Iggy Pop Manchester Apollo 25th September 1977

 

The return of Iggy Pop to these shores in September 1977 was an eagerly awaited event. On his earlier visit in the year (March) promoting 'The Idiot' he had his mate David Bowie backing him up from the wings on keyboards which was something of a spectacle. At that time the punk was known to the few in the 'in-crowds in the UK's largest towns and cities, people were only just in the process of ripping up their school blazers, but by September the new music was firmly established and Iggy was welcomed back as the 'Godfather of Punk'.

This time around he was promoting the 'Lust For Life' album supported by The Adverts. 

Sounds (13th August 1977)

Sounds (20th August 1977)

Bowie was replaced on this tour by sometime Stooge, Scott Thurston.

Footage from this appearance at Manchester's Apollo was really my first introduction to Iggy Pop, not back in '77, but when material from Granada's 'So It Goes' was repeated to mark the 10th anniversary of punk. 'Oh look, there's a man with a horses tail on stage'... business as usual for Iggy Pop!

'Lust For Life'/Interview/'The Passenger'

So It Goes, Granada TV September 1977

Here is the full audio of that landmark gig. From 101Guitars. Cheers!

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The gig itself was reviewed in the 1st October issue of Record Mirror.

Record Mirror (1st October 1977)

This review was written by Steve Morris. I was initially wondering whether the writer was Stephen Morris from Joy Division/New Order, who did some freelance work for Record Mirror back in the '70's. However, digging a bit deeper online, I stumbled across a 'Morrissey in the Press' web site and it would appear that this review was penned by him.

Iggy Pop Markthalle Hamburg 26th May 1979

 

Still on a Matlock theme, Glen was recruited into Iggy's touring band that took his album 'New Values' all over Europe. Matlock was in good musical company with Iggy's select band of minstrels for this tour that included Klaus Kruger ex-Tangerine Dream (drums), Scott Thurston ex-Stooges (lead guitar) and Jackie Clark, who had formerly played with Ike and Tina Turner (rhythm guitar). The cover art above shows Iggy, Matlock and Brian James who was drafted in at the last minute for a US tour when Glen's former Rich Kid compadre, Steve New, pulled out.

I'm not sure whether this is a full Iggy set or not, but the quality is quite good. Thanks to the original Dime uploader.

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Artwork: https://we.tl/t-9TLB3XFIoY

Anarchy In Manchester DVD

Still coming down from our recent long weekend in Manchester and the magnificence of the Southern Cemetery, and following on from my Joy Division cemetery trail, I have one more Manchester related post to make for now.

This post also acknowledges the sad demise of the punktorrents site, a source of some great audio and visual unofficial material. 

It was now 38 years ago that ITV (I think it was) put together a TV programme to mark the 10th anniversary of punk. In the summer of 1986 I was 17 and very receptive to this music, some of which I was familiar with, some of which I was hearing for the first time. Certainly I had heard of all of the bands as a lot of them were still active in 1986 and still enjoying a degree of popularity (Siouxsie & The Banshees, The Stranglers  and Elvis Costello), other bands such as The Jam has called it a day within the last few years. The Clash whilst split were still very active individually (Joe Strummer was playing as were Big Audio Dynamite and Havana 3AM). What was new to me was some of the footage.

The footage that featured in this new anniversary compilation drew together live footage and interview clips from the Granada TV arts and entertainment magazine show, 'So It Goes' that ran for two series between July 1976 and December 1977. As such it spanned the full lifetime of the first wave of British punk. The music part of the programming was presented by Tony Wilson, who used his influence at the station to get the 'new music' on to television and into young people's homes, whether the parents liked it or not. The Granada cameras couldn't have been better placed to capture the energy and exuberance of that first wave, warts and all (or should that be gob and all).

The programme that I saw (and subsequent rehashes) featured some of my favourite punk footage of all time, The Clash performing 'What's My Name' under a monsoon of phegm (always one of my favourite Clash songs), Buzzcocks with 'What Do I Get? ('Don't gob at me!') and of course the first TV exposure for the Pistols with a blistering studio rendition of 'Anarchy'.

In the intervening years since 1986, the footage has appeared in various forms, both officially and unofficially. An official VHS video entitled 'Punk' was released in 1992 featured The Stranglers performing 'Something Better Change' and 'No More Heroes' at the Hope & Anchor, as well as alternative tracks from Siouxsie and The Jam for example.

The two disc version included here was obtained from Punktorrents and has been brilliantly authoured with menus by Bandit999. The set features all six episodes that formed the 'Anarchy In Manchester' series. This series was newly compiled with narration from John Cooper Clarke and broadcast in 2014 on Sky Arts.

It cannot be considered to be the definitive collection because quite a few additional performances appear on different DVD/VHS variants, but it is pretty damn good and the quality is excellent. 

The big surprise here, given that it is all about Manchester and 'So It Goes' was Tony Wilson's baby is that the compilers of this latest collection omitted to include the Joy Division appearance on the show where they performed 'Shadowplay'.

See what you think.

Disc 1 image: https://we.tl/t-yyR5LMFbsq

Artwork: https://we.tl/t-sHb0QguhC4

Disc 2 image:https://we.tl/t-eSUFy0VpZl

Artwork: https://we.tl/t-P2qCHTrIu8

So It Goes (1977)

Rebroadcast On Sky Arts (2014)

Episode One

John Cooper Clarke Intro

Sex Pistols – Anarchy In The Uk

John Cooper Clarke – Majorca

Buzzcocks – What Do I Get?

Malcolm Mclaren – Interview

Penetration – Don’t Dictate

The Jam – Slow Down

Episode Two

John Cooper Clarke Intro

The Stranglers – Something Better Change

John Cooper Clarke – You’ll Never See A Nipple In The Daily Express

Nick Lowe – Shake An Pop

The Clash – Capital Radio

The Clash – Janie Jones

Ian Dury – A Bus Driver’s Prayer

Elvis Costello – Lip Service

Episode Three

John Cooper Clarke Intro

Elvis Costello & The Attractions – I Don’t Want To Go To Chelsea

Magazine – Motorcade

Siouxsie & The Banshees – Make Up To Break Up

Mink Deville – Little Girl

Magazine – Shot By Both Sides

Episode Four

John Cooper Clarke Intro

The Pirates – I Can Tell

Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers – Interview

Tom Robinson Band – 2-4-6-8 Motorway

Iggy Pop- Interview

Iggy Pop – The Passenger

Iggy Pop – Lust For Life

Episode Five

John Cooper Clarke Intro

Elvis Costello & The Attractions – No Dancing

Poly Styrene – Interview

The Jam – In The City

The Jam – All Around The World

Elvis Costello & The Attractions – Watching The Detectives

Tom Robinson Band – Glad To Be Gay

Episode Six

John Cooper Clarke Intro

Steel Pulse – Macka Splaff

Xtc – Neon Shuffle

Muddy Waters – The Blues Had A Baby

The Clash – What’s My Name

The Clash - Garageland

'No More Heroes' And 'Golden Brown' 'TopPop' Dutch TV

I cannot recall where I picked this up. It is a very short video compilation of six songs and one interview that appeared on 'TopPop', The Netherlands version of our own 'Top Of The Pops'.

No More Heroes - The Stranglers

Golden Brown - The Stranglers

Denis - Blondie

Heart of Glass - Blondie

Embarrassment - Madness

Lust For Life - Iggy Pop

Interview - Iggy Pop

I upload it here mainly for the 'Golden Brown' footage. The footage of 'Heroes' is also available elsewhere on this site.

ISO Disc Image: https://we.tl/t-mMJQrrzKcp

When Gaye Got To Play With Iggy

Gate Advert makes her feelings known for Iggy (1977)

If there is one thing of which Gaye Advert cannot be accused it is of hiding her love of Iggy and the Stooges. Over two night's (30th September and 1st October 1977) MAM promoters fixed it for the young lady to appear on the same stage as her hero when the Adverts were billed as support for the 'Godfather of Punk' over two nights at the Rainbow Theatre in London. In a career that, I think it is fair to say, never hit the heights that it should of, both Gaye and TV view this occasion as one of the highlights for their band. So much so in fact that TV wrote about it years later in his 'Punk Rock Poem'.

'Punk Rock Poem' by TV Smith

It was strange being in a punk rock band

People gobbed on us, then shook us by the hand

We played every toilet in this green and slimy land

First of all for fifteen quid, then - later on - a grand!

Thirty days of madness touring with the Damned

Turning up to soundcheck to find out we'd been banned

Driving back to London in the mini-van

Didn't get to the U.S.A. as planned

And, looking back, we didn't change the music scene a lot

But we did have one hit single, and supported Iggy Pop

And sometimes people tell me that the Adverts changed their lives

And that's nice

It was great being in a punk rock band.

10 From '87 (10) Iggy Pop Werchter Festival Belgium 5th July 1987

Like his mate David Bowie, the mid to late '80's did not represent a real high in Iggy's career. Like so many bands and musicians coming out of a rawer rock/punk background I think the (over) production tendency prevalent at this point in the decade was a challenge, especially in the studio. However, this set sounds good, with a good representation of Stooges material in there too!

Iggy Pop performing at the Werchter Festival, Turnhout, Belgium

5th July 1987

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01. 1970
02. Winners And Losers
03. Five Foot One
04. Real Wild Child (Wild One)
05. The Passenger
06. Blah, Blah, Blah
07. Search And Destroy
08. I Wanna Be Your Dog
09. No Fun
10. Raw Power
11. Sweet Sixteen