New York Dolls New York Dolls 45RPM (2 LP)

Numbered, Limited Edition 45rpm 180g Vinyl Double LP!
Landmark 1973 Debut Produced by Todd Rundgren!
Explodes with Raucous, Swaggering Rock 'n' Roll!
1/4"/15 IPS Dolby A Analog Master to DSD 256 to Analog Console to Lathe
Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums of All Time - Rated 301/500!
The extroverted blend of attitude, energy, and ostentation that emanates from the New York Dolls' self-titled debut album is clearly visible on the album cover. Originally released by Mercury Records, the 1973 album, which features the quintet in their trademark flash-and-trash attire and drag look, scared off a significant number of potential listeners, but also attracted the attention of a large audience who recognized the band for what they were: pioneers of the zeitgeist! Voted No.301 of the greatest albums of all time by Rolling Stone and No.49 by Mojo, Mobile Fidelity's "New York Dolls" gets the long-overdue audiophile treatment.
Far from containing the crude elements associated with the punk scene, "New York Dolls" benefits from a meticulous production overseen by none other than Todd Rundgren. Although he was used to working with far more high-profile musicians, Rundgren knew how to capture what was going on at New York's Record Plant with an astute blend of live-on-the-floor feel, raw authenticity, and professional acumen. With their debut single "Personality Crisis", which was named one of the 500 best songs of all time by Rolling Stone, the band makes their dissatisfaction with suburban life clear. The lipstick-covered protagonists – singer David Johansen, guitarists Johnny Thunders and Sylvain Sylvain, bassist Arthur Kane and drummer Billy Murcia – nevertheless bring cheerfulness and melody – and the talent for knowing how and where to take a song within three and a half minutes. The New York Dolls pride themselves on their cheekiness and naughtiness. The wild effort that earned the band the "Best New Group of the Year" and "Worst New Group of the Year" awards in Creem Magazine shows a deliberate reverence for the blues without drawing attention to the style. The folky "Lonely Planet Boy" is nothing more than a collision of emotions that have your heart on your sleeve. With his performance bursting with over-the-top fun, playful irreverence and sheer decadence, Johansen is the equivalent of an open fire hydrant that bubbles at will. He is at once tender and malicious, serious and ironic. In arguably its best hour on the album, Johansen's phrasing, passion, and lyrical ambiguity make "Trash" a haunting glam rock gem whose reverberating harmonies and girl group references make it a pop classic.
On the new edition of Mobile Fidelity, the many facets, details and textures that Rundgren gave to the recording become audible for the first time clearly and with due dynamics. His vision also extends to selected accents – piano tones from the pub, Moog synthesizer passages, Buddy Bowser's honking saxophones – that enhance the appeal of the songs without compromising the song architecture. Lovingly mastered in MoFi's California studio and pressed on 180-gram vinyl (45 rpm) by Fidelity Record Pressing, the double LP comes in an elaborate gatefold cover by Stoughton Printing and proves why "New York Dolls" is considered an influential forerunner of the punk rock movement of the 1970s and is celebrated as one of rock music's best debut albums and one of the greatest rock albums ever.

Features:

• Numbered, Limited Edition
• 180g Vinyl
• Double LP
• 45rpm
• Mastered from the 1/4" / 15 IPS Dolby A Analog Master to DSD 256 to Analog Console to Lathe
• Mastered by Krieg Wunderlich at Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, Sebastopol, CA on GAIN 2
• Pressed at Fidelity Record Pressing
• Stoughton Gatefold Jacket

Musicians:

• Arthur Harold Kane, bass
• Jerry Nolan, drums
• Sylvain Sylvain, guitar, piano, vocals
• Johnny Thunders, guitar, vocals
• Todd Rundgren, piano (additional), synthesizer (moog)
• The Fantastic Buddy Bowser, saxophone
• David Jo Hansen, vocals, harmonica, gong

Selections:

Side A
1. Personality Crisis
2. Looking for a Kiss
3. Vietnamese Baby
Side B
1. Lonely Planet Boy
2. Frankenstein (Orig.)
Side C
1. Trash
2. Bad Girl
3. Subway Train
Side D
1. Pills
2. Private World
3. Jet Boy