Lipstick Killers (Mercer St. Sessions) [Vinyl]

New York Dolls | Format: Vinyl

Product Details

• Vinyl (January 9, 2007)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Roir Records
• ASIN: B000BPN2OU
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #562,325 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

East Village Eye

“These early demo tapes with the original line up captures the Dolls at their crudest and best."

“The Dolls single-handedly started the NY scene that later spawned the Ramones, Blondie, Television, Talking Heads, and others."

"This is about as good a Dolls collection as you can get." --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Product Description

'Lipstick Killers' was originally recorded in 1972 and features the original line-up of the New York Dolls, David Johansen, Johnny Thunders, Sylvain Sylvain, Arthur 'Killer' Kane and Billy Murcia. The band was only 4 and 1/2 months old, and just beginning to build it's legendary reputation. This first session captures them raw, wild, and crude, with no studio trickery to tone them down. 9 tracks including 'Bad Girl', 'Personality Crisis', 'Don't Start Me Talking' and more on 2000 Roir release. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

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Customer Reviews

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars New York Dolls - 'Lipstick Killers' (Roir), June 15, 2004

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Mike Reed (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lipstick Killers (Audio CD)

For a bunch of demos,this collection of the Doll's tracks,assembled by the indie label Roir,sure does sound good.'Lipstick Killers' is apparently the EARLIEST known recordings of the band,recorded in the summer of 1972.Even the group's ORIGINAL drummer Billy Murcia is on here.The tunes that I found myself looking forward to on repeated plays of the CD are "Looking For A Kiss","Don't Mess With Cupid","Personality Crisis" and "Frankenstein".Might want to keep in mind that 'Lipstick...' is pretty much aimed at New York Dolls completists.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Early Dolls, April 18, 2004

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Patrick W. Schubert (Santa Ana, California United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lipstick Killers (Audio CD)

These early demos featuring original drummer Billy Murcia are pretty crude all around. The Dolls sound a bit sluggish and unsure of themselves. This is understandable, of course, considering they had only been together for about four months. The sound quality isn't too bad. But, unfortunately, the tapes suffer from volume fluctuations that can be somewhat annoying.

Many tunes that would eventually appear on their two studio albums are included here in embrionic form. I wouldn't say that any of the tracks on "Lipstick Killers" are superior to those on "NY Dolls" and "Too Much Too Soon". However, it is cool to hear them in such a raw, unpolished state. I prefer the '73 demos with Jerry Nolan, but this is still a fine album.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Dolls recordings from Summer '72, March 24, 2002

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J. Auer - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lipstick Killers (Audio CD)

Not as in the editorial reviews January, this one was done in the summer of '72 at Blue Rock Studios in NYC. It captures all the energy of the Dolls at their peak when they were the darlings of the Mercer Arts Center Glitter Rock Scene.