1970: The Complete Funhouse Sessions

Hi everyone, i have recently procured the glorious 1970 boxset, cant believe i have it in my hands, anyway, i was surprised to see the CDs were in proper CD cases, i'd heard it was jewel line or watever they call it, the card board ones, thought it was those, also, is there a different printing of the box,becuase wen i started liking the stooges i saw this in HMV and picked it up looked at the back which had a tracklisting not unlike heavy liquids, saw the 30 takes of loose and thought not for me yet, little did i know its impossible to find, but i was wondering if there is a smaller, thinner at least boxset made, anyone?

There was only the one set as far as I'm aware. Limited to 3,000 copies - mine is 756.
Well done for finding one, as it is getting pretty rare these days.
Cheers,
Richard

Congrats on the find! You'll love it.

Yeh thats wat i thought, but wen i received it, in the post, i held it and it was bigger than my memory of it, also i did see the entire tracklisting on the back, hence me not buying it the first time, when i saw it in the shop, HMV, i dunno, maybe it was some leaf thing over it showing the contents, u'no, i just thought there was somethin odd about it, and i'd heard it was in those card sleeves like the old Metallic 2XKO came in u'no, i dunno, just checking, looks great tho

No, yours sounds correct. Some box sets are retailed with shrinkwrap plastic with a sticker containing more details, like track listing, so maybe that's what you saw.

yeh probably, i cant believe i finally have it, its so great, i hope they do the same for raw power, tho i know the process wasnt the same, and for the stooges, actaully if theyd just go ahead and bloody release unheard stooges stuff that would be great! lol

thanks colin, just readin that the poster is great too, ive always loved it and only saw it in complete ages ago in that book ''the wild one'', which was pretty good, but bored from a friend of my mums, thats the only time i saw it before, its a great poster, and great product overall

yeh nowhere on the box does it indicate it, on the poster it says 1970 etc

If anyone fancies further reading, here's a snippet of interview with Fun House producer, Don Gallucci (who came to fame playing keyboards on Louie Louie)...

http://www.trynka.net/Site/Open_Up_Blog/5853D27B-8AC7-45D3-A92B-AA8105109487.html

My copy (825/3000) doesn't have any text on the box, it doesn't look like either of the pictures above. I didn't know it had been made available in shops. Does the shop one have a number?

dunno, never checked, how do u find the number neway?

My number was on the cardboard sleeve for Down on the Street

yeh found it, 0734/3000

GOT THE SET

its driving me outa my mind!!! Wild crazy good!!
just got into disc nr 4. ...have to post this NOW

go totally for the TV-Eye takes and the Down on the Street ones. Love
Slide in the Blues....ah and there is much more to come. Scotty is
totally mesmerizing and the bass is so so good to hear...this is
HEAVEN!! this is what i wanna hear! volume needs to be up to the max.

Does anyone know where I can get a hold of one?

i kept checkin ebay daily for about 6months b4 i saw it come up, so it'll be awhile, but keep checkin it

I've seen a few on ebay in the last few months selling for about £140-150.

One sold a couple of weeks ago - without the poster and the last 2 track single disk for $42, did anyone here get that?

fyi, there are tracks from the box set on the 2 cd remaster from 2005.

Kudos to all of you, as I found the box to be a bit too overwhelming. Once I got through it I came to the conclusion that the record was plenty enough for me.

However, it did make me appreciate how much energy they put into it and how the final product sounds like it was done in one take. Crazy.

I haven't listened to my Funhouse box in a while but this isn't true is it?

From the HoundBlog:

Quote :

It's fun to hear all the outtakes and variations, but they knew when they had nailed a tune. Oddly enough, on the box you never get to hear the final versions that were on the LP with Ron's rhythm guitar overdubs.