NEW YORK DOLLS 'ALL DOLLED UP' DVD

Last week I popped into the Help the Aged charity shop round the corner from my Mums, previously I had been able to get hold of some good VHS's, like the ones made by the British UFO  group M.U.F.O.N (it takes all sorts) as well as videos and DVD's on other related odd subjects, but my last visit produced something even better.

For the princely sum of only two pounds I was able to purchase a great DVD of the NEW YORK DOLLS, called 'All Dolled up' the DVD was a mixture of clips of the band in the dressing room, interviews, TV clips as well as lots of live songs recorded at venues in New York, L.A and Florida (I think). Recorded in 1973 and 74, the DVD shows the band when they were at their height and sees them playing at their best
On the sad side the film also shows Johnny Thunders as he visibly goes from being a fit, active, mouthy and energetic young man into a quiet, skinny, ill looking mash head.
All in all though I recomend this DVD to anyone who comes across it, the music is blistering pre-Punk rock and the bands fashions are worth a laugh as well.
There is also an interview (advert for his bar) by Handsome Dick Manitoba (of the Dictators) talking to the DVD's creator Bob Gruen.