Both Jesus and I love the Stooges. But I've never been one of those obsessive Stooges collectors, tracking down all the post-"Raw Power"/pre-"The Darkness" pseudo-legal releases and variations on songs that were already damned perfect. Give me the Rhino expanded versions of "The Stooges" and "Fun House", both the Bowie & Iggy mixes of "Raw Power", and a copy of "Metallic K.O." and I'll be pretty satisfied.
But I'm no sucker. When I stumble across a $1 copy of anything from the Iguana Chronicles, I'll snatch that up in two seconds flat. This 1995 CD release of the two classic "Raw Power" outtakes "I Got A Right" and "Gimme Some Skin" expands both the 1977 7" and the 1991 12" on BOMP! You get a pair of instrumental versions of "I Got A Right", a live version from 1977 that was performed in Paris nine days after I was born, and a fresh take of "Gimme Some Skin". I've always felt "Gimme" was a pretty jive song, but "Right" is a total ripper, and I like getting so many versions all together.
Maybe it's all a bit superfluous, but, like I said before, I'm no sucker. I'll take it whenever I get it.
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