The Runaways - Right Now / Black Leather - Record Store Day - RSD 2016
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Official Record Store Day 2016 Release Direct From An Official Record Store Day
The Runaways
Right Now / Black Leather
Cherry Red
CHERRY519
Limited edition red 7"
THE RUNAWAYS! They were neon angels on the road to ruin. They loved playing with fire. They loved black leather. And they loved rock and roll.
They originally formed in Los Angeles in 1975, when 16 year old drummer Sandy West met nascent Suzi Quatro acolyte and rhythm guitarist, Joan Jett, before approaching manager, producer, scenester and all-round Svengali figure Kim Fowley. The band was completed by fellow LA teenagers Lita Ford on lead guitar, bassist Jackie Fox and lead singer Cherie Currie.
SIDE ONE 1. RIGHT NOW
SIDE TWO 1. BLACK LEATHER
THE RUNAWAYS! They were neon angels on the road to ruin.
They loved playing with fire. They loved black leather. And
they loved rock and roll.
They originally formed in Los Angeles in 1975, when 16 year
old drummer Sandy West met nascent Suzi Quatro acolyte
and rhythm guitarist, Joan Jett, before approaching
manager, producer, scenester and all-round Svengali figure
Kim Fowley. The band was completed by fellow LA teenagers
Lita Ford on lead guitar, bassist Jackie Fox and fronted by
lead singer Cherie Currie.
Signing to Mercury Records in 1976 for their eponymous
debut, despite their mixture of hard rock and punk meeting
derision from their male rock peers, they became a Beatles-
esque sensation in Japan, resulting in the obligatory
Japanese live album. Second LP “Queens Of Noise” in 1977
certainly cemented their punk credentials, but a row
between Cherie Currie and Lita Ford led the singer to leave
the band for a solo career in 1977, with Joan Jett assuming
the role of lead singer and front-woman.
After cutting a third album for Mercury in 1977, the four-
piece signed to Cherry Red Records in the UK for their fourth
and final LP, “And Now... The Runaways” in 1978. By now
Joan Jett, Lita Ford and Sandy West were joined by bassist
Vicki Blue, whose future accolades would include an
appearance in “This Is Spinal Tap”. Sandy West's sole writing
and lead vocal contribution to the LP, ‘Right Now’, was
chosen as a single, backed by ‘Black Leather’, a song written
by the Sex Pistols’ Steve Jones and Paul Cook. Shortly
afterwards, the band split, with Joan Jett and Lita Ford each
forging successful solo careers.
The band have been subject of two films; the first was a
documentary, “Edgeplay: A Film About the Runaways”, but
their story eventually reached Hollywood with the “The
Runaways” movie in 2010, partly based on Cherie Currie’s
memoir of the band and subsequent career, and starring
Dakota Fanning and Kristen Stewart.
This rare and hard to find 7” is now reissued in translucent
red vinyl.
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