SMITH, PATTI – FIRST WE TAKE MANHATTAN (LIVE AT CBGB'S AUGUST 11, 1979) Bay Area Bands D1 Orange Claw Hammer D2

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SMITH, PATTI – FIRST WE TAKE MANHATTAN (LIVE AT CBGB'S AUGUST 11, 1979) Bay Area Bands D1 Orange Claw Hammer D2This recording, made in 1979, after the release of the Todd Rundgren produced Wave album, is a classic CBGB performance long after Smith's career had exploded to the point where she was filling 5,000 auditoriums. Because it was a radio broadcast for the King Biscuit Flower Hour, and because they had returned to their punk roots at CBGB, Patti and the band play a very loose set