THE RUNAWAYS "QUEENS OF NOISE" 1977 MERCURY LP EX/NM +INSERT LABEL VARIATION #3

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ARTISTS: THE RUNAWAYS

TITLE: “QUEENS OF NOISE”

TRACK LISTING (SEE PHOTOS & BELOW):

A1

Queens Of Noise

3:26

A2

Take It Or Leave It

3:23

A3

Midnight Music

2:47

A4

Born To Be Bad

4:28

A5

Neon Angels On The Road To Ruin

3:23

B1

I Love Playin' With Fire

3:18

B2

California Paradise

2:52

B3

Hollywood

2:56

B4

Heartbeat

2:49

B5

Johnny Guitar

7:15

Companies, etc.

• Manufactured By – Phonogram, Inc.

• Distributed By – Phonodisc, Inc.

• Mastered At – Kendun Recorders

Notes

Label variation #3: band name misspelled The Runaway's (with apostrophe), no label address around top rim.

Comes with two-sided photo/lyric sheet.

Matrix Variations:

Matrix / Runout Side 1: SRM-1-1126-A-3 P (etched) KENDUN A (stamped)
Matrix / Runout Side 2: SRM-1-1126-B-4 P (etched) KENDUN B (stamped)

Matrix / Runout Side 1: SRM-1-1126-A-6 ST (etched) KENDUN (stamped)
Matrix / Runout Side 2: SRM-1-1126-B-5 ST (etched) KENDUN (stamped) 

LABEL: MERCURY RECORDS

CAT. #: SRM-1-1126

YEAR: 1977

RECORD CONDITION:THE RECORD IS IN EX/NM- CONDITION. NO VISIBLE WEAR,SCRATCHES, LINES ETC. NICE SHINEY LUSTER TO THE VINYL. THE LABELS ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. NO BACKGROUND AUDIO BETWEEN THE TRACKS.THE SONGS SOUND & PLAY SUPER CLEAN.

JACKET CONDITION: THE JACKET IS IN NM/NM- CONDITION. STRAIGHT EDGES, NO TEARS, WRINKLES, NO WRITING OR MARKS, OR SEAM SPLITS, ETC.ETC...

MORE INFO: I TRY AND MATCH WHAT I AM SELLING WITH DISCOGS LISTINGS. THIS RECORD IS CURRENTLY OUT OF PRINT. COMES IN ORIGINAL MERCURY INNER SLEEVE. INCLUDES THE PHOTO/LYRICS INSERT IN NM CONDITION.

NOTE: ACCORDING TO DISCOG'S THIS IS A 3rd LABEL VARIATION AS IT SPELLS THE BANDS NAME ON THE LABELS WITH AN APOSTROPHE AS “RUNAWAY'S” INSTEAD OF “RUNAWAYS”

MORE ON THE ARTIST & RELEASE:

The Runaways were an all-female teenage American rock band that recorded and performed in the second half of the 1970s. The band released four studio albums and one live 

set during its run. Among their best-known songs are "Cherry Bomb", "Hollywood", "Queens of Noise" and a cover version of the Velvet Underground’s "Rock & Roll". Never a 

major success in the United States, the Runaways became a sensation overseas, especially in Japan, thanks to the hit single "Cherry Bomb".

History

Early years

The Runaways were formed in late 1975 by drummer Sandy West and guitarist Joan Jett after they had both introduced themselves to producer Kim Fowley, who gave Jett's phone number to West. The two met on their own at West's home and later called Fowley to let him hear the outcome. Fowley then helped the girls find other members. Two decades later he said, "I didn't put the Runaways together, I had an idea, they had ideas, we all met, there was combustion and out of five different versions of that group came the five girls who were the ones that people liked."

Starting as a power trio with singer/bassist Micki Steele, the Runaways began the party and club circuit around Los Angeles. They soon added lead guitarist Lita Ford, who had originally auditioned for the bass spot; Jett switched to rhythm guitar. Steele was fired from the group, replaced by local bassist Peggy Foster, who left after just one month. Lead singer Cherie Currie was found and recruited in a local teen nightclub called the Sugar Shack, followed by Jackie Fox (who had originally auditioned for the lead guitar spot) on bass.

Fame

The Runaways were signed to Mercury Records in 1976 and their debut album, The Runaways, was released shortly after. The band toured the U.S. and played numerous sold-out shows. Their opening shows included headlining acts such as Cheap Trick, Van Halen, Talking Heads, and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. The documentary Edgeplay: A Film About the Runaways, directed by former Runaway bassist Vicki Blue revealed each girl patterned herself after an idol: Currie on David Bowie, Jett on Suzi Quatro, Ford a cross between Jeff Beck and Ritchie Blackmore, West on Roger Taylor, and Fox on Gene Simmons.

Their second album, Queens of Noise, was released in 1977, and the band began a world tour. The Runaways quickly became lumped in with the growing punk rock movement. The band (already fixtures on the West Coast punk scene) formed alliances with mostly male punk bands such as the Ramones and the Dead Boys (via New York City's CBGB) as well as the British punk scene by hanging out with the likes of the Damned, Generation X and the Sex Pistols.

In the summer of 1977, their booking agent David Libert sent the group to Japan, where they played a string of sold-out shows. The Runaways were the number four imported music act in Japan at the time, behind ABBA, Kiss and Led Zeppelin in album sales and popularity. They were unprepared for the onslaught of fans that greeted them at the airport. Jett later described the mass hysteria as "like Beatlemania". While in Japan, the Runaways had their own TV special, did numerous television appearances and released the album Live in Japan, which went gold. Also in Japan, Fox left the band shortly before the group was scheduled to appear at the 1977 Tokyo Music Festival. She told the Telegraph her relationship with the band deteriorated after Fowley raped her in front of a roomful of people. Jett temporarily took over bass duties. When the group returned home, they replaced Fox with Vicki Blue.

Currie then left the group after a blow-up with Ford in the fall of 1977. Jett, who had previously shared vocals with Currie, took over lead vocals full-time. The band released their fourth album, Waitin' for the Night, and started a world tour with their friends the Ramones. Currie released a solo LP, Beauty's Only Skin Deep, produced by Fowley, and began a separate U.S. tour, which included her identical twin sister Marie. Mercury Records chose not to release Currie's album in the U.S., although it was available as a pricey import via France. In 1980, billed as Cherie and Marie Currie, the sisters released an album for Capitol, Messin' with the Boys, produced by Jai Winding. Featured on the album was Steve Lukather, who later married Marie Currie. Cherie and Marie's single "Since You Been Gone" peaked at number 95 on U.S. charts.

Dissolution

Due to disagreements over money and the management of the band, the Runaways and Kim Fowley parted ways in 1977. The group quickly hired new management, Toby Mamis, who also worked for Blondie and Suzi Quatro. When the group split with Fowley, they also parted with their record label Mercury/Polygram, to which their deal was tied. In the Edgeplay documentary, members of the group (especially Fox and Currie) as well as the parents of Currie and West, have accused Fowley, and others assigned to look after the band, of broken promises as to schooling and other care, using divide and conquer tactics to keep control of the band, along with the verbal taunting of band members. The band reportedly spent much time enjoying the excesses of the rock 'n' roll lifestyle during this time. They partnered with Thin Lizzy producer John Alcock, after Jett's future partner Kenny Laguna turned down the job, to record their last album And Now... The Runaways.

Blue left the group due to medical problems and was briefly replaced by Laurie McAllister in November 1978. Laurie McAllister was referred to the band by her neighbor, Duane Hitchings, who played keyboards on And Now... The Runaways. Before joining the Runaways, McAllister played with Baby Roulette and the Rave Ons, who had one song released on a Kim Fowley compilation LP called Vampires From Outer Space. McAllister appeared onstage with the Runaways at their final shows in California during the last weeks of December 1978 and she quit soon after in January 1979.

Disagreement between band members included the musical style; Joan Jett wanted the band to take a musical change, shifting towards punk rock/glam rock while Lita Ford and Sandy West wanted to continue playing hard rock/heavy metal music. Neither would accept the other's point of view. Finally, the band played their last concert on New Year's Eve 1978 at the Cow Palace near San Francisco and officially broke up in April 1979.

Queens of Noise is the second studio album by the American rock band The Runaways. Released in January 1977 on Mercury Records, it is fundamentally a hard rock album, 

although it also exhibits influences from punk rock, heavy metal, glam rock,[2] and blues rock. While the album features a range of different tempos, most of it consists of the 

"heavy" guitar-driven tracks that have come to be seen as The Runaways' signature sound, although it also features two noticeably softer songs that have sometimes been 

described as early power ballads. While stylistically similar to the band's self-titled debut album The Runaways, Queens of Noise features greater emphases on volume and 

musical sophistication. The album has received generally positive reviews and has remained the band's best-selling record in the United States.

After their self-titled debut album achieved some critical and popular success in the summer of 1976, The Runaways retained the same five woman line-up for Queens of Noise: 

Cherie Currie (lead vocals), Joan Jett (rhythm guitar and lead vocals), Lita Ford (lead guitar), Jackie Fox (bass guitar), and Sandy West (drums). According to Fox, the band was 

contractually obligated to produce two studio albums each year for their label (Mercury Records), which led to the eventual release of Queens of Noise in January 1977, just seven

 months after The Runaways went on sale] Before the recording of Queens of Noise began, the increasingly poor relationship between The Runaways and their manager, Kim 

Fowley, led them to arrive at the mutual decision to bring in a different day-to-day producer for the album. The man selected to both engineer and produce the album was Earle 

Mankey, most famous for his work with The Beach Boys, although Fowley did remain involved in its production on a periodic basis

Recording

Queens of Noise was recorded at Mankey's Brothers Studio in Santa Monica, California, a facility most famous for its association with The Beach Boys.According to Fox, The Runaways did much of the producing themselves, which resulted in a greater emphasis on volume as well as more musical sophistication than the "keep it simple" approach that Fowley preferred. With the singular exception of "Midnight Music", all of the songs on the album were recorded in the same fashion: drums, bass, and rhythm guitar (except for the riffs) were all recorded "live" at the same time, with West, Fox, and Jett (respectively) all in sight of each other during recordings. They each recorded in separate rooms, however, in order to prevent their instruments from "bleeding" together during recording. Riffs, lead guitar solos, and vocals were then recorded later and ultimately mixed with the drum, bass, and rhythm guitar tracks to achieve the finished product. Ford used multiple techniques for recording her solos, including playing both through a mic'd amplifier and directly into the mixing board.[4] According to Fox, West did not use a click track while recording.In addition to the ten songs that were released on Queens of Noise, The Runaways also recorded two more during these sessions that did not ultimately make the final cut for the album: "Hollywood Dream" and "C'Mon".Both of these songs were eventually included on the 1980 album Flaming Schoolgirls, which included previously unreleased material that was not made public until after The Runaways' breakup in 1979.According to Fox, the recording and potential inclusion of "Hollywood Dream" on this album sparked a "true band rebellion" because only lead vocalist Currie wanted to see it released. Ford and Fox were so displeased with the song that they both refused to record their respective instruments on the track, and with the support of Jett and West they helped ensure that it was not included in the finalized album

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