New York Dolls- Dawn Of The Dolls

 

 

Wow! Today marks the 17th year this blog was launched back in 2006 (hope the math is right?)! I try to post more frequently around each year's anniversary, so we'll kick it off with something cool that is also celebrating a milestone anniversary. On July 27th, it marked the 50th anniversary of the release of the New York Dolls landmark debut album. At the time, the album was shocking and sold poorly polarizing listeners and the conservative US market. What? A band dressed in drag on the cover? Fortunately, times have changed and the album was a very important release spawning a punk sound and bizarre fashion sense that heavily influenced the wave of punk bands in the coming years. 

What we have here is the first ever studio recordings made by Dolls, recorded prior to 1973 debut album! It  features original drummer Billy Murcia and production by famed punk/new wave producer Marty Thau (The Ramones, Blondie, Suicide)! In 2023, the audio has been completely remastered making this "the best sounding version of these recordings ever made available"! Sounds almost too good to be true, right? I've listened to these demos and they sound pretty darn good!

Enjoy!

#17yearsoftrouble

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NEW YORK DOLLS

Dawn Of the Dolls (2023)

01 - Bad Girl (2023 Re-Mastered Studio Demo)

02 - Looking for a Kiss

03 - Don't Start Me Talking

04 - Don't Mess with Cupid

05 - Human Being

06 - Personality Crisis

07 - Pills

08 - Jet Boy

 09 - Frankenstein

 

2023 re-mastered studio demos

 

NEW YORK DOLLS- Dawn of the Dolls (2023) FLAC. rar

Modern Lovers- Live At The Longbranch And More

 

Jonathan Richman is such an entertaining showman, you must see him live in concert to fully appreciate his charm, charisma and his surprisingly good musicianship. There are many (bootleg) live recordings of Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers (and solo) from the late 70's to present and there was an official live album released in 1978. This record, Modern Lovers Live was credited to the Modern Lovers, but live recordings of the "classic" line-up of the Modern Lovers (Richman, Jerry Harrison, David Robinson, Ernie Brooks) are harder to find and rare. The only live recordings I've heard are from the Longbranch Saloon and Harvard University. I have a cassette I dubbed from the Precise Modern Lovers Order Live CD (from my sister?) in the mid-90's which include the previously mentioned gigs in Berkeley and Boston. I'm posting the remixed, reissue that is pretty much the same recordings with four different songs during the Harvard university portion. The sound quality is better than I remember it and considering it's not a soundboard, it's not bad. If there are any other decent live recordings from this Modern Lovers era (before the Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers album), please let me know so we can share.

Enjoy!

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MODERN LOVERS
Live At The Longbranch And More (1998)

01. Someone I Care About       
02. Dance With Me               
03. She Cracked                      
04. Hospital                       
05. Girlfriend                       
06. Foggy Notion                   
07. Ride Down On The Highway       
08. Pablo Picasso               
09. A Plea For Tenderness       
10. Walk Up The Street               
11. Modern World               
12. Old World                       
13. 96 Tears                      
14. I'm Straight               
15. Wake Up Sleepyheads               
16. Don't Let Our Youth Go To Waste
17. Roadrunner                       

Edited and remastered in 1998 at Archer Studios in Winooski, Vermont.
Previously released on Fan Club / Newrose in 1992. The 1998 version includes four songs not on Live At The Longbranch Saloon.
Tracks 01 to 08 recorded at the Long Branch Saloon, Berkeley Cal., April 1972.
Track 09 recorded in Cambridge, Mass. 1973.
Tracks 10 to 17 recorded at Harvard University, 1971 (maybe 1972). 

MODERN LOVERS- Live At The Longbranch And More, FLAC. rar