THE STOOGES S/T 1969 DEBUT near mint red label IGGY POP
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THE STOOGES S/T 1969 DEBUT OF IGGY POP
ELEKTRA RECORDS EKS-74051
BEAUTIFUL COPY OF RARE PUNK CLASSIC
Biography by Stephen Thomas Erlewine & Mark DemingDuring the psychedelic haze of the late '60s, the grimy, noisy and relentlessly bleak rock & roll of the Stooges was conspicuously out of time. Like the Velvet Underground, the Stooges revealed the underside of sex, drugs, and rock & roll, showing all of the grime beneath the myth. The Stooges, however, weren't nearly as cerebral as the Velvets. Taking their cue from the over-amplified pounding of British blues, the primal raunch of American garage rock, and the psychedelic rock (as well as the audience-baiting) of the Doors, the Stooges were raw, immediate, and vulgar. Iggy Pop became notorious for performing smeared in blood or peanut butter and diving into the audience. Ron and Scott Asheton formed a ridiculously primitive rhythm section, pounding out chords with no finesse — in essence, the Stooges were the first rock & roll band completely stripped of the swinging beat that epitomized R&B and early rock & roll. During the late '60s and early '70s, the group was an underground sensation, yet the band was too weird, too dangerous to break into the mainstream. Following three albums, the Stooges disbanded, but the group's legacy grew over the next two decades, as legions of underground bands used their sludgy grind as a foundation for a variety of indie rock styles, and as Iggy Pop became a pop culture icon.
Review by Mark DemingWhile the Stooges had a few obvious points of influence — the swagger of the early Rolling Stones, the horny pound of the Troggs, the fuzztone sneer of a thousand teenage garage bands, and the Velvet Underground's experimental eagerness to leap into the void — they didn't really sound like anyone else around when their first album hit the streets in 1969. It's hard to say if Ron Asheton, Scott Asheton, Dave Alexander, and the man then known as Iggy Stooge were capable of making anything more sophisticated than this, but if they were, they weren't letting on, and the best moments of this record document the blithering inarticulate fury of the post-adolescent id. Ron Asheton's guitar runs (fortified with bracing use of fuzztone and wah-wah) are so brutal and concise they achieve a naïve genius, while Scott Asheton's proto-Bo Diddley drums and Dave Alexander's solid bass stomp these tunes into submission with a force that inspires awe. And Iggy's vividly blank vocals fill the "so what?" shrug of a thousand teenagers with a wealth of palpable arrogance and wondrous confusion. One of the problems with being a trailblazing pioneer is making yourself understood to others, and while John Cale seemed sympathetic to what the band was doing, he didn't appear to quite get it, and as a result he made a physically powerful band sound a bit sluggish on tape. But "1969," "I Wanna Be Your Dog," "Real Cool Time," "No Fun," and other classic rippers are on board, and one listen reveals why they became clarion calls in the punk rock revolution. Part of the fun of The Stooges is, then as now, the band managed the difficult feat of sounding ahead of their time and entirely out of their time, all at once.
Tracks Title Composer Time 1 1969 Alexander, Asheton, Asheton ... 4:05 Composed by: Alexander, Asheton, Asheton, Pop 2 I Wanna Be Your Dog Alexander, Asheton, Asheton ... 3:10 Composed by: Alexander, Asheton, Asheton, Pop 3 We Will Fall Alexander, Asheton, Asheton ... 10:15 Composed by: Alexander, Asheton, Asheton, Pop 4 No Fun Alexander, Asheton, Asheton ... 5:15 Composed by: Alexander, Asheton, Asheton, Pop 5 Real Cool Time Alexander, Asheton, Asheton ... 2:29 Composed by: Alexander, Asheton, Asheton, Pop 6 Ann Alexander, Asheton, Asheton ... 3:00 Composed by: Alexander, Asheton, Asheton, Pop 7 Not Right Alexander, Asheton, Asheton ... 2:49 Composed by: Alexander, Asheton, Asheton, Pop 8 Little Doll Alexander, Asheton, Asheton ... 3:21 Composed by: Alexander, Asheton, Asheton, Pop
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