The Stooges - Fun House / 45RPM 2LP Mobile Fidelity

“Do you feel it?” asks Iggy Pop in “Dirt.” The answer is obvious to anyone who comes into contact with “Fun House” by The Stooges – an album where unbridled emotions and wild exuberance take center stage,

and raw energy pushes to the forefront. The electrifying chaos on the Detroit band’s second studio album, originally released in July 1970 on Elektra Records, is almost impossible to put into words. Robert Christgau,

the legendary journalist for the Village Voice, even admitted that “language was not made for” conveying what many critics and artists consider the ultimate rock ’n’ roll statement. Even more than 50 years after Iggy Pop

and company let loose, “Fun House” still leaves its listeners in awe. Voted number 94 on Rolling Stone’s list of the greatest albums of all time, described by Jack White as “the best rock ’n’ roll album ever made,” and celebrated

by renowned critics like Lester Bangs and Ben Edmonds as well as musicians like Henry Rollins and Steve Albini, “Fun House” just feels good!

From start to finish, the “live-in-the-room” qualities so characteristic of “Fun House” and Don Gallucci’s highly acclaimed production are palpable: the relentless groove, the sheer force of the rhythms, the unbridled volume, Pop’s

fiery vocals, the hard-hitting, seething bass…  The rawness and grit produced by the four guys and saxophonist Steven Mackay are designed to transport you to another dimension – with captivating presence, physicality, and power.

Intense, cohesive, and aggressive, “Fun House” differs in several ways from the Stooges’ groundbreaking debut and even surpasses it: First of all, the quartet developed nearly all the songs over the course of several months. So this time,

they weren’t under pressure to write additional material. Equally important was that they met Gallucci. The Stooges’ instinctive trust in Gallucci paid off, as the producer immediately set out to capture their unique live atmosphere. He defied

convention and removed all curtains, carpets, and other sound-absorbing furnishings from Elektra Sound Recorders – the studio located just a short walk from the group’s temporary lodging at the Tropicana Motel. He also had Pop sing, grunt,

scream, and bark live through a handheld microphone routed through two Marshall amplifiers, which served as his personal PA system. Sound engineer Brian Ross-Myring was the final piece of the puzzle for a recording that would go down in

history. Gallucci and Ross-Myring had another brilliant idea when they planned to have the Stooges record one song in the studio each day, in an order that would correspond to the sequence on the record. First, they invited the band to run through

the songs – essentially a preparation day during which levels, baffles, and positions were adjusted. Then they got to work and achieved their goal of recording one song a day, with the band providing Gallucci with about 15 to 25 takes to choose from

for the official version. According to reports, apart from two guitar overdubs, every note on “Fun House” was recorded exactly as you hear it today.

MFSL now presents “Fun House” for the first time in audiophile reference quality! Mastered from the original tapes at MoFi Studios in California and pressed by Fidelity Record Pressing, this numbered double LP (180 grams, 45 RPM) is housed in a

luxurious gatefold sleeve by Stoughton Printing and offers the best sound quality the album has ever received on vinyl. This collectible reissue sets new standards in terms of spatiality, transparency, and dynamics. No previous version sparkles with

as much energy, immediacy, and power as this MoFi reissue!

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Title

LP 1
Side A
1.    Down On The Street
2.    Loose

Side B
1.    T.V. Eye
2.    Dirt

LP 2
Side C
1.    1970

Side D
1.    Fun House
2.    L.A. Blues