There’s been a lot of entries in Joan Jett‘s discography in the last four and a half decades since she her ensemble THE BLACKHEARTS issued their first two albums. Both out in 1981, “Bad Reputation” and “I Love Rock ‘n Roll” showed more than convincingly what a great creative, and interpretative, force the singing guitarist was, something that she couldn’t fully demonstrate as part of THE RUNAWAYS. Missing from the band’s history, however, was an official concert record, because 2001’s “Live!” saw the light only on DVD, which is why the forthcoming release of the collective’s 1981 performance seems important on many levels.
