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Heartbreakers ‎– Live At Max's Kansas City

Heartbreakers ‎– Live At Max's Kansas City
Heartbreakers ‎– Live At Max's Kansas City
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Live at Max's Kansas City is a live album by The Heartbreakers. Recorded at a "reunion"/"farewell" show on September 16, 1978 at the famous Max's Kansas City nightclub, the album's performance — loud, sloppy, and laden with bawdy introductions and/or lyric changes to many of the familiar songs from their only studio album, L.A.M.F. — further cemented the band's live reputation. A classic of early punk rock, the album has been called "probably the best official document of any New York band of the era."


The Heartbreakers had broken up in late 1977, after the failure of the L.A.M.F. album. Co-lead singer/co-lead guitarist Johnny Thunders remained in England and recorded his first solo album, So Alone, during the summer of 1978. His fellow ex-Heartbreakers Walter Lure and Billy Rath had participated in some of the sessions for the album, and after finishing the album, all three decided to play some gigs in New York "for old time's sake" and some "chump change." With drummer Jerry Nolan reluctant to backtrack his steps after quitting the band over L.A.M.F.'s poor sound, the Thunders/Lure/Rath triumvirate recruited other local drummers to fill in. The band's first reunion gigs, billed as farewell shows, were at Max's on August 18 and 19 with drummer Lee Crystal. These shows went poorly - the Village Voice described them as a "depressing debacle" and said that Thunders had "given up the ghost." Nevertheless, the band returned to Max's on September 15th (Friday) and September 16th (Saturday) with Ty Styx on drums, playing sets that included most of L.A.M.F. along with a few songs from So Alone and occasional covers. Both sets on the 16th were recorded; fortunately, the performances were up to the band's usual standard.


A truly great document of the NYC punk scene...highly recommended!



Track listing


A1 (Intro) 1:29

A2 Milk Me 2:19

A3 Chinese Rocks 2:38

A4 Get Off The Phone 2:07

A5 London 2:24

A6 Take A Chance 2:34

A7 One Track Mind 2:28


B1 All By Myself 3:09

B2 Let Go 2:10

B3 I Love You 2:01

B4 Can't Keep My Eyes On You 3:15

B5 I Wanna Be Loved 3:06

B6 Do You Love Me 2:07


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