{"product_id":"pre-order-new-york-dolls-new-york-dolls-mfsl-lp","title":"New York Dolls - New York Dolls - MFSL LP { Vinyl LP }","description":"\u003cheader\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e45rpm 180g Vinyl Double LP!\u003cbr\u003eLandmark 1973 Debut Produced by Todd Rundgren!\u003cbr\u003eExplodes with Raucous, Swaggering Rock 'n' Roll!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/header\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1\/4\" \/ 15 IPS Dolby A Analog Master to DSD 256 to Analog Console to Lathe\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cheader\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e500 Greatest Albums of All Time - Rated 301\/500!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/header\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe extroverted blend of attitude, energy, and ostentatiousness that spills from the New York Dolls' self-titled debut can be seen in full view on the album cover. Depicting the quintet in its hallmark flash-and-trash apparel and in drag appearance, the 1973 album scared away a considerable amount of potential listeners while capturing the attention of a sizable audience that recognized the band for what it was: zeitgeist pioneers who helped develop the punk and glam rock movements.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNamed by\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ethe 301st Greatest Album of All Time and by\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eMojo\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ethe 49th greatest album of all time,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Dolls\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ereceives long-overdue audiophile treatment on Mobile Fidelity's numbered-edition 180g 45RPM 2LP set. Sourced from the original master tapes, pressed at Fidelity Record Pressing in California, and housed in a Stoughton gatefold jacket, this collectible version marks the first time the group's career-making statement is available to be experienced in audiophile quality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFar from harboring the crude elements that became associated with the punk scene,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Dolls\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebenefits from keen production overseen by none other than Todd Rundgren. Though more accustomed to working far higher-caliber musicians, Rundgren — taken by the New York Dolls' charisma and cool, if not their instrumental approach — fully understood the ensemble's aesthetic. He captured what went down at New York City's Record Plant with an astute blend of live-on-the-floor feel, raw authenticity, and professional acumen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn Mobile Fidelity's definitive-sounding reissue, you can hear those facets as well as key details, dynamics, and textures with previously unimaginable insight. Rundgren preserved generous degrees of grit, grime, and grease while bestowing the raucous music with elevated levels of separation, solidity, and impact every landmark recording deserves. His vision extends to introducing choice accents — barroom piano notes, Moog synthesizer passages, Buddy Bowser's honking saxophones — that add to the songs' appeal without interfering with the primary architecture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfforded extra groove space on this pressing, the tenor, presentation, and attack of both vocalist\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Johansen\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand now-iconic guitarists\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJohnny Thunders\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSylvain Sylvain\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ecome across with stunning vibrancy and vitality. The New York Dolls often seem headed off the rails and into the red, but somehow, the strut, swagger, and sloppiness — and the associated sleaze and scruff, scrape and snarl, frenzy and feverishness those characteristics entail — remain together as a whole that shakes its collective fist at the frustrations, isolation, disarray, and disillusionment of youth chaos and urban decay.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKicking off its debut with \"Personality Crisis,\" cited by\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eas one of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, the band makes obvious its grasp of alienation, deviance, displacement, and suburban disaffection — as well as its capacity to play hanging-by-a-thread boogie, noisy rock 'n' roll, and Brill Building-inspired pop. The lipstick-kissed\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Dolls\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003epossesses traits many of its harsher predecessors would overlook: joyfulness and melody, topped with a knack for knowing how and where to take a song inside of three-and-a-half minutes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDive and dash with the belligerent \"Looking for a Kiss\"; stomp your feet and clap your hands to the big choruses of \"Jet Boy\"; surrender to the demands and provocations of the coded \"Vietnamese Baby\"; decide whether \"Bad Girl\" yearns to explode or implode. It's one of several tunes here that allude to the world coming to end. Of course, that doesn't mean there isn't time for a fling before everything burns. \"There's no place I gotta go,\" yowls Johansen. And he means it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAdorned with tonal crunch, glitter, and gristle,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Dolls\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003etakes pride in its brashness and brattiness. The rambunctious effort, which earned the band the distinction of being voted both \"Best New Group of the Year\" and \"Worst New Group of the Year\" in the pages of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eCreem\u003c\/em\u003e, displays knowing reverence for the blues without calling attention to the style. The folk-laden \"Lonely Planet Boy\" is nothing if not a collision of heart-on-the-sleeve emotions and the desire in the face of challenges to maintain a tough-skinned exterior. An interpretation of Bo Diddley's \"Pills,\" complete with shivering harmonica and clattering rhythms, announces there's no cure for what infects this band. It's that contagious. And how.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis deliveries gushing with campy fun, playful irreverence, and sheer decadence, Johansen doubles as the equivalent of an open fire hydrant that spouts at will. He's at once tender and vicious, serious and tongue-in-cheek. On arguably his finest hour on the album, Johansen's phrasing, passion, and lyrical ambiguity alone turn \"Trash\" into an insistent glam-rock gem whose echoing harmonies and girl-group references stamp it a pop classic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eToo much, too soon? 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