New York Dolls

Discography of New York Dolls:

	#		Release title	Dwnld	Total tracks	Type of release is	Imprint date	Label
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1		New York Dolls ↓ mp3	↓ zip	11	Audio		Mercury
2		Too Much Too Soon ↓ mp3	↓ zip	10	Audio	1988	Mercury
3		New York Dolls ↓ mp3	↓ zip	11	Audio	1973	Mercury
4		Rock 'N Roll ↓ mp3	↓ zip	21	Audio	1994
5		Seven Day Weekend ↓ mp3	↓ zip	19	Audio	1992	Receiver Records Limited
6		After The Storm ↓ mp3	↓ zip	8	Audio	1985	Receiver Records Limited
7		Too Much Too Soon ↓ mp3	↓ zip	10	Audio	1974	Mercury
8		Lipstick Killers - The Mercer Street Sessions 1972 ↓ mp3	↓ zip	9	Audio	2003	Trama
9		Rehearsal & Live ↓ mp3	↓ zip	4	Audio	1974	Not On Label
10		Lipstick Killers - The Mercer Street Sessions 1972 ↓ mp3	↓ zip	9	Audio	2000	ROIR (Reachout International Records)
11		Live In NYC - 1975: Red Patent Leather ↓ mp3	↓ zip	15	Audio	2001-09-11	Trojan Records
12		Personality Crisis ↓ mp3	↓ zip	4	Audio	1990	See For Miles Records Ltd.
13		Seven Day Weekend ↓ mp3	↓ zip	19	Audio	2001-09-11
14		Judy Is A Punk / Human Being ↓ mp3	↓ zip	2	Audio	2001-10-15	Musical Tragedies
15		Lipstick Killers - The ROIR Sessions ↓ mp3	↓ zip	9	Audio	1989	Danceteria
16		Red Patent Leather ↓ mp3	↓ zip	13	Audio	1984	Fan Club
17		After The Storm ↓ mp3	↓ zip	8	Audio	1994	Receiver Records Limited
18		New York Doll ↓ mp3	↓ zip	3	Audio	2005	UWe
19		One Day It Will Please Us To Remember Even This ↓ mp3	↓ zip	13	Audio	2006-07-25	Roadrunner Records
20		Looking For A Kiss ↓ mp3	↓ zip	2	Audio	1986	Antler Records (3)
21		Pills ↓ mp3	↓ zip	2	Audio	1984	Fan Club
22		New York Dolls ↓ mp3	↓ zip	11	Audio	2008	Mercury
23		Too Much Too Soon ↓ mp3	↓ zip	10	Audio	2008	Mercury
24		Teenage News ↓ mp3	↓ zip	11	Audio	1998	Munster Records
25		Too Much Too Soon ↓ mp3	↓ zip	10	Audio	1974	Mercury
26		From Paris With Love (L.U.V.) ↓ mp3	↓ zip	13	Audio	2006	Sympathy For The Record Industry
27		One Day It Will Please Us To Remember Even This ↓ mp3	↓ zip	13	Audio	2006	Roadrunner Records
28		Red Patent Leather ↓ mp3	↓ zip	12	Audio	2003	Earmark
29		Personality Crisis ↓ mp3	↓ zip	4	Audio	1982	Kamera Records
30		Actress: Birth Of The New York Dolls ↓ mp3	↓ zip	11	Audio	2000	Get Back
31		New York Dolls ↓ mp3	↓ zip	11	Audio		Mercury
32		One Day It Will Please Us To Remember Even This ↓ mp3	↓ zip	13	Audio	2006	Roadrunner Records
33		New York Dolls / Too Much Too Soon ↓ mp3	↓ zip	23	Audio	1986	Mercury
34		Great Big Kiss ↓ mp3	↓ zip	34	Audio	2002
35		I'm A Human Being (Live) ↓ mp3	↓ zip	15	Audio	1998	Receiver Records Limited
36		New York Dolls / Too Much Too Soon ↓ mp3	↓ zip	23	Audio	1977	Mercury
37		Personality Crisis ↓ mp3	↓ zip	2	Audio	1978	Bellaphon
38		Bad Girl ↓ mp3	↓ zip	2	Audio	1978	Bellaphon
39		Jet Boy ↓ mp3	↓ zip	2	Audio	1973	Mercury
40		New York Dolls ↓ mp3	↓ zip	11	Audio	2008	Mercury
41		Jet Boy // Babylon / Who Are The Mystery Girls ↓ mp3	↓ zip	3	Audio	1977	Mercury
42		Stranded In The Jungle ↓ mp3	↓ zip	2	Audio	1974	Mercury
43		Night Of The Living Dolls ↓ mp3	↓ zip	10	Audio	1985	Mercury
44		Dolls Live: Dallas '74 ↓ mp3	↓ zip	9	Audio		Smilin' Ears
45		Red Patent Leather ↓ mp3	↓ zip	13	Audio	1984	Fan Club
46		Endless Party ↓ mp3	↓ zip	19	Audio	1991	Triangle Records (3)
47		Lipstick Killers - The Mercer Street Sessions 1972 ↓ mp3	↓ zip	9	Audio	2005	ROIR (Reachout International Records)
48		Trash ↓ mp3	↓ zip	2	Audio	2009	ATCO Records
49		Classic Tracks ↓ mp3	↓ zip	4	Audio
50		Too Much Too Soon ↓ mp3	↓ zip	10	Audio	1974	Mercury
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Biography of New York Dolls

Formed : December, 1971 // New York, NY, United States

Disbanded : 1975

Reformed : 2004

All of the members of the New York Dolls played in New York bands before the band formed in late 1971. Guitarists Johnny Thunders and Rick Rivets, bassist Arthur Kane, and drummer Billy Murcia were joined by vocalist David Johansen. Early in 1972, Rivets was replaced by Syl Sylvain and the group began playing regularly in Lower Manhattan, particularly at the Mercer Arts Center. Within a few months, they had earned a dedicated cult following, but record companies were afraid of signing the Dolls because of their cross-dressing and blatant vulgarity.

Late in 1972, the Dolls embarked on their first tour of England. During the tour, drummer Murcia died after mixing drugs and alcohol. He was replaced by Jerry Nolan. After Nolan joined the band, the Dolls finally secured a record contract with Mercury Records. Todd Rundgren -- whose sophisticated pop seemed at odds with the band's crash-and-burn rock & roll -- produced the band's eponymous debut, which appeared in the summer of 1973. The record received overwhelmingly positive reviews, but it didn't stir the interest of the general public; the album peaked at number 116 on the U.S. charts. The band's follow-up, Too Much Too Soon, was produced by the legendary girl group producer George "Shadow" Morton. Although the sound of the record was relatively streamlined, the album was another commercial failure, only reaching number 167 upon its early summer 1974 release.

Following the disappointing sales of the Dolls' two albums, Mercury Records dropped the band. No other record labels were interested in the group, so the Dolls decided to hire a new manager, the British Malcolm McLaren, who would soon become famous for managing the Sex Pistols.

By the middle of 1975, Thunders and Nolan left the Dolls. The remaining members, Johansen and Sylvain, fired McLaren and assembled a new lineup of the band. For the next two years, the duo led a variety of different incarnations of the band, to no success.

In 2004, former Smiths vocalist Morrissey invited the surviving members of the New York Dolls to perform at the 2004 Meltdown Festival, a music and cultural festival that was being curated that year by the singer. To the surprise of many, David Johansen, Syl Sylvain, and Arthur Kane agreed to the gig, with Steve Conte standing in for Thunders and Gary Powell from the Libertines sitting in on drums. (by Stephen Thomas Erlewine, taken from allmusic.com)

Members : Rick Rivets (guitar), Billy Murcia (drums), Johnny Thunders (guitar, vocals), Arthur Kane (bass), David Johansen (vocals), Sylvain Sylvain (guitar, vocals), Jerry Nolan (drums), Peter Jordan (bass)

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