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from Paris with love (L.U.V.)

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I wasn't expecting much, but this is good stuff. The mix is OK, and David's French is hilarious. Then again the introduction that proclaims Johnny Thunders is "back to zee fifteees" is worth the price of admission. The set is performed with elan, with such tunes as "Puss 'n Boots" and Personality Crisis" and "Stranded in the Jungle" !! belted out in the way we wanted the Dolls doing it on those live CDs we wasted money on. Between lighting cigarettes and moments of, shall we say, light stomachs, the Dolls miss cues and forget where they are and distill rock and roll to its essense, skidding along the edge of diddly/berry, stop to pose, and rock again. A great document.

This CD was originally released as the LP "Red Patent Leather" on Skydog Records.

If you already have that, you don't need this, it's another re-release of that lousy show. The sound quality of this was awful when it was released, I keep hoping that someone will do to this what was done to the Velvet Underground's Live at Max's Kansas City (Dlx) but no luck yet, just another clone of an already released/pirated show. For many years, this was about all of the New York Dolls live show that was available, and it really wasn't representative; Much better live shows of The Dolls/Dollettes (as they were known after Thunders split) exist in fan trading circles.

Four stars for the Dolls expulsion of energy in this recording, minus one star for abysmal bootleg-quality sound.

Raw, energetic, crazy, sloppy, irreverent, everything you expect the dolls to be.
This is a great dolls album. The sound quality is excellent, and the dolls flat out rock the house.
The only problem is that we need more dolls concerts of this quality, where are they?

THis is a must have for any rock and roll fan. Cassual listerns will have to listen twice though to appriecate it. THe New york dolls are a lot harder on this album and a love it. This album shows how great the new york dolls and is a testament to the greatest rock and roll band ever it. It shows the beggining of punk metal new wave indy and everything in between. The reason why the new york dolls are genry less is because the started it all. New wave punk hair metal. Started a decade of big hair every thing a decade early. The thing this album does is lie to rest the rumors why the new york dolls never made it big the where to good to real for the early seventies. This album also makes every other band from that era sound like pussy's. Kiss Led Zepplin Black Sabbath does not compare to this. THis is the new York dolls the way they should have been presented to the world.

P.S. When listening to this album imagine it is 1973 and this comes on the radio.