Lenny Kaye & Friends - Riot On Oxford Street

Lenny Kaye & Friends - Riot On Oxford Street RELEASED 02/10/26

Available Formats: Orange Vinyl & Digipack CD with extra tracks

The American guitarist and composer Lenny Kaye, best known for his work with Patti Smith and Her Band, has announced details of his new live album for Johnny Depp’s IN.2 Records. The album which is billed as Lenny Kaye and Friends: Riot in Oxford Street was recorded at 100 Club on 4th and 5th April 2024 and has been executive produced by Joe Delorenzo, the man who put both nights together. The recording features Lenny Kaye, Jim Jones, the Damned’s Rat Scabies, Marty Love (Wingmen/ Johnny Moped) on drums, Dave Tregunna (Sham 69/Lords of the New Church), Greg Rice on keyboards, plus Clive Jackson (Dr and the Medics) and Alan Clayton (Dirty Strangers) as guest vocalists, and the last ever performance from The Damned’s Brian James, performing MC5’s Kick Out The Jams. The album will be released on October 2nd, to celebrate the 54th anniversary of the ground-breaking Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, widely regarded to be the best compilation album of all time.

Side A: I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night (Electric Prunes); 99th Floor (The Moving Sidewalks); Night Time (The Strangeloves); Action Woman (The Litter), Interstellar Overdrive (Pink Floyd).

Side B: The Letter/Run Run Run (The Box Tops/Velvet Underground), Louie Louie (The Kingsmen); Pushin’ Too Hard (The Seeds); The Witch (The Sonics); Kick Out The Jams (MC5).

Extra tracks on the CD include: Crazy Like A Fox (originally recorded by Lenny Kaye as Link Cromwell on his first release in 1966), a cover of The Standell’s Dirty Water and the 4 tracks taken from the BBC sessions vinyl. I Had To Much To Dream Last Night, My Little Red Book, Little Bit O' Soul, Gloria