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New York Dolls is the debut studio album by the American rock band New York Dolls, released on July 27, 1973, by Mercury Records.An influential precursor to the 1970s punk rock movement, the eponymous album has been acclaimed as one of the best debut records in rock music and one of the greatest rock albums ever.
The New York Dolls and Morton produced little original material together. To complete the album, they had to record cover songs and re-record some of the band's earlier demos; "Babylon", "Who Are the Mystery Girls?", "It's Too Late" and "Human Being" had been recorded by the band in March 1973 as demos for Mercury before the label signed them. [3]
The New York Dolls were the catalyst for New York's early punk rock scene, which included Television, Talking Heads, Patti Smith, the Ramones, Blondie and Richard Hell and the Voidoids, [40] in addition to being one of the most influential bands to the development of British punk rock, particularly the Sex Pistols, the Clash and the Damned.
This is the first remastered release of New York Dolls recordings; 24-bit remasters of the complete studio albums were released in 2006 in a limited edition in Japan. It features every Dolls original from their first two albums, New York Dolls [2] and Too Much Too Soon, [3] along with four additional tracks.
It is the only New York Dolls original on the album. Sonic Youth recorded "Personality Crisis" with Kim Gordon on lead vocals in July 1990. It was first released as a write-in offer promo 7" single in the November 1990 issue of Sassy Magazine, [11] then included on the 1993 Whores Moaning e.p. and later added to the Deluxe Edition bonus disc of ...
Sylvain Sylvain, cofounder and rhythm guitarist of legendary early 1970s proto-punk quintet the New York Dolls, died Wednesday after a battle with cancer, according to a social media post by his ...
The New York Dolls released its self-titled 1973 debut album to little acclaim, and were generally far outside the mainstream (in fact, mostly known in New York City in the early days).
The New York Dolls were in the Mercer's scene, appearing on the bill at a New Year's Eve 1972 gig with Ruby and the Rednecks. [10] They released two albums, the eponymous New York Dolls (1973) and Too Much Too Soon (1974). [8] The bulk of the material was written by Johansen and guitarist Johnny Thunders. The Dolls were sometimes well received ...