Iggy Pop releases ‘The Passenger (Live at Montreux Jazz Festival)’ through earMUSIC today.

On July 6^th, 2023 Iggy Pop returned to the Montreux Jazz Festival backed by a seven-piece band and thrilled a capacity Stravinski Auditorium crowd with a career-spanning set including tracks from his time with The Stooges, his Idiot and Lust for Life albums, New Values leading up to his recent release Every Loser.

There has never been an artist on stage quite like Iggy Pop and here he has never been better. With a band as versatile and acrobatic as the artist himself, there is everything from the glorious primitivism of Stooges-era ‘I Wanna Be Your Dog’ and ‘T.V. Eye,’ the swagger of ‘Lust for Life,’ the precise metronomic drone of ‘Nightclubbing,’ and the full-on unleashed rock fury of the recent ‘Modern Day Ripoff’ and ‘Frenzy.’

Access ‘The Passenger’ HERE

It marked Iggy’s third appearance at the festival and his monumental performance was recorded and filmed by the Montreux Jazz Festival team. The concert will be available as a Blu-ray+CD Digipak, 2 LP Gatefold, and digital download on January 24^th, 2025 worldwide via earMUSIC.

This most comprehensive live collection catches up with Iggy as he continues to win over generations of new fans and perform at the highest level his lifelong devotees have come to expect.

Pre-order ‘Live At Montreux Jazz Festival 2023′ HERE

Many artists have long careers in music by doing one thing well and doing that same thing over and over again. And then there’s IGGY POP. Like his early collaborator and co-conspirator, David Bowie, Pop evolved and morphed multiple times over the course of his incredible 50-year musical journey, from his explosive tenure fronting proto-punk icons The Stooges through his immensely innovative and influential solo career. Today, a new collection called Rare Trax attempts to paint a more complete picture of Pop beyond the well-worn images of him as the shirtless, self-mutilating punk rock messiah and offer glimpses of Pop that even longtime fans may have never seen before.

Rare Trax kicks off with outtakes from two of Pop’s most important albums, 1977’s The Idiot and 1981’s Party, which acted as a bridge between the raw punk power of The Stooges and Pop’s more experimental art-pop leanings under Bowie’s influence. Next come the rough but brilliant demos Pop cut with Sex Pistol Steve Jones, including Pop’s near-unrecognizable take on Hendrix’s psych classic “Purple Haze.” And if his collaboration with Jones wasn’t surprising enough, what follows is an even more thrilling set of tracks produced by one of power pop’s finest architects, The Cars’ Ric Ocasek. Rare Trax also includes brand new mixes of “Lust For Life,” “The Passenger” and “I Wanna Be Your Dog” that have never before appeared on any physical media. Through it all, Pop proves he is one of the most distinctive and original artists in music history, as adept at chaotic punk rock mayhem as he is with precision hook-laden gems and genre-subverting ironic art-rock excursions.

Rare Trax is released today on all formats – digital, CD and an epic 2LP vinyl set in your choice of 3 different colors. All audio has been meticulously digitally remastered to the highest possible audio quality and packaged with remarkably informative liner notes by music historian Dave Thompson and little seen photos of Pop in his heyday. Order your copy today!

• CD/Vinyl: https://cleorecs.com/store/?s=iggy+pop+rare+trax&post_type=product
• Digital: https://orcd.co/iggypop_raretrax

TRACK LIST:

1. China Girl (The Idiot Alternate Mix)
2. Dum Dum Boys (The Idiot Alternate Mix)
3. Baby (The Idiot Alternate Mix)
4. Tiny Girls (The Idiot Alternate Mix)
5. It’s My Life (Party Outtake)
6. Bang Bang (Party Alternate Mix)
7. Sea of Love (Party Alternate Mix)
8. Time Won’t Let Me (Party Alternate Mix)
9. Lust For Life (Live Mix)
10. The Passenger (Live Mix)
11. Beside You (Steve Jones Demo)
12. Cry for Love (Steve Jones Demo)
13. Purple Haze (Steve Jones Demo)
14. Warm Feeling (Steve Jones Demo)
15. Family Affair
16. Fire Engine (Ministry Mix)
17. Warrior Tribe
18. I Wanna Be Your Dog (The Brains Mix)