshopped

Today in 1977, The Sex Pistols signed a recording contract with A&M Records in front of Buckingham Palace.

By March 16th, the label had buyer's remorse, and terminated the contract, destroying several thousand pressed copies of the already pressed but not yet released "God Save the Queen" single

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