Lipstick Killers (Mercer St. Sessions) [Explicit Lyrics]

Editorial Reviews
East Village Eye
“These early demo tapes with the original line up captures the Dolls at their crudest and best."

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

Album 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.

Lipstick Killers (Mercer St. Sessions) [Explicit Lyrics]

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New York Dolls - 'Lipstick Killers' (Roir)
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Best Dolls recordings from Summer '72

Lipstick Killers (Mercer St. Sessions)
The New York Dolls
Manufacturer: Roir
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00004U8I9
Release Date: 2000-09-12

Tracks:

Bad Girl
Looking For A Kiss
Don't Start Me Talking
Don't Mess With Cupid
Human Being
Personality Crisis
Pills
Jet Boy
Frankenstein

Album 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.

Customer Reviews:

New York Dolls - 'Lipstick Killers' (Roir).......2004-06-16

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.

Early Dolls.......2004-04-19

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.

Best Dolls recordings from Summer '72.......2002-03-25