Iggy & The Stooges ‘Raw Power – 50th Anniversary Legacy Edition’ Out Today

Iggy & The Stooges ‘Raw Power – 50th Anniversary Legacy Edition’ Out Today

Columbia Records & Legacy Recordings Celebrate 50th Anniversary of Iggy & The Stooges – Raw Power with New 50th Anniversary Legacy Edition Hitting DSPs Today (Friday, February 3)

The 50th Anniversary of Raw Power Premieres 2023 High-Resolution Audio Remasters of Original David Bowie 1973 Album Mix & Iggy Pop’s 1997 CD Reissue Mix

New 50th Anniversary Legacy Edition Includes First Digital Release of 9-Song Rare Power Collection of Outtakes, Alternate Mixes and Rehearsal Recordings from Raw Power Sessions

Immersive Dolby Atmos Mix of “Search and Destroy” on DSPs Today – “Sounds like you’re standing on stage with the Stooges, being a part of things. Beautiful,” said Iggy Pop.

Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, will release Iggy & The Stooges – Raw Power – 50th Anniversary Legacy Edition to all DSPs today. Please visit HERE.

The digital-exclusive Raw Power – 50th Anniversary Legacy Edition supplants and contains the previous online Legacy Edition–which includes the original 1973 Bowie Mix and Georgia Peaches, a raucous 60 minute live Stooges performance at the Atlanta rock club Richards in October 1973.

The Columbia/Legacy 50th Anniversary edition of Raw Power premieres 2023 remasters of David Bowie’s 1973 album mix and Iggy Pop’s 1997 CD reissue mix alongside the first digital release of Rare Power, a collection of nine outtakes, alternate versions and songs-in-rehearsal from the Raw Power sessions. The Rare Power collection was released in a numbered limited edition 12″ vinyl pressing for Record Store Day Black Friday 2018 (and included in the Raw Power Deluxe Edition in 2010).

Rare Power includes seven tracks available on DSPs for the first time: “I’m Hungry” (outtake from Raw Power sessions), “I Got a Right” (outtake from early abandoned Raw Power session), “I’m Sick of You” (outtake from early abandoned Raw Power session), “Hey, Peter” (outtake from Raw Power sessions), “Shake Appeal” (Alternate Iggy Mix), “Gimme Danger” (Josh Mobley Remix) and “Death Trip” (Alternate Iggy Mix). Two more Stooges rarities close out the collection: “Doojiman” (outtake from Raw Power sessions) and “Head On” (rehearsal performance).

“Look out honey, ’cause I’m using technology!” Iggy declaims on “Search and Destroy,” the revolutionary opening track on Raw Power and in keeping with the spirit of the Stooges proto-punk manifesto, a Dolby Atmos mix of “Search and Destroy” (overseen by musician and record producer Matt Sweeney) will be delivered to DSPs today.

Raw Power was recorded at CBS Studios in London, produced by Iggy Pop, in September-October 1972 and later mixed in Hollywood by David Bowie. Columbia Records released Raw Power, featuring the Bowie mix, on February 7, 1973. In 1996, Legacy Recordings invited Iggy Pop to personally remix Raw Power for a CD reissue. “Everything’s still in the red, it’s a very violent mix,” said Iggy at the time. “The proof’s in the pudding.” Both Iggy’s and Bowie’s mixes have been remastered in high-resolution audio from the original source tapes by six-time Grammy Award winning engineer Mark Wilder to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Raw Power.

The third studio album by the groundbreaking American band the Stooges (credited as Iggy and the Stooges), Raw Power is one of the cornerstones in the hard rock/punk pantheon, an abiding presence in rock music and culture embodied in eight songs penned by Iggy Pop and then-new Stooges guitarist James Williamson. Though not an immediate success, Raw Power has, as The Guardian (March 11, 2010) observed, “….been acknowledged as one of the most influential records in rock history.”

The Stooges who recorded Raw Power were: Iggy Pop (lead vocals, celesta on “Penetration,” piano on “Gimme Danger” and “Raw Power,” tambourine on “Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell” and “Raw Power,” backing vocals on “Raw Power”); James Williamson (guitar, back vocals on “Penetration”), Ron Asheton (bass guitar, backing vocals on “Penetration” and “Raw Power”) and Scott Asheton (drums). The Stooges’ 1973 live at Richards performances on Georgia Peaches feature Scott Thurston on piano.

Iggy & The Stooges – Raw Power (50th Anniversary Legacy Edition) – track listing

David Bowie Mix

Search and Destroy
Gimme Danger
Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell
Penetration
Raw Power
I Need Somebody
Shake Appeal
Death Trip

Iggy Pop Mix

Search and Destroy
Gimme Danger
Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell
Penetration
Raw Power
I Need Somebody
Shake Appeal
Death Trip

Georgia Peaches (Live at Richards, Atlanta, Georgia, October 1973)

Introduction
Raw Power
Head On
Gimme Danger
Search and Destroy
I Need Somebody
Heavy Liquid
Cock In My Pocket
Open Up and Bleed

Rare Power

I’m Hungry                   Outtake from Raw Power Sessions

I Got a Right                 Outtake from early abandoned Raw Power Session

I’m Sick of You             Outtake from early abandoned Raw Power Session

Hey, Peter                     Outtake from Raw Power Sessions

Shake Appeal                Alternate Iggy Mix

Gimme Danger             Josh Mobley Remix

Death Trip                    Alternate Iggy Mix

Doojiman                     Outtake from Raw Power Sessions

Head On                       Rehearsal Performance