Product Description
Rare 1977 Japanese Pressing Of The Debut LP By The Runaways With Banned Cover! Still In Top Condition Over 47 Years Later! Heavy Grade Cover Includes Lyrics In English On Inner Pink Gatefold. Cherie Currie Pictured In Fishnet Stockings On Stage Was Too Risqué For The Day.
The Runaways: Cherie Currie, Joan Jett, Lita Ford, Jackie Fox & Sandy West.
Condition – Vinyl: NEAR MINT! Appears to have hardly ever been played!
Condition – Cover: NEAR MINT! Looking great!!
Japanese vinyl pressings are highly sought after by audiophiles and collectors, due to their premium sound quality and beautifully presented packaging. The sonic quality of Japanese records is regarded as the best in the world. No wonder all the original Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab records were pressed in Japan! The covers are printed on better quality heavy stock paper too. Near Mint condition ’70s Japanese pressings are becoming scarcer ~ and therefore more collectable and valuable every year.
Side 1:
Cherry Bomb
You Drive Me Wild
Is It Day Or Night?
Thunder
Rock And Roll
Side 2:
Lovers
American Nights
Blackmail
Secrets
Dead End Justice
AMG –
The Runaways made it crystal clear that teenage girls were more than capable of playing intense, forceful hard rock on lusty classics like "Cherry Bomb" and "You Drive Me Wild". 4 ½ Stars When the Runaways debuted in 1976 with this self-titled LP, aggressive female rockers were the exception instead of the rule. Women had no problem becoming folk-rockers, singer/songwriters or Top 40 icons, but female artists who had more in common with Led Zeppelin and Aerosmith than Joni Mitchell were hardly the norm. With this album, the Runaways made it crystal clear that women (or specifically, adolescent girls) were more than capable of playing intense, forceful hard rock that went directly for the jugular. Lusty classics like "Cherry Bomb" and "You Drive Me Wild" made no attempt to conceal the fact that teenage girls could be every bit as sexual as the guys -- a message that both men and women found intimidating. And on "Is It Day or Night," Cherie Currie sings about life in the fast lane with every bit as much conviction as Axl Rose would 11 years later. Currie and Joan Jett are equally riveting, and a 17-year-old Lita Ford was already an impressive guitarist. This LP was far from a commercial hit in the U.S., where timid rock radio programmers simply didn't know what to make of the Runaways. But interestingly, it did earn the band a strong following in the major rock market of Japan. 4 ½ Stars