Attention all Iggy Pop fans. His first post-Stooges album, 1977's Kill City has been slated for reissue on October 18 and the man himself couldn't be more nonplussed.
Never a particularly shrewd self-promoter, Iggy was recently quoted in Rolling Stone saying "Kill City to me was a very good minor work." Then, as if suddenly remembering it was about to be available for sale again in a remastered form, he added "It was an important work. It was my indie record." So much for the hard sell.
Well, even if Iggy isn't overly excited about his rip-snortin' James Williamson collabo – recorded in 1975 and released by Bomp! two years later – there's loads of young Stooges converts eager for more Iggy-style raw power. It's only fitting that Bomp! is the first to make available via mail order (www.bompstore.com email: mailorder@bomprecords.com) the newly remixed and remastered Kill City in all it's green vinyl glory. And as a bonus, the first 100 orders in both LP and CD formats will receive a poster to boot.
Here's the scoop from Bomp!...
We wont be shipping copies of this one for months, but
they have arrived in our warehouse and we're making them available for
mail order immediately. INCLUDES FREE POSTER WITH FIRST 100 ORDERS.
RESTORED, RE-MIXED & REMASTERED edition, approved for the first time by
both Iggy Pop and James Williamson. GREEN VINYL LTD. EDITION of 1,000 with
INNER SLEEVE - INCLUDES FREE POSTER WITH FIRST 100 ORDERS. DIGIPAK EDITION
with 24 PAGE BOOKLET featuring rare/unpublished photos.
Kill City is Iggy Pop and James Williamson’s often overlooked, yet
ultimately essential album. Originally recorded in 1975 and later released
by Bomp! in '77, critics have long lauded the songs and performances but
have also regarded the overall sound as “sludgy.”
The sound quality of Kill City was compromised from the get-go, as it
originally suffered from a bad pressing (on the infamous green vinyl), and
over the years the quality of the record itself managed to get even worse.
When the original distributor went out of business, the 2-track album
production masters vanished and every subsequent pressing of the album -
on record, cassette and CD - used a copy of that deficient green vinyl as
its master.
Now 33 years later, here is the long overdue restored, re-mixed and
remastered version of this historically important record. Producer James
Williamson remixed the album with engineer Ed Cherney at Capitol Records
in Hollywood, and as the guitarist states, "He just made this record
sound, well, like it should have sounded all along. It has finally reached
its full potential."
they have arrived in our warehouse and we're making them available for
mail order immediately. INCLUDES FREE POSTER WITH FIRST 100 ORDERS.
RESTORED, RE-MIXED & REMASTERED edition, approved for the first time by
both Iggy Pop and James Williamson. GREEN VINYL LTD. EDITION of 1,000 with
INNER SLEEVE - INCLUDES FREE POSTER WITH FIRST 100 ORDERS. DIGIPAK EDITION
with 24 PAGE BOOKLET featuring rare/unpublished photos.
Kill City is Iggy Pop and James Williamson’s often overlooked, yet
ultimately essential album. Originally recorded in 1975 and later released
by Bomp! in '77, critics have long lauded the songs and performances but
have also regarded the overall sound as “sludgy.”
The sound quality of Kill City was compromised from the get-go, as it
originally suffered from a bad pressing (on the infamous green vinyl), and
over the years the quality of the record itself managed to get even worse.
When the original distributor went out of business, the 2-track album
production masters vanished and every subsequent pressing of the album -
on record, cassette and CD - used a copy of that deficient green vinyl as
its master.
Now 33 years later, here is the long overdue restored, re-mixed and
remastered version of this historically important record. Producer James
Williamson remixed the album with engineer Ed Cherney at Capitol Records
in Hollywood, and as the guitarist states, "He just made this record
sound, well, like it should have sounded all along. It has finally reached
its full potential."
"I like what this album has to say.
It is rather high concept, and the music is well thought out.
It adheres to no particular genre.
A lot of people have borrowed its ideas.
It's one of the very first independent LPs I know of.
I hope you like it."
IGGY POP
"Kill City was by all measures a desperate effort, a singularly honest and
heartfelt performance, a genuine progression of our song writing, and
another in a long line of flops that were later resurrected and heralded
as masterpieces.
By the time it was released as a record, both Iggy and I were off doing
other things with our lives, but with this re-release we are not only
reunited in our musical endeavors but in our appreciation of this album,
its remix, and its importance to us as artists."
"Kill City was by all measures a desperate effort, a singularly honest and
heartfelt performance, a genuine progression of our song writing, and
another in a long line of flops that were later resurrected and heralded
as masterpieces.
By the time it was released as a record, both Iggy and I were off doing
other things with our lives, but with this re-release we are not only
reunited in our musical endeavors but in our appreciation of this album,
its remix, and its importance to us as artists."
JAMES WILLIAMSON
Kill City reissue promo clip
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