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THE GREAT ROCK 'N' ROLL SWINDLE DOUBLE LP
WEST GERMANY - GEMA PRESSING 2
- By Phil Singleton, Andy Biddle and Patrick Lilienthal

The Great Rock 'N' Roll Swindle (Virgin 300 277 (disc 1) / 278 (disc 2)  / 279-406 (sleeve) )
Released February 1979

Side One. The God Save The Queen Symphony / Johnny B. Goode / Road Runner / Black Arabs Medley / Anarchy In The U.K.
Side Two. Substitute / Don't Give Me No Lip Child / (I'm Not Your) Stepping Stone / L'Anarchie Pour Le U.K. / Belsen Was A Gas / Belsen Vos A Gasser
Side Three. Silly Thing / My Way / I Wanna Be Me / Something Else / Rock Around The Clock / Lonely Boy / No One Is Innocent
Side Four. C'mon Everybody / E.M.I. (Orch.) / The Great Rock 'N' Roll Swindle / Friggin' In The Riggin' / You Need Hands / Who Killed Bambi

Notes. Pressing Identifiers:
'GEMA' labels - without small Virgin logo

Lettering on the spine is white
Rear catalogue numbers 300 279-406 (album) 500 279-421 (cassette)
The sleeve shown below has a sticker '406' applied, covering the catalogue number '420'.
The labels shown below also came in regular GEMA sleeve shown on previous page.

(Unstickered versions of 300 279-420 sleeve are commonly found housing records bearing STEMRA labels - shown later in the guide)

Also shown is another label print run with different positioning of red/green stripe over the text

The sides are not named 1 - 4. Instead, both discs have their own catalogue number (S 300 277 / S 300 278) and the labels on both LPs state Side 1 and Side 2. The sleeve also has a separate catalogue number (300 279-406).

Track listing is the same as UK Version 2.

The album includes the unique version of No One Is Innocent.

GEMA PRESSING
GEMA PRESSING
Front and rear of gatefold sleeve

The Great Rock 'N' Roll Swindle (Virgin 300 277 / 278 / 279)
Stickered sleeve

The Great Rock 'N' Roll Swindle (Virgin 300 277 / 278 / 279)
Close-ups of rear "West German" text and sleeve catalogue numbers

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Inside left of gatefold sleeve
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Inside right of gatefold sleeve
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Above: Example of another label print run with different positioning of red/green stripe over text.
Below is 'side by side' example of Record 2 Side 1
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Special thanks to Andy Biddle and Patrick (Paul) Lilienthal for scanning their collections for use in this feature.

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