Stooges live footage, more complete list?

Joined : 04 Sep 2008 Posts : 49 Location : Sweden

I think this is a later version of the footage list I posted yesterday. I'm digging up things from my old computer. Per Nilsen

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The Stooges film/video footage
Updated 27 May 2003

There is precious little Stooges footage in circulation. The total duration of the footage listed here is barely 25 minutes. More material undoubtedly exists but it remains uncirculated. For example, it is known that the Stooges’ Chicago Pop Festival appearance at the Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, on 29 December 1969 was filmed by a team of underground Chicago filmmakers.

Much of the footage listed below has been included in documentaries on Iggy, the major ones being Lust For Life (Dutch TV, 1986), La Rage du Vivre (French TV, 1999), Dancing In The Streets (BBC, 1999), and Behind The Music (VH1, 1999). However, most of the December 31st 1973 footage has never been shown.

July 1969: “Delta Pops Festival”: University Center, Community College, Delta
• 4:09 mins.
• Colour picture
• Dubbed sound (not the Stooges)
Shot by Leni Sinclair, this footage is made up of three different sequences from the concert. One sequence shows Iggy onstage, wearing brown leather trousers and a shirt. He dives onto the microphone stand. Another scene is of Iggy going out into the audience to lift up a girl. The next scene finds Iggy getting back onstage and waving goodbye to the audience. Ron Asheton is playing a Gibson Flying V guitar.

Unknown 1969 concert (1)
• 1:55 mins.
• Black and white picture
• Dubbed sound
This shows Iggy in a white t-shirt. At one point, he sits down at the edge of the stage. Another clip is of him jumping into the crowd. The sound is dubbed but it’s questionable whether it is the Stooges.

Unknown 1969 concert (2)
• 1:29 mins.
• Black and white picture
• Dubbed sound (“No Fun” from album)
This appears to be from mid-1969. It shows Iggy dancing wildly, arms in the air. At another point, he assumes a crouching position, covering his face with his hands. The film also has close-up footage of Dave Alexander and his bass guitar as well as some shots of Scott Asheton behind his drums. The source is a 1969 US TV report on rock music, Panorama, broadcast on 20 November 1969.

Circa March 1970: Saginaw
• 0:24 mins.
• Colour picture
• Silent
This shows Iggy with silver gloves and blue jeans. He is dancing amongst the crowd and does a microphone stage dive. Two excerpts were included in VH1’s Behind The Music on Iggy and the Stooges. Five seconds appear early in the show as the announcer says, “His music is loud, his in-your-face attitude is rebellious….” Then later a longer 19-second clip is shown as Scott Asheton says, “He covered his face with baby oil, took hands full of glitter and threw it into his face,” and “I Got A Right” begins.

13 June 1970: “Cincinnati Summer Pop Festival”: Crosley Field, Cincinnati
• 4:33 mins.
• Colour picture
• Live sound: “1970”/“TV Eye”
This, the most well-known live footage of the Stooges, shows Iggy’s famous walk amongst the crowd at the Cincinnati Summer Pop Festival.

8 August 1970: “Goose Lake International Music Festival”: Goose Lake Park, Jackson
• 2:19 mins.
• Colour picture
• Live sound: “1970”
The footage, which is marked “For preview only,” starts with Iggy bouncing off the floor after doing a back-bend. He dances across the stage before he starts to sing. The footage starts from the beginning of “1970.” The live sound is rather tinny and thin.

Unknown 1973 concert
• 0:11 mins.
• Colour picture
• Silent
This is very brief footage of the Raw Power-era Stooges. Most likely, it is from the Detroit “comeback” show at the Ford Auditorium, 27 March 1973.

31 December 1973: Academy of Music, New York
• 9:00 mins.
• Colour picture
• Silent
This footage was shot by Ivan Kral from the seventh row, using a super 8mm camera. The footage is excellent, close and steady, focusing on Iggy but also with some shots of James Williamson. At one point, Iggy is in the crowd, very close to Kral. Short excerpts have been included in some documentaries on Iggy (and Kral), but the footage has never been shown in its entirety.

Joined : 20 Jan 2008 Posts : 430 Location : London

I've only seen the Ivan Kral footage as B/W and wrongly listed as from 72.

When I recently sent an email to Ivan's website asking where I could find his footage ie. what documentaries it had been shown in, I got this reply:

"Hello Rupert,

Thanks for your inquiry regarding vintage Iggy footage. We're
currently going through several boxes discovering additional unseen footage of Iggy, along with more hidden "punk" gems. Please let me know specifics and intended usage. Then, we'll go on a search mission to get your needs filled quickly.

Ivan said to say hello, and he appreciates your interest.

Cindy"