Sold Date: May 11, 2024
Start Date: April 23, 2024
Final Price: €30.00 (EUR)
Seller Feedback: 5526
Buyer Feedback: 0

THIS IS THE 1999 ITALIAN REPRESSING on GET BACK label. PARTIALLY IN SHRINK SINGLE COVER + INNER SLEEVE. The cover is in VG+ condition: normal wear and without any deterioration BUT light discolouration/wear on right side (where missing shrink), because of the shrink the cover is slightly wavy, left spine is fully readable; INNER in great condition; for details see photos. The vinyl is in EX/NM condition (barely played) and plays wonderfully and without lessening in sound quality. 

IN ORDER TO AVOID MISUNDERSTANDING  WE ADVISE YOU TO ENQUIRE 

ABOUT POSTAGE COST BEFORE YOU ACTUALLY BID/PURCHASE THE ITEM

  PLEASE ASK FOR ANY INFORMATION

HOLLYWOOD BRATS

Like a less famous British cousin of the New York Dolls, the Hollywood Brats also had a taste for feather boas, glitter, and tough rock & roll played with rough-and-tumble abandon. Although they only recorded one full-length album that was not released until after they had broken up, the band is recognized as a pioneer of punk. The first incarnation of the Hollywood Brats surfaced in London in 1971 when singer Andrew Matheson, Norwegian keyboard player Casino Steel, and drummer Lou Sparks began playing regular gigs as the Queen. When Freddie Mercury's band of the same name came on the scene, the original Queens wouldn't let him strong-arm them into a name change until his outfit scored a hit and they were forced to adopt a new handle, becoming the Hollywood Brats. In 1972, guitarist Eunan Brady came on board after meeting Matheson through his Melody Maker ad seeking a guitarist "drunk on scotch and Keith Richards"; with Wayne Manor on bass, the lineup for this raucous glam rock unit was in place. The band crashed and burned their way through regular live sets in the summer of 1973, when their flamboyant makeup and female attire, à la the New York Dolls and David Bowie, and attitude-laden bluesy rock began to attract a following.

"HOLLYWOOD BRATS"

[reissue. First published in Norway as "Grown Up Wrong" in 1975; reissue in UK in 1980 as "The Hollywood Brats"]

LP    GET BACK RECORDS    Get 47

MADE IN ITALY      1999 REPRESSING

PARTIALLY IN SHRINK SINGLE COVER + INNER SLEEVE

NOTES: Includes black & white double side printed inner sleeve with lyrics and texts by Andrew Matheson & Eunan Brady.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: 8 013252 314711

LABEL: BLACK WIDOW - BLACK LABELS - RED/WHITE TEXT

Label Code: none

 Catalog on cover: Get 47

Catalog on labels: none

Matrix / Runout (Side A, Stamped): GET 47 LP A

Matrix / Runout (Side B, Stamped): GET 47 LP B

On labels: rim text  "Riservati.........Made in Italy"

S.I.A.E.

Rights Society: S.I.A.E.

On Back Sleeve: Tracklist + Credits

Manufactured and marketed by Abraxas Srl............under license from CHERRY RED RECORDS Ltd

tracklisting: please, for tracklist see pictures

grading

RECORD EX/NM but (please, read above description)

SLEEVE VG+ but (please, see pictures and read above description)

The Hollywood Brats announce their presence on their self-titled album, re-released in 1999, with a plinky piano that drips with campy fun -- especially the last wrong note hit before a wave of guitars washes away the tinny sound with a full rock & roll barrage. And these wink-wink touches are layered onto the album thicker than the blusher caked onto the boys who played on it. "Courtesan," has a slinky go-go dance beat, over which a nasally croon warns of, "the girl with the dollar sign eyes." They deliver an amped up version of "Then He Kissed Me," complete with a gender-bending interpretation, and the hint of an exhibitionist's thrill at doing something naughty. These boys could give the New York Dolls a run for their money, and both would be evenly matched in their towering platform shoes and flying feather boas, although their songs lack some of the raunchy punk and dirt under your press-on fingernails sound of their New York boyfriends. They were forming across the pond at the same time in the early '70s, though, when a disgust with the bloated redundancy of popular rock and the cotton candy emptiness of disco caused all the fabulous freaks of punk rock to let out a squeal. The songs were recorded in 1973 but were not released in Britain until 1980, when Cherry Red Records did the honors. And the Hollywood Brats definitely bring to mind the hair bands that followed them, especially the way that Hanoi Rocks flirted with both street credibility and over the top drama, and an echo of their sound can be found in Motley Crue's cow bell. Of course, it's not just light songs about skipping school and cross-dressing -- they do let their inner punks out to play. "Sick on You" is the ultimate break up song, flaying a now tiresome six week romance with "if I'm gonna puke, Babe, I'm gonna puke on you." While this album does inspire a few giggles, for anyone who likes the tradition of electrifying bluesy R&B-based rock, and delivering it with both a sneer and a dusting of glitter, this album is a worthwhile score...(AllMusic)