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1969 1. No Longer Umpire |
Also known as
part of “Snake Rattle and Roll’ bootleg (the other half is
Seattle 1971). This is an excellent audio of The Alice Cooper Group back
in ’69. They cover most from their debut album “Pretties For
You” plus 2 other songs they’ve known to do live. After their
first song “No Longer Umpire” Alice is asking the soundman
if he can get this turned up a little louder at one point Alice says ‘I’m
no Janis Joplin” . Through out the set they are asking for more
volume. Covering some of the PFY songs they even do a live version of
“10 Minutes Before The Worm’. The 2 songs that are not on
their album is ‘Nobody likes Me’ which they perform quite
a bit live in those days. The other song Alice calls it a “science
fiction thriller song” which is the name they give this song also
heard on those bootlegs of “The Toronto Revival 1969” bootlegs.
This song is really ‘Don’t Blow Your Mind’ w/ alternative
lyrics and extended instrumental. This is an old song they performed when
they were known as The Spiders. Great show even if it’s only a little
over 30 minutes…say 33 minutes more or less. Performers: Alice Cooper: Vocals & Harmonica, Glen Buxton: Lead Guitar, Michael Bruce: Rhythm Guitar, Dennis Dunaway: Bass, Neal Smith: Drums |
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1971 - Side 1 |
Double LP with 2 different concerts. One album from Seattle, WA.,1971. The other album from March 30, 1969 at the Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco, CA. First all the track listings are a mess with wrong song
and missing titles. But the recording is very decent as bootlegs go.
It's a lot better than "Puke On A Piece of Apple Pie" vinyl. Just a note the picture on the front and back of this album is from 1987 "Raise Your Fist & Yell" tour. Performers: Alice Cooper: Vocals & Harmonica, Glen Buxton: Lead Guitar, Michael Bruce: Rhythm Guitar, Keyboards, Dennis Dunaway: Bass, Neal Smith: Drums |
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1970 1. Sun Arise |
This approximately 50+ minute concert
is of The Alice Cooper Group during the release of their second record
“Easy Action”. You can tell by the audience response is
was a small crowd w/ the smattering of applauds. I wonder if any of
these people knew how big Alice Cooper was going to become. Being very
Doors influenced The Alice Cooper Group cover songs from their first
2 albums and some new songs on their up coming record “Love It
To Death”. They start off w/ “Sun Arise” a cover song
they did a number of times in their shows. “Mr & Misdemeanor”
is very Doors influence especially the guitar and keyboards. This was
in 1970 and The Doors were a popular band at the time. Alice introduces
this new song called “Eighteen” a longer and more bluesy
feel to it as well as some alternative lyrics. If they recorded this
song the way it was it never would have been a hit. But it’s very
interesting to hear. During the instrumental part Alice sounds so much
like Jim Morrison ala “Roadhouse Blues”. Alice sings 2 of
my favorite songs from their first album “Fields Of Regret”
and “Levity Ball”. Another song from their future album
is ‘Is It My Body” the extended version which again was
only during their live shows. When recorded on “Love It To Death”
they edited it. Then a song Alice performed live many times but wasn’t
on any albums is “Nobody Likes Me” ending it w/ a shorter
jam of “Lay Down And Die Goodbye” which is years before
Sonic Youth. |
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1971 1. tuning up/Sun Arise |
Quality wise this is a half & half recording. I originally found
this on cassette tape so the first 5 songs come across pretty good.
As the second half, the last 4 tracks are low audible. Starting off
w/ a little tuning up then the introduction of Alice Cooper they kick
off w/ “Sun Arise” which sounds a little out of tune. “Caught
In Dream” and “I’m Eighteen” the latter the
lp version and leading into the extended “Is It My Body”
which some people note the extended piece as “Is It My Own”.
Then they kick into “Halo Of Flies” from the “Killer”
lp. The last four tracks are the low quality starting off w/ “Second
Coming” ‘Ballad Of Dwight Fry”, “Black Juju”
and a drum solo leading into “Return Of The Spiders”. I
wish I had a better quality of this second half. After burning it from
cassette to CD you lose a generation of sound as well. In all it was
a pretty good concert. |
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1971 - Vinyl * from flexi-disc in 1972
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This was one of my first vinyl bootlegs I ever bought. At the time
it was one of the best recordings although I came across many more which
are much better quality wise. But still I think this one is considered
good. First of all it’s the original band so right there that’s
a plus. Alice Cooper Group performs songs from their new album “Love
It To Death”. All the songs performed are from this album. Except
‘Slick Black Limousine’ which really isn’t a live
song. The bootlegger ended up recording this song from a flexi disc
that came out in the UK publication ‘New Musical Express’.
So besides that the tunes covered are ‘Caught In A Dream’,
‘I’m Eighteen’, ‘Is It My Body’ the extended
version, ‘Sun Arise’, ‘Second Coming’ ‘Ballad
of Dwight Fry’ my favorite song and “Black Juju’ this
concert comes in under 50 minutes. |
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1971 – Seattle, WA - Paramount NW Theater (Soundboard Recording) 1. Sun Arise
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One of the legs of “Love It To Death”
Tour the band plays pretty fast during the first 2 numbers “Sun
Arise” and “Caught In A Dream”. I believe this is from
the soundboard from Paramount NW Theater. Portions of this concert appear
on other bootlegs like “Snake Rattle & Roll” , “Sick”
and “The King Snake and "USA 69/70”. This show includes “Return of The Spider” from their second album “Easy Action”. This is probably the last time they’ll play it. It’s good to hear this number live. |
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1. Is It My Body (extended) * from "Billion Dollar Babies" quadraphonic recordings |
Printed recorded live in USA 1969 - 1970, so they
say. In Dale Sherman's book he notes the first four tracks are from
1971, not the two dates they printed on this CD. The final two tracks
aren't live but from the "Billion Dollar Babies" Quadraphonic.
They list six tracks skipping over "Ballad of Dwight Fry"
which follows "Second Coming" track. The quality of this CD
is very good. But let's talk about the artwork on this one which gives a good example of bad bootlegs. This recording is from 1971 and the picture on the cover is from Alice's "Welcome To My Nightmare" tour back in 1975. Then you have the logo in the top right corner which is from Alice's New Wave era on "Special Forces" album in 1981.The inside booklet shows Alice Cooper Group posing from their "Billion Dollar Babies" period of 1973. Closest image is Alice with snake maybe around 1972. |
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1971 – December 31 1. Be My Lover |
This bootleg of the ‘Killer” tour
concert is during New Years Eve. I would of gave this 4 Eyes if the final
number wasn’t cut. Besides that this is an amazing show as Alice
promotes the ‘Killer’ lp which is one of best musicianship
wise. It starts of w/ “Be My Lover” then goes into “You Drive Me Nervous” which goes right into “Yeah Yeay Yeah’ just like on the album. “I’m Eighteen” Alice does the extended version w/ ‘…ain’t 21, ain’t 22..etc..” Then comes one of the finest tunes that shows off the whole Alice Cooper band “Halo of Flies” even though in the studio there might have been a few session players this track is full Alice Cooper Group at their prime. From guitar to bass to Neil Smith’s drumming this is classic Coop! Next is the extended “Is It My Body” that follows into “Dead Babies” then “Killer”. I believe this tour was the first to introduce Alice’s hanging execution as the finale. During the end of “Killer” you hear the organ playing as Alice is led over to the gallows. You can actually visualize this through the speakers. Finally you hear a loud voice of the executioner yell “Hang’em!” as screams of the audience fill the air which follows by thunder sound effects. This was quite a shocking show back in ’71. The next number to follow is “Long Way To Go” from previous “Love It To Death” album but what happens here it’s an extended version w/ a jam session in the middle. What’s so interesting is you can hear the beginning creation of “School’s Out”. Now I read before in a few places that “School’s Out” started out of a jam session that the band would play in the studio. This is just an instrumental that fills up the middle of “Long Way To Go”. By their following album they would go produce one of the biggest hits “School’s Out’ from the album of the same name. The final number is ‘Under My Wheels/Money”. “Money” is a John Lee Hooker number that The Doors use to do live. Now since Alice was friends & influenced by Jim Morrison and The Doors. I take it that’s the reason they went into this track. I do have a full version of this number on another bootleg. So in conclusion this is a pretty good bootleg despite the ending track cut off and a few audio tape specs but for a ’71 show it’s a keeper. |
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1972 - May 26 1. Intro |
The Killer Tour, Tampa, Fl., May 26, 1972
It’s good I have some other bootlegs of this tour because this recording isn’t the best. The volume is way too high & the vocals are drowned out. Pretty much during the whole show. |
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1972 - Sept., 2 1. Intro |
Vocals start off low but pick up by 6th track “Is It My Body”
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1972 - Pittsburgh, PA 1. Be My Lover |
This recording doesn’t give the exact
date but it is from The Killer tour of 1972. Also this is an incomplete concert but at least all the songs on this recording are in it’s entirety. For a ’72 concert the sound is pretty good. Alice does a great version of “I’m Eighteen” and “Halo Of Flies” is one awe inspiring number to have experience. The closing or last number on this recording is “Is It My Body / My Very Own” which was an extended version they have done a number of times. I believe Alice stopped the “My Very Own” version extension once “Billion Dollar Babies” album came out. There are some breaks as the band tunes up for some of the numbers. |
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1972 - July 23 1. Wolfman Jack Intro |
This was the concert where the helicopter
dumped thousands of paper panties on to the crowd. As we know the paper
panties were given out for a short time w/ the "School's Out"
album. For some unknown reason they stopped them from shipping saying
they were flamable...hmmmm...isn't the cardboard sleeve also flamable?
Anything to try and stop Alice Cooper I guess. This concert was hosted by Wolfman Jack who introduces the band along w/ a little chat to the audience. The band sounds great and played their best. This must of came from a professional recording cause the quality is good. Only flaw is "School's Out" fades out as Alice is still singing. |
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Either titled as "In Session" or "Fearless"
these are from "Billion Dollar Babies" quadraphonic release.
Inside spread pic of this CD booklet has Alice wearing a kilt and beret w/ a switchblade between his teeth. The "Fearless" album is an all blue cover with "Alice Cooper Fearless" on one side and top corner has in a white circle "Trade Mark Of Quality" typed around a pig illustration. Other side is a hugh picture of that "Trade Mark of Quality" with pig art. |
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1. Hello Hooray Total: 66 min. |
From the Billion Dollar Babies Tour this was said to be a copy from the soundboard. Unfortunately this tape must been copied a thousand times by the time I received it. So the quality isn't that good. the sound goes in & out as well as low. Even w/ an incomplete version of "I Love The Dead"I would of gave this 4 or 5 Eyes but the sound quality isn't at it's best. |
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1973, Track 1: |
"The Billion Dollar Babies Tour" as it was called. I wanted
a copy of this since it's from my home town. Unfortunately The Boston
Garden is no longer standing. It has been replaced w/ a newer building
that was built right next door called The Fleet Center now renamed to
something else. |
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Dec., 14, 1973, Toronto, Canada, 1. Intro |
The Billion Dollar Babies Holiday Tour This follows “The Billion Dollar Babies Tour” which they added songs from their new album “Muscle of Love” which happens to be their last album together. This concert had a few malfunctions due to the previous night. On Dec., 13th in Toledo, OH, The band refused to continue after 2 songs because the crowd had become uncontrollable. At one point someone threw an M-80 on stage that went off right near a road member. Plus they threw a number of things on stage and even hit guitarist Glen Buxton in the knee w/ a ball-peen hammer. Also some of the stage equipment wasn’t in Toronto due to mechanical problems w/ the truck. It was told that since the guillotine wasn’t there they had to use makeshift material. The Amazing Randi cut off Alice’s head w/ a sword. This is also the tour w/ writer Bob Greene who wrote “Billion Dollar Baby” a life on the road w/ a rock band book. So as the concert starts off w/ an announcement to not have a night like they did in Toledo, OH. This would have been a better concert if not for the audience shouting to others to sit down. The band comes out doing “Hello Hooray” then “Billion Dollar Babies” which Michael Bruce sings the Donovan parts w/ Alice. “Elected” goes into “I’m Eighteen” and by this time the audience seems to calm down a bit w/ the yelling. “I’m Eighteen” seems to be shorter on this tour. Alice announces to the crowd about their new album “Muscle Of Love” which came out around the Sept/Oct of ’73. I don’t know if Canada received it later. Alice starts w/ “Big Apple Dreamin” which a cool number and to hear it live is great. I don’t think Alice played that song that often. “Muscle of Love” which ends up being one of their singles really rocks in the intro. “My Stars” is an excellent version by the band. Alice also sings “Hard Hearted Alice” from the new MOL album Which is one of my favorite songs. It so cool to hear this song live. It’s interesting to hear this as being one of the songs the audience hears for the first time. “Unfinished Sweet” gets cut off near the end. During this show the P.A. plays “Night On Bald Mountain” after “Unfinished Sweet” and “I Love The Dead”. “Sick Things” gets loud in volume. This is the second side of the tape so I don’t know if the person moved closer to a speaker or what. Near the end Alice encores w/ “Working Up A Sweat” another new song from MOL. As I mention before in the beginning writer Bob Greene joins the band at the end of the concert dressed as Santa Claus which the band meet and beat him as “Deck The Halls” is playing on the P.A. This would have been a better rating show if not for the people yelling “Sit down” through the whole concert. |
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