Live At Goose Lake: August 8th, 1970 (LP)
The Stooges
Amoeba Review
Released to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the performance, Live at Goose Lake: August 8th, 1970, is the rare release that rewrites history. The apocryphal tale of The Stooges performance at the Goose Lake festival has been told many times over the past five decades: bassist Dave Alexander spaces out in front of 200,000 attendees; he does not play a single note on stage. He is fired by Iggy Pop immediately following the gig and thus starts the beginning of the end of the seminal proto-punk band. But what if that wasn’t true? Found buried in the basement of a Michigan farmhouse, the 1/4” stereo two-track tape of The Stooges complete performance at Goose Lake on August 8th, 1970 has been found and you can now own it. Not only is this the last performance of the original Stooges line-up, but it is the only known soundboard recording of said line-up. Playing the entirety of their 1970 masterpiece Fun House, everything about this record is revelatory. And guess what? Alexander actually did play bass during this performance and, despite failures on some songs, he was damn solid on others.
Track Listing
Disc 1 Titles |
Artist |
Length |
---|---|---|
1.
Intro
|
The Stooges | |
2.
Loose
|
The Stooges | |
3.
Down On The Street
|
The Stooges | |
4.
T.V. Eye
|
The Stooges | |
5.
Dirt
|
The Stooges | |
6.
1970 (I Feel Alright)
|
The Stooges | |
7.
Fun House
|
The Stooges | |
8.
L.A. Blues
|
The Stooges |