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JOAN JETT “Make Believe“ 1980 Joan Jett’s first post RUNAWAYS LP, Originally titled “JOAN JETT” was initially released on the German Label Ariola, and in the US on Blackheart Records in 1980. In 1981 the album was retitled “BAD REPUTATION” and released on Boardwalk Records. Recording for this LP began in March of 1979 at Chappell Studios in England. Former Sex Pistols, Steve Jones and Paul Cook produced the sessions. Of the three songs that were recorded, “You Don’t Own Me” and “Don’t Abuse Me” were included on the album. An early version of “I Love Rock and Roll” was also recorded and appeared as the B-side of the “You Don’t Own Me” single released in Holland in 1979. “I Love Rock and Roll” would later be re-recorded with Jett’s band THE BLACKHEARTS in June of 1981, and would spend eight weeks at #1 on the Billboard Charts! The next sessions were recorded at Fidelity Recorders in Studio City, CA in August of 1979, this is the same studio where Jett had recorded the first R
