In fact, it’s the closest they come to sounding like a “normal” rock band. Hey Peter is another loose jam, a riff and some off the cuff banter suffice as lyrics, it’s unlike anything else they recorded at this period. I’m Hungry is an early version of Penetration, different lyrics, it’s obvious the song has yet to jell, but the Stooges hammer out the riff for nearly four minutes as Iggy improvises over it. Doojiman is a wordless jam, Iggy making jungle noises while James Williamson and Scott Asheton jam on simple riff. Now what about those outtakes on disc three? None of them sound like finished tunes.
He’d end up a year or so later, homeless, wandering the streets of Hollywood, strung out and near total collapse before checking himself into a mental hospital, the first step in an amazing story of survival and eventually triumph. Keep in mind this post- Raw Power tour was the begining of Iggy’s season in hell. There’s plenty of Iggy’s bizarre between song patter, some of it confrontational, but the audience this time is on Iggy’s side, unlike the other (sort of) official released live album Metallic K.O. If you’re a fan you’ve heard these tunes on various bootlegs. The set list from ’73 was four tunes from Raw Power- Raw Power, Gimme Danger, Search & Destroy, and I Need Somebody, along with newer tunes– Head On, Heavy Liquid, Cock In My Pocket, and Open Up and Bleed.
It’s the best sounding live document of the (pre-reformation) Stooges I’ve heard and captures them on a white hot night. One live CD recorded at Richard’s in Atlanta, the fall of ’73. The belch before the song Raw Power which was edited out of the first CD version has been restored. One CD of the Bowie mix of Raw Power, re-mastered, it sounds as good as it’s going to sound.
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