https://fugazi.bandcamp.com/album/albin ... rs-charity

Way livelier than I remember any bootlegs sounding. Vocals not great in places, wonder is what they never felt really comfortable with.

Ah man can’t wait to hear a proper version of this, and for all the album’s songs. I think Steve was still in his ‘one take vocals are fine’ stage which probably didn’t sit well with the band on repeated listens, but instrumentally and sonically there’s no reason why it shouldn’t slap.

guitars sound incredible.

vocals are definitely a problem at times.

Was Steve in that phase during The Stooges reunion record?

akosinski wrote: Fri Mar 06, 2026 11:14 am guitars sound incredible.

vocals are definitely a problem at times.

Guy sounds a bit strained on a few places for sure.

I'm glad we got the version that was released, but I'm really glad we've finally got a proper sounding version of this one too.

Bought - FWIW this is making rounds on all kinds of reddit subs, so I really hope this helps the charity.

Instrument and Good Cop sound phenomenal. The rest I’m with popular opinion. Great music but the vocals can sound underdeveloped.

Honestly I’m over the moon with this release. It’s in my top 5 and has been since it was released. Hearing this “relic” brought me some genuine joy.

This is an absolute joy. So happy this is out there, and so so so happy that everything is going to Letters.

Krev wrote: Fri Mar 06, 2026 11:18 am Was Steve in that phase during The Stooges reunion record?

No but there was a zero percent chance he was gonna "produce" Iggy

I think the main issue is that Fugazi had an established "sound" on record, in no small part defined by Don/Ted/Inner Ear
And when you deviate from your known palette, it's just not going to hit you the same way

We would make Silkworm demos and marvel over how they'd be...pretty close! but not there yet
Because Steve was a defining element for us
And I bet Don/Ted were defining elements for them, which this experience would help solidify
I'm guessing, but that would make sense to me
We only recorded (1) LP with anyone but steve after '92, and we mixed that record with Steve

Compared to the Inner Ear stuff, this has:
Less vocal (which is worse--vocs v important for them)
Very "full range" guitar which sounds awesome, but is thicker than usual and is mixed loud (both obscure the vocals)
Flubbery bass, which can get in the way of the kick and the tom resonance

Joe had a pretty scooped sound, which I can say from experience is notably different in a room than it is close-miked
The recording doesn't really get the highs out of it, so you just get woof pretty much
The way Steve did stuff in '92, he probably wasn't thinking about the mids on the bass too intently
And mids are where the action is when you're recording bass, particularly clean bass

Steve could always do gnarly sounding bass, but recording a cleaner bass sound sort of eluded him for a bit.
He figured it out in '93, in my experience, and by '94 it had become a real strength of his.
Everything we did from Libertine on, the bass sounds incredible to me, lotta diff sounds too.

Anyway, all in all, sounds awesome. I'm so glad they put it out

Honestly I think the official Killtaker was the first time their sound clicked on record (even though hearing it now it sounds thin compared to post millennium recordings). Hearing those Albini session drums must’ve blown their minds after Steady Diet, which sounded pretty dead.