Saturday, November 1, 2014

Iggy Pop - Huxley's Neue Welt, Berlin, Germany, 01-26-1991 (FM)

Iggy Pop
Huxley's Neue Welt
Berlin, Germany
January 26, 1991
Soundboard Recording

Flac & MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Included

01 Raw Power
02 Five Foot One
03 Dirt / Loose
04 Lust For Life
05 China Girl
06 I Got A Right
07 Butt Town
08 Real Wild Child (Wild One)
09 My Baby Wants To Rock 'n' Roll
10 Neon Forest
11 Home
12 Brick By Brick
13 1969
14 Candy
15 I Wanna Be Your Dog
16 No Fun
17 Search And Destroy

Iggy Pop - vocals, guitar
Larry Mullins - drums
Whitey Kirst - guitar
Craig Pike - bass

This is a great gig from the Motor City's Original Punk, Iggy Pop. Growing up in Detroit at the time I did you almost couldn't help being a fan of Motown, Bob Seger, Ted Nugent and Iggy Pop. I had an aunt (my favorite aunt by the way) who hung out at The Grande Ballroom when The Grande was the spot to be. She made sure I had a good introduction to music. When I was pretty young she bought me my first copy of The Woodstock Soundtrack (which is what I attribute my wide music taste to). She also bought me The MC5 Kick Out The Jams, and The Stooges debut album. I've been a fan of both since I was about 10. So I had to include some Iggy in my tribute to Motor City Music. Iggy Pop and Lou Reed are both mentioned almost in the same breath when it comes to influence on what would be called Punk Rock. Both were doing it when no one had a name for what they were doing. In the early days of both, they were so against the grain that they were deep into their respective careers before that recognition was finally given. Both, it seemed, were kept in Cult Favorite status for way too long. Thanks to loyal fans, who became musicians themselves, who talked about that influence, the masses were brought to what Iggy & Lou had to offer. I miss the days of seeing Iggy in a small place like The Center Stage, but love the fact that when he comes through now he packs a place like Pine Knob!


Friday, October 31, 2014

Bob Seger - Lookin' Back: The Box (studio & SBD)

Bob Seger
Lookin' Back: The Box
3 CD Compilation
Various Dates & Locations
Studio & Soundboard Recordings
Flac & MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Included

CD1
01 American Storm (take 1)
02 American Storm (unknown take)
03 Blue Monday (take 6)
04 Blue Monday (take 7)
05 Blue Monday (take 8)
06 Blue Monday (take 9)
07 Blue Monday (take 11)
08 Blue Monday (take 12)
09 The Fat Man (take 7)
10 Reckless Heart
11 The Ring (alternate version w/ extra verse)
12 Roll Me Away (short instrumental)
13 Sometimes (instrumental)
14 The Ring (extended instrumental version)
15 The Ring (instrumental)
16 Blue Monday (take 13)
17 C'est La Vie (instrumental)
18 Elevator Button (short Instrumental)
19 The Fat Man (take 8)
20 The Fat Man (unknown take)
21 The Fat Man (take 9)
22 Hey Hey Hey Hey
23 House Behind a House (short instrumental)
24 Real at the Time (Solo acoustic)

CD2
01 Air Force ROTC radio spot 1971
02 Sometimes (instrumental)
03 Understanding (rehearsal)
04 Understanding (unknown take 2)
05 Understanding (unknown take 3)
06 Wildfire (instrumental)
07 Wildfire (take 1)
08 Wildfire (take 2)
09 Wildfire (take 1) [diff. source]
10 The Lonely One (Solo acoustic)
05 See Me in the Morning (live)
12 Don't Burn Down the Bridge (live)
13 Still Water
14 I Am Woman, You Are Man
16 All Your Love (live) [incomplete]

CD3
01 Fat Man in the Bathtub (live)
02 Dark Eyes (solo)
03 Hey Hey Hey Hey
04 Reckless Heart
05 The Fat Man
06 The Ring (Alternate version w/ extra verse)
07 The Long Way Home (alternate take)
08 Wildfire
09 Yesterday Rules
10 Can't Hit the Corners No More (edited version)
11 A Man Broken (solo)
12 Carfax Abbey
13 The Ring (instrumental)

This is a great collection of outtakes from the long career of the Motor City's Favorite Son Bob Seger. Bob Seger released his first single "Ballad Of The Yellow Beret" b/w "It's Florida Time" as the vocalist for local Detroit band Doug Brown & The Omens in 1966. The song was a parody of Sgt. Barry Sadler's hit "Ballad Of The Green Beret" and a slam against draft dodgers. Bob went solo soon after and released "East Side Story" b/w "East Side Sound" with his own group Bob Seger & The Last Heard. Under The Last Heard moniker Bob would release 4 more singles. When the band was picked up by Capitol Records they changed the name to The Bob Seger System. The Bob Seger System released 3 albums Ramblin' Gamblin' Man, Noah, and Mongrel before Bob went solo in 1971 with the "Lookin' Back" single. After that Bob released the Brand New Morning album. Brand New Morning featured Bob singing and playing either piano or acoustic guitar. The album is long out of print and Bob actually insists it never be re-released. Seek it out  it is a fantastic listen. Bob Seger's career took of when he released the Beautiful Loser album. From there a string of hit albums would follow and the world learned what Detroit knew for a long time....Bob Seger could really rock!

I have included a special bonus CD of really rare singles which makes this a very highly recomended collection for Seger fans. That makes a total of 4 CDs in this download, which means it is a very large file set. I have divided the flac into 4 parts and the mp3 in 2 parts. All parts unzip separately.