Heartbreakers - L.A.M.F. - The Found '77 Masters + L.A.M.F. Demo Sessions

Jungle

£14.53

Format: 2CD + Hardback Book
Catalogue No.: TRACKCD77
Barcode: 5013145213421
Release Date: 05 Nov 2021
Genre: Classic Punk Rock/New York Punk

2CD edition in hard-back 32p book with bonus disc of four demo sessions and more.

9/10 REVIEW IN CLASSIC ROCK: ‘ Unholy grail completes six-decade sonic saga . Nobody in love with this definitive NYC classic should hesitate to splash out’

9/10 REVIEW IN VIVE LE ROCK : ‘This newly discovered ‘L.AM.F’ probably captures that barely controlled chaos better that most, with its clear and pure sound’

Johnny Thunders & the Heartbreakers' newly discovered 1977 LP’s master-tape!

The faulty 1977 LP was known as 'muddy' – the master was lost when Track went bust.

Previous issues were outtakes, remixes or ‘mud’ – but it’s now heard clearly at last!

First issued as a much sought-after vinyl LP for RSD in July 2021, now this CD version comes together with a bonus CD - 'the L.A.M.F. demos, plus'; a 19-track collection of four demo sessions from 1976-77 and three tracks from singles. It’s packaged in a hardcover 32-page book, with notes by Simon Wright and a 2012 interview with Walter Lure (the last of the LAMF Heartbreakers who sadly passed away in 2020), together with rarely-seen photos.

Upon release in 1977, Johnny Thunders & the Heartbreakers’ L.A.M.F. had a mastering fault, widely condemned as a ‘muddy mix’. Track Records went bust and the master was lost – so subsequent releases were compiled from outtakes or re-mixes. Forty-four years later, the master has been found in the attic of producer Daniel Secunda, a crystal-clear 1977 ‘Copy Master'. Now L.A.M.F. can at last be heard as the band and producers intended!

Disc 1. The Found ’77 Masters: Born Too Loose, Baby Talk, All By Myself, I Wanna Be Loved, It’s Not Enough, Chinese Rocks, Get Off The Phone, Pirate Love, One Track Mind, I Love You, Goin’ Steady, Let Go, Can’t Keep My Eyes On You, Do You Love Me. Disc 2.

The Demo Sessions, Plus: Born To Lose, Chinese Rocks, Born Too Loose, Chinese Rocks, Let Go, Can’t Keep My Eyes On You, I Love You, It’s Not Enough, Do You Love Me, Take A Chance, Born To Lose, I Wanna Be Loved, Going Steady, Flight, Pirate Love, Give Her A Great Big Kiss, Too Much Junkie Business, London Boys, Can’t Keep My Eyes On You (live).