A collection of demos, live recordings, etc from one of the greatest garage bands that never was.
Kicking off your scuzzed-up record with an extra-scuzzy cover is standard practice, but trying to out-scuzz a scuzz masterclass like Raw Power's a bold fuckin move, and the result's so intense you don't even notice its an instrumental. Later, a 19 second cover of Satisfaction tells you everything you need to know about that. They pull it all off, the "studio" tracks are overblown, desperate, blasted, frantic, and exciting; the live ones're even sloppier, but with a genuine sense that something terrible could happen at any moment.
A proper album wouldn't have worked anyway - this is battered to pieces, rusted and on fire, bristling with stakes, a fuck-this to the fuck-this scene, with just enough focus to keep you listening for what's next 4/5
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