One of the few jewels in the "Sid and Nancy" turd... This is a great song from the egregious film, reminiscent of the finer moments of the then recently defunct Clash. The song isn't directly about Sid Vicious, but works oblique references (his participation in the Sex Pistols' shambolic 1978 US tour, his incarceration at Rikers Island and his general cluelessness abour life/love) into a vague narrative about outlawry in Mexico. The accompanying video promo was similar, featuring a white man getting into trouble in a spaghetti-western manner before the ghost of Sid appears at the end to set him free... The umlamented Nancy doesn't figure at all!
The tracks on side 2 are utterly inessential - just rip-off alternate mixes so that the record company could gouge fans, by both not including Joe's other song from the film, and releasing non-album b-sides.
Tracks -
A1 - Love Kills <6:46>
B1 - Love Kills (Dub Version) <5:41>
B2 - Love Kills (Instrumental) <4:01>
Total time 16:28
Equipment and lineage
The vinyl was in excellent condition - I was doing a final listen of the first track, repairing one or two stray clicks, and only when I went to save it did I realise it was the raw transfer and not the declicked version...
Matrix numbers -
Side A - MCA 6048 - 553
Side B - MCA 6048 - 553
Cleaned on 16.5 VPI RCM x3
Technics 1200 Turntable, KAB record clamp & fluid dampener
Ortofon Black 2M cartridge
Yamaha amplifier
E-MU 404
ClickRepair.exe for declicking (side 2 only) – brass setting
Cool edit Pro (recording, general editing, manual declicking)
Recorded at 32-96 > 24/96 at end of editing.
Vinyl artwork (including press release insert) included.