Kill City is a studio album by Iggy Pop and James Williamson, both ex-members of the Stooges. It was recorded as a demo in 1975 but released in altered form in November 1977 by record label Bomp!
The master tapes were lost shortly after the release of the original album and all subsequent CD releases were mastered from the original poor quality green vinyl pressing. This partly accounts for the somewhat muddy sound of the album
Kill City was originally recorded in 1975 after the disintegration of the Stooges. It was to be used as a demo to give to record labels in hopes of getting Pop a new contract. His vocals were recorded on weekends when he received permission to leave a mental hospital he was staying in at the time
The original 1975 \"demo\" mix of the album remains unheard, with the exception of three tracks which have been released on various compilations (including A Million in Prizes: The Anthology and Original Punks): \"Johanna\", \"Consolation Prizes\" and \"Kill City\". These tracks sound markedly different from those on the final version of the album, with different guitar parts and, in the case of \"Johanna\", no saxophone.
There would be no takers for the album until 1977 when, following the success of Pop's solo albums The Idiot and Lust for Life, Williamson got an advance from Bomp! to release the album, some of which was used to fund studio time to finish off the original recordings by adding overdubs and remixing
A1 Kill City
A2 Sell Your Love
A3 Beyond The Law
A4 I Got Nothin'
A5 Johanna
A6 Night Theme
B1 Night Theme (Reprise)
B2 Consolation Prizes
B3 No Sense Of Crime
B4 Lucky Monkeys
B5 Master Charge
All tracks written by Iggy Pop and James Williamson, except \"Master Charge\", by Williamson and Scott Thurston.
Iggy Pop – vocals
James Williamson – guitar
Scott \"Troy\" Thurston – keyboards, bass guitar (\"Kill City\", \"Beyond the Law\", \"Johanna\" and \"Night Theme\"), backing vocals, special effects, harmonica
Brian Glascock – drums, congas, African beaters, backing vocals, guiro
Steve Tranio – bass guitar (\"Sell Your Love\", \"I Got Nothin'\" and \"No Sense of Crime\")
Tony \"Fox\" Sales – backing vocals and bass (\"Lucky Monkeys\" and \"Master Charge\")
Hunt Sales – backing vocals and drums (\"Lucky Monkeys\" and \"Master Charge\")
John \"The Rookie\" Harden – saxophone
Gayna – background vocals on \"Night Theme\"
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