Two "God Save the Queen" flag banners.

SEX PISTOLS - REID, Jamie.

Published by London: Jamie Reid, 1977

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These cards were intended to be used as bunting flags for the Sex Pistols's river boat promotional stunt on the River Thames outside the Houses of Parliament for their God Save the Queen single. On 7 June, Virgin Records hired a boat named the Queen Elizabeth from Westminster to Tower Bridge, on which the Sex Pistols could play live. The party ended when the boat returned and was raided by the police. While none of the band was arrested, police detained the Pistols manger Malcolm McLaren and ten others. Triangular bunting was used on the day, and these prints were kept aside. Two commercially printed Union Jacks on card, overprinted in black with the official portrait of Queen Elizabeth II taken by Peter Grugeon for her Silver Jubilee, each doctored by Jamie Reid. The first shows the Queen with a safety pin in her mouth with swastika eyes and the Sex Pistols ransom logo lower left; this was the original idea for the cover of the Sex Pistols single God Save the Queen. The second shows her with a safety pin in her mouth, the Sex Pistols ransom logo lower left and the words "God Save The Queen She Aint No Human Being" circled around her head, taken from the lyrics of the single. Hole punches to upper corners as issued. Presented float mounted in a lime waxed frame. Each sheet 20 x 29 cm. Framed size: 51 x 65.1 cm.

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Title: Two "God Save the Queen" flag banners.
Publisher: London: Jamie Reid, 1977
Edition: 1st Edition

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