Kim Fowley Living In The Streets

HIGHLIGHTSKim Fowley has been a maverick presence in rock & roll history for over fifty years: songwriter, recordings with Gene Vincent, Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers and countless others, early manager of The Runaways and plenty of glorious failures along the way_"Living In The Streets" (1977) is a compilation of his solo recordings, some of them dating back to thebeginning of the decade, taken from several singles, alternative projects and overlooked b-sides. It also includes three new acoustic songs with a certain Captain Beefheart's or Dylanesque flavor."Living in the Streets" remains a worthy monument to the seventies recordings of the Dorian Gray of Rock 'n' Roll, the human jukebox: the unstoppable Kim Fowley.This is the first ever vinyl reissue and includes an insert with extensive notes by Mike Stax (Ugly Things Magazine) and features its original artwork.This reissue is a collaboration between Munster Records and Disques Mono-Tone.DESCRIPTION With a career that includes hits as producer ('Alley Oop' by The Hollywood Argyles), songwriter ('Nut Rocker' by B Bumble & The Stingers), recordings with Gene Vincent, Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers and countless others, his early management of The Runaways and plenty of glorious failures along the way, Kim Fowley has been a maverick presence in rock & roll history for over fifty years. "Living In The Streets" (1977) is a compilation of his solo recordings, some of them dating back to the beginning of the decade.'Born to Make You Cry' and 'Thunder Road' - recorded in collaboration with Mars Bonfire - had first appeared on a single on Original Sound in 1970. As had 'Big Bad Cadillac' (a homage to Vince Taylor's 'Brand New Cadillac') and 'Man Without A Country,' released under the name King Lizard, and recorded in Sweden while he was producing Wigwam's "Tombstone Valentine" album.Originally released on Chattahoochee in 1973 under the alias Jimmy Jukebox, 'Motorboat' is now regarded as a Fowley classic....