SHE CREATURES OF THE HOLLYWOOD HILLS
Two other songs from rehearsals close the Open Up and Bleed! CD. “She Creatures of the Hollywood Hills” was laid down in Detroit and is the only known rehearsal version of the song. A second rehearsal of “Rubber Legs” is also given and has never been previously released.
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One tape that was found in the James Williamson box is from the only known show by the Stooges in San Francisco (at Bimbo’s in January 1974). The liner notes by Frank Meyer say that there are only four songs on the tape, with “Open up and Bleed” being incomplete, so the other three songs – “Wet My Bed”, “I Got Nothing” and “Head On” – are included here, with the versions of the last two songs never being previously released. The California Bleeding album closes with three songs from the September 15th show at the Whisky, “She Creatures of the Hollywood Hills” and “Heavy Liquid” / “New Orleans” (the Gary U.S. Bonds classic) – the first concert performances of these songs ever.
(December 2017)
