Alice Cooper has rattled the cages of the establishment with his hard-rocking music and theatrical stagecraft for nearly five decades. Since his 1969 debut, Cooper has sold more than 50 million albums, headlined sold-out tours, influenced countless artists, and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2011. Because there is no rest for the wicked, Cooper will hit the road this summer for a massive North American tour with Mötley Crüe.
Rhino has the perfect soundtrack to haunt your nightmares with a new 15-CD boxed set that includes all of the albums that Cooper recorded with Warner Bros. Records, The Studio Albums 1969-1983 will be available on July 31st. The set will also be available digitally.
The set is presented in a clamshell box and includes 15 albums: Pretties For You (1969), Easy Action (1970), Love It To Death (1971), Killer (1971), School’s Out (1972), Billion Dollar Babies (1973), Muscle Of Love (1973), Welcome To My Nightmare (1975), Alice Cooper Goes To Hell (1976), Lace And Whiskey (1977), From The Inside (1978), Flush The Fashion (1980), Special Forces (1981), Zipper Catches Skin (1982), and DaDa (1983).
Alice Cooper along with guitarists Glen Buxton and Michael Bruce, bassist Dennis Dunaway and drummer Neal Smith recorded seven albums together, including four consecutive platinum records that culminated with the number one album Billion Dollar Babies in 1973. This line-up generated indelible hard rock classics like I’m Eighteen, School’s Out, Elected, Hello Hooray, and No More Mr. Nice Guy.
After releasing the platinum-certified Alice Cooper’s Greatest Hits in 1974, Cooper launched a successful solo career in 1975 with Welcome To My Nightmare. The concept album about a child’s nightmares peaked at number five on the charts, was certified platinum, and featured the hit ballad Only Women Bleed.
Over the next eight years, Cooper recorded seven more solo albums for Warner Bros. Among the many highlights from that period are the ballad I Never Cry, the Top Ten smash You And Me from Lace And Whiskey, How You Gonna See Me Now off of From The Inside , and Clones (We’re All) from Flush the Fashion.
The Studio Albums 1969-1983
-Pretties For You (1969)
-Easy Action (1970)
-Love It To Death (1971)
-Killer (1971)
-School’s Out (1972)
-Billion Dollar Babies (1973)
-Muscle Of Love (1973)
-Welcome To My Nightmare (1975)
-Alice Cooper Goes To Hell (1976)
-Lace And Whiskey (1977)
-From The Inside (1978)
-Flush The Fusion (1980)
-Special Forces (1981)
-Zipper Catches Skin (1982)
-DaDa (1983)
Alice Cooper on Tour
July:
24 Tacoma, WA Tacoma Dome
25 Paso Robles, CA California Mid-State Fair
26 Billings, MT Rimrock Auto Arena at MetraPark
28 Boise, ID Taco Bell Arena
29 Salt Lake City, UT Energy Solutions Arena
August:
1 Sturgis, SD Sturgis Buffalo Chip
3 Winnipeg, Canada MBMTS Centre
5 St Paul, MN Xcel Energy Center
7 Milwaukee, WI BMO Harris Pavilion
8 Chicago, IL Allstate Arena
9 Detroit, MI The Palace Of Auburn Hills
11 Hershey, PA Giant Center
12 Brooklyn, NY Barclay’s Center
14 Philadelphia, PA Wells Fargo Center
15 Worcester, MA DCU Center
16 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun
18 Cleveland, OH Quicken Loans Arena
19 Cincinnati, OH U.S. Bank Arena
20 Indianapolis, IN Bankers Life Fieldhouse
22 Toronto, ON, Canada Air Canada Centre
23 Ottawa, ON, Canada Canadian Tire Centre
24 Montreal, QC, Canada Bell Centre
26 Baltimore, MD Royal Farms ArenaB
28 Raleigh, NC PNC Arena
29 Charlotte, NC Time Warner Cable Arena
30 Atlanta, GA Philips Arena
September:
1 Jacksonville, FL Florida Theatre
2 Miami, FL American Airlines Arena
4 New Orleans, LA Smoothie King Center
5 Houston, TX Toyota Center
6 San Antonio, TX Alamodome
October:
5 Hidalgo, TX State Farm Arena
7 Dallas, TX American Airlines Center
8 North Little Rock, AR Verizon Arena
10 Evansville, IN The Ford Center
11 Lexington, KY Rupp Arena
13 Grand Rapids, MI Van Andel Arena
14 Buffalo, NY First Niagara Center
16 Bridgeport, CT Webster Bank Arena
17 Manchester, NH Verizon Wireless Arena
18 Bangor, ME Cross Insurance Center
22 Moncton, NB, Canada The Centre @ Casino New Brunswick
November:
2 Newcastle, UK Metro Radio Arena
3 Manchester, UK Manchester Arena
4 Birmingham, UK Genting Arena
6 London, UK Wembley SSE Arena
8 Stuttgart, Germany Schleyerhalle
10 Milan Italy Forum
13 Munich, Germany Zenith
14 Dusseldorf, Germany ISS Dome
December:
4 Lincoln, NE Pinnacle Bank Arena
7 Sioux Falls, SD Denny Sanford Premier Center
8 Grand Forks, ND Alerus Center
10 Saskatoon, SA SaskTel Centre
12 Edmonton, AB Rexall Place
13 Calgary, AB Scotiabank Saddledome
15 Portland, OR Moda Center
19 Phoenix, AZ US Airways Center
20 San Diego CA Viejas Center
22 Anaheim, CA Honda Center
2 Responses
Hey Eddie! Do you know if these will be remastered at all or just reissued? I know the sound quality on the original WB CDs is not good at all and am hoping they are remastered. Thanks!
My understanding is these are not going to be Remasters. I love Alice Cooper, probably my favorite performer ever and own every Alice album (I know people love his work with his original band but he has some really great solo stuff too). I may buy this simply because I own everything else including DVD’s, live albums, etc. but with so few people buying CD’s and all, I don’t know that any boxset unless it has tons of extras has any real appeal anymore (and I am talking about all bands). Back in the 80’s and early 90’s, Pretties For You and Easy Action (the first two Alice Cooper albums) and the bizarre for their time but fun early 80’s albums were hard to find. Now they have been easily available again for years with reissues, etc. However, for those of you who are only casual fans or only own a few albums, 100 bucks for 15 CD’s isn’t bad. If you haven’t heard some of the early 80’s stuff, I recommend the Dada album, great stuff.