1970 FUN HOUSE THE STOOGES Hard Garage Psych DIRTY GRIMEY SWEATIEST IGGY POP

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  1970 ADVANCED RELEASE WHITE LABEL PROMOTIONAL!

 1970 ELEKTRA RECORDS apocalyptic garage meltdown
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1970 ADVANCED RELEASE WHITE LABEL PROMOTIONAL!

In demand COLLECTION COPY ...

Original 1970 first pressing vinyl in thick gatefold cover....

with original Elektra inner sleeve

Iggy Pop, in the late 60's, was an animal soul, and when Iggy got loose on a stage just about anything could happen. With the Stooges he was the mesmerizing center of a maelstrom that helped to invent a whole host of rock's musical clichés, a group that spun primal fury and young adult frustration into some of the ugliest, most brutal, most alive music of its era.

RARE & SOUGHT... the infamous 2nd STOOGES Lp featuring the rebelious screamer IGGY POP One of the dirtiest, grimiest, and most sweat-stained albums ever. It's hard to appreciate just how radical this record was upon it's release!

FUN HOUSE sounds like an extended, guttural war cry from deep within the psyche. While the Stooges' excellent debut, produced by John Cale, had a clean, punchy sound that introduced the band's ragged, stripped-down rock, it did not capture the chaotic fury of the band's live spirit. The Stooges hired Don Gallucci (formerly of the Kingsmen) to produce FUN HOUSE, and he gave the album a murky, swampy ambience that lacks clarity and precision, yet compensates for that lack tenfold with immediacy and a staggering sonic punch in the gut. And where 1st THE STOOGES can sound like bratty teenaged music, this album sounds grown up, menacing, mercurial, dark, and relentlessly primal.

The muddied production may add to the primitivism, but it is the band that truly conjures the magic. The Stooges plays like unleashed banshees here: Ron Ashton's razory guitar riffs and swirling squall create clouds of noise while the brutal rhythms of bassist Dave Alexander and drummer Scott Ashton crash all over the place. Iggy Pop screams and howls like a man possessed, giving voice to a spirit that would find its final expression in the punk movement seven years later. From the panther-like strut of "Down on the Street" to the adrenaline-driven "TV Eye" through the caustic dirge of "Dirt" to the avant squall of "L.A. Blues" (complete with wailing air-raid saxophone from Steve MacKay), this set is one of the founding documents of 60's underground rock. And, like Pandora's box, once FUN HOUSE is opened there is no turning back!!!

• Side one:

  • "Down on the Street" – 3:42
  • "Loose" – 3:33
  • "T.V. Eye" – 4:17
  • "Dirt" – 7:00

  Side two:

  • "1970" – 5:14 (also known as "I Feel Alright")
  • "Fun House" – 7:45
  • "L.A. Blues" – 4:52

CONDITION: The Cover: rated: VG light wear, thick gatefold, no delete marks ... There are no split seams, no bends, no writing ...

The Vinyl: rated: VG moderate light scuffs & hairlines , plays with light crackle. Both WHITE PROMO Elektra labels are clean with exception to marker over "promotional copy" on labels.

Nevertheless, a very rare highly sought white promo label rarity from 1970 .