TV Eye Live 1977
1978 live album by Iggy Pop / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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TV Eye Live 1977 (or TV Eye) is a live album by the American musician Iggy Pop originally released in 1978. Iggy took a $90,000 advance from RCA Records to finish his contract with a live album. According to AllMusic, the album was assembled from soundboard tapes. Iggy Pop doctored them in a German studio, quickly and cheaply for around $5,000. The album features recordings from concerts on March 21 & 22, 1977 at The Agora in Cleveland, Ohio; on March 28, 1977 at The Aragon in Chicago, Illinois; and on October 26, 1977 at The Uptown Theater in Kansas City, Missouri.
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TV Eye Live 1977 | ||||
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Live album by | ||||
Released | May 1978 | |||
Recorded | March 21, 22 & 28, 1977 October 26, 1977 | |||
Genre | Hard rock, punk rock | |||
Length | 36:01 | |||
Label | RCA | |||
Producer | Iggy Pop, David Bowie | |||
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Singles from TV Eye Live 1977 | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
Christgau's Record Guide | C+[2] |
Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [3] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [4] |
Tom Hull – on the Web | B−[5] |
The album is notable for the presence of David Bowie on keyboards and background vocals for selected tracks and the rather crushing bass and drum sound; also, with the Sales brothers, the lineup prefigures in part Bowie's Tin Machine lineup.