islandclaws

From Blabbermouth:

Due in June, the original Alice Cooper group box set comes in a commemorative 12-inch square "school desk" box and includes:

** Four CDs from the years 1964-1974:

- Disc 1: Demos, rarities, live, and advertisements
- Disc 2: Demos from "Muscle Of Love", a pre-production of songs from "School's Out",1973 Madison Square Garden live track, and advertisements.
- Disc 3: Spoken word
- Disc 4: Live show of the 1971 "Killer" tour in St. Louis

* DVD (single disc in Amaray case) with three never-before-seen features (over two hours)

64-page, full-color yearbook style book with hard front and back cover:

- Period pictures of all band members, many never before seen
- Book written by Lonn Friend, a well-known heavy metal journalist

Gatefold folder containing:

- Two tour programs
- Ticket stubs
- Set list
- Five prints

* Bootleg Vinyl: 1971 "Killer" live show in St. Louis
* Seven-inch vinyl: Songs "Wonder Whose Lovin' Her Now" and "Lay Down & Die, Goodbye" from The Nazz
* Immediate download of the "Elected" music video (AliceCooper.com exclusive) — available as a M4V or MOV download as soon as you complete the pre-order transaction.

Price: $260.00

<img src=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/soulflypremiere/cooperbox2.jpg alt=ac1
<img src=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/soulflypremiere/cooperbox3.jpg alt=ac2
<img src=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/soulflypremiere/cooperbox4.jpg alt=ac3

Pre-order here:

http://alicecooper.com/pre-order

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I'd LOVE to own this, but I'm not dropping $260. I'd go $100, tops. But they're including a lot of awesome rare material & shows here. A hardcore fan like myself is both excited and annoyed. I hope some of the contents are released a la carte eventually.

statcat

big fan of Alice's garage band days with the spiders. Don't Blow Your Mind, No Price Tag, Why Don't You Love Me, Hitch Hike are so good. Does anyone know if they recorded more than that and its just never been released? Maybe that's what is on this box? It's the best stuff he ever recorded in my opinion. Don't Blow Your Mind is one of the best garage tracks of all time.

islandclaws

I've got a couple bootleg CDs that feature some VERY early material. There's even an early version of "Talk Talk" they did back in '63 or so. I'm not sure how much, if any, of that will be on here, though.

Rocketdog2000

100% agree. I'm a huge fan, but this is priced way out of the range I'd want to pay for it.

Josh-da-man

$260?

Yikes! Looks like a cool set to have, but I don't think pay over $75 for it.

orangecrush

What exactly will the spoken word content be?

yoshimi

For $260 it better contain the secret to life.

K&AJones

Makes me wish I still had the "Shools Out" LP with panties in place. Great box idea.

islandclaws

If I'm not mistaken (and I might be) I think they recently reissued that on vinyl with the panties.

islandclaws

FYI, for anyone who cares this has been released in a stripped-down version, about the size of a DigiBook, featuring the 4 CDs along with extensive liner notes and pictures. Amazon has it for around $40.

Supermallet

Now that is tempting.

InnocentBlood

Is the DVD that came with the original set being reissued too? It's kinda hard to find details about that DVD online...

islandclaws

The only info I could find on the DVD says it features 2 hours of interviews with the original band members and Bob Ezrin. I can live with that being omitted.

InnocentBlood

2hrs of talking heads? No rare archive footage or live clips? what a bummer...