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The previous volumes in the Heard Them Here First series focused on Elvis Presley, the Ramones and Cliff Richard. Now it's the turn of the New York Dolls. In their original incarnation, the band enjoyed only a brief butterfly lifespan, yet their impact upon popular culture proved enormous. What an entrance they made: an insolent, street-smart rush of cross-dressing glitter boys in towering stack-heeled boots, fuelled by a diet of booze, drugs, 50's doo wop, 60's girl groups, vintage rock n roll, Chicago blues, R&B, Brill Building pop, The Stones and The Stooges. From their earliest days, through to the re-formed band's recent albums, via the solo careers of David Johansen and Johnny Thunders, the Dolls' music buffs all paid homage to their influences by peppering their repertoire with impeccably chosen songs from the past. We mark the 40th anniversary of their first album with this collection of 24 vintage originals that inspired the band to record their own renditions. Who knows, the New York Dolls may well have another album in the pipeline. If they do, who'd bet against it containing at least one great old song. One thing's for certain, they sure know how to pick them.

1. Seven Day Weekend - Gary (Us) Bonds 2. Pills - Bo Diddley 3. Don't Mess with Cupid - Otis Redding 4. Don't Start Me Talkin' - "Sonny Boy" Williamson 5. Bad Detective - the Coasters 6. I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man - Muddy Waters 7. "There's Gonna Be A" Showdown - Archie Bell ; the Drells 8. Stranded in the Jungle - the Jayhawks 9. Somethin' Else - Eddie Cochran 10. Reach Out I'll Be There - Four Tops 11. (I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone - Paul Revere ; the Raiders 12. Too Much Monkey Business - Chuck Berry 13. Are You Lonely for Me - Freddie Scott 14. Crawfish - Elvis Presley 15. Uptown to Harlem - the Chambers Brothers 16. She Wants to Mambo - the Chanters 17. International Playboy - Wilson Pickett 18. Alcohol - the Kinks 19. Big Fat Mamas Are Back in Style Again - Bull Moose Jackson 20. Who Drank My Beer While I Was in the Rear? - Dave Bartholomew 21. Out in the Streets - the Shangri-Las 22. Piece of My Heart - Erma Franklin 23. I Sold My Heart to the Junkman - the Basin Street Boys 24. Lipstick, Powder and Paint - Joe Turner