public image ltd: public image/cowboy song

For this one time pressing, we are re-releasing this landmark single in an exact reproduction of its original 'newspaper' sleeve mocking the infamous 'red top' tabloids (its 'stories' included 'The Girl Who Drove Me to Tea, by Donut's Wife Carol,' Donut being drummer Jim Walker). The B-side, 'The Cowboy Song,' included here, revels in Lydon's newfound sense of freedom that he found with bassist Jah Wobble, drummer Walker and guitarist Keith Levine. It is, essentially, the sound of four people letting loose in a studio -- and to hell with the listener. They played it -- twice -- at their debut gig.