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Complete Funhouse Sessions  (Audio CD) 
by Stooges

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Seven CD boxset. Over several days during the month of May 1970, The Stooges went into Elektra Sounds Recorders in Los Angeles to cut what would be their second, and ultimately final, album for the label. The idea was to capture, as close as possible, the sound of a Stooges concert on vinyl disc. To that end each track was recorded live in the studio again and again over many days; in the end, seven tracks were edited out of these session reels and rearranged and assembled to make up the original 1970 album. What you have known for almost 30 years as a 36-minute long proto-Punk masterpiece is now presented in its complete seven hour and 52 minute recording session entirety. Every take from every Fun House session, in order, exactly as The Stooges recorded them -- all the music, mayhem, false starts, inside jokes, and equipment hum. Everything on this seven CD set has been remastered from scratch from the original multi-tracks.

Product Details:
Audio CD Release Date: December 20, 2011
Studio: ROHF
Number Of Discs: 7
Average Customer Rating: based on 5 reviews
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Average Customer Review: 4.5 ( 5 customer reviews )
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8 of 9 found the following review helpful:

5Also Avalible On iTunesApr 17, 2009
By A. Woodley "A Stooge"
A lot has been said about this box set by other reviewers and all of it is true. It is a lot of the same songs over and over with little varitation at times. I mean come on, you take one great album and make it into a seven CD box set and it will have some repetition. That being said if your a die hard Stooges fan than this really is a must have. If you're like me and you've tried to buy this numerous times and failed. I tried bidding on e-bay and was always out bid no matter how high I went. The prices on amazon are pretty steep as well. I did the next best thing possible and download the box set from itunes. There are some drawbacks, like you don't get any cases, artwork, or actual CDs. Those anciliaries are part of the draw to a box set like this and I get that but I really wanted to hear the music. I am still looking to get an actual box set but until than the downloads will due. It is also important to note that the downloads weren't cheap either. They ran around one hundred dollars or so. It's easy to feel buyer's remorse with a price tag like that but just sit back and enjoy the songs because The Stooges are worth it.

5 of 5 found the following review helpful:

5Indispensable...with reservationsMay 02, 2010
By R. Cook
I passed on buying the original Rhino release of the boxed set, thinking to myself, "Will I really play this thing more than once?" and answering myself, "No." Later, I regretted my pointless thriftiness. When I saw this was available on iTunes, I bought it without hesitation. Let me say: this was a hardworking band who knew what they were doing and they did it exceedingly well. Each track is a gem, and the playing is disciplined and on point throughout. Put simply, these guys were a killer band and they killed with each version of these songs. That said, it does become wearing to listen take after take of the same song one after the other. The best way to enjoy THE COMPLETE FUNHOUSE SESSIONS is to play it in random shuffle mode in iTunes, so one does not have to listen to "Loose", for example, a dozen times in a row. Another thing one can do, although I haven't tried it yet, is to sequence together multiple versions of the album--taking alternative tracks of the album's 7 songs and putting together different takes of the album as a whole. Believe me, any version one would create in this manner would go neck and neck with the final version of the album as a powerful musical experience.

6 of 7 found the following review helpful:

5Some Fun in a Studio HouseSep 28, 2008
By Bicycle Day
This is a definitive example on how to let the music do the talking.

Limited to a release of 3000 copies, the 7-CD boxed set is the complete - and remastered - May 1970 sessions which produced the album that has elevated to classic stature. Clocking in at nearly eight hours, there are 142 tracks - 109 music, 33 studio dialogue - with 133 previously unreleased. If the wealth of material is not enough, there are a number of photographs and a mini-poster.

Before The Stooges imploded due to any number of issues, there was a band that seriously tackled its music and was clearing a path for what became the punk rock movement. This is a definitive audio "look" into those creative powers.

1 of 1 found the following review helpful:

5Unnumbered edition Back in PrintFeb 04, 2011
By OBIE "the Archivist"
Thanks to Rhino Handmade for finally rereleasing this great collection on CDs again. It is an exact replica of the original box set, now speculativly priced, and the only thing it's missing is the number on the CD single cover.

This is not for everyone and even fans would have a hard time sitting through it in order. That being said, this is the Stooges playing live in a studio, without the audience. The best way to listen to this is on shuffle mode or maybe as 5 alternate versions of the original album.

I would also suggest combining the comments and false starts with the next full version of the track to get the full impact of the subtle differences between versions.

If you ever wondered what the Stooges sounded like live and tried those audience sourced bootlegs, this is the real deal and worth the investment.

2 of 6 found the following review helpful:

2Fun House MirrorAug 23, 2009
By Robert Carlberg
Holy Crap, 142 outtakes from the Fun House sessions, and the download costs almost $100? Hey I love that album as much as anybody but one of the reasons I like it so much is that Don Galluci pushed the band to do multiple takes until everything was just right. I'm pretty sure hearing all of the false starts and failed takes would not add to my overall appreciation... Although I may sample a few of them just to get a feel for the studio mood.

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