Alice Cooper

I've always liked Alice Cooper in passing. I've heard the hits and liked them on the radio, etc. I also like watching interviews with him...he seems so down to earth and matter of fact. But I've never delved head-first into his album...until now.

Over the last couple months, I've acquired Goes To Hell, Killer and Love It To Death...

We shall see what happens over time, but now seeing as these albums are all "new to me", I really dig them...there's just an undeniable presence that oozes cool about them. His lyrics are fantastic and the music pretty much rocks.

I love those early to mid 70's Alice Cooper recordings, that's the real meat of his catalog in my opinion. My favorite album is probably a toss up between either Love It To Death or Welcome To My Nightmare.

Hey The S,

I have these Alice CDs for trade (they were doubles in my collection), if you have anything to give......

Alice Cooper Goes to Hell
Constrictor
Billion Dollar Babies
Classicks
Trash
Raise Your Fist and Yell
Zipper Catches Skin

I'm afraid I don't have anything good...

Pink Cream 69 - Electified (w/ bonus tracks)
Journey - Arrival
Skyliner - s/t EP
Aeon Zen - A Mind's Portrait (full-color slipcase promo)
The Wounded Kings - Visions Over Atlantic (full-color slipcase promo)

I might be able to come up with some more...I'll check tonight or tomorrow night...

S, I have a huge fan of Alice since I was 13, great stuff and I would recommend:

From the Inside
DA DA
Love it to Death
Killer
Billion Dollar Babies

Thanks Manny!

Anybody else but me like Pretties For You & Easy Action?

Of course. Those two albums are weird classics.

Akeldama wrote:

Anybody else but me like Pretties For You & Easy Action?

A buddy of mine in high school had these on vynil...I remember thinking it was weird to see Alice (Vince) w/ blonde hair...

Special Forces is another must have IMO. Still my 2nd favorite all these years later.

'Special Forces' is also one of my fav Cooper platters

manny wrote:

'Special Forces' is also one of my fav Cooper platters

I really think that record was a stroke of geinus, whether he remembers it or not. He successfully combined both styles he had been playing with, pretty damn awesome.

DeathCult wrote:

manny wrote:

'Special Forces' is also one of my fav Cooper platters

I really think that record was a stroke of geinus, whether he remembers it or not. He successfully combined both styles he had been playing with, pretty damn awesome.

And guitar player on the disc is formerly of Iron Butterfly fame Mike Pinera, love every song on the disc, also discovered the band Love, due to his cover of 'Seven and Seven Is'

DeathCult wrote:

Special Forces is another must have IMO. Still my 2nd favorite all these years later.

I recently acquired 'Special Forces-The Acetate Mixes' which sounds more raw than the original release. Good schtuff, Maynard.

I also like Lace & Whiskey a lot.

I used to hate 'Lace and Whiskey' and it is still not one of my favorite Cooper albums. It has some great tunes such as the title track, 'It's Hot Tonight' "Road Rats' all great songs but most of the album IMO is filled with too much filler material, not something Alice did not do too often.

The Sharpest Pain is a pretty good song, the Another Brick in the Wall Pt. 2 has some poor sound quality, but I guess that's to be expected from a live cut, sounds like someone recorded it on there cell phone? That's cool that Alice does a cover of this song, it would have been cool to here him do something lesser known by Floyd but rocks all the same. I wonder if Alice has ever covered any Dio stuff? I know Dio covered Welcome to my Nightmare, it would be interesting to here ol' Alice cover a Dio tune. Must look into this now.......

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbe ... mID=155285

ALICE COOPER: Old-School Box Set Due In June - Mar. 14, 2011

Due in June, the original Alice Cooper group box set comes in a commemorative 12-inch square "school desk" box and includes:

** Four CDs from the years 1964-1974:

- Disc 1: Demos, rarities, live, and advertisements
- Disc 2: Demos from "Muscle Of Love", a pre-production of songs from "School's Out",1973 Madison Square Garden live track, and advertisements.
- Disc 3: Spoken word
- Disc 4: Live show of the 1971 "Killer" tour in St. Louis

* DVD (single disc in Amaray case) with three never-before-seen features (over two hours)

64-page, full-color yearbook style book with hard front and back cover:

- Period pictures of all band members, many never before seen
- Book written by Lonn Friend, a well-known heavy metal journalist

Gatefold folder containing:

- Two tour programs
- Ticket stubs
- Set list
- Five prints

* Bootleg Vinyl: 1971 "Killer" live show in St. Louis
* Seven-inch vinyl: Songs "Wonder Whose Lovin' Her Now" and "Lay Down & Die, Goodbye" from The Nazz
* Immediate download of the "Elected" music video (AliceCooper.com exclusive) — available as a M4V or MOV download as soon as you complete the pre-order transaction.

Price: $260.00

Pre-order at this location.



http://alicecooper.com/pre-order

I need to get back on the Alice Cooper ball...

I'm going to pick up some Alice the next time I go vinyl shopping. I've never owned those old Cooper records in any other format...and I don't want to.

I have that actual original tour program

My Cooper collection is kinda spotty. I'm slowly gathering up most of his 70's output and I have everything post-Last Temptation. I'm pretty much skipping most of the 80's and early 90's stuff. Alice kinda lost his way in the 80's as far as I'm concerned.

I'm going to start grabbing Alice Cooper music in whatever CD format I can find...remastered, not remastered, special edition, original....I don't care. I almost got my hand on his Live & Crimes box set last week, but missed it...

Shawn wrote:

I'm going to start grabbing Alice Cooper music in whatever CD format I can find...remastered, not remastered, special edition, original....I don't care. I almost got my hand on his Live & Crimes box set last week, but missed it...

That is cool you have become a fan of Alice

MetalGuy71 wrote:

My Cooper collection is kinda spotty. I'm slowly gathering up most of his 70's output and I have everything post-Last Temptation. I'm pretty much skipping most of the 80's and early 90's stuff. Alice kinda lost his way in the 80's as far as I'm concerned.

I would recommend getting "Raise Your Fist And Yell", that's his most "metal" album of the 80's.