You Don't Want My Name... You Want My Action
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| You Don't Want My Name... You Want My Action | |
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| Released | September 30, 2009 |
| Recorded | May–April 1971 |
| Genre | Hard rock Protopunk Punk rock |
| Label | Easy Action |
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| AllMusic |   [1] |
You Don't Want My Name... You Want My Action is a live compilation album by rock band The Stooges. Released as a 4-CD box-set by British reissue label Easy Action, it documents the time period in between Fun House and Raw Power, when the group was a five-piece outfit including a young James Williamson.
After being dropped by Elektra Records, the band was self-managed and still touring. Much of the year 1971 for the band is undocumented, considering the luxury of booking a studio was lost. There were four known audience recordings including performances at the Electric Circus in New York City, The Factory in St. Louis, and the Vanity Ballroom in Detroit. All recording contains the same 6-song set that they ran through every time they went on stage. Most members of the band were addicted to heroin, and most of the money that they earned they paid for drugs with it. By the end of the year, the Stooges broke up into obscurity until their revival in 1972 when the remaining Stooges recorded Raw Power.
