Iggy Pop

The Bowie Years

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Record Label
UMC / Virgin

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1977 the story of Iggy Pop and David Bowies Collaboration on two of the most iconic albums of the decade is told in a new seven CD box set which features the albums remastered, a disc of out takes and Three discs of live recordings officially released (with the endorsement of Iggy Pop) for the first time.

In 1977, Iggy Pop signed with RCA Records and with the help of David Bowie the two of them wrote and produced The Idiot and Lust for Life, Iggy Pop’s two most acclaimed albums as a solo artist, the latter featuring one of Pop’s best-known songs “The Passenger”.

Among the songs David Bowie and Iggy Pop wrote together were “China Girl”, “Tonight”, and “Sister Midnight”, all of which David Bowie performed on his own albums later on (the last being recorded with different lyrics as “Red Money” on the album Lodger). David Bowie also played keyboards on Pop’s live performances, some of which are featured on the album TV Eye Live in 1978.

This set has been mastered from the best possible sources, and contains a 40-page booklet written by the Guardians Michael Hahn with contributions from the musicians who played on the records and fans who talk about the influence the albums had on them.

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: Iggy Pop’s ‘The Idiot’ and ‘Lust For Life’ are two of the most instantly recognisable albums in rock history, and with David Bowie behind the desk, it’s really no surprise. Without this collaboration, the musical landscape may be entirely different. Seminal works all round.

TRACK LISTING

DISC ONE (The Idiot)
Sister Midnight
Nightclubbing
Funtime
Baby
China Girl
Dum Dum Boys
Tiny Girls
Mass Production

DISC TWO (Lust For Life)
Lust For Life
Sixteen
Some Weird Sin
The Passenger
Tonight
Success
Turn Blue
Neighbourhood Threat
Fall In Love With Me

DISC THREE (TV Eye Live)
T.V. Eye
Funtime
Sixteen
I Got A Right
Lust For Life
Dirt
Nightclubbing
I Wanna Be Your Dog

DISC FOUR (Demo's And Rarities)
Sister Midnight - Mono Single Edit
Sister Midnight - Single Edit
China Girl - Single Edit
Dum Dum Boys - Alt Mix
Baby - Alt Mix
China Girl - Alt Mix
Tiny Girls - Alt Mix
I Got A Right - Single
Lust For Life - Edit
Interview With Iggy About Recording The Idiot

DISC FIVE (Rainbow Theatre - Finsbury Park, London 07/03/1977)
Raw Power
TV Eye
Dirt
1969
Turn Blue
Funtime
Gimme Danger
No Fun
Sister Midnight
I Need Somebody
Search And Destroy
I Wanna Be Your Dog
Tonight
Some Weird Sin
China Girl

DISC SIX (Agora Cleverland 21/03/1977)
Raw Power
TV Eye
Dirt
1969
Turn Blue
Funtime
Gimme Danger
No Fun
Sister Midnight
I Need Somebody
Search And Destroy
I Wanna Be Your Dog
China Girl

DISC SEVEN (Mantra Studios, Chicago 28/03/1977)
Raw Power
TV Eye
Dirt
Turn Blue
Funtime
Gimme Danger
No Fun
Sister Midnight
I Need Somebody
Search And Destroy
I Wanna Be Your Dog
China Girl

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