Newly minted Hall of Fame members, The Stooges, will mark the occasion by re-releasing their box set Raw Power. If you already bought Raw Power, you will want to BUY IT AGAIN. Iggy and The Stooges will have two versions of the box set, a Legacy version and a Deluxe version. Let me break it down for you.

RAW POWER: LEGACY EDITION by IGGY AND THE STOOGES

Disc One: RAW POWER (recorded September-October 1972, originally issued February 1973, as Columbia 32111)  Selections: 1. Search And Destroy • 2. Gimme Danger • 3. Your Pretty Face Is Going To Hell • 4. Penetration • 5. Raw Power • 6. I Need Somebody • 7. Shake Appeal • 8. Death Trip. 

Disc Two: “Georgia Peaches” (Live At Richards, Atlanta, Georgia, October 1973, all tracks previously unreleased)  Selections: 1. Introduction • 2. Raw Power • 3. Head On • 4. Gimme Danger • 5. Search And Destroy • 6. I Need Somebody • 7. Heavy Liquid • 8. Cock In My Pocket • 9. Open Up And Bleed • Bonus tracks: 10. Doojiman (previously unreleased outtake from Raw Power sessions, 1972) • 11. Head On (previously unreleased CBS Studio rehearsal performance, New York City, 1973).

CD Booklet: includes personal introductions written by survivors Iggy Pop, Scott Asheton, and James Williamson.

Ok, that isn't too bad, but you don't get much more than you got with the Raw Power box set as it was. Why would I buy that version? Well maybe if you were laid off for jerking off at work. You probably don't have the money required to INVEST in the Deluxe edition. So, the Legacy version may be for you.

RAW POWER: DELUXE EDITION by IGGY AND THE STOOGES

Disc One: RAW POWER (recorded September-October 1972, originally issued February 1973, as Columbia 32111)  Selections: 1. Search And Destroy • 2. Gimme Danger • 3. Your Pretty Face Is Going To Hell • 4. Penetration • 5. Raw Power • 6. I Need Somebody • 7. Shake Appeal • 8. Death Trip. 

Disc Two: “Georgia Peaches” (Live At Richards, Atlanta, Georgia, October 1973, all tracks previously unreleased)  Selections: 1. Introduction • 2. Raw Power • 3. Head On • 4. Gimme Danger • 5. Search And Destroy • 6. I Need Somebody • 7. Heavy Liquid • 8. Cock In My Pocket • 9. Open Up And Bleed • Bonus tracks: 10. Doojiman (previously unreleased outtake from Raw Power sessions, 1972) • 11. Head On (previously unreleased CBS Studio rehearsal performance, New York City, 1973).

Disc Three: Rarities, Outtakes, & Alternates from the Raw Power Era Selections: 1. I’m Hungry (outtake from Raw Power sessions) • 2. I Got A Right (outtake from an early aborted Raw Power session) • 3. I’m Sick Of You (outtake from an early aborted Raw Power session) • 4. Hey, Peter (out­take from Raw Power sessions) • 5. Shake Appeal (alternate mix version from recently discovered alternate mix reels, “The Embassy Reels”) • 6. Death Trip (alternate mix version from recently discovered alternate mix reels, “The Embassy Reels”) • 7. Gimme Danger (alternate mix from the 1996 Iggy “violent” remixes) • 8. Your Pretty Face Is Going To Hell (alternate mix from the 1996 Iggy “violent” remixes).  (All tracks previously unreleased except tracks 3, 7, and 8.)

Disc Four: DVD – The Making Of Raw Power, produced and directed by Morgan Neville (featuring interviews with Iggy Pop, James Williamson, Scott Asheton, Mike Watt, Johnny Marr, and Henry Rollins; plus performance footage from James Williamson’s first reunion concert with Iggy and the Stooges, at Festival Planeta Terra, São Paulo, Brazil, November 2009).

Bonus Japanese 7-inch 45 rpm single reproduction: Side One – Raw Power b/w Side Two – Search And Destroy.

Either one you go with you are guaranteed hours of quality music from one of punk rock's innovative bands. But if I were spending your money, I would go with the Deluxe edition. If I was the marketing guy for this box set, I would have called the Deluxe box set the Legacy box set. But I haven't had a lobotomy yet, which is a prerequisite for marketing people. Deluxe edition shown below. You can pre-order the box sets through The Stooges website.