Alice

The Life and Crimes of...

THE NEW BOX SET



At long last the Alice Cooper box set, The Life And Crimes Of Alice Cooper, has been released. The box contains 4 CDs and a booklet about Alice, covering the entire span of Alice's career, with album material placed alongside 'never before released' material - a must for all serious Alice fans.

Finally I am able to hear the elusive track - 'Look at you over there, ripping sawdust from my Teddy Bear'. A track which for years has sat, teasingly, amongst the track lists of numerous Special Forces albums - with a name like that - it must be excellent! Well maybe not! ;-)

Remeber Friday the 13th, Part VI, The Man Behind The Mask? On the box set you can hear How it was supposed to sound as well as the film version, both of which differ from the single/album release. It's hard to try to listen without singing 'Trick Bag'. Want to know more - buy the box set!

If you've ever seen the film 'Monster Dog' and wanted those wonderful{?} tracks, 'See Me In The Mirror' and 'Identity Crisis', you'll find them here. Along side the never released track from the Friday the 13th Movie, 'Hard Rock Summer'.

Also on the Box set is Alice's other rare film appearances, including: 'Because' form the Bee Gees Sgt Pepper film; 'Space Pirates' and 'I'm Flash' from the Flash Fearless v's the Zorg Women; 'I got a Line on You' from Iron Eagle II; 'I am the Future' from Class of 1984; tracks from Roadie and Prince of Darkness; NEED I GO ON?

A track that's always been a bit of a favourite for me was the B-side of 'How You Gonna See Me Now', 'No Tricks', it's here too!

Those hard to find tracks from the early days, never released demos, Remixes that never made it, and a full colour book of information! What more can you ask for?

The Box Set is Excellent. It won't please everyone, there will always be 'the track that was missed out', or the 'why didn't they do this' scenario. But for what it is, it is superb, and answers a lot of questions and 'fills the gaps' that have remained vacant for all these years. Do yourself a favour... if you like alice Cooper in anyway what-so-ever, you must buy this box set!

The contents of the box set CDs are as follows:

Compact Disc 1:

DON'T BLOW YOUR MIND *
HITCH HIKE *
WHY DON'T YOU LOVE ME *
LAY DOWN AND DIE (ORIGINAL VERSION) ** 
NOBODY LIKES ME (DEMO VERSION)
LEVITY BALL (STUDIO VERSION)
REFLECTED
MR AND MISDEMEANOR
REFRIGERATOR HEAVEN
CAUGHT IN A DREAM (SINGLE VERSION)
I'M EIGHTEEN
IS IT MY BODY
BALLAD OF DWIGHT FRY
UNDER MY WHEELS 
BE MY LOVER
DESPERADO
DEAD BABIES
KILLER
CALL IT EVIL (DEMO)
GUTTER CAT VS THE JETS
SCHOOL'S OUT (SINGLE VERSION)


Compact Disc 2:

HELLO HURRAY
ELECTED (SINGLE VERSION)
BILLION DOLLAR BABIES
NO MORE MR NICE GUY
I LOVE THE DEAD
SLICK BLACK LIMOUSINE
RESPECT FOR THE SLEEPERS (DEMO)
MUSCLE OF LOVE
TEENAGE LAMENT 74
WORKING UP A SWEAT
MAN WITH THE  GOLDEN GUN
I'M FLASH
SPACE PIRATES
WELCOME TO MY NIGHTMARE (SINGLE VERSION)
ONLY WOMEN BLEED (SINGLE VERSION)
COLD ETHYL
DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH
ESCAPE
I NEVER CRY
GO TO HELL

Compact Disc 3:


IT'S HOT TONIGHT
YOU AND ME (SINGLE VERSION)
I MISS YOU ***
NO TIME FOR TEARS
BECAUSE (WITH THE BEE GEES)
FROM THE INSIDE (SINGLE VERSION)
HOW YOU GONNA SEE ME NOW
SERIOUS
NO TRICKS (WITH BETTY WRIGHT)
ROAD RATS (ROADIE VERSION)
CLONES (WE'RE ALL)
WHO DO YOU THINK WE ARE  (SINGLE VERSION)
LOOK AT YOU OVER THERE, RIPPING SAWDUST FROM MY TEDDY BEAR
FOR BRITAIN ONLY
I AM THE FUTURE  (SINGLE VERSION)
TAG, YOU'RE IT
FORMER LEE WARMER
I LOVE AMERICA
IDENTITY CRISISES
SEE ME IN THE MIRROR
HARD ROCK SUMMER

Compact Disc 4:


HE'S BACK (DEMO)
HE'S BACK (THE MAN BEHIND THE MASK)
TEENAGE FRANKENSTEIN
FREEDOM
PRINCE OF DARKNESS
UNDER MY WHEELS (WITH AXL ROSE/SLASH/IZZY)
I GOT A LINE ON YOU
POISON
TRASH
ONLY MY HEART TALKIN'
HEY STOOPID (SINGLE VERSION)
FEED MY FRANKENSTEIN
FIRE
LOST IN AMERICA
HANDS OF DEATH (SPOOKSHOW 2000 MIX) WITH ROB ZOMBIE
IS ANYONE HOME?
STOLEN PRAYER


* = THE SPIDERS
** = THE NAZZ
*** = BILLION DOLLAR BABIES




Produced by Davie Damnation