ALICE COOPER LOVE IT TO DEATH EXPOSED THUMB COVER RARE STRAIGHT LABEL WS 1883 VG

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Additional Information about Love It to Death by Alice Cooper (LP, 1971 Straight.)

THIS LP BY ALICE HAS EVERYTHING FROM ROCK TO HARD ROCK/PROG TO PUNK AND PSYCH. THIS LP WAS PRODUCED BY BOB EZRIN OF PINK FLOYD-THE WALL FAME! ANOTHER FINE PRODUCTION. YOU GOTTA ADD THIS ESSENTIAL ALICE TO YOUR COLLECTION. CHECK IT OUT THIS IS THE ORIGINAL VERSION OF THE COVER WHICH WAS QUICKLY MODIFIED BECAUSE OF THE ‘THUMB’ POKING OUT OF ALICE’S GROIN AREA. LATTER COVER VERSIONS HAVE THE SYMBOL AIRBRUSHED AND OR BLANKED OUT COMPLETELY. NOT SURE WHAT SORTA STATEMENT ALICE WAS MAKING BUT…

CONDITION> GATEFOLD COVER SHOWS MODERATE RINGWEAR SCRATCHES IN SLICK ECT AND SOME EDGE RUBBING. THOUGH THIS COVER IS A LITTLE WORN STILL IT IS A SCARCE, WEIRD AND UNUSUAL ONE TO HAVE FOR SURE! AS FOR THE VINYL IT IS ON THE STRAIGHT LABEL AND GRADES A VG. SHOWING SOME HAIRLINES AND PLAYS WITH THAT VINTAGE SURFACE NOISE AS EXPECTED FOR ITS AGE. NO SKIPS OR JUMPS AND STILL A PLEASURABLE RECORD TO LISTEN TO FOR SURE. THANKS FOR LOOKING!

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Album Features

UPC:

N/A

Artist:

Alice Cooper

Format:

LP VINYL

Record Label:

Warner Bros/Straight

Genre:

Hard Rock, Rock & Prog

Track Listing
1. Caught in a Dream
2. I'm Eighteen
3. Long Way to Go
4. Black Juju
5. Is It My Body
6. Hallowed Be My Name
7. Second Coming
8. Ballad of Dwight Fry
9. Sun Arise

Details

Playing Time:

37 min.

Producer:

Jack Richardson, Bob Ezrin

Distributor:

WEA (Distributor)

Recording Type:

Studio

Recording Mode:

Stereo

SPAR Code:

n/a

Album Notes
Alice Cooper: Alice Cooper (vocals); Michael Bruce (guitar, keyboards); Glen Buxton (guitar); Dennis Dunaway (bass instrument); Neal Smith (drums).Whereas Alice Cooper's first two studio albums, 1969's PRETTIES FOR YOU and 1970's EASY ACTION, tended more towards the trippy excesses of the hippie era, their next one, 1971's LOVE IT TO DEATH introduced the world to the heavy sound that Cooper would soon be taking to the top. With the invaluable production assistance of future Pink Floyd/Lou Reed cohort Bob Ezrin, LOVE IT TO DEATH proved Alice Cooper's first truly great album, and served as their commercial breakthrough. That staple of teen alienation, "I'm Eighteen," is the most iconic cut, but every single track on LOVE IT TO DEATH is outstanding. Plenty of other Cooper favorites are included--the candid "Is It My Body," the grim theatrics of "Ballad of Dwight Fry" (a slightly misspelled homage to the horror-film actor), the powerful opener "Caught In A Dream," and the tuneful afterglow of the closer "Sun Arise." With pretentious prog-rock and folk-rock ruling the charts in the early '70s, LOVE IT TO DEATH served as a wake-up call to thousands of disenfranchised teens, and became a kind of blueprint for punk and edgy hard rock later in the decade.

Editorial Reviews
Adding a pre-punk sneer to proceedings, LOVE IT TO DEATH is chock-full of genuine classics...
Kerrang

...from the first note it was right: Alice Cooper bringing it all back home again. God it's beautiful...
Rolling Stone (19710415)