Iggy and The Stooges ‘Raw Power: Legacy Edition’

Raw Power, Iggy and the Stooges legendary but initially unsuccessful 3^rd album has been pencilled in for a reissue this 13th of April. It’s not the first time it’s been reissued. Back in ’97, Columbia Records goaded Iggy in to digitally remixing the album, giving him the chance to redeem himself for the hash he made of the initial original mix, and to outdo David Bowie’s subsequent rescue mix, which both he and the rest of the Stooges have publicly lambasted over the years. The 97 reissue turned out to be a bit of a pointless exercise, as fans poured scorn on Iggy’s digitally distorted remix, with the Stooges themselves eating humble pie by admitting that Bowie’s mix still came out on top.

This time around they’ve stuck with Bowie’s mix, but have thrown in a bin-load of extra’s over 3 CD’s. For your dollar, you’ll get the original album, a slew of out-takes and a bootleg recording of a ’73 Atlanta club show. Not so great, but if you opt for the Deluxe Box-Set which drops 2 weeks later on the 27^th, you’ll get some nice shiny bits and pieces like reproduction 7” artwork, photo prints, the Making of Raw Power DVD and a nice book of Raw Power testimonials from Lou Reed, Joan Jett, Tom Morello and perpetual gobshite Henry Rollins.

Get over to Stooges HQ to sign up to the mailing list for any advance on the down-low.