Alice Cooper Old School

Posted by: Guido Fawkes on 16 July 2011

I have most of Alice Cooper's output and for a moment thought this box set might be worth a punt, but £160 for 4 CDs, a DVD and a badly recorded concert on vinyl seems a bit steep. Sure if you order at $220 from the AC site you get a download too, but .... I'm unconvinced.

Posted on: 17 July 2011 by Gale 401

They are taking the michael.

That is a lot of money for 4cds/dvd and a badly recorded concert on vinyl..

Posted on: 17 July 2011 by Guido Fawkes

You're right Stu.

There is an interview with Alice in RC - he says it is what the fans want - a collection of rare stuff: some taken from bootlegs and acetates his mum kept in the attic. The concert is a bootleg with virtually nothing done to enhance the sound - Alice explained it doesn't have to sound good to be worth the asking price - I like Mr C, but on this occasion I disagree.

I'll buy something else instead

All the best, Guy

Posted on: 17 July 2011 by Gale 401

I got the shelving system sorted yesterday for my CDs.

They will be out of there boxes end of next week.

I wIill then be able to dig out the early shite Alice concert recordings and put them in the post..

They are bad,and i only bought them because they were £1.99 and £2.50 a pop 12/15 years ago.

Stu

Posted on: 17 July 2011 by Guido Fawkes

I have two early Alice concerts - Whiskey-A-G0-Go and Toronto both from 1969 - they are pretty poor recordings and nothing like the contemporary studio work by the Alice Cooper Group. There first two psych albums {Pretties For You and Easy Action)had some very good moments, but were surpassed by the mastery of Love It To Death with Killer not a million dollar babies miles behind.

I don't regard Schools Out as one of the better AC albums, but it is better than Muscle of Love; B$B was a classic even if not quite up to LITD standard. After which we had the underrated Goes To Hell. Then Alice met his namesake Vincent (Price) and made the sensational Welcome to My Nightmare - one of my all time favourite elpees - here is the classic Cold Ethyl.

Posted on: 26 July 2011 by mudwolf

some high school buddies liked him but I'd moved on getting ready for college in Colorado so didn't hear much after that. Then the influences became western for me and one rookie that had PF and Fleetwood Mac. Much more to my taste.

Posted on: 26 July 2011 by Guido Fawkes

I like some PF (especially the early work with Syd) and Peter Green's FM, but Vince (a.k.a. Alice was a bit different: more theatre rock). I first heard some AC on Alan Freeman's Pick of the Pops and thought what a great sound - I've been hooked ever since. Like all entertainers he has released some pretty average stuff as well as some classics and despite his song to the contrary he really is a nice guy .

Here is a song about a dude named Jason

All the best, Guy