Search - Joan Jett, Blackheart :: Joan Jett 1979

Track Listing and info

King Arthur | Southampton, PA USA | 09/25/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"The tracks are -



1. You Don't Know What You've Got

2. I Want You

3. You Can't Get Me (Acoustic Version)

4. I'll Never Get Away

5. We're All Crazy Now

6. What Can I Do For You

7. You Can't Get Me (Electric Version)



In the inserts it has this info -



"1979 was a transitional year for Joan Jett.



The Runaways, the seminal punk rockers and quintessential all girl band that Jett had formed in 1975, had performed their final concert on December 31st 1978. In early 1979, due to musical differences between the band members, The Runaways broke up.



In the spring of '79, Toby Mamis, The Runaway's manager at the time, contacted Kenny Laguna, a veteran of many bubble gum hits of the 60's, to write and produce some songs with Jett.



Laguna brought in Ritchie Cordell, also a 60's bubble gum veteran, to cowrite and coproduce.



In August, Laguna and Cordell flew out to Los Angeles to meet with Jett, and within a few days, had formed the basis for the songs contained on this disc.



Raw, spontaneous (recording only took about five days), these tracks are a document of the first sessions of Joan Jett and Kenny Laguna's prolific fifteen year partnership.""