Johnny Thunders & the Heartbreakers - 'L. A. M. F. - the lost '77 mixes' - video-enhanced version

TRACK-LIST:

• Growing in reputation, this timeless New York punk album is still hailed as a landmark.
• The long-awaited publication 'Johnny Thunders - In Cold Blood' by Nina Antonia is about to be published with a bonus CD containing LAMF alternate mixes.
• Johnny's in the mainstream: Car adverts, chewing gum adverts, Scorceses new film have all recently used Johnny's music, now Levis are using a photo of Johnny in a new TV ad.

Jungle are pleased to announce the release of a video-enhanced CD version of the lately-discovered, excellent mixes from 1977 of the seminal 'L.A.M.F' album, to coincide with the publication of 'Johnny Thunders - In Cold Blood' biography on Cherry Red Books. With Johnny Thunders now being used posthumously to market Wrigleys Gum, Peugeot Cars, Scorcese Films and Levi Jeans, the time has come for a serious reappraisal of the man and his music.

Splitting from the New York Dolls, Johnny Thunders and Jerry Nolan formed The Heartbreakers in 1975 and after working the NY Max's/CBGB's scene came to London just in time to be lauded as influences on the fledgling UK punk scene. Joining the Sex Pistols, Damned & Clash on the infamous '76 'Anarchy' tour, The Heartbreakers and their charged-up rock'n'roll became a key element of the punk explosion on both sides of the Atlantic.

'L.A.M.F.' was originally released on Track Records in 1977 after six months in London's top studios - but although the album contained classic (and much-covered) songs, arguments about the mixing compounded by a severe mastering fault led to the band splitting up and all-round disappointment. In 1984 Johnny took 3 nights over a remix for a re- issue, ridding the recordings of the 'mud' but not spending the time to achieve full clarity and refinement.

In 1994, Jungle trawled through the hours of tapes from the original 1977 sessions, found long-lost excellent mixes and selected the best for this definitive re-issue. Repackaged in the original artwork, plus 12-page booklet with comprehensive sleeve-notes by Thunders' biographer Nina Antonia, and enhanced with a MPEG video of 'Chinese Rocks', at last 'L.A.M.F.' (Like A Mother-Fucker) can now be heard the way it should sound.