the Best of British One Pound Notes- John Lydon

Credit and thanks to mystery original uploader. It takes some time to download, but it's worth it I'm sure, as long as you don't already have all this stuff. Which you probably do.

Product Discription:

20 track standard version. There aren't many of his so-called musical peers that could boast a back catalogue as strong or diverse as John Lydon's. Whether it be with the Sex Pistols, Public Image Limited, Leftfield or as a solo artist he has made some remarkable records, and this single CD standard edition and its companion double CD special edition drawn together for the first time all the tracks that make John Lydon so special. 'Anarchy in the UK' , 'Public Image', 'This is Not a Love Song', 'Open Up'. These are just the first 4 tracks in what is a musical tour de force. Other standout tracks include "Holidays In The Sun", "Flowers of Romance" and the immortal "God Save The Queen". Through his work with the Pistols and PiL right through to his solo work Lydon has left his unmistakable stamp on everything he has touched be it through his powerful lyric, his snarling vocal or its relentless anti melody. He has bridged rock, dance and of course punk and has truly left an indelible mark on music of the last 30 years. Virgin. 2005.

A review:

If you followed both bands, bought everything they ever put out and Lydon's solo stuff and projects with Afrika Bambaataa (aka TimeZone) and Leftfield, then yeah, this is of no use to you outside of the one new song, which is the oldest trick in the book to pull on completists when releasing a best of (I happily fell for it). If you are just dipping your toe in the water and want to see what all the fuss is about over some middleaged bugeyed Irish singer with goofy hair, welcome to the party but at the same time, what took you so long, ya tosspot? That said, it's not a chronological best of. Pistols/PiL/Solo material mingle freely. . . It's a fine place to start, unless you're a fatty oldie like me, then you've been born too soon, matey.

tracklist and pass in comments. Buy here.

The consensus seems to be that for a starting point, it's pretty good. I wouldn't imagine you'd use this as a starting point to get into the Pistols. The radio plays all the Pistols stuff that's on here, so you're probably familiar with those songs already, and if you're trying to get into the Pistols you should be going for the Pistols' album. If you're trying to get into PiL or solo stuff, it probably means you're quite familiar with the Pistols, and you don't really care about the Pistols tracks on this release because you have all of them. So then you're here for the PiL stuff. And if you've already got all this stuff, like our reviewer up there, then go for the one new song, the Rabbit Song. Which is to say. . . you might as well grab it while it's up. It seems like a good mixtape-type listen.