IGGY POP The Idiot 1977 UK RCA 1st PRESS - DEEP, HEAVY SOUND - NM
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May 28, 2015
Sold Date
May 18, 2015
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IGGY POP The Idiot 1977 UK RCA 1st PRESS - DEEP, HEAVY SOUND - TOP COPY NM
IGGY POPThe Idiot
UK RCA (PL 12275 ) FIRST PRESSING (April 1977)
TOP COPY - SEEN LITTLE USE AND PLAYS BEAUTIFULLY THROUGHOUT
PRESSED WITH THE FIRST ISSUE RCA MATT ORANGE LABELS
MATRIX: PL 12275 - 1 - A SIDE (IGGY POP) / PL 12275 - 1 - B SIDE (IGGY POP)
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL MATT SLEEVE "Printed and made in Great Britain by Garrodprint Ltd."
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL PLAIN WHITE DIE-CUT INNER SLEEVE
In 1976, the Stooges had been gone for two years, and Iggy Pop had developed a notorious reputation as one of rock & roll's most spectacular waste cases.
After a self-imposed stay in a mental hospital, a significantly more functional Iggy was desperate to prove he could hold down a career in music, and he was given another chance by his longtime ally, David Bowie.
Bowie co-wrote a batch of new songs with Iggy, put together a band, and produced The Idiot, which took Iggy in a new direction decidedly different from the guitar-fuelled proto-punk of the Stooges.
Musically, The Idiot is of a piece with the impressionistic music of Bowie's "Berlin Period", with it's fragmented guitar figures, ominous basslines, and discordant, high-relief keyboard parts. Iggy's new music was cerebral and inward-looking, where his early work had been a glorious call to the id, and Iggy was in more subdued form than with the Stooges, with his voice sinking into a world-weary baritone that was a decided contrast to the harsh, defiant cry heard on "Search and Destroy."
Iggy was exploring new territory as a lyricist, and his songs on The Idiot are self-referential and poetic in a way that his work had rarely been in the past; for the most part the results are impressive, especially "Dum Dum Boys," a paean to the glory days of his former band, and "Nightclubbing," a call to the joys of decadence.
The Idiot introduced the world to a very different Iggy Pop, and if the results surprised anyone expecting a replay of the assault of Raw Power, it also made it clear that Iggy was older, wiser, and still had plenty to say
Side 1:
Sister Midnight (4:23)
Nightclubbing (4:18)
Funtime (2:53)
Baby (3:20)
China Girl (5:12)
Side 2:
Dum Dum Boys (7:12)
Tiny Girls (3:03)
Mass Production (8:28)
LABELS: NEAR MINT
Clean, bright and factory-fresh labels - barely a spindle trace to be seen
VINYL Visual: EXCELLENT+
Both surfaces shine like-new with just a few harmless superficial marks
VINYL Audio: NEAR MINT
Apart from the (very) occasional light tick - nothing really - this copy plays as-new throughout with a deep, rich and bass heavy sound
SLEEVE: NEAR MINT
Crisp, clean, sharp and fresh - a soft crease to the top corner being the only minor thing of note
POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW ANTI-STATIC LINER, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
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UK: £9.00 (Royal Mail Special Delivery Next Day by 1pm)
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