Hard Night's Day

Performer: New York Dolls
Distributor: Caroline Distribution

Notes: New York Dolls: Johnny Thunders, Sylvain Sylvain (vocals, guitar); David Johansen (vocals, harmonica); Arthur Harold Kane (bass); Jerry Nolan (drums). Producer: Paul Nelson. Recorded live at Planet Studios, New York, New York in March 1973. Includes liner notes by Marty Thau. Digitally remastered by Vic Anesini. Personnel: Johnny Thunders, Sylvain Sylvain (vocals, guitar); David Johansen (vocals, harmonica); Jerry Nolan (drums). Liner Note Author: Marty Thau. Recording information: Planet Studios, New York, NY (03/1973). Photographer: Helen Linna. With all the alternative rock water that's passed under the bridge, it's hard to articulate the impact the New York Dolls' incendiary early performances had on subsequent rock & roll. The Stooges apart (and they were a different kind of garage band entirely, in content as much as style), there simply hadn't been anything quite as confrontational, cocky, and in-your-face prior to the Dolls. A HARD NIGHT'S DAY collects all but two of the songs they recorded (in a single one-night session) as demos for Mercury Records, prior to enlisting Todd Rundgren to produce their official debut album. It?s necessarily rawer than that effort (although Rundgren, to his credit, didn?t really slick them up much), but it?s a pretty representative document of what the Dolls sounded like live on a good night at their Mercer Arts Center stomping grounds.

CMJ (9/18/00, p.24) - "...Astounding....the collection's moments of primal perfection are so lofty and frequent, they simply have to be heard to be believed....goosebump-inducing..." Mojo (Publisher) (11/00, p.118) - "...This is where it all started....experience the distilled spirit of rock'n'roll."

With inspiration from British glam and US proto-punks like the Stooges, the New York Dolls were the originators of the NYC trash aesthetic that inspired subsequent generations of punk bands. Churning out garage riffs that tipped their hat to 1960s R&B, they were the Stones of the first punk generation. Their outrageous image and brash sound gained them attention, but failed to make them stars, and David Johansen, Johnny Thunders, and Syl Sylvain all went on to solo careers after just two Dolls albums. In 2004, the Dolls reunited, with surviving members Sylvain, Johansen, and Arthur Kane making a triumphant festival appearance. Sadly, Kane died shortly after, but Johansen and Sylvain played another show dedicated to the memory of all the deceased dolls (Kane, Thunders, Jerry Nolan, Billy Murcia). In 2006, the remaining band members recorded their third official studio album to almost universal acclaim.

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