In honor of his big win yesterday in my weekly poll, I'd like to make some interesting Alice Cooper tracks available...A friend of mine started to work with Alice on the
Love it to Death record and was involved for several years thereafter. I am not privy to a ton of stories but given what I know about Alice in the 70s that must have been a wild run.These are Alice's first two albums, which were released on Frank Zappa's Straight Records. They are much different than the more produced, commercial hard rock sound the band would develop as their career exploded. The first record -
Pretties for You - is more raw, psychedelic and left of center (what would you expect from a Zappa signing?). The second record -
Easy Action - was produced by David Briggs, Neil Young's producer at the time, and is much more a conventional rock record. I only ever heard these on vinyl and cassette. Listening to "Titanic Overture", the excellent instrumental track that opens
Pretties for You on a mixtape recently, caused me to search the whole record out again. A buddy sent me a rip earlier this week of both of these and I am posting them here...Would love to hear your reaction, especially if you are a fan of Alice's more widely known stuff...Alice Cooper -
Easy Action from 1970
Pretties for You from 1969
In honor of his big win yesterday in my weekly poll, I'd like to make some interesting Alice Cooper tracks available...A friend of mine started to work with Alice on the Love it to Death record and was involved for several years thereafter. I am not privy to a ton of stories but given what I know about Alice in the 70s that must have been a wild run.These are Alice's first two albums, which were released on Frank Zappa's Straight Records. They are much different than the more produced, commercial hard rock sound the band would develop as their career exploded. The first record - Pretties for You - is more raw, psychedelic and left of center (what would you expect from a Zappa signing?). The second record - Easy Action - was produced by David Briggs, Neil Young's producer at the time, and is much more a conventional rock record. I only ever heard these on vinyl and cassette. Listening to "Titanic Overture", the excellent instrumental track that opens Pretties for You on a mixtape recently, caused me to search the whole record out again. A buddy sent me a rip earlier this week of both of these and I am posting them here...Would love to hear your reaction, especially if you are a fan of Alice's more widely known stuff...Alice Cooper - Easy Action from 1970Pretties for You from 1969
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