Easy Action new Stooges

Easy Action wants to know what you'd like to see next!
Will be holding a contest to win WTFS2 SOON!

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cb wrote:

Easy Action wants to know what you'd like to see next!
Will be holding a contest to win WTFS2 SOON!

cb
http://iggypop.org

Outtakes box.
DVD box with rare performences.
Kings Cross, Murder of the Virgin, Ungano´s etc.
Maybe something like The Sparks did. A concert each for every album.

Matt Gimmick has alluded on this board to having a few prime Stooges recordings. I would be keen for Easy Action to licence them, do the good album artwork and liner notes thing and get them out pronto.

I would would also be really happy to see the 1972 London show out there - if such a recording exists!

Get it done quickly as a precautionary measure just in case the UK governments new macro economic experiments with creating new 'money' from absolutely nothing fail horribly and cause havoc.

The UK govt has thus far spent almost US $200,000,000,000 in keeping its banks afloat in the last 9 months or so. That is a lot of dough for private banks doing crazy things with stupid debt derivatives. And I do wonder where they're getting that money from.

All a bit sick when there's plenty of people who don't get enough proper food to eat and who live in poor housing. Not much change then from the conditions in Detroit circa 1970 when manufacturing began to slump. Check out Iggys story in 'I need more' about one of his visits to Detroits ghetto when he went to visit Don Cool's home.

The anger within the Stooges music seems to make as much sense now as it did in the hard times of '73/'74 and don't forget about the fossil fuel depletion problem coming up in the future too. We're living in a bubble. Be sweet to hear the finest moments of the Stooges before the industrial age seizes up completely under its own hubris.

Could you pls list the recordings alluded to?

Thanks!

Any of these would make me a very happy Stoogephile...


More outtakes from the 1969 debut album, including a full version of "I Wanna Be Your Dog" and "Asthma Attack".

The 25-30 minutes of footgae of The Stooges in 1970, only clips have been shown but full footage does exist.

The Uganos gig with loads of photos.

Good quality live stuff from the end of 1970 where The Stooges started playing jazzier stuff.

1971 stuff in good quality.

The Scalla gig at the King's Cross in 1972.

Demos from "The Weirdness" after all around 30 songs were created.

The full video of The Stooges on "From The Basement", they played a few seconds of "God Is Dead" while setting up I'd like to hear the full version of this (if it exists).

The jams Ron and Scott sent Iggy possibly with Iggy singing on them and arranged by him into proper songs.

G, F#, E wrote:

The jams Ron and Scott sent Iggy possibly with Iggy singing on them and arranged by him into proper songs.

I'm dying to hear those. And any Weirdness demos.

those are good lists, i'd be happy if they could just get one of those out

i'd like to hear the other 30 weirdness tracks and/or outtakes and asthma attack would be cool

but th lists G and iggy-fan have made would be perfect, fingers crossed

cb wrote:

Easy Action wants to know what you'd like to see next!
Will be holding a contest to win WTFS2 SOON!

cb
http://iggypop.org

Highest quality recordings from the Original Stooges. The 1971 box sounds like a great idea, but if there are some good recordings made prior to that, please include, or put out another box.

23rd + GFE have my thoughts down on what i would like to see on box sets. too bad better qualities do not exist for the '70s cincinnati and soldier field shows. i wish the boston tea party '69 gig was around too.

Dear Easy Action, here is my wish list:

1. "The Weirdness" demos (pre-Albini)
2. any other reunion studio recordings made outside of "The Weirdness" sessions (Thrilla Park/Money Shot sessions 2005, R & R Hall Of Fame rehearsals 2008 etc.)
3. studio version of "Mind Room" (if it exists)
4. complete recordings of the best shows from 2003–2008
5. Ron & Scott Demos 2007/2008 (mentioned by Iggy)

Well..1971 gigs..La Scala 1972..Unganos..1969 outtakes..1970 footage..2007/2008 demos (The Weirdness unreleased stuff too)..honestly I am aware that it couldn't be released at once (if there are plans with some of them to be available)..but it would be awesome to hear at least one of it!

Anything in excellent quality from 1969-70.

Loose1969 wrote:

Anything in excellent quality from 1969-70.

I will DEFINITELY second that!

Nadja wrote:

Loose1969 wrote:

Anything in excellent quality from 1969-70.

I will DEFINITELY second that!

I'm gonna say triple that idea!

Asthma Attack single

Box with quality recordings from the 1978 tour with Sonic's Rendezvous Band.

Box with The Stooges demo recordings 2003/2008 would be interesting.

I would most like to hear The Psychedelic Stooges and London 1972, but I am afraid that these are only dreams (except Asthma Attack).
I think that Easy Action thought about our wishes related to the tours 1977/2008. They are constantly in search for early The Stooges recordings and they know that all unpublished audio and video recordings from 1967 to 1974 are interesting for us.

Demos and outtakes from Iggy's solo albums too, once they've released all the Stooges stuff.

good idea donald, more iggy outtakes and live stuff would be cool, or alternate takes or mixes

I really want to hear some 1971 stuff. That's what I want most and it's great if they are already about to release some '71 gigs...

Hey, how about those 1975 demos that Iggy did with Bowie, I would really love to hear those!

whoaaa, ive never heard of those! those would be awesome to have

Speaking of the midseventies Bowie stuff, when is there going to be a big old deluxe ripoff bonus tracks version of Lust for Life and the Idiot?

I have put off buying these on cd because I always figure a lush remaster is coming soon...

cb wrote:

Easy Action wants to know what you'd like to see next!
Will be holding a contest to win WTFS2 SOON!

cb
http://iggypop.org

OK aside from the suggestions so far...

+ the fabled radio broadcast of The Stooges at Cincinatti Festival, 1970

+ The full filmed footage of the Stooges at Cincinatti 70, in non youtube quality, be it the 6 minutes that we've seen, or more if it exists

+ Iggy SF Old Wardorf 27.11.79 gig, the one that appeared on bootleg tape and LP...but without the wow and flutter (ie minor, but noticeable, speed fluctuation). I have now seen the annoucement about an SF 79 show but it's not clear if it's this one or not.

+ A true stereo recording of the Iggy LA Stardust Ballroom 30.11.79 gig if it ever turns up. If not Easy Action could do well to let mixing buffs work with them a little...these days there are many people who can do great work at home, and with respect Easy Action need to consult these people. I've heard some great home created stereo mixes and sensitively done clean-ups which are not too cliniical and preserve the warmth, power and spirit of the gig / recording.
Many - particularly Iggy fans - would be not be demanding in terms of payment and just be glad quality sounding Iggy is being shared. My one big "issue" with Easy Action is the astounding lack of quality control over sound, while the actual material is well chosen, and the packaging is great.
It's time they address this.

+ On that issue, if Carlton P Sandercock is still in charge (and was the same guy in charge in the 90's at Trident) he should dig out my tape of Chicago Mantra Studios 28.3.77 I got passed to him, and put that out to replace the abomination of a "mix" used on the Faces Shine Box Set Vol.1. Apologies if I seem abrasive and perhaps a little 'open' here, however I care deeply about Iggy's music too, and how it's presented. The tape I had is even better than the torrent seeded on Zomb currently of this gig.

+ Calmed down again now . OK Chicago Waves Club 1.10.80 - a cleaned up version of the LP and the further tracks on the tape version of this, again done sensitively (see my notes following 'A true stereo recording of the LA Stardust Ballroom 30.11.79 gig...').

+ These high quality recordings could be considered -
15.05.80 Barcelona, Picadero
18.05.80? Palasport (aka pesaro) Italy fm bc
18.06.81 Bologna, Palasport (I think my tape of this might have been passed to Trident, which was connected to what is now Easy Action I'm certain...it was rejected as not high enough quality but it's actually a hell of a lot better than half the stuff on Where The Faces Shine 1, and a fantastic gig to boot, if I remember rightly!).
11.11.82 Calgary, McEwan (fm bc)
17.06.83 Osaka, Koseinenkin Hall (sb)
EDIT to the above...there was another good 1981 FM broadcast, but it's past 2am here, so too tired to check the exact location!

+ Further high quality recordings that should be considered -
01.04.87 Sag Harbour, Bay Street (fm bc).
I'd love to hear the above, I never have. That era meant a lot to me as it's the first Iggy live stuff I heard, despite getting the Stooges albums, I collected live tapes of that era as I was getting into Iggy at that time.
05.07.87 Werchter Festival Terrein (fm bc)
17.11.90 Boston, Citi Club
21.01.91 Rotterdam, Ahoy
01.02.91 Vienna CA-Zelt.
10.07.91 Antibes-Juan Les Pins, Pinede Gould.
23.01.94 Kawasaki Club Citta
13.02.94 Gothenburg, Rondo (fm bc).
20.02.94 Copenhagen Pumpehuset
20.04.94 Rennes, Salle Omnisports.
28.04.96 Vancouver, Commodore Ballroom
20.07.96 Gurten Festival (Swiss Cheese)
31.12.97 Lorn, Victoria, Falls Festival (fm bc)
28.06.98 Roskilde Festival (fm bc)

+ A best Stooges gig or two from the reunion. I was knocked out by the Hammersmith gig in 2005. That and The Fall gig I saw that year are the best two gigs I've ever seen in my life...the Stooges gig had me in tears of joy as Iggy hit the stage and we all rose to our feet in unison, even on the balcony where we were (and the Fall gig set off tinnitus in my ears for once and for all it seems!).
However the Stooges - both official and unoffiical - gig recordings I've heard so far from the reunion years haven't yet set my pulse racing so much...I think it's a 'had to be there' feeling, I think it's that the mix hasn't quite captured it. I'd love to be shown wrong / hear the recordings that get it right (though I suspect the Reading Festival DVD I hope to get soon could be one that does).

+ last thing on DVD footage :
The Phoenix Festival was broadcast on UK TV back in '94... I seem to recall most recordings - audio or video tended to miss the first track or cut into it, as that what the rebroadcast did. It would be nice to get a complete DVD release of it, I was there . RE any further DVD footage...the live 88 show was nice to have at the end of the Where The Faces Shine 2 package...but then the excerpts on the 'Escaped Maniacs' DVD 2 were much cleaner sounding.
Sorry to hammer the point home, but once more there are *many people* these days who can do quality, good sounding clean-ups and remixing at home that get it right, and are happy to torrent it for little return apart from raising their 'share ratio' on a torrent site.

so my last request - PLEASE Easy Action, consult such people!

Thanks.

The complete I'm Sick of You sessions - including Fresh Rag and the Search and Destroy demo, if they exist

May '75 Oz Studios demos of Drink To Me and Turn Blue, recorded with Bowie

The original 1975 mix of Kill City, plus the demo tape they made before the album to give to John Cale.

Two box sets to put Bomp and Revenge out of business once and for all! One of them with the complete unedited Detroit rehearsal tapes, the other with the following shows, also all complete and unedited:

- St Louis American Theater 730818
- Complete Sept '73 Whiskey A Go Go tapes (incl everything that's on California Bleeding and Live In LA 73)
- Michigan Palace 731006
- Cherry Hill Latin Casino 7312xx
- Brooklyn Academy of Music 731231
- Michigan Palace 740209 (Marc Zermatti's mix, or one of similar/better quality, including all 6 songs and whatever unreleased parts are still in the vaults!)

I thought the original 1975 mix of Kill City was the demo tape they made for John Cale...

I would love to hear someone remix the Kill City tapes, I love those songs but I never really liked that muddy "Exile on the main street" mix.... (I call it "Exile"...because it sounds like the Rolling Stones "Exile on the main street" to me....I love the Stones, but let's admit, the exile on the mains treet is poorly mixed album, great songs but badly mixed (or badly recorded...thereś not much you can do, if it's been recorded badly, with bad mics)

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- Michigan Palace 740209 (Marc Zermatti's mix, or one of similar/better quality, including all 6 songs and whatever unreleased parts are still in the vaults!)

Without meaning to sound relentless on this issue, or too untrusting, seeing comments like this, and my feeling that EA are great in terms of quantity of Iggy / Stooges releases, but 'boy cried wolf' over promises of quality too often, I feel as a group we need to offer our services and start cleaning things up ourselves!

I do actually have cool edit pro which I know for a fact is good...I've just not used it alone yet, I used it with a guy who mixes for a living and was given it by another guy, a dj who was also involved in certain 'underground' releases.