Good...But Better Sounding, More Comprehensive & Less Pricey
"The Woj" | Downers Grove, IL | 07/17/2005
(3 out of 5 stars)
"What you have here is a two disc "live" set featuring the New York Dolls on disc one & the late great Johnny Thunders on disc two. Overall this is a pretty decent package. However, it has become quite pricey; and more complete & better sounding recordings can be found at a much more reasonable cost. Read on....
Disc one is the Dolls audition/demo recordings which have floated around under various titles and various labels for years. The hands down, best title available of these recordings is the cd, "Hard Night's Day" which includes all 20 tracks from these sessions. It can be found here on zShops or eBay for around 10 dollars give or take. A much, much better bang for your buck than the scant 14 tracks presented here. A second choice is the album "Seven Day Weekend" which contains only 19 tracks (same sessions although "Hard Night's Day" sounds a bit better).
Disc two contains another well circulated recording, the 1984 show recorded at the Lyceum Ballroom in England. A reunion of sorts with guitarist Walter Lure & drummer Jerry Nolan of the Heartbreakers. While not the greatest performance overall, the sound on this show is very, very good; and Thunder's is at least coherent throughout the set. Lure's guitar is a bit buried in the mix, but other than that this is a pretty decent show. But again, it is also available elsewhere and for a much better price. I strongly suggest checking out Castle's 3 disc remastered box set, "You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory". The box set contains 4 albums including the above Lyceum show. It also contains "LAMF Revisted", "DTK, Live At The Speakeasy" (a killer set & much better than the Lyceum show) & the "Live and Wasted--Unplugged" acoustic recordings. The box set can be tracked down for about 20 bucks.
So if you've made it this far, please take my advice. Get "Hard Night's Day" and the "You Can't Put" box set and take a big pass on "Street Trash". You'll have more Dolls, more Johnny and more music period."
New York Dolls - 'Street Trash' (Recall)
Mike Reed | USA | 04/21/2006
(4 out of 5 stars)
"Like most(if not all)Recall 2-CD releases,'Street Trash' gives the customer their money's worth,look at the good used price on this at $10.99.Disc one is 14 tracks from the Dolls,like "Jetboy","It's Too Late","Trash","Vietnamese Baby","Babylon" and the romping "Looking For A Kiss".Disc two has 13 cuts of Dolls bassist Johnny Thunders material,like "Personality Crisis","One Track Mind","Born To Loose" and many other good ones.Maybe one aimed toward the completist,but I honestly think a new fan could get something from this title as well.Top of the line vintage all American punk.Recommended."
Track Listings (14) - Disc #1
