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Broke down today and bought those new Rhino two-disc reissues of The Stooges and Fun House. I'd already downloaded them, of course, but sometimes you just have to pay tribute. Save for a brief demo of "Loose," there's nothing new on the Fun House release (that is, if you've already absorbed the contents of the R. Handmade seven-disc box), but the second disc of The Stooges made this long-desiccated dog salivate. Original Cale mixes, alternate Ig vox etc. Great (full-length) mixes of "Ann" and "No Fun" seal the goddamned deal. Bliss, albeit short-lived, returns.



(Jimmy y Ron en acción, 1969. Snap by Tom Copi/Michael Ochs Archive, as found within Rhino's new 2-CD reissue of The Stooges.)

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Until we again collide,

TS

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ommyth said…
No, Andrew, you did the right thing. Iggy did an awful job of remixing Raw Power. Bowie's mix was, is, and forever shall be relevatory. Hunt down the early 90s Columbia version on eBay instead, and skip Osterberg's misbegotten Sony Legacy attempt to recast RP as a nu-metal beer coaster.

TS

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