Sold Date: June 5, 2014
Start Date: May 29, 2014
Final Price: $29.95 (USD)
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Wow- what a find.  We spent all day crawling around an old warehouse, and for what?  FOR THIS! First, some history: Released in 1977, L.A.M.F. is the only studio album by the American band , which included , ,  and Billy Rath. The music is a mixture of ,  and . The band played a seminal role in the formation of early punk. Thunders and Nolan were previously in the , an important  band.
In 1994, Jungle Records executive Alan Hauser had all of The Heartbreakers' tapes reviewed, and had the best available mixes preserved on . It was soon discovered by Hauser that many of the original mixes left behind by The Heartbreakers were best suited to the band's protopunk sound, while others had a sound similar to sixties pop hits. It was finally realized that the problem with the sound on the original Track Records release of L.A.M.F. lay in the manufacturing of the vinyl records. A rare cassette edition, released by Track at the same time, "sounds as if it had a shower, shave, coffee and a cigarette".      The mixes were narrowed down to a shortlist of tracks, and various London-area friends and colleagues of Johnny Thunders, including sometime Thunders collaborator  and journalist Nina Antonia, were asked for their input. The mixes used were primarily what Hauser and company considered to be the "rockier, punchier" versions. The first edition of what was named L.A.M.F.: The Lost '77 Mixes was released by Jungle in 1994.  Tracks "Born Too Loose" (aka "Born to Lose") "Baby Talk" "All By Myself" (Walter Lure, Jerry Nolan) "I Wanna Be Loved" "It's Not Enough" "" (, ) (*see below) "Get Off The Phone" (Walter Lure, Jerry Nolan) "Pirate Love" "One Track Mind" (Walter Lure, Jerry Nolan) "I Love You" "Goin' Steady" "Let Go" (Johnny Thunders, Jerry Nolan) "Can't Keep My Eyes On You" Do You Love Me"      And now, somehow, years later, we a half dozen copies of that rare pressing in a dirty warehouse in Clearwater, Florida. 
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