Seven Day Weekend

by New York Dolls

Product Description:

New York Dolls: Johnny Thunders (vocals, guitar); David Johansen (vocals); Sylvain Sylvain (guitar, background vocals); Arthur Kane (bass); Jerry Nolan (drums).

Recorded at Planet Studios, New York, New York in 1973.

This was recorded live in the studio, in the wake of the release of the Dolls' Todd Rundgren-produced eponymous debut album, not with an eye for release but more likely for radio broadcast. In any event, it's been bootlegged, at varying lengths, for years now, although this seems to be the complete set, and the sound here is actually quite good. Basically, this finds the Dolls at the top of their form before the drugs and lack of commercial success wore them down, with the buzzsaw guitars of Johnny Thunders and Syl Sylvain operating at peak unhinged efficiency, and frontman David Johanssen making the strongest possible case for the band's unique mix of R&B, '50s rock, proto punk, and glam.