THINK LIKE A KEY MUSIC

Fourteen previously unreleased tracks from CBGB's most combustible band—buried for 44 years, unleashed now.

In 1981, freed from their Capitol contract and burning with purpose, The Shirts ripped through Hi-Five Studios like a downtown hurricane. Annie Golden commanded the mic with fierce joy while the band fused melodic finesse with Bowery grit—every song a mission statement. These tapes sat in a vault while Golden conquered Broadway and Orange Is the New Black. Now Prof. Stoned has mixed them from the original multitracks into the live album that should've crowned their career.

Sometimes the best recordings are the ones that almost got away.