JAMES WILLIAMSON "Re-Licked" LP

Sometime in about 1974, stumbling through the streets of LA in a chemical and psychotic fog, Iggy Pop decided he needed psychiatric treatment. A couple of years before, Pop had teamed up with former juvenile delinquent and fellow rock’n’roll reprobate James Williamson to revive the Stooges moniker and record the flawed, but brilliant Raw Power; within 18 months, Pop was a shell, his life a chaotic mess of narcotics and sexual decadence.Save for the perverse excitement of Metallic KO – the violent live album that signalled the end of the Stooges – much of this period of the Stooges’ existence has been limited to the hazy memories of Pop and his fans and the scratchy recordings of the odd bootleg recording. Now Pop has unofficially retired from performance, and Williamson – the one-time junkie who evolved into corporate high-flyer – has teamed up with a host of guest vocalists to bring many of the Stooges’ lost classics to life.To hear these songs is to get a glimpse into