Lipstick Killers – The Mercer Street Sessions 1972 is a 1981 album ofdemos by theNew York Dolls.[4]
Lipstick Killers is the only Dolls album to feature original drummerBilly Murcia, who died during a tour in London in 1972.[5] Six of the nine tracks were later re-recorded fortheir self titled debut.[6] "Don't Start Me Talking" and "Human Being" were later re-recorded forToo Much Too Soon.[7] Their cover ofOtis Redding's "Don't Mess with Cupid" was never re-recorded. The producer of the Mercer Street Sessions,Marty Thau, was the person who discovered and managed the Dolls.[8]
