Iggy And The Stooges* – Raw Power

Another improv all from 1989 how many more words ahhh https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClzCsQylub0&t=343s

You know with the new mix ... It's 3 tracks on a 16 multi track tape .... I could remix that tape ,,,, Especially with 3 tracks... I read all these different things ... And my feeling is get a like Steve Wilson or someone that knows what they are doing and make it a DR 36 ... This is one of Iggy's 1996 or 1997 ego mad trips when at that point in his career it was tanking fast ... What solo albums was made at that point well forget about that crap... That tape has been baked already and can be played and remixed again correctly... What like we have to be stuck with this new mix... Bollocks ....The Bowie mix is trash the new mix is trash I heard the bass track isolated work from bass track up ... Cause I'm not sure what is on those two other tracks is it the drums I think it is so mix Ron and Rock and whatever is on that other track fit it in somewhere but don't for Christ sakes just like do all the tracks in the red .. Because you're going to end up with shit ... So what this is telling me on one track you have Iggy James and piano on one track ... I need to watch that documentary again .... You got 16 tracks was this a way to save money ... Using 3 tracks instead of say 6 bollocks ... Pro engineer paid by Sony go back in an redo that 33 minute thing and the fact it was recorded at CBS Studios that is the UK version of Columbia Studio what can go wrong it's a punk record but I know that recording is a clean punk record really clean I have bands that were recorded on a Panasonic box here wanna hear original punk on a cheap box ...... Sincerely a recording engineer who's a scientist ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAQbJkLNQSI

I have a black vinyl copy here that has the red columbia KC32111 on the cover (left upper corner) and album title in white printed on the spine. In the runout Matrix it says BL32111 on one, AL32111 on the other side. So it has many features of the first pressing. But there's only a basic white inner sleeve, no photo. Also the photos on the back of the cover, actually the entire print, looks a bit cheap. I have a feeling it might be a bootleg but I don't find any information on this one. Any ideas?

My copy also has RAW POWER in yellow on the spine

"Raw Power" was not available in multiple versions back in 1973. Quite simply, if a mix of a classic album was less than acceptable, people did not decry it, they tolerated it, for there was no possibility (or so they thought) of improving it. In recent years, the advent of revisionism has led to a veritable Sophie's Choice. No longer is deciding which version accords with the vision of the creators the only burden of a modern music consumer, there is also the added difficulty of cherry-picking an edition that will not result in earache if you listen to it through headphones. "Raw Power" is one of those pre-CD era classics now accessible in several forms, with not all of them sounding as bad as you would expect for such a poorly recorded proto-punk record. Unfortunately, with the surplus of various remasters, reissues and deluxe packages currently on the market, how do you figure out which one is conclusive? Truthfully, you have to go with what particular one you prefer, not what the consensus insists is the authoritative source, master or mix.

So the story goes that Iggy Pop, dissatisfied with David Bowie's sonic neutering of "Raw Power", attested that egregiously tamed the ferity of the original recordings. Despite being the version most people heard first, Bowie's supposedly sterile mix was promptly condemned, and in 1997, at the behest of Columbia Legacy, Iggy remixed the original tapes and the fierce, punchy "definitive" version was released, albeit with caveats: zero dynamics and lashings of distortion, compression and clipping. It must have slipped Iggy's mind that the Stooges were on the verge of disintegration when Bowie urged his management team to take a big risk and offer the band a lifeline. For all intents and purposes, he should be crediting Bowie with the actual existence of the album since it was his intervention that precipitated its materialization. Of course, the Stooges would collapse and self-destruct during the recording of the album anyway, but the manifestation of that friction and fury is vicious, pulverising and as nihilistic, wild and uncompromising as the band who made it.

It may have caused high tensions, but in terms of technique, the introduction of James Williamson as Iggy's new leading axeman amplifies and elevates every aspect of the band's gritty signature sound, taking their customary malevolence to new heights. Not only is the band on top form musically, there is an increased quantity of treble-heavy volatility and entropy arising from Williamson's primitive, gonzo guitars and the general disorder inherent in the production process. "Raw Power" punishes and attacks from all sides, with the band faltering and driving monstrously to such an extent that even the less savage, slightly more accessible original mix is malicious in its urgency and attitude. If there are any bum notes, then they are all part of the primal murk, crude viscera and spirit of punk, and in order to hear Iggy's throaty grunts in all their glory, you will find them to be most pronounced in the 1997 remix, though if you want to prevent hearing loss, opt for the recent vinyl edition, which contains both mixes in remastered form.

"Raw Power" is appropriately metallic, fuzzy, swaggering and unruly, capturing the garage rockers at the peak of their powers, be it establishing punk on "Search and Destroy," "Gimme Danger" and "Your Pretty Face Is Going To Hell" or retaining elements of noise rock on "Penetration" and the eponymous track. Iggy Pop institutes the gloomy, unhinged raspy-voiced role that he would later refine on his solo outings, with his and Williamson's lyrics being particularly charged. Even in the apparently weak standard rendition, the "Raw Power" sessions were fittingly titled, taking the underlined bleakness and menace of old and enriching it with a gutsier approach and improved writing and performance. If you're looking for an electrifying exemplar of punk in its formative state, then this is it, the one that started it all.

Rating: 4.5/5 (applies to both mixes)

I have a copy with runout reading:
Side 1: P AL 32111-2A T 10F (the 'T' is etched and '10F' is at the 3 o'clock position)
Side 2: P BL 32111-2A T 7C (the 'T' is etched and '7C' is at the 3 o'clock position)

I've looked at every Columbia release here and can't find a reference. Google has nothing either. Any comments?

Why is the Iggy mix on this listing? Do not pay good money for this LP if you are expecting to receive what you hear in the videos.. There is a reason why Iggy remixed this album and placed a Bowie free sticker on the CD reissue.

My copy has the sticker on cover and the same matrix, but seems to be the Terre Haute pressing as it has the T instead of P in dead wax. Anybody has the same?

is this the only way to get the full bowie mix on lp? did they change the mix on the 76 USA reissues? i have a UK reissue from 76 that features the version of search and destroy with the heavy reverb and prefer the original mix over it.

Two variant hype stickers for first press also..blue and a dark purplish