The Sex Pistols
A mimeographed typescript contract on two pages, outlining royalty provisions for the Sex Pistols, Warner Bros. Records Inc. "Company" and Malcolm McLaren's management company, Glitterbest Ltd. "Producer." Dated 10th October, 1977, only days before the release of the Sex Pistols' debut album, Never Mind The Bollocks Here's The Sex Pistols, part of the contract deals with the Sex Pistols involvement with Russ Meyer and Roger Ebert's film Who Killed Bambi?, the first clause stipulating that Seventy Seven thousand dollars ($77,000) would be payable to Russ Meyer... for exploitation of the picture in the United States and Canada..., the second clause dealing with album releases: if at the time of delivery to us of the second, third and fourth albums...we have received less than One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars...we shall have the right to deduct from advances..., signed on the second page in black ballpoint pen by John Lydon, John Beverley [Sid Vicious], Stephen Jones and Paul Cook; accompanied by a document concerning the provenance
11x8½in. (28x21.5cm.)

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