Heavy Liquid is a six-CD limited edition boxed set that chronicles the rehearsals and sessions for Raw Power, the third album by rock band The Stooges.[1] Spanning 1972–1974 it also contains live recordings and interviews.[2]

Heavy Liquid
Box set by
Released2005
RecordedJuly–October 1972, 1973, 1974
GenreProtopunk, punk rock
Length5:59:00
LabelEasy Action Records
The Stooges chronology
Skull Ring
(2003)
Heavy Liquid
(2005)
The Weirdness
(2007)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Link

Description

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Heavy Liquid[3] was compiled from many tapes, including a recently discovered multi-track master tape that held every note and snippet of studio dialogue from July 1972, plus another recently discovered ¼" tape from March 1973. These two particular tapes were the main reason to get this boxed set since most of the other material had been released in semi-legal releases in various countries.[citation needed]

Three and a fourth partial of the six CDs in the box set hold every note, word, and sound from the sessions. The sessions discs span from Spring of 1972 to July 1973.

Reception

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Heavy Liquid was cited as one of the Reissues of the Year for 2005 by The Wire magazine.[4]

Track listing

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Disc one: The Olympic Studio Tapes, London, July 1972
No.TitleLength
1."I Got a Right" (no guitar solo)3:37
2."I Got a Right" (take #2 false start, no guitar solo)0:39
3."I Got a Right"3:10
4."Gimme Some Skin" (instrumental)2:41
5."Gimme Some Skin"2:48
6."I Got a Right" (instrumental)3:44
7."I Got a Right" (includes guitar solo)2:49
8."I Got a Right" (retake #2 instrumental, Leslied guitar, no solo, Scotty checks drums sound)4:13
9."Louie Louie"2:55
10."I Got a Right" (too slow)1:00
11."I Got a Right" (two false starts)4:12
12."I Got a Right" (not Leslied, no solo)3:39
13."Money"2:37
14."I Got a Right" (false starts)1:25
15."I Got a Right" (different lyrics outro)2:51
16."I Got a Right" (includes solo)3:07
17."I Got a Right" (different drums, includes solo)2:54
18."I'm Sick of You" (recorded London 1972, bonus track)6:51
19."Tight Pants" (recorded London 1972, bonus track)2:08
20."Scene of the Crime" (recorded London 1972, bonus track)2:53
Disc two: Morgan Sound Studios, Ypsilanti, Michigan, March 1973
No.TitleLength
1."Raw Power" (take 1)0:27
2."Raw Power" (take 2)6:17
3."Head On Curve" (take 1)1:25
4."Head on Curve" (take 2)6:37
5."I Need Somebody / Sweet Child / I Like the Way You Walk"17:57
6."Search & Destroy"5:01
7."Can't Turn You Loose"1:25
8."I Need Somebody" (version 2)6:52
9."Head On Curve" (version 2)7:08
10."Gimme Danger"8:02
Disc three: Los Angeles & Detroit Rehearsals, Spring 1973
No.TitleLength
1."Raw Power"4:39
2."Head On"5:08
3."Wild Love"5:06
4."Till the End of the Night"6:58
5."Cock in My Pocket"3:52
6."Gimme Danger"5:55
7."Death Trip"5:44
8."Search & Destroy"3:50
9."How It Hurts (Rubber Legs)"4:17
10."Johanna"8:42
11."Open Up & Bleed"4:58
12."Born in a Trailer"7:26
13."Jesus Loves The Stooges"4:24
14."Untitled (Hey Baby)"3:34
15."She Creatures of the Hollywood Hills"4:43
Disc four: The Return to New York: CBS Studios Rehearsals, July 1973
No.TitleLength
1."Rubber Legs"5:24
2."Cock in My Pocket"3:52
3."Head On Curve"5:42
4."Johanna"4:37
5."Open Up & Bleed"4:54
6."Cry for Me / Pinpoint Eyes"6:46
7."Rubber Legs #2"5:42
Disc four: The Return to New York: Live at Max's Kansas City, 30th July 1973
No.TitleLength
8."Raw Power"4:20
9."Head On"6:00
10."Gimme Danger"7:09
11."Cock in My Pocket"4:14
12."Search & Destroy"5:20
13."I Need Somebody"5:02
14."Heavy Liquid"5:43
Disc five: Whiskey A Go Go, Los Angeles, 17th October 1973 (First Set)
No.TitleLength
1."Raw Power"5:46
2."Head On"8:29
3."Gimme Danger"8:39
4."Search & Destroy"4:53
5."I Need Somebody"5:56
6."Heavy Liquid"6:10
7."Cock In My Pocket"3:57
8."Open Up & Bleed"11:58
Disc six: 1974 E.P.: Bimbos 365 Club, San Francisco, January 1974
No.TitleLength
1."Head On"10:48
2."Wet My Bed"6:02
3."I Got Nothing"4:39
4."Open Up & Bleed"12:38
5."Dick Clark Interview"1:58

References

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  1. ^ Prato, Greg. "Heavy Liquid: Review". Allmusic. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  2. ^ Pouncey, Edwin (October 2005). "The Stooges: Heavy Liquid". The Wire (260): 63.
  3. ^ "Easy Action ..::Stooges - Heavy Liquid::". Archived from the original on 3 May 2006.
  4. ^ "Reissues A-Z". The Wire (264): 51. January 2006.
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