Stooges Funhouse Vocal Sound

[portersage]

Hey y’all,
One of my favorite records of all time is Funhouse by The Stooges, and particularly how Iggy Pop’s vocal tracks sound. I know they were recorded live with a handheld dynamic, going into a PA system which was then mic’d up. Something about the raw blown out lofi main vocal with the lush hifi reverb (and occasionally a quick slapback) behind it just hits all the right notes for me.

I’m working on a record right now that I think this sound would be perfect for, but so far everything I’ve tried hasn’t turned out quite right. Im just curious how any of you would try and recreate that specific sound if you had to.
Looking forward to hearing your thoughts!

Stooges - 1970

 

[Papanate]

First you need to get Iggy Pops voice - second it doesn matter what you use - SM58 Microphone to a Sound Techniques A Range mixing console at Elektra Sound Recorders - it’s a good console and produced a good sound - Doors -Dan Fogelberg - Jackson Brown amonng many recorded on it too - but it isn’t a particularly hard sound to capture = but Pops vocal style and tone are.

 

[portersage]

First you need to get Iggy Pops voice - second it doesn matter what you use - SM58 Microphone to a Sound Techniques A Range mixing console at Elektra Sound Recorders - it’s a good console and produced a good sound - Doors -Dan Fogelberg - Jackson Brown amonng many recorded on it too - but it isn’t a particularly hard sound to capture = but Pops vocal style and tone are.

Good answer!
Yeah of course iggys voice is the most important characteristic of what I’m asking. I have not done much reading about the sound technics console, thanks for mentioning that.
It is interesting listening to some of the outtakes from the funhouse session, the vocal tracks are markedly less “saturated” sounding and have a much more hyped HF register than the mixed final take. Lacks the ‘verb as well.
Do you know if they were using plate or chamber reverb at Elektra? I’m admittedly not super well read about that studio.

 

[Papanate]

Good answer!
Yeah of course iggys voice is the most important characteristic of what I’m asking. I have not done much reading about the sound technics console, thanks for mentioning that.
It is interesting listening to some of the outtakes from the funhouse session, the vocal tracks are markedly less “saturated” sounding and have a much more hyped HF register than the mixed final take. Lacks the ‘verb as well.
Do you know if they were using plate or chamber reverb at Elektra? I’m admittedly not super well read about that studio.

I’m pretty sure they had a EMT 140 plate reverb - they ‘dirtied up’ the vocal in the mix - I have no idea what they did though.