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WE CURRENTLY HAVE MORE THAN 300 LISTED ITEMS Click here to see ALL our ROCK auctions Our PSYCH PROGRESSIVE auctions Our PUNK NEW WAVE auctions Our JAZZ auctions Our BLUE NOTE JAZZ auctions Our BLUES auctions Our CLASSICAL auctions Our COUNTRY auctions Our FUNK auctions Our LATIN auctions Our METAL auctionsOur REGGAE auctions Our SOUL auctions Our STILL SEALED ITEMS Our PROMO auctions Our ACETATE auctions Our TEST PRESSING auctions Our AUDIOPHILE auctions STOOGES - RAW POWER ORIGINAL 1973 COLUMBIA RECORDS STEREO LP KC-32111 ORIGINAL U.S.
PRESSING STILL SEALED GUARANTEED ORIGINAL FIRST PRESSING ONE OF THE MOST SAVAGE, BRUTAL RECORDINGS IN THE ENTIRE HISTORY OF RECORDED MUSIC EVEN THE PREVIOUS STOOGES RELEASES NOT QUITE KNOWN FOR THEIR SUBTLETY AND FINESSE CAN T QUITE MEASURE UP TO THE RAW POWER , WHICH ABSOLUTELY, TOTALLY, LIVES UP TO ITS TITLE NOTE: THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, FIRST PRESSING WITH PREFIX KC- IN THE CATALOG NUMBER, NOT THE 1976 REISSUE WITH PREFIX -PC THE 1976 REISSUE DID NOT HAVE ANY PREFIX ON THE FRONT SIDE, AND ONLY HAD PREFIX PC ON THE SPINE .
IN ADDITION, THE ORIGINAL PRESSING LIKE THE ONE WE HAVE HERE HAD THE CUSTOM INNER SLEEVE , SUCH AS THE ONE SHOWN BELOW, FROM OUR PREVIOUS AUCTION WE KNOW FOR FACT THAT THIS COPY HAS IT IT IS VISIBLE THROUGH THE OPENING THE 1976 REISSUES DID NOT.
IN ADDITION, THE ORIGINAL, FIRST PRESSING OF THIS TITLE HAD ALBUM TITLE ON THE SPINE IN YELLOW LETTERS THE YELLOW RAW POWER TITLE STICKS OUT FROM THE REST OF THE SPINE PRINT , WHEREAS THE LATER PRESSINGS HAVE PRINT ON THE SPINE IN UNIFORMLY WHITE LETTERS.
GUARANTEED ORIGINAL RED COLUMBIA LABEL WITH COLUMBIA IN YELLOW LETTERS WRAPPED AROUND THE RIM OF THE LABEL 70 s STYLE , SUCH AS THE ONE SHOWN BELOW, FROM OUR PREVIOUS AUCTION THE THICKNESS OF THE VINYL, THE APPEARANCE AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE COVER, LABEL S LOGO AND OTHER PERIPHERAL ELEMENTS OF THE COVER, ARE ALL PERFECTLY CONSISTENT WITH THE ORIGINAL, FIRST PRESSING OF THIS TITLE.
TWO BREATHE AIR HOLES NOTED ON THE SHRINK WRAP THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S.
PRESSING THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.
THICK CARDBOARD COVER, AMERICAN STYLE.
ORIGINAL DIRTY DAVID BOWIE MIX OF THE ALBUM THE INSTRUMENTS AND VOCALS BLEED THROUGH THE CHANNELS LEFT AND RIGHT, MAKING THE RECORDING SOUND TRULY PRIMITIVE AND ATTAVISTIC ODDLY, SOME - BUT NOT ALL - EUROPEAN PRESSINGS FEATURE A MUCH CLEANER MIX These sessions appear in three distinct mixes: The first mix by Iggy Pop was rejected by CBS, but appeared in belated form as Rough Power , 1994.The second mix but the first released - the one we have here by David Bowie and Iggy Pop was released as the Columbia album Raw Power, KC 32111, in 1973.Finally, there is a third mix by Iggy Pop, Bruce Dickinson, and Danny Kadar 1996 which is the closest approximation only much better of the original 1973 rejected Iggy Pop mix FAIRLY THICK VINYL PRESSING On the scale from 1 to 10 1 being the least thick, and 10 being the thickest , we assess the thickness of the vinyl as 7.
PLEASE SEE THE IMAGE OF THE COVER, LABEL OR BOTH, SHOWN BELOW Note: this is a REAL image of the ACTUAL item you are bidding on.
This is NOT a recycled image from our previous auction.
What you see is what you ll get.
GUARANTEED In 1972, the Stooges were near the point of collapse when David Bowie s management team, MainMan, took a chance on the band at Bowie s behest.
By this point, guitarist Ron Asheton and bassist Dave Alexander had been edged out of the picture, and James Williamson had signed on as Iggy s new guitar mangler Asheton rejoined the band shortly before recording commenced on Raw Power, but was forced to play second fiddle to Williamson as bassist.
By most accounts, tensions were high during the recording of Raw Power, and the album sounds like the work of a band on its last legs -- though rather than grinding to a halt, Iggy the Stooges appeared ready to explode like an ammunition dump.
From a technical standpoint, Williamson was a more gifted guitar player than Asheton not that that was ever the point , but his sheets of metallic fuzz were still more basic and punishing than what anyone was used to in 1973, while Ron Asheton played his bass like a weapon of revenge, and his brother Scott Asheton remained a powerhouse behind the drums.
But the most remarkable change came from the singer Raw Power revealed Iggy as a howling, smirking, lunatic genius.
Whether quietly brooding Gimme Danger or inviting the apocalypse Search and Destroy , Iggy had never sounded quite so focused as he did here, and his lyrics displayed an intensity that was more than a bit disquieting.
In many ways, almost all Raw Power has in common with the two Stooges albums that preceded it is its primal sound, but while the Stooges once sounded like the wildest and weirdest gang in town, Raw Power found them heavily armed and ready to destroy the world -- that is, if they didn t destroy themselves first.
EXCERPT FROM AN ONLINE REVIEW BY MARK DEMING, ALL MUSIC GUIDE /ALLMUSIC.COM/ Finding a still sealed original copy of this proto-punk masterpiece? ? Forget it not even a HOPE This may be the last one you will ever see.
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Please note: sealed items are assumed to be mint and are sold as-is, as we have no way of inspecting them.
For our policy on still sealed records click here PLEASE READ BEFORE PLACING A BID b The record is believed to come in its original, custom inner sleeve, unique to this title, SUCH AS THE ONE SHOWN BELOW, FROM OUR PREVIOUS AUCTION c The record is apparently pressed on a RELATIVELY thick, inflexible vinyl.
This is NOT a thin, flimsy dynaflex type , vinyl, but not the thickest, most rigid vinyl, either.
d Of course, this is a full-bodied ANALOG recording, and not an inferior, digital recording THE COVER COVER IS NEAR MINT, STILL SEALED AND COVERED IN ITS ORIGINAL SHRINK WRAP A SMALL PIECE OF SHRINK WRAP ABOUT 1 SQUARE INCH IS MISSING The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover: - Cover has a visible wrinkle crease in one of the corners and a smaller one in opposite corner - Cover has a minor bump dent on the top seam BARELY VISIBLE NO OTHER VISIBLE FLAWS OR IMPERFECTIONS ON THE COVER POSTAGE SHIPPING: We offer THREE postage rates for both Domestic and International Mail: Media Mail, Priority Mail and Express Mail for domestic, and First Class, Priority International Mail, and Express International Mail for international orders.
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