New York Dolls S/T Translucent Red Vinyl LP Mercury SRM-1-675 Personality Crisis

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New York Dolls Self-Titled Debut LP (1973) VG++ Translucent Red Vinyl - Mercury SRM-1-675 with "Personality Crisis" and "Trash"
Condition: VG++ (EX) Vinyl and VG++ (EX) Cover. Vinyl was play-tested on both sides, and plays beautifully throughout. Original cover still has gloss, great color and strong corners, no splits or writing. A small crease on front. Excellent copy!
Matrix / Runout (Side A): 3972 SRM-1675-1 A S 40514 DC BQS Matrix / Runout (Side B): 3972 SRM-1675-1 B S 40515 DC BQS
New York Dolls is the debut album by the New York Dolls. It was released on July 27, 1973, by Mercury Records. In the years leading up to the album, the Dolls had developed a local fanbase by playing regularly in lower Manhattan after forming in 1971. However, most music producers and record companies were reluctant to work with them because of their vulgarity and onstage fashion as well as homophobia in New York; the group later appeared in exaggerated drag on the album cover for shock value.
After signing a contract with Mercury, the Dolls recorded their first album at The Record Plant in New York City with producer Todd Rundgren, who was known for his sophisticated pop tastes and held a lukewarm opinion of the band. Despite stories of conflicts during the recording sessions, lead singer David Johansen and guitarist Sylvain Sylvain later said Rundgren successfully captured how the band sounded live. The resulting music on the album – a mix of carefree rock and roll, influences from Brill Building pop, and campy sensibilities – explores themes of urban youth, teen alienation, adolescent romance, and authenticity, as rendered in Johansen's colloquial and ambiguous lyrics.
New York Dolls was met with widespread critical acclaim but sold poorly and polarized listeners. The band proved difficult to market outside their native New York and developed a reputation for rock-star excesses while touring the United States in support of the album. Despite its commercial failure, New York Dolls was an influential precursor to the 1970s punk rock movement as the group's crude musicianship and youthful attitude on the album challenged the prevailing trend of musical sophistication in popular music, particularly progressive rock. Among the most acclaimed albums in history, it has since been named in various publications as one of the best debut records in rock music and one of the greatest albums of all time.
Track Listing
Side one 1. "Personality Crisis" David Johansen, Johnny Thunders 3:41 2. "Looking for a Kiss" Johansen 3:19 3. "Vietnamese Baby" Johansen 3:38 4. "Lonely Planet Boy" Johansen 4:09 5. "Frankenstein (Orig.)" Johansen, Sylvain Sylvain 6:00
Side two 1. "Trash" Johansen, Sylvain 3:08 2. "Bad Girl" Johansen, Thunders 3:04 3. "Subway Train" Johansen, Thunders 4:21 4. "Pills" Bo Diddley 2:48 5. "Private World" Johansen, Arthur Kane 3:39 6. "Jet Boy" Johansen, Thunders 4:41
New York Dolls David Johansen – gong, harmonica, vocals Arthur "Killer" Kane – bass guitar Jerry Nolan – drums Sylvain Sylvain – piano, rhythm guitar, vocals Johnny Thunders – lead guitar, vocals
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