Counterfeit Guide
Sex Pistols — Never Mind the Bollocks
Virgin V 2086
Last updated June 4, 2026
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The 1977 UK Never Mind the Bollocks on Virgin V 2086 has the day-glo yellow-and-pink Jamie Reid sleeve with ransom-note lettering. The earliest pressings included a one-sided bonus 7-inch of 'Submission' (catalogue VDJ 24) and listed only eleven tracks on the rear, before later copies added 'Submission' to the LP itself. The label is the Virgin twins design, and genuine firsts carry hand-etched V 2086 matrices.
Matrix / Runout
UK firsts carry V 2086 A-? / B-? hand-etched matrices; the earliest 11-track copies include the 'Submission' VDJ 24 freebie. Counterfeits show uniform typeset runouts and no bonus single.
3 Tells That Reveal a Fake
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The bonus one-sided 'Submission' 7-inch is missing on a copy claimed to be the earliest eleven-track first, or the rear lists twelve tracks (a later state).
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The day-glo yellow/pink Jamie Reid sleeve is faded or pixelated rather than the intense fluorescent original litho print.
- 3
The runout is machine-typeset rather than the hand-etched V 2086 matrix; genuine UK cuts show hand-scribed numbers and plant codes.
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