Public Image Ltd. cumplirá 40 años este 2018, y están celebrando en una variedad de formas. Su documental,  The Public Image is Rotten , se estrenó en el Festival de Tribeca el año pasado y se embarcarán en una gira de aniversario de 32 fechas con el mismo nombre en los próximos días. Ahora,  el conjunto post-punk de John Lydon ha detallado su próximo box set del 40 aniversario llamado, The Public Image is Rotten (Songs from the Heart).

Disponible en cinco CD / dos DVD, seis LP o formatos digitales, el set saldrá el 20 de julio a través de UMC. Cuenta con la colección de single de PiL (1978-2015); un disco de lados B, rarezas y sesiones de radio; Mezclas de 12 pulgadas y «pistas de baile«, una colección de mezclas e instrumentales inéditos; y un álbum en vivo grabado en el New York Ritz el 16 de julio de 1989.

Los DVD incluyen varios videos promocionales y musicales, actuaciones en los programas de televisión de la BBC Top of the Pops y Old Grey Whistle Test, y dos conciertos completos en vivo del Tallinn Rock Summer Festival de Estonia en 1988 y The Enmore Theatre de Australia en 2013.

The Public Image is Rotten (Songs from the Heart) Box Set Tracklist:

CD 1 – Public Image Ltd – Singles 1978-2015

01. Public Image
02. Death Disco
03. Memories
04. Flowers of Romance
05. This is Not a Love Song
06. Bad Life
07. Rise
08. Home
09. Seattle
10. The Body
11. Disappointed
12. Warrior
13. Don’t Ask Me
14. Cruel
15. One Drop
16. Reggie Song
17. Out of the Woods
18. Double Trouble

CD 2 – Public Image Ltd – B-sides, Rarities & Radio Sessions

B-sides

01. The Cowboy Song
02. Half Mix / Megga Mix
03. Another
04. Home is Where the Heart is
05. Blue Water
06. Question Mark
07. Selfish Rubbish
08. USLS1 (mix)
09. Turkey Tits

Rarities

10. Pied Piper
11. Criminal

Radio Sessions

12. Poptones – BBC, John Peel Sessions (1979)
13. Careering – BBC, John Peel Sessions (1979)
14. Chant – BBC, John Peel Sessions (1979)
15. Cruel – BBC, Mark Goodier Live Session 1992
16. Acid Drops – BBC, Mark Goodier Live Session 1992
17. Love Hope – BBC, Mark Goodier Live Session 1992

CD 3 – Public Image Limited – 12″ Mixes & Dance Tracks

01. Death Disco (12”)
02. Flowers of Romance (Instrumental)
03. This is Not a Love Song (12”)
04. Rise (Bob Clearmountain Mix)
05. Seattle(US Remix 12”)
06. The Body (US Remix Extended 12”)
07. Disappointed (12”)
08. Happy (US Remix 12”)
09. Warrior (Extended 12” Mix)
10. Lollipop Opera
11. Shoom (from What The World…)
12. Death Disco (Original Monitor Mix)
13. This is Not a Love Song (12” Remix)

CD 4 – Public Image Ltd – Unreleased Mixes & Tracks

01. Annalisa (“New Mix” – Townhouse 1979)
02. Albatross (“Monitor Mix” 1979)
03. Careering (Live Paris 1980) (Previously Unreleased)
04. Banging The Door (Alternative Mix, Townhouse 1980) (aka The Door)
05. Vampire (Unreleased Track – Townhouse 1981)
06. Nineteen Eighty One (Original Version, Townhouse 1981)
07. Bad Night (Unreleased Track – Park South 1983)
08. Things in E (aka Ease) (Alternative Laswell mix 1985)
09. Can you Feel the Fours (Unreleased Instrumental – Farmhouse 1987)
10. Open and Revolving (Alternative Mix – Farmhouse 1987) (aka Spy Thriller)
11. Kashmir (Unreleased Renovations Mix 1987) (Instrumental)
12. Cajun (Unreleased Bill Laswell Instrumental 1988)
13. Worry (“Ruff Mix” – Advision 1988)
14. Think Tank (“Outtake” – Eldorado 1991)

CD 5 – Public Image Ltd – Live @ New York Ritz – July 16th 1989

01. Warrior (with intro)
02. Happy
03. This is Not a Love Song
04. Home
05. Round
06. Brave New World
07. Same Old Story
08. The Body
09. Open & Revolving
10. Rise
11. Disappointed
12. Public Image
13. Seattle
14. World Destruction

Public Image Ltd – DVD 1

Promo videos

01. Public Image
02. Death Disco
03. This is Not a Love Song
04. This is Not a Love Song (live in Tokyo)
05. Bad Life
06. Rise
07. Home
08. Seattle
09. The Body (uncensored)
10. Disappointed
11. Warrior
12. Don’t Ask Me
13. Cruel
14. Covered
15. One Drop
16. Reggie Song
17. Out of the Woods
18. Lollipop Opera (unreleased)
19. Double Trouble
20. Bettie Page
21. The One

Tallinn Rock Summer Festival, Estonia August 26th 1988

(intro)
01. Public Image
02. FFF
03. Seattle
04. Home
05. Bags
06. Rise
07. Hard Times
08. Religion
09. Rules & Regulations
10. Angry
11. Open & Revolving
12. Holidays In The Sun
13. The Body
14. World Destruction

Public Image Ltd – DVD 2

BBC TV Performances – Archive

01. Death Disco – BBC, Top of the Pops 1979
02. Poptones – BBC, Old Grey Whistle Test 1980
03. Careering – BBC, Old Grey Whistle Test 1980
04. Flowers of Romance – BBC, Top of the Pops 1981
05. Rise – BBC, Top of the Pops 1986
06. Home – BBC, Old Grey Whistle Test 1986
07. Round – BBC, Old Grey Whistle Test 1986
08. Disappointed – The Late Show 1989

Sydney, Enmore Theatre, Australia, April 10th 2013

01. Four Enclosed Walls
02. Albatross
03. Deeper Water
04. Memories
05. Reggie Song
06. Disappointed
07. Warrior
08. Flowers of Romance
09. One Drop
10. Death Disco
11. This is Not a Love Song
12. Public Image
13. Out of the Woods
14. Rise
15. Open Up