I bought this after hearing all the fanfare, and reading mixed reviews on amazon. It's obvious some people who reviewed this were letting their devotion for Iggy get in the way of giving an intelligent and realistic verdict. The CDs sound awful, to put it bluntly. On the first disc one can barely hear the guitar, and on the second it sounds like the show was recorded by a microphone that was under a wet blanket. It's interesting as a document of how out of control Iggy's shows got, but it's worth one listen, if that. It seems like Iggy has this huge mystique surrounding him that causes every piece of crap recording out there to get released. The liner notes said he wasn't even making money off this one, that's a good indication of market flooding. If listening to good punk music involves listening to garbage like this, I want nothing to do with it. This isn't the real truth or the best example of Iggy Pop live. It's just pushing garbage disguised as gold.