TV Eye Live 1977

TV Eye Live 1977
Live album by
ReleasedMay 1978
RecordedMarch 21, 22 & 28, 1977
October 26, 1977
Genre
Length36:01
LabelRCA
ProducerIggy Pop, David Bowie
Iggy Pop chronology
Kill City
(1977)
TV Eye Live 1977
(1978)
New Values
(1979)
Singles from TV Eye Live 1977
  1. "I Got a Right"
    Released: 1978
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
Christgau's Record GuideC+
Encyclopedia of Popular Music
The Rolling Stone Album Guide
Tom Hull – on the WebB−

TV Eye Live 1977 (or simply TV Eye) is a live album by the American musician Iggy Pop originally released in 1978. Iggy took a $90,000 advance from RCA Records to finish his contract with a live album. According to AllMusic, the album was assembled from soundboard tapes. Iggy Pop doctored them in a German studio, quickly and cheaply for around $5,000. The album features recordings from concerts on March 21 & 22, 1977 at The Agora in Cleveland, Ohio; on March 28, 1977 at The Aragon in Chicago, Illinois; and on October 26, 1977 at The Uptown Theater in Kansas City, Missouri.

The album is notable for the presence of David Bowie on keyboards and background vocals for selected tracks and the rather crushing bass and drum sound; also, with the Sales brothers, the lineup prefigures in part Bowie's Tin Machine lineup.