The Stooges - Funhouse 1970 radio station PROMO RARE

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ARTIST:  The Stooges

TITLE:  Funhouse

LABEL:  Elektra EKS-74071 Stereo

YEAR:  1970

CONDITION:
Record:  VG+ / NM  plays  ;  NM consistently :  Clean white labels w/ “Radio Station Copy” print

Cover:  Gatefold is VG+ w/ 3” split seam top ; original PROMO sticker on front; spine is great shape ; no cut outs/holes/etc

MISCELLANEOUS: Extremely rare original promo pressing of the Iggy Pop and the Stooges classic LP.   From allmusic “The Stooges' first album was produced by a classically trained composer; their second was supervised by the former keyboard player with the Kingsmen, and if that didn't make all the difference, it at least indicates why Fun House was a step in the right direction. Producer Don Gallucci took the approach that the Stooges were a powerhouse live band, and their best bet was to recreate the band's live set with as little fuss as possible. As a result, the production on Fun House bears some resemblance to the Kingsmen's version of "Louie Louie" — the sound is smeary and bleeds all over the place, but it packs the low-tech wallop of a concert pumped through a big PA, bursting with energy and immediacy. The Stooges were also a much stronger band this time out; Ron Asheton's blazing minimalist guitar gained little in the way of technique since The Stooges, but his confidence had grown by a quantum leap as he summoned forth the sounds that would make him the hero of proto-punk guitarists everywhere, and the brutal pound of drummer Scott Asheton and bassist Dave Alexander had grown to heavyweight champion status. And Fun House is where Iggy Pop's mad genius first reached its full flower; what was a sneer on the band's debut had grown into the roar of a caged animal desperate for release, and his rants were far more passionate and compelling than what he had served up before. The Stooges may have had more "hits," but Fun House has stronger songs, including the garage raver to end all garage ravers in "Loose," the primal scream of "1970," and the apocalyptic anarchy of "L.A. Blues." Fun House is the ideal document of the Stooges at their raw, sweaty, howling peak.

GRADING:

(NM) NEAR MINT: almost like new, only the slightest wear

(VG+) VERY GOOD PLUS: very little wear, still in excellent & collectible shape. SHOULD PLAY AND LOOK VERY NICE WITH MINIMAL SURFACE NOISE.  My VG+ is NM to many.

(VG) VERY GOOD.....still acceptable but showing quite a bit of wear.....some surface noise

(G) GOOD - PLAYS ROUGH, HAS MULTIPLE SCRATCHES

+ or - used to represent a slightly higher or slightly lower grade.

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