L.A.M.F. - The Found '77 Masters
Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers’ classic 1977 punk album, now heard as intended.
50 years ago, Nancy Spungeon reviewed the Heartbreakers relaunch gig for New York Rocker. They’d hired bassist Billy Rath to replace Richard Hell and written new songs. This was the genesis of the L.A.M.F. story.
FOUND IN AN ATTIC – a copy master of the original 1977 Track Records tape, without mud! This classic punk album, recorded in London by the band featuring New York Dolls Johnny Thunders and Jerry Nolan, was universally condemned in the music press for having a muddy mix – later found to be a mastering fault. When Track went bust the following year, manager Leee Black Childers burgled the Track Records Carnaby Street 3rd floor office and liberated the tapes that belonged to him and the band. He found everything – except for the master-tape, which remained undiscovered until last year. Other releases had been from outtakes or remixes.
First released for RSD in 2021 with not enough copies, and has been unavailable for three years. Now reissued to satisfy the demand for this latterly discovered, acclaimed recording.
Clem Burke from Blondie: “L.A.M.F. is one of the most brilliant rock & roll records ever made.”
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.
Tracklist
LP
Born to Lose
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
2CD
Disc 1: The Found ’77 Masters
Born Too Lose
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)
Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers’ classic 1977 punk album, now heard as intended.
50 years ago, Nancy Spungeon reviewed the Heartbreakers relaunch gig for New York Rocker. They’d hired bassist Billy Rath to replace Richard Hell and written new songs. This was the genesis of the L.A.M.F. story.
FOUND IN AN ATTIC – a copy master of the original 1977 Track Records tape, without mud! This classic punk album, recorded in London by the band featuring New York Dolls Johnny Thunders and Jerry Nolan, was universally condemned in the music press for having a muddy mix – later found to be a mastering fault. When Track went bust the following year, manager Leee Black Childers burgled the Track Records Carnaby Street 3rd floor office and liberated the tapes that belonged to him and the band. He found everything – except for the master-tape, which remained undiscovered until last year. Other releases had been from outtakes or remixes.
First released for RSD in 2021 with not enough copies, and has been unavailable for three years. Now reissued to satisfy the demand for this latterly discovered, acclaimed recording.
Clem Burke from Blondie: “L.A.M.F. is one of the most brilliant rock & roll records ever made.”
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.
Tracklist
LP
Born to Lose
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
2CD
Disc 1: The Found ’77 Masters
Born Too Lose
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)
Description
Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers’ classic 1977 punk album, now heard as intended.
50 years ago, Nancy Spungeon reviewed the Heartbreakers relaunch gig for New York Rocker. They’d hired bassist Billy Rath to replace Richard Hell and written new songs. This was the genesis of the L.A.M.F. story.
FOUND IN AN ATTIC – a copy master of the original 1977 Track Records tape, without mud! This classic punk album, recorded in London by the band featuring New York Dolls Johnny Thunders and Jerry Nolan, was universally condemned in the music press for having a muddy mix – later found to be a mastering fault. When Track went bust the following year, manager Leee Black Childers burgled the Track Records Carnaby Street 3rd floor office and liberated the tapes that belonged to him and the band. He found everything – except for the master-tape, which remained undiscovered until last year. Other releases had been from outtakes or remixes.
First released for RSD in 2021 with not enough copies, and has been unavailable for three years. Now reissued to satisfy the demand for this latterly discovered, acclaimed recording.
Clem Burke from Blondie: “L.A.M.F. is one of the most brilliant rock & roll records ever made.”
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.
Tracklist
LP
Born to Lose
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
2CD
Disc 1: The Found ’77 Masters
Born Too Lose
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)
