Iggy And The Stooges "Rare Power" (2018 Record Store Day Black Friday release)
On Record Store Day Black Friday in 2018, Columbia/Legacy issued a vinyl LP titled Rare Power , containing nine rare tracks related to Iggy And The Stooges’ 1973 pre-punk classic Raw Power . Five of the tracks were outtakes from that album’s sessions; two tracks were alternate Iggy Pop mixes of album tracks, and one track was recorded during a 1973 rehearsal. Those eight tracks were previously included on a Limited Deluxe Edition of Raw Power which was only available through the Iggy And The Stooges website in 2010. The other track on Rare Power is a previously unreleased remix of “Gimme Danger” by TV/film/app music composer Josh Mobley. The LP was limited to 3,000 copies. Rare Power will not disappoint fans of Raw Power , as it contains a generous helping of the same garage-based hard rock that pre-figured the punk rock ethos. The outtakes offer more of the primitive pre-punk nihilism found on Raw Power . “I’m Hungry”, “I Got A Right”, and “Hey, Peter” possess the type of dumb,