Iggy Pop - The Bowie Years (7 CD Boxset)

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A 7 CD box set ‘ The Bowie Years’ exploring Iggy Pop’s Berlin-era. The boxset features remastered versions of ‘The Idiot’, ‘Lust For Life’, live album ‘TV Eye’ and rare outtakes, alternate mixes and a 40 page book. ‘Lust For Life’ and ‘The Idiot’ will also be released as standalone 2CD deluxe editions with bonus live CDs. The box set and albums provide a fascinating insight into the unique creative alchemy that defined the mythical Berlin-era of post punk, and set the wheels in motion for a sound that went on to dominate the world, shaping popular culture for decades to come.

Iggy Pop’s ‘The Idiot’ and ‘Lust For Life’ remain two of the most influential albums ever made and still stand as towering behemoths in rock’s upper echelons, their sonic DNA and attitude continuing to influence and inspire new generations of artists to this day. Both albums run through the fabric of artists such as Joy Division , Queens Of The Stone Age, IDLES, Fontaines DC, R.E.M., Depeche Mode, N.I.N., Nick Cave, and an ever regenerating crop of new talent.

Alongside these two albums, included in the box is a remastered version of the live album ‘TV Eye’ recorded the 1977 tour in Cleveland, Chicago and Kansas City featuring Bowie on keyboards. There are also three discs of live recordings from March 1977 officially released for the first time - Live at The Rainbow Theatre, London, Live at The Agora, Cleveland and Live at Mantra Studio, Chicago. The set also contains a 40-page booklet with contributions from the musicians who played on the records and famous fans discussing the influence the albums have had on them.

DISC ONE (The Idiot)

1. Sister Midnight
2. Nightclubbing
3. Funtime
4. Baby
5. China Girl
6. Dum Dum Boys
7. Tiny Girls
8. Mass Production

DISC TWO (Lust For Life)

1. Lust for Life
2. Sixteen
3. Some Weird Sin
4. The Passenger
5. Tonight
6. Success
7. Turn Blue
8. Neighbourhood Threat
9. Fall in Love with Me

DISC THREE (TV Eye Live)

1. T.V. Eye
2. Funtime
3. Sixteen
4. I Got A Right
5. Lust for Life
6. Dirt
7. Nightclubbing
8. I Wanna Be Your Dog

DISC FOUR (Demo's and Rarities)

1. Sister Midnight - Mono Single Edit
2. Sister Midnight - Single Edit
3. China Girl - Single Edit
4. Dum Dum Boys - Alt Mix
5. Baby - Alt Mix
6. China Girl - Alt Mix
7. Tiny Girls - Alt Mix
8. I Got A Right - Single
9. Lust for Life - Edit
10. Interview with Iggy about Recording the Idiot

DISC FIVE (Rainbow Theatre - Finsbury Park, London 07/03/1977)

1. Raw Power
2. TV Eye
3. Dirt
4. 1969
5. Turn Blue
6. Funtime
7. Gimme Danger
8. No Fun
9. Sister Midnight
10. I Need Somebody
11. Search and Destroy
12. I Wanna Be Your Dog
13. Tonight
14. Some Weird Sin
15. China Girl

DISC SIX (Agora Cleverland 21/03/1977)

1. Raw Power
2. TV Eye
3. Dirt
4. 1969
5. Turn Blue
6. Funtime
7. Gimme Danger
8. No Fun
9. Sister Midnight
10. I Need Somebody
11. Search and Destroy
12. I Wanna Be Your Dog
13. China Girl

DISC SEVEN (Mantra Studios, Chicago 28/03/1977)

1. Raw Power
2. TV Eye
3. Dirt
4. Turn Blue
5. Funtime
6. Gimme Danger
7. No Fun
8. Sister Midnight
9. I Need Somebody
10. Search and Destroy
11. I Wanna Be Your Dog
12. China Girl