The Laughing Dogs/Meet Their Makers

Mix power pop with a punk edge and an irrepressible sense of humor (the 'Makers' on the front cover of their second album were the band members moms giving them grief), and you had the Laughing Dogs, a late- 70s outfit from the New York underground who deserved far, far better than they got commercially. These are their only two albums, cut for Columbia in 1979 and 1980, respectively; both are seeing their first, long-overdue CD release here. Includes Get Em Outta Town; Low Life; No Lies; Johnny Contender; Reason for Love; I Need a Million; It s Alright It s OK; I m Awake; Round and Round; It s Just the Truth; Get Outa My Way; Zombies; Don t Bring Me Down; Formal Letter; Take My Chances; Not What I Used to Be; Stand Up; Don t Push It; Reach Out for Me; Melody Love; Reason for Wanting You; What Ya Doin It For?, and Two Who Are Willing. Power popsters the world over are gonna freak over this exclusively from our American Beat label!  more