NEW YORK DOLLS – AGORA BALLROOM 76: FM BROADCAST

The New York Dolls, whose only original members were David Johansen and Sylvain Sylvain, have released a high-quality stereo soundboard recording of a live performance at the Agora Ballroom in Cleveland on June 7, 1976! Digitally transferred from the WMMS-FM broadcast master, the sound is recorded with a wide range and impeccable clear sound quality. In addition, this sound source is also available on the Internet as a tape source that has been dubbed and deteriorated, but this work is recorded with a clear sound quality that sets it apart, and the pitch deviation caused by the master has been carefully corrected. In 1975, Jerry Nolan and Johnny Thunders left the band and formed the Heartbreakers, and Johansen and Sylvain put an end to their activities as the Dolls. The set list included only a few songs from the Dolls’ heyday, and was centered on songs played on Johansen’s and Sylvain’s solo albums and with The Criminals later on, so the show had more of a rock and roll feel to it by Johansen and Sylvain than it did for The Dolls. However, the concert also featured rare covers, such as “Check Mr. Popeye” by New Orleans-born Eddie Bo, sung by Johansen and Sylvain on twin vocals, and “Flip Flop Fly,” a single released by Big Joe Turner in 1955 that was also covered by The Blues Brothers.

01.DJ Intro
02.Girls
03.Funky But Chic
04.Frenchette
05.Gimme A Pigfoot (And A Bottle Of Beer)
06.Falling In Love
07.Check Mr. Popeye
08.It’s On Fire
09.Cool Metro
10.The Teenage News
11.Flip Flop Fly

WMMS-FM Broadcast / Agora Ballroom,Cleveland, Ohio,USA   June 7, 1976