Iggy Pop & James Williamson KILL CITY lp original 1977 Bomp Records

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NM disk  |  NM cover     no blemish, writing, seam splits, corner bends or shelf wear.   Perfect in every way.

Any blemishes will be noted.  I'll go with disc & cover Grading like this:

NM   ~   Looks as if it just came from a store, and was opened for the first time.  Maybe played a few times if ever, no evidence of play or wear whatsoever.  COVER  -  just about perfect in every way, often still in shrink wrap, with no major ring wear, staining or easily visible flaws.  Seams and spine are just about perfect.

VG+   ~   Shows slight signs of wear, light scuffs or scratches may be present but they should not affect playback other than faint surface noise.  COVER   -  may have a minor flaw here and there, maybe very minor ring wear if any, seams & spine intact but not pristine.

VG   ~   Looks a bit used, light scratches, no gouges, still plays well, some surface noise will be heard, but will not significantly disrupt the music.  COVER  -  will have more obvious ring wear or marks/staining, seams may have cracking, or splits. 

Only listing NM, VG+ or VG disks and VG covers or better (unless the lp has social, cultural, or historic value).  Grading is visual and conservative.  All lps are original and from my personal collection.  Most have not been played since the first month of buying them, so they'll be very little wear to the lp & cover.  All disks will be clear plastic sleeve covered and mailed in a professional, cardboard mailer with additional cardboard if needed & media mailed that day.  If curious about any other lps let me know your wants, I have a few thousand here and I can't take them with me.

Kill City is a studio album by Iggy Pop & 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!.

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 for treatment of his long-standing heroin addiction.           (Wikipedia)

To say Iggy Pop had hit bottom in 1975 is an understatement; after the final collapse of the Stooges, Iggy sank deep into drug addiction and depression, and he eventually checked himself into a mental hospital in a desperate effort to get himself clean and functional again. At the same time, James Williamson, his guitarist and writing partner in the last edition of the Stooges, still believed their collaboration had some life in it, and he talked his way into Jimmy Webb's home studio to record demos in hopes of scoring a record deal. Iggy checked out of the hospital for a weekend to cut vocal tracks, and while the demos they made were quite good, no record companies were willing to take a chance on them. The tapes sat unnoticed until 1977, when Bomp! Records issued the 1975 demos under the title Kill City after Iggy launched a comeback with the David Bowie-produced The Idiot. Kill City never hits as hard as the manic roar of the Stooges' Raw Power, but the songs are very good, and the album's more measured approach suits the dark, honest tone of the material. The sense of defeat that runs through "Sell Your Love," "I Got Nothin'," and "No Sense of Crime" was doubtless a mirror of Iggy's state of mind, but he expressed his agony with blunt eloquence, and his sneering rejection of the Hollywood street scene in "Lucky Monkeys" is all the more cutting coming from a man who had lived through the worst of it. And in the title song, Iggy expressed his state of mind and sense of purpose with a fierce clarity: "If I have to die here, first I'm going to make some noise." Considering Iggy's condition in 1975, his vocals are powerful and full-bodied, as good as anything on his solo work of the 1970s. The music is more open and bluesy than on Raw Power, and while Williamson's guitar remains thick and powerful, here he's willing to make room for pianos, acoustic guitars, and saxophones, and the dynamics of the arrangements suggest a more mature approach after the claustrophobia of Raw Power. Kill City is rough, flawed, and dark, but it also takes the pain of Iggy's nightmare days and makes something affecting out of it, and considering its origins, it's a minor triumph.       (ALLMusic)