Iggy & The Stooges Raw Power 7-Inch Edition - Third Man Records Vault #62

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Third Man Records, in conjunction withSony Music Entertainment, is proud to announce Iggy and the Stooges’ RawPower - The 7-inch Edition as the 62nd entry in its long-runningsubscription series, The Vault.

Perhaps the quintessential album fromIggy and the Stooges, Raw Power was sequenced so Side 1 andSide 2 mirrored each other in sonic approach, with hard rockers kicking off thesides followed by electrifying ballad and so forth. Working with the originalDavid Bowie mixes from 1973, the eight classic Raw Power trackshere span four singles, pairing “Search And Destroy” b/w “Raw Power,” “GimmeDanger” b/w “I Need Somebody,” “Your Pretty Face Is Going To Hell” b/w “ShakeAppeal,” and “Penetration” b/w “Death Trip.” Two additional outtake EPs addcontext and depth to the set, with highlights including “I’m Hungry” (anembryonic exploration that would later coalesce into “Penetration”), thestandalone stand-out, “Hey Peter,” the Bo Diddley-influenced, chest-thumping“Doojiman,” the futuristic harbinger of hardcore “I Got A Right,” and therollercoaster fury of “I’m Sick Of You,” all of which call to mind howdifferent the history of rock ‘n’ roll might be had these non-album tracks beenincluded on Raw Power. 

The Raw Power - The 7-inchEdition packaging features the iconic Mick Rock cover on a strikingsilver-on-silver foil-clad slipcase, inspired by a rare, long-forgotten presskit assembled in the lead-up to the album’s original release. Both outtakediscs live in stark, captivating picture sleeves highlighting seldom-seenphotos from 1973, shot by Leee Black Childers. Tying it all together is avibrant 7” x 6” patch reproducing the inimitable cheetah as featured on Iggy’sjacket on Raw Power’s back cover. Drawing inspiration from said back patch, thesix discs in the set are all pressed utilizing the palette of those colors,with silver thrown in to harken back to both Iggy’s iridescent pants from thealbum photos and aforementioned press kit.

Formed with seemingly little ambitionbeyond pushing boundaries, the Stooges (Iggy Pop, Ron Asheton, Scott Asheton,Dave Alexander) came onto the burgeoning “psychedelic” Michigan scene in 1967.Thanks to a recommendation from their metaphorical big brothers the MC5, theStooges managed to score a recording contract with Elektra in 1968. With theever avant-garde John Cale at the production helm, the Stooges’ self-titleddebut album was released in 1969 and unleashed the perennial all-timer anthems“1969” and “I Wanna Be Your Dog.” As important as that album is, 1970’s FunHouse managed to up the ante and intensity immeasurably, anunimpeachable album the importance and significance of which has not waned inthe intervening five plus decades.

Yet the band slowly crumbled fromthere. A disastrous 1971 tour had no seeming upside other than the addition ofone James Williamson on guitar. Following the unceremonious dissolution of theband at the commencement of that tour, Iggy paired off with Williamson andembarked on a new musical venture in London. After trying out a bunch ofno-playing bozos to fill out the backing band, they came to the realization thebest band anyone could hope for was cooling their heels back in Ann Arbor. SoRon and Scott Asheton hopped on the next flight across the Atlantic, the crewis given the nom de guerre Iggy and the Stooges, and the end result is theimpeccably beautiful, perfect album Raw Power. 

With the legendary David Bowie, thenat the height of his fame, sharing production duties alongside Iggy, RawPower was the symbolic heel turn, the recording that bridges the gap from thelast, bloated gasps of “classic” rock and runs fist a-punching into theintoxicating opening salvos of punk rock. It is the foundational text which theRamones, Sex Pistols, Guns N’ Roses, Kurt Cobain and anyone with half a sparkof grit would draw inspiration and seek guidance from 1973 through the end oftime. It is a standalone, one-of-one, absolute behemoth in the pantheon of hotshit records.

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VAULT #62: IGGY AND THE STOOGES

RAW POWER - THE 7-INCH EDITION

TRACK LIST:

Disc One

Search And Destroy b/w Raw Power

Disc Two

Gimme Danger b/w I Need Somebody

Disc Three

Your Pretty Face Is Going To Hell b/wShake Appeal

Disc Four

Penetration b/w Death Trip

Disc Five

Doojiman b/w I’m Hungry / Hey Peter

Disc Six

I Got A Right b/w I’m Sick OfYou