Yet another legendary piece of #ScalaHistory : Iggy & The Stooges’ Raw Power wasn’t the only record to feature a photo taken here at Scala…
“I first met Lou Reed at the Kings Cross Cinema (now Scala) in London in July of 1972. David Bowie took me backstage to greet him…
…It was the night of his first ever concert outside of the United States. He was sitting in a shadowy corner, quite alone. We exchanged a few pleasantries, he complimented David on his attire and he went onstage a couple of minutes after midnight. I had been waiting for this for a long time. My focus was total. My intent was intense. He looked like a specter. He looked beautiful. I wanted to totally absorb his visual being through my lens. To suck on his aura. To immerse myself in his art. It was like a Jungian journey into some primal hinterland. And I loved it. And of course that was the night the ‘Transformer’ image popped into my lens and embedded itself onto film, a taste of magic whose potency was instant and totally in synch with Lou’s art, and whose magic has never dimmed. The stars were clearly auspiciously aligned that night.” – Mick Rock