Vinyl Series Premiere Recap: The Opening Act

7 Tips to Perfect Sounding Vinyl Records: Handling, Cleaning, Playing In April of 1973, the New York Dolls recorded "Frankenstein," a theatrical number with a pounding beat, gothic overtones, and the crowd-pleasing opening line, "Something must"ve happened / Over Manhattan." When the Dolls released the song on their self-titled debut album that July, they had to append the abbreviation "(Orig.)" to the title, because...

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