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  1. The Modern Lovers (BMG 964216351, 2026)

    Couldn’t resist. Found this #RSD release on ebay for what I would’ve paid in the store so I snatched it up. One of my favorite albums of all time (although I consider the 1989 Rhino CD release my definitive track listing). This sounds really good though. So fun.

    @vinylrecords #vinyl #ModernLovers #JonathanRichman

  2. Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers, Modern Lovers ’88, 1987 on Rounder

    Although the Modern Lovers formed in Natick MA, this incarnation formed in California and recorded this album in Grass Valley CA. This became the final album for Richman with the Modern Lovers, as a trio, with Brennan Totten and Johnny Avila.

    My copy—via Electric Fetus in Minneapolis MN—is the Craft Recordings’ 2022 Record Store Day 35th Anniversary Edition on blue vinyl. This reissue itself charted (a first for a Modern Lovers release) at 77 on the US album charts.

    #1980s #1987 #BrennanTotten #craftRecordings #ElectricFetus #JohnnyAvila #JonathanRichman #JonathanRichmanAndTheModernLovers #MinneapolisMN #ModernLovers #NatickMA #rounder #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds

  3. The Modern Lovers, The Modern Lovers, 1976 on Beserkley

    Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers are part of the indie rock canon, especially here in greater Boston. They formed in Natick MA in 1970, and were active from 1970 to 1974, but most of their records came out later – this one in 1976.

    Jerry Harrison (of Talking Heads) gets credit for piano, organ, and backing vocals, with Ernie Brooks playing bass, and David Robinson drums. John Cale produced six of the songs. That’s a gig poster for Gloucester High School auditorium on the rear cover.

    Some legendary songs here – “Roadrunner” (which you may know via the Sex Pistol’s cover and after which a local venue is now named) and “Pablo Picasso” which has been covered by many people including David Bowie and Jack White.

    My copy—via A1 records in NYC—is a later reissue (2009) by 4 Men With Beards on 180g vinyl.

    #1970s #1976 #4MenWithBears #A1Records #Beserkley #DavidRobinson #ErnieBrooks #JerryHarrison #JohnCale #JonathanRichman #ModernLovers #NYC #Reissue #Roadrunner #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds

  4. 47 years ago today
    Jonathan Richman onstage at Eric's in Liverpool on June 13, 1978 in a breathtaking shot by Kevin Cummins.

    Richman formed the Modern Lovers, a proto-punk garage rock band, in Boston, Massachusetts

    #protopunk #JonathanRichman #ModernLovers #punkrockhistory #otd

  5. Happy Birthday to Jonathan Michael Richman, guitarist and founder of the proto-punk band the Modern Lovers, born on this day in 1951, Natick, Massachusetts, US

    the MODERN LOVERS "She Cracked" 1972

    #protopunk #JonathanRichman #ModernLovers #history #punkrockhistory #otd

  6. Happy Birthday to Jonathan Michael Richman, songwriter, guitarist and founder of the influential proto-punk band Modern Lovers, born on this day in 1951, Natick, Massachusetts, US

    Photo by Masao Nakagami

    #protopunk #JonathanRichman #ModernLovers #history #punkrockhistory #otd

  7. Been listening to the ”Original Modern Lovers” (Bomp) collection of summer 72 Dinky Dawson demos and October 73 Kim Fowler sessions, plus a boot of unreleased studio demos and I sure wish these would all get a proper mix, mastering, and official release.

    That band didn’t record that much stuff. It should *all* be available in the quality it deserves.

    jojochords.com/cds/unreleaseds

    #ModernLovers #JonathanRichman

  8. #AlternateFridayMusic
    Aug 30 2024
    The prompt is Radio

    The Modern Lovers, “Roadrunner”
    Repeated refrain “…with the radio on”

    The #ModernLovers featuring frontman #JonathanRichman never released any studio recordings during their lifetime as a band, but their 1972 demo recordings including Roadrunner were gathered and released as their eponymous first album in 1976.

    This isn’t the hookiest song, there's no extraordinary musicianship here, but I live in greater #Boston so when someone says “Radio” I have to bring it - and every time I hear it, I smile; its spirit can’t be topped. Our reporter says he’s in love with #Massachusetts and I believe him; he says he’s in love with #RockAndRoll and I REALLY believe him, but this is a celebration of youth, of freedom. There are no consequences; there’s just car, radio, and road.

    The world doesn’t look quite the same anymore, literally or figuratively, but go on, take the ride with these guys, it still feels great.

    youtube.com/watch?v=Gy88-5pc7c

  9. Happy Birthday to Jonathan Michael Richman, songwriter, guitarist and founder of the influential proto-punk band Modern Lovers, born on this day in 1951, Natick, Massachusetts, US

    Photo by Jeff Albertson

    #protopunk #JonathanRichman #ModernLovers #history #punkrockhistory #otd

  10. Our whirlwind trip through Boston was so quick that Carrie wouldn’t let me rocka rocka rocka nonstop. Instead, we walked the fens, saw rad art, and whined about missing our cat. #boston #massachusetts #massholes #burns #fenway #art #artist #ModernLoverst.co/RNSvvcY7SM t.co/lrWlAjF5FE

  11. #knowyourroots
    45 years ago
    Jonathan Richman onstage at Eric's in Liverpool on June 1978. Richman formed the Modern Lovers, a proto punk garage rock band from Boston, Massachusetts

    📸 Kevin Cummins

    #punkrock #protopunk #JonathanRichman #ModernLovers #history #punkrockhistory

  12. The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers
    This is the 1986 Rhino reissue with an alternate cover and 3 bonus tracks not included on the original release.
    Fun Fact: two of the original members of The Modern Lovers, Keyboardist, Jerry Harrison and Drummer, David Robison would both go on to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame for their work in subsequent bands The Talking Heads and The Cars respectively. #Vinyl #RecordCollection #ModernLovers #JonathanRichman #NowSpinning

  13. Some proto-punk by Modern Lovers. I'd learn about them long after they were no more. If I had heard this track, I'd have just thought of it as rock, much like I thought of a lot of 1970s punk.

    youtube.com/watch?v=Gy88-5pc7c

    #ModernLovers