[2018-04-27] New York Dolls "Personality Crisis: Live Recordings And Studio Demos 1972-1975" 5CD box set (Cherry Red UK)

Linda · **Posted:** Thu Feb 22, 2018 4:20 am

Description
Formed in 1971 in New York City, and originally classified as hard rock, the New York Dolls became one of the creators of punk rock before there was even a term for it. With a line-up of vocalist David Johansen, guitarist Johnny Thunders, bassist Arthur Kane, guitarist Sylvain Sylvain and drummer Billy Murcia, the New York Dolls sported an androgynous wardrobe of high heels, eccentric hats, make-up and satin onstage, and in the words of the Encyclopedia of Popular Music were “one of the most influential rock bands of the last 20 years”, boasting such high profile fans as Morrissey, the Sex Pistols, The Ramones, Kiss, Guns N’ Roses and The Damned.

It is commonly perceived that the essence of the New York Dolls was never satisfactorily captured by their two albums for the Mercury label, both of which many believe suffered from unsympathetic production. Fortunately for us all, the band’s untutored rawness, unencumbered strength of purpose and unique vision is better served by the recordings that are gathered together for the first time on Personality Crisis: Live Recordings & Studio Demos 1972-1975. A trio of pre-Mercury demo sessions – arguably as close as the Dolls ever got to nailing their sound in the cold austerity of the recording studio – are joined by a collection of incendiary live shows (including two American radio broadcasts) that, despite the variable sound quality, capture their unfettered outrageousness and life-affirming vitality. This package serves, then, as an alternative view of one of the few genuinely essential rock’n’roll bands to emerge from the early Seventies wastelands.

Includes early versions of acknowledged New York Dolls’ classics: ‘Jet Boy’, ‘Trash’, ‘Personality Crisis’, ‘Puss ‘n’ Boots’, ‘Stranded In The Jungle’, ‘Babylon’, ‘Who Are The Mystery Girls’, ‘Bad Girl’ and ‘Pills’.

Come in a beautifully designed clamshell box set containing its own booklet with full sleeve notes, plus individual card wallets for each of the discs.

All material contained within this package has been specially remastered for this release.

[tracklisting][CD1: Studio Demos ’72-’73]
Blue Rock Studio, NYC, June ’72:
1. Bad Girl
2. Looking For A Kiss
3. Don’t Start Me Talkin’
4. Don’t Mess With Cupid
5. Human Being
6. Personality Crisis
7. Pills
8. Jet Boy
9. Frankenstein
Escape Studios, UK, Oct ’72:
10.Personality Crisis
11.Looking For A Kiss
12.Bad Girl 13.Subway Train
Planet Studios, NYC, March ’73:
14.Seven Day Weekend
15. Frankenstein
16. Who Are The Mystery Girls?
17. (There’s Gonna Be A) Showdown
18. Back In The USA

[CD2: Studio Demos 1973]
Planet Studios, NYC, March ’73:
1. Endless Party
2. Jet Boy
3. It’s Too Late (False Start)
4. It’s Too Late (Full Version)
5. Bad Detective
6. Lonely Planet Boy
7. Subway Train
8. Private World
9. Trash
10. Human Being
11. Don’t Start Me Talkin’
12. Hoochie Coochie Man
13. (Give Him A) Great Big Kiss
14. Vietnamese Baby
15. Babylon
16. Bad Girl
17. Pills
18. Personality Crisis

[CD3: Live Paris / Detroit / Long Island]
Bataclan, Paris, 23 Dec ’73:
1. Trash
2. The Milk Man
3. Puss‘n’Boots
Michigan Palace, Detroit, 31 Dec ’73:
4. Intro/Personality Crisis
5. Bad Girl
6. Looking For A Kiss
7. Who Are The Mystery Girls?
8. Stranded In The Jungle
9. Human Being
10. Pills
11. Trash
12. The Milk Man
13. Puss‘n’Boots
14. Babylon
15. Lone Star Queen
16. Don’t Start Me Talkin’
My Father’s Place, Long Island, 14 April ’74 (WBAB Radio Broadcast):
17. Puss‘n’Boots
18. Looking For A Kiss
19. Trash
20. Stranded In The Jungle
21. Personality Crisis
22. Bad Girl
23. Pills

[CD4: Live 1974 Long Island / Vancouver / Dallas]
My Father’s Place, Long Island, 14 April ’74 (WBAB Radio Broadcast):
1. Hoochie Coochie Man
2. It’s Too Late
3. Chatterbox
4. Human Being
Vancouver, Circa June/July ’74:
5. Hoochie Coochie Man
6. (Give Him A) Great Big Kiss
7. Don’t Mess With Cupid
8. Chatterbox
9. Babylon
10. (There’s Gonna Be A) Showdown
11. Who Are The Mystery Girls?
12. Jet Boy
13. Human Being
Dallas, Sept ’74:
14. Intro/Personality Crisis
15. Vietnamese Baby
16. Bad Girl
17. (Give Him A) Great Big Kiss

[CD5: Live Dallas ’74 / NYC ’75]
Dallas, Sept ’74 (Continued):
1. Pills
2. Frankenstein
3. Lone Star Queen
4. Don’t Start Me Talkin’
New York, 1975:
5. Red Patent Leather
6. On Fire
7. Something Else
8. Daddy Rolling Stone
9. Ain’t Got No Home/Dizzy Miss Lizzy
10. Girls Girls Girls
11. Down Down Downtown
12. Pirate Love
13. Pills
14. Teenage News
15. Personality Crisis/Looking For A Kiss
16. Stranded In The Jungle[/tracklisting]

Amazon USA
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B079VDHW52/?tag=imwan-20

Amazon UK
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B079VDHW52/?tag=imwan-21

pobbard · 18 Jun 2007

This looks like a collection of previous semi-legit releases and boots, probably from the same old sources (some decent, some not-so-decent).

It's a shame, because for at least the March 1973 Planet Rock sessions, higher quality tapes exist. Norton Records used them for this 2000 release, and even gave us a previously unavailable version of "Looking for a Kiss" from these sessions (not included in this new box):

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00004UER8/?tag=imwan-20

Linda · **Posted:** Sat Apr 28, 2018 6:47 pm

Bump: Updated the cover image in the first post to the full packshot.

[2018-04-27] New York Dolls "Personality Crisis: Live Recordings And Studio Demos 1972-1975" 5CD box set (Cherry Red UK)

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