Iggy Pop - Soldier (Vinyl)

Personnel: Iggy Pop (vocals); Glen Matlock, Barry Andrews, Ivan Kral, Steve New, Klaus Kruger.Producers: Pat Moran, Thom Panunzio.Reissue producers: Rob Santos.Recorded at Rockfield Studios, Wales, England in 1980. Includes liner notes by Paul Trynka.Digitally remastered by Elliott Federman (SAJE Sound, New York, New York).In 1980, every punk rocker in Christendom cited Iggy Pop as a key influence, and Soldier was the album where he started asking for some payback. Original Sex Pistols bassist Glen Matlock, Rich Kids' guitarist Steve New, Ivan Kral of the Patti Smith Group, and former XTC keyboardist Barry Andrews all signed on to back Iggy on Soldier, but the result was hardly the full-frontal rock assault one might have hoped for. Reportedly, conflicts between producers James Williamson and David Bowie led to both of them walking out on the project, and Iggy is said to have gotten along so poorly with Steve New that he stripped most of New's lead guitar from the mix (which would expl