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The Stooges - 1970: The Complete Fun House Sessions (1970)

Track listing:
CD1
  1. Fun House (Tape Glitch Fragment) 0:21
  2. Studio Dialogue 0:39
  3. 1970 (Incomplete) 1:50
  4. Studio Dialogue 0:19
  5. 1970 Take 1 7:03
  6. 1970 Take 2 3:07
  7. Studio Dialogue 0:30
  8. 1970 Take 3 7:34
  9. 1970 Take 4 6:01
  10. Studio Dialogue 0:14
  11. Loose (Demo) 1:13
  12. Studio Dialogue 0:06
  13. 1970 Take 5 5:47
  14. Loose Take 1 (False Start) 1:36
  15. Loose Take 2 3:41
  16. Down On The Street Take 1 2:05
  17. Studio Dialogue 0:11
  18. Loose Take 3 3:45
  19. Studio Dialogue 0:34
  20. See That Cat (T.V. Eye) 5:15
  21. Studio Dialogue 0:11
  22. 1970 Take 6 6:26
  23. Fun House Take 1 10:03
  24. Studio Dialogue 0:08
  25. Lost In The Future (False Start 1) 0:27
  26. Studio Dialogue 0:08
  27. Lost In The Future (False Start 2) 1:10
CD2
  1. Lost In The Future Take 1 5:41
  2. Studio Dialogue 0:11
  3. Lost In The Future Take 3 4:35
  4. Studio Dialogue 0:14
  5. Loose Take 1 3:38
  6. Studio Dialogue 0:19
  7. 1970 Take 1 6:17
  8. Loose Take 2 3:40
  9. Loose Take 3 (False Start) 0:25
  10. Studio Dialogue 0:32
  11. Loose Take 4 3:38
  12. Studio Dialogue 0:13
  13. Loose Take 5 3:38
  14. Studio Dialogue 0:07
  15. Loose Take 6 3:42
  16. Loose (Take 7) (False Start) 1:10
  17. Loose (Take 9) 3:40
  18. Loose (Take 11) 3:41
  19. Loose (Take 12) 3:41
  20. Loose (Take 13) 3:47
  21. Loose (Take 14) 3:41
  22. Loose (Take 15) 3:41
  23. Slide (Slidin' The Blues) 4:35
  24. Studio Dialogue 0:12
  25. Loose (Take 16) 3:43
  26. Loose (Take 17) 0:27
  27. Loose (Take 18) 1:00
  28. Loose (Take 19) 3:37
CD3
  1. Loose Take 20 3:41
  2. Studio Dialogue 0:20
  3. Loose Take 21 (False Start) 3:14
  4. Studio Dialogue 0:43
  5. Loose Take 22 3:40
  6. Studio Dialogue 0:13
  7. Loose Take 23 3:41
  8. Loose Take 24 3:43
  9. Loose Take 25 (False Start) 3:13
  10. Loose Take 26 (False Start) 1:59
  11. Studio Dialogue 0:13
  12. Loose Take 27 3:37
  13. Loose Take 28 3:36
  14. Down On The Street Take 1 3:57
  15. Down On The Street Take 2 4:11
  16. Down On The Street Take 3 4:07
  17. Down On The Street Take 4 4:14
  18. Studio Dialogue 0:07
  19. Down On The Street Take 5 4:14
  20. Studio Dialogue 0:18
  21. Down On The Street Take 6 4:26
  22. Down On The Street Take 8 4:15
  23. Down On The Street Take 10 4:24
  24. Studio Dialogue 0:26
  25. Down On The Street Take 13 4:00
CD4
  1. Studio Dialogue 0:16
  2. T.V. Eye Take 9 4:17
  3. T.V. Eye Take 10 (False Start) 0:11
  4. T.V. Eye Take 11 4:16
  5. The Stooges-104-T.V. Eye Take 12-The Complete Fun House Sessions Cd4
  6. T.V. Eye Take 13 4:17
  7. T.V. Eye Take 14 4:44
  8. Studio Dialogue 0:17
  9. 1970 Take 1 5:27
  10. Studio Dialogue 0:12
  11. 1970 Take 2 5:19
  12. Studio Dialogue 0:09
  13. 1970 Take 3 5:09
  14. T.V. Eye Take 1 5:21
  15. T.V. Eye Take 2 (False Start) 4:28
  16. Slide (Slidin' The Blues) 1:00
  17. T.V. Eye Take 3 5:28
  18. T.V. Eye Take 4 (False Start) 0:33
  19. T.V. Eye Take 5 5:54
  20. T.V. Eye Take 6 5:43
  21. Studio Dialogue 0:25
  22. T.V. Eye Take 7 5:21
  23. T.V. Eye Take 8 5:20
CD5
  1. 1970 (Take 4) 5:44
  2. Studio Dialogue 0:23
  3. 1970 (Take 5) 5:24
  4. 1970 (Take 6) (False Start) 1:00
  5. 1970 (Take 7) 5:46
  6. 1970 (Take 8) 5:17
  7. Fun House (Take 1) (False Start) 3:09
  8. Fun House (Take 2) 9:15
  9. Fun House (Take 3) 11:19
  10. Studio Dialogue 0:41
  11. Fun House (Take 4) 8:24
  12. Fun House (Take 5) 7:45
  13. Studio Dialogue 0:38
  14. Dirt (Take 1) 7:30
  15. Dirt (Take 2) 7:04
  16. Dirt Take 3 7:02
CD6
  1. Studio Dialogue 0:29
  2. Dirt Take 4 7:07
  3. Dirt Take 5 6:39
  4. Dirt Take 6 6:39
  5. Dirt Take 7 (False Start) 0:44
  6. Dirt Take 8 6:50
  7. Dirt Take 9 6:57
  8. Dirt Take 10 7:09
  9. Dirt Take 11 0:07
  10. Dirt Take 12 7:03

Notes

While fans of the Stooges are by their nature a hardy breed, this set is the ultimate litmus test to separate casual admirers from the truly obsessed: 1970: The Complete Fun House Sessions is a six-CD set that contains every single sound the Stooges committed to tape while making the album Fun House. False starts, mikes going haywire, bad jokes, Iggy Pop imitating a wrestler, Ron Asheton and Scott Asheton trying to play "Wipeout" — it's all here, along with 30 (count 'em!) takes of "Loose" spread out over seven and three-quarter hours. While this is admittedly tough going for any but the most devoted Stooges fan, it's more a matter of bulk than a question of quality. The performances are remarkably consistent throughout, and while the multiple takes of each song get to be a bit much after a while, the songs do indeed grow and shift as they go along; the Stooges seem to have taken the approach that they knew how these songs would start and finish, but what happened in the middle was up for grabs. And it's obvious that the band knew what they wanted for this album; there are only two unreleased songs on deck, neither of which they spent much time on, and the between song patter is kept to a minimum. For a band that's often regarded as sloppy and incoherent, 1970: The Complete Fun House Sessions indicates that the Stooges were a lot more focused and methodical in the studio than anyone might have imagined; this set is fun and fascinating for those strong enough to wade through it.