Live At the Whiskey a Go-Go (Live)
The Stooges
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| Name | Artist | Time | Price | ||
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| 1 | Raw Power | The Stooges | 5:11 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 2 | Head On | The Stooges | 8:00 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 3 | Search & Destroy | The Stooges | 4:49 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 4 | I Need Somebody | The Stooges | 5:58 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 5 | New Orleans | The Stooges | 5:53 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 6 | She Creatures of the Hollywood Hills | The Stooges | 9:52 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 7 | Open Up and Bleed | The Stooges | 12:55 | Album Only | View In iTunes |
| 8 | Gimme Danger | The Stooges | 6:48 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| Total: 8 Songs |
Album Review
Live at the Whiskey a Go Go was recorded in 1973 at the infamous Whiskey a Go-Go in Los Angeles and captures the Stooges at a pivotal point, just as they were about to break up. Iggy & the Stooges careen out of control as the singer taunts the audience and the band tries to keep it together. A handful of rarities, such as "Head On," are featured in addition to a selection of material drawn mainly from Raw Power, but the actual songs aren't that important — it's how the band sounds, and they do sound raw, abrasive, and frightening.
Recent Customer Reviews
Kidz just don't understand...
by Mike A.In the 70's and 80's, low quality/high-energy bootlegs were THE cool music connousieur "must have's". The Dead made their legend on allowing fans to record them, and flea-market record vendors would sell vinyl copies of bootlegged Aerosmith, Zeppelin, and Sabbath along side the commercially pressed vinyl. Thing is, The Stooges actually sounded nearly as good bootlegged as they did in the studio, because the bootlegs capture the faw, unfiltered atmosphere (and danger!) of the musical and cultural anarchy they traded in.
In today's age were everything kids listen too hand-picked by executive suits, and ends up over-produced and sterile, this recording reminds us that Rock, and Punk Rock in particular, was meant to be gritty, not pretty...5 stars, minus one b/c its not recorded "in dobly" ;-)
Because it's a BOOTLEG
by Robert1014For those who ask why the sound of this recording is so lame...it's because it's a bootleg, fer cripesakes!, recorded surreptitiously by someone in the club, most likely with a cassette recorder. This is entirely typical of the many live concert recordings one would in the 70s in underground record shops. Actually, this one isn't bad, as these things go, and the performance is compelling, and makes the recording worthwhile for Stooges fans. I just missed seeing the band on the tour which included this 1973 series of dates at the Whiskey. They came to my town (Jax, FL) as openers for the J.Geils Band, and I had not--at that time--heard them but I had heard of them. As such, I was interested in going, but the venue was 20 miles from where I lived, and I did not have a car at the time, and no one I knew was interested in going. So...I missed them! I later spoke to a friend of my brother's who had been at the show and he said they were great and really antagonized the audience into a fury!
I give this 5 stars for performance, but I'll take one star off for the less than sterling recording.
What is up with this recording?
by Kris 3000Love the songs but why the crappy sound? ( listen to a sample of raw power and you'll see)
Biography
Formed: 1967 in Ann Arbor, MI
Genre: Rock
Years Active: '60s, '70s, '00s
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- $9.99
- Genres: Rock, Music, Alternative, Arena Rock, Hard Rock, Glam Rock, Punk
- Released: 1988
- ℗ 2007 Revenge
