A Love Letter to The Greatest Band in Rock n Roll History

A Love Letter to The Greatest Band in Rock n Roll History

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Celebrated filmmaker Jim Jarmusch says Gimme Danger — his critically acclaimed documentary about The Stooges — is more an “essay” than a document. “It’s our love letter to possibly the greatest band in rock ’n’ roll history...” Named an Official Selection to the New York, Toronto and Cannes film festivals, Gimme Danger presents the band’s story and explores its influences and impact, complete with some never-before-seen footage and photographs. Take a look at the trailer:

 

Available on digital services on January 13, Rhino Records release the blistering soundtrack Gimme Danger: Music From The Motion Picture, but CD buyers will need to be a little more patient, with the CD available on February 24 and on LP on April 7. Slightly truncated, the LP version features Stooges songs and has a selection of tracks previously only available on CD and digital formats, including the vinyl debut of the outtake "Lost In The Future".

The digital and CD versions include 14 songs that focus on the group’s first three studio albums – The Stooges, Fun House, and Iggy and The Stooges’ Raw Power — and feature band members Iggy Pop, Ron and Scott Asheton, Dave Alexander, and James Williamson.

Both Jarmusch and Pop helped select songs for the soundtrack, which mixes indelible studio recordings ("I Wanna Be Your Dog", "1969" and "Loose") with rare studio outtakes ("I Got A Right", "I'm Sick Of You" and "Asthma Attack")

Fellow Detroit natives MC5 make an appearance on the collection as well with "Ramblin’ Rose" from the group’s 1969 debut, Kick Out The Jams. The oldest songs on the collection pre-date The Stooges and spotlight Pop with his previous bands, the Iguanas ("Again And Again") and Prime Movers Blues Band ("I’m A Man").

Emerging from Ann Arbor, Michigan amidst a countercultural revolution, The Stooges’ powerful and aggressive style of rock ‘n’ roll blew a crater in the musical landscape of the late 1960s. Jarmusch says: “No other band in rock ‘n’ roll history has rivalled The Stooges’ combination of heavy primal throb, spiked psychedelia, blues-a-billy grind…There is no precedent for The Stooges, while those inspired by them are now legion.”

GIMME DANGER: MUSIC FROM THE MOTION PICTURE CD TRACKLISTING

  1. Gimme Danger (Bowie Mix) – Iggy & The Stooges
  2. No Fun – The Stooges
  3. I Wanna Be Your Dog – The Stooges
  4. 1969 – The Stooges
  5. Little Doll – The Stooges
  6. Down On The Street – The Stooges
  7. Loose – The Stooges
  8. I Got A Right – Iggy & The Stooges (Outtake)
  9. I’m Sick Of You – Iggy & The Stooges (Outtake)
  10. Ramblin’ Rose – MC5
  11. Again And Again – The Iguanas
  12. I’m A Man – Prime Movers Blues Band
  13. Lost In The Future – The Stooges (Outtake)
  14. Asthma Attack – The Stooges (Outtake)

LP TRACK LISTING
Side One

  1. Gimme Danger (Bowie Mix) – Iggy & The Stooges
  2. I Wanna Be Your Dog – The Stooges
  3. Loose – The Stooges
  4. No Fun – The Stooges
  5. Asthma Attack – The Stooges

Side Two

  1. I Got A Right – Iggy & The Stooges
  2. Down On The Street – The Stooges
  3. Lost In The Future – The Stooges
  4. I’m Sick Of You – Iggy & The Stooges
  5. 1969 – The Stooges

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