The Professionals

The Professionals were formed in 1979 by guitarist Steve Jones and drummer Paul Cook, both formerly of the Sex Pistols. In the previous year Johnny Rotten had left the Sex Pistols, and Jones had supplied lead vocals for late Sex Pistols recordings of the songs "Silly Thing" and "Lonely Boy". For these recordings Lightning Raiders bassist Andy Allen was employed as a session musician. After the Sex Pistols officially split and broke ties with manager Malcolm McLaren, this line up was resurrected as The Professionals, and signed to the Sex Pistols old label Virgin Records. In July 1980 The Professionals released their first single "Just Another Dream," followed by a second single "1-2-3" in October, which reached No. 43 in the UK Singles Charts. Shortly after the second singles release Allen left the band and was replaced by Subway Sect bassist Paul Meyers. Ray McVeigh also joined the band as a second guitarist. This same lineup recorded another single, "Join the Professionals", which was released in June 1981. Later that year, the song was featured in the movie Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains along with three other Cook/Jones compositions, "Conned Again", "La La La", and "Don't Blow It All the Way". Following his departure, Andy Allen sued Virgin Records claiming he had never been paid by them. In response to this, the new line-up of The Professionals would re-record previous material so that Allen would not be owed any further royalties. The band brought in producer Nigel Gray to help record this material for their first full length album, the result was I Didn't See It Coming released in November 1981. The album was supported by U.K. and U.S. tour dates, and the release of a single for the song "The Magnificent". But the band's American tour was cut short when Cook, Meyers, and McVeigh were injured in a car accident. After a hiatus for recovery, the band returned to America in the Spring of 1982. They were offered a spot opening on tour for The Clash, but declined and broke up.

I Didn't See It Coming (1981)

01 - The Magnificent

02 - Payola

03 - Northern Slide

04 - Friday Night Square

05 - Kick Down The Doors

06 - Little Boys In Blue

07 - All The Way

08 - Crescendo

09 - Madhouse

10 - Too Far To Fall

11 - Just Another Dream (First Single)

12 - Kamikaze

13 - 1-2-3

14 - Mods Skins Punks

15 - Join The Professionals (Third Single)

16 - Has Anybody Got an Alibi (B Side Of Third Single)

17 - White Light/White Heat (Second Single B Side)

18 - Baby I Don't Care (Second Single B Side)

Featuring Steve Jones And Paul Cook (1991)

01 - All The Way
02 - Are You?
03 - Kick Down The Doors
04 - Crescendo
05 - Little Boys In Blue
06 - Does Anybody Care
07 - Kamikhazi
08 - 1, 2, 3
09 - Rockin' Man
10 - All The Way With You

The Professionals (1995)

01 - Little Boys In Blue

02 - Mad House

03 - Just Another Dream

04 - Kamikaze

05 - 1-2-3

06 - Crescendo

07 - Mods, Skins, Punks

08 - Join The Professionals

09 - Has Anybody Got An Alibi

10 - All The Way With You

11 - Kick Down The Doors

The Best Of The Professionals (2005)

01 - Just Another Dream

02 - 1-2-3

03 - Kamikaze

04 - Mods Skins Punks

05 - All The Way With You

06 - Join The Professionals

07 - The Magnificent

08 - Payola

09 - Little Boys In Blue

10 - Northern Slide

11 - Kick Down The Doors

12 - Crescendo

13 - Madhouse

14 - Too Far To Fall

The Complete Professionals (2015)

CD 01:

01 - The Magnificent

02 - Payola

03 - Northern Slide

04 - Friday Night Square

05 - Kick Down The Doors

06 - Little Boys In Blue

07 - All The Way

08 - Crescendo

09 - Madhouse

10 - Too Far To Fall

11 - Just Another Dream

12 - Action Man

13 - 1-2-3

14 - White Light/White Heat

15 - Baby I Don't Care

16 - Join The Professionals

17 - Has Anybody Got An Alibi

CD 02:

01 - Join The Professionals

02 - Conned Again

03 - La La La

04 - Don't Blow It All Away

05 - Natural Born Killer

06 - Some Play Dirty

07 - Join The Professionals (John Peel Session 1980)

08 - All The Way With You (John Peel Session 1980)

09 - Crescendo (John Peel Session 1980)

10 - Kick Down The Doors (John Peel Session 1980)

11 - Join The Professionals (Mike Read Session 1980)

12 - Madhouse (Mike Read Session 1980)

13 - Crescendo (Mike Read Session 1980)

CD 03:

01 - Little Boys In Blue (Alternate Recording)

02 - Mods, Skins, Punks

03 - Kick Down The Doors (Alternate Recording)

04 - Kamikaze

05 - All The Way (Alternate Recording)

06 - Crescendo (Alternate Recording)

07 - Madhouse (Alternate Recording)

08 - Rockin' Mick

09 - Northern Slide (Demo)

10 - The Magnificent (Demo)

11 - Home From Home (Demo)

12 - The Magnificent (Dub)

13 - Love Man (Rough Mix)

14 - Payola (Monitor Mix 3)

15 - Join The Professionals (Remix)

16 - Just Another Dream (Monitor Mix)

17 - Join The Professionals (Monitor Mix)

What In The World (2017)

01 - Good Man Down
02 - Let Go
03 - Going Going Gone
04 - Extremadura
05 - Rewind
06 - Hats Off
07 - New Generation
08 - Take Me Now
09 - Bad Baby
10 - Monkeys

SNAFU (2021)

01 - Easily Lead

02 - Gold And Truthful

03 - Spike Me Baby

04 - Punk Rock And A Hard Place

05 - M'Ashes

06 - Heartburn

07 - Never Say Never

08 - So No Go

09 - The Elegant Art Of Falling Apart

10 - Only Human

11 - Consuminator

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