Description
Taken from the Heavy Liquid Box set the best choice NON live tracks re mastered for vinyl
Cover Image Copyright Mick Rock 1972/2016
5060446070406 Stooges The Album 2x LP EARS073LP
Side A London 1972
I Got A Right 3.11
Louie Louie 2.56
Penetration 4.05
Instrumental 3.50
Side B London 1972
Scene of the Crime 2.54
Gimme Some Skin 2.50
Money 2.38
Tight Pants 2.12
Im Sick Of You 6.54
Side C New York 1973
Johanna 4.37
Rubber Legs 5.24
Open Up & Bleed 4.54
Pinpoint Eyes / Cry For Me 6.46
Side D Detroit –New York 1973
Cock In My Pocket 3.52
Head On 5.42
Wild Love 5.07
Till the end of the night 6.59
· White Vinyl in gatefold sleeve
· With Printed inner sleeves
· Remastered tracks from pre & post classic album raw power recordings
· No Live material all studio / rehearsal tracks
· London Material taken from original Multi track masters
· Photos from the actual studio in London in 1972 by legendary photographer Mick Rock
· Liner notes by Iggy Pop Bible author and ex Mojo editor Paul Trynka
Design Les ‘ cock in his pocket ‘ Clark
In the year the Stooges Movie “Gimme Danger” by Jim Jarmusch is released across Europe. The legend that is The Stooges is gaining weight. With the sad departure of both Asheton brothers Ron & Scott who were as much a part of the stooges as Iggy Pop was. Now is the time to ensure we document what exists. With ‘Heavy Liquid -The Album’ we try n show the listener what this band were capable of and what utterly focused and dedicated musicians the band were despite the stories of individuals so far off the rails they made the likes of rolling stones and led zeppelin appear like choirboys. No, there was a sense of purpose…. an attack on the audience at large by very determined young men. Heavy Liquid,..assembled from everything from cassette recordings to Multi track master tape, it is a peep at what could have been !
the barman (verified owner) –
“Heavy Liquid” LP is exclusively studio tracks and makes up the cream of outtakes and alternative versions that were on the CD box set of the same name.
What you get here is four sides of Stoogemusic taken from London pre-production for “Raw Power” (1972), and New York and Detroit rehearsals (1973). The pick of the crop. All but two surfaced on an obscure bootleg a couple of years ago called “Iguana De Banda”.
The origin of “Iguana De Banda” has caused much debate in Stooges-related forums. Was it a clever Machiavellian ploy by someone close to the band to bolster the band’s back catalogue sales? One (conspiracy) theorist linked a fictious label name on the back of the sleeve to that of the street on which Iggy supposedly lives in Florida. Sounds like a stretch to me. Or did somebody stumble over a box of tapes of the band’s “Raw Power” sessions and cherrypick the leftovers?
“Instrumental” is indeed an instrumental and a close relative of “Death Trip”. Like “Doojiman” on the CBS “Raw Power” deluxe box, this was probably a work-in-progress that was put aside and forgotten when MainMan dropped in to poo-poo the band’s efforts to date. Barn-burners like “Gimme Some Skin” and “I’m Sick Of You”got the same cold shoulder, of course, so you’ll probably guess that “Instrumental” is a keeper.
Even better is the version of “Penetration”. It’s the best version I’ve heard. Ron Asheton’s accomplished bass-line is in high relief, as are “Baby Baby” backing vocals that only fade late in the piece, yielding to a pulsing groove and James Williamson’s relentless riffing. Married to Iggy’s unhinged vocal, this take resembles a mutant strain of Motown, a soul song where the soul’s been sold to the Devil for a dime bag of powder.
“Heavy Liquid” comes in a gatefold sleeve, with colour inserts and Paul Trynka liners. It’s chunky 180gm vinyl (of course)
The tracks might be a mix of multi-track and boombox-in-the-rehearsal-room-corner recordings but they’ve never sounded better. Performance-wise, “Money” (the Beatles song) is dodgy and “Louie Louie” is just a warm-up but the rehearsal cuts are fearsome, as you’d know if you cottoned onto the French “Rubber Legs” EP about 20 years ago.
So do you need it?
Are you a Stooges completist? Then the answer is Yes.
Do you have “Heavy Liquid” on CD but missed “Iguana De Banda”? The answer would be Yes again. The “new” songs are both worth the price of admission.
Are you a vinyl fetishist? That’d be a Yes again.
Have you never heard a Stooges outtake or alternative take compilation (do you live under a fucking rock or something?) That’d be a Yes. This is a damn fine place to start.
Do you lack a turntable but get a kick out of receiving heavy packages from the post office and admiring gloriously packaged LPs as they stare back at you mutely from your shelf? Then it’s a Yes. And let’s just add that what you do in your own home is entirely your own business.