Public Image Ltd – Flowers Of Romance
(Virgin Records 1981 VS397)
UK Pressing
Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
(there are some light surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality apart from the odd light pop/crackle)
Sleeve in Excellent+ condition
– some wear along opening edge
Public Image Ltd (abbreviated and stylized as PiL) are an English post-punk band formed by lead vocalist John Lydon (previously, as Johnny Rotten, lead vocalist of the Sex Pistols), guitarist Keith Levene (a founding member of the Clash), bassist Jah Wobble, and drummer Jim Walker in May 1978. The group’s line-up has changed frequently over the years; Lydon has been the sole constant member.
“Flowers of Romance” is a song by Public Image Ltd. It reached number twenty four on the UK Singles Chart. The 12″ extended version of the song is actually two songs counted as one track: the single version of the song followed by an instrumental version of it.
“Listening to that again reminded me of coming out of jail [after being arrested for alleged assault in 1980],” John Lydon told Select in 1990. “That’s when I recorded it. I left Dublin and went straight into the studio for two weeks solid: slept there, did everything myself, practically. No band; couldn’t find Keith; more of less had to engineer the bloody thing myself cos the engineer there ran out going, ‘That’s impossible – you can’t do that!’ I did it. That particular song, I timed how long it would take me to turn the tape on, run into the studio and turn it all off. I had to rehearse that about 20 bloody times before I got it right!”
Track listing
- 7″ vinyl
- “Flowers of Romance” – 2:50
- “Home Is Where the Heart Is” – 7:21
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