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Disc Three collects two rehearsals, from June 1973 in Detroit and Los Angeles. The earliest (all of Disc Two) is from Morgan Sound Studio, Ypsilanti, Machigan, March 1973 and taped as the band prepared for their first post-King’s Cross show at Detroit’s Ford Auditorium on 27 March 1973. There seems to be recordings of five rehearsal sessions across Discs Two, Three and Four. The annotation is spotty, so it's hard to work out what these tracks are. The rest of Born In A Trailer is interesting, but for academic reasons rather than for unbridled enjoyment. But what’s on Disc One is essential to understanding and enjoying Raw Power.
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As to why the amazing “I Got a Right” and “I'm Sick of You” plus “Gimme Some Skin” and “Scene of the Crime” were ditched? Who knows. When Raw Power was recorded at the CBS label’s Whitfield Street studio (The Clash later made their debut album there) from 10 September to 6 October, only one track from the Olympic session survived on the album: the reconfigured “Tight Pants”. Disc One was recorded at Olympic Studios on 17 July 1972, so is as close as it can get to what was performed by The Stooges at their only British show. Consequently, new songs were worked up at the RG Jones studio in Morden in advance of a show at the King’s Cross Cinema on 15 July 1972 (it provided the cover shot for Raw Power). Although The Stooges were back, Williamson was prevented by the demoted Ron from playing material on which the latter had originally played guitar. Soon, Stooges main and original guitarist Ron Asheton arrived to play bass as did his drummer brother Scott. In London, local musicians didn’t prove suitable so Stooges’ second guitarist James Williamson was brought over (he first played with The Stooges in December 1970). The plan was to make a solo album after The Stooges had fallen apart in July 1971. Iggy Pop had arrived in London in early 1972 after being taken on by David Bowie’s management company MainMan.
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Also collected in the box are a series of Stooges’ rehearsal tapes from 1973. An essential listen – and a rough complement to the Fun House box set, which documented the full sessions for The Stooges second album – this is important stuff. There are multiple try-outs of “I Got a Right”, and sloppy versions of “Louie Louie” and “Money”(which detours into The Trashmen’s “Surfin’ Bird”).
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The latter was given new lyrics to become Raw Power’s “Shake Appeal”.īorn In A Trailer: The Session & Rehearsal Tapes (’72-’73) is a four-disc clamshell set which includes these five tracks in the context of their full source tape. Three other tracks appeared on the singles: “Gimme Some Skin”, “Scene of the Crime” and “Tight Pants”. It also borrowed from The Yardbirds: “Happenings Ten Years Time Ago” in this case. Also available was the fantastic “I'm Sick Of You”, issued by Greg Shaw’s Bomp label. Drawing from the intro of The Yardbirds’ version of “I’m Not Talking”, it appeared on the US label Siamese and was widely available in Europe. “I Got A Right” was brutal and as good as anything on the album. Each was the first-ever airing of previously unheard studio tracks recorded by The Stooges around the time of Raw Power. Former frontman Iggy Pop was on the up too, treading the boards with old friend David Bowie as his unobtrusive keyboard player.Īlso in 1977, two singles arrived which were in-tune with the spirit of the age. After the arrival of Autumn 1975’s Metallic KO live album and punk rock reviving their commercial profile, it was confirmation of The Stooges’ endless afterlife.