Alice Cooper Twitter on Lemmy of Motorhead

Posted yesterday on Alice Cooper Twitter

https://twitter.com/realalicecooper

1980, Flush The Fashion Tour 1980, USA, part 2 of 2

Part 2 the final b&w photos from

Flush The Fashion Tour 1980

(These photos were sent to me a while ago)

1980, Flush The Fashion Tour 1980, USA, part 1 of 2

Following photos were sent to me a while back.
They are black & white photos from

Flush The Fashion Tour 1980

Part 2 tomorrow

1980, photos Flush The Fashion Tour 1980, Greek Theater

These 4 images sent to me a while ago stating this was 

Flush The Fashion Tour 1980

at the Greek Theater 

Merry Christmas

Here's a piece I did w/ a few manipulation

check out the snowflakes or should I say skullflakes.

Merry Christmas

Metal Rules interview with Tommy Henriksen

Metal Rules has an amazing interview w/ Tommy Henriksen

Tommy talks about his experience w/ Alice Cooper 

and a number of bands he played w/ back in the day.

I didn't know he played w/ Warlock and Doro's debut album.

I had to pull them out and see for myself. Although Warlock there wasn't

any info other than who wrote the songs. 

Tommy also talks about trying out for Ozzy and David Lee Roth.

The guy's been around.

http://www.metal-rules.com/metalnews/2015/12/22/tommy-henriksen/

2015, Hollywood Vampires vinyl

When the release of Hollywood Vampires on vinyl was

coming out I went to Newbury Comics to pick it up.

Unfortunately only a few selected stores had them.

So I didn't get it right away but I remember the store clerk

said the one at Faneuil Hall in Boston has one. I figured it

would of been bought by now since the CDs were sold out

and had to wait for second shipping.

So I put it off and received an email from Newbury Comics that

last Friday was 25% OFF on all vinyl so I called up

and they still had it. So they were kind of enough to hold it until I got

there which wasn't a long time. 

So it originally was $25.99 w/ discount the cost was $19.49.

This album come in two vinyls

All the tracks are the same order as the CD

Just broken up

Side A is 4 tracks

Side B is 3 tracks

Side C is 4 tracks

Side D is 3 tracks

The gatefold includes the intro by Bernie Taupin

and the track list w/ credits of who's playing on each track

just like the inside of the CD booklet.

Vinyl sleeves were just white paper

I was actually hoping to find some candid photos of these musicians

in the studio or something. Matter of fact the artwork on the 

inside cover of the CD booklet doesn't appear here.

The vinyl label is like the CD artwork.

Of course vinyl now is much heavier and the sound quality is much better.

2015, Hollywood Vampires 

vinyl

Cover

Back Cover

 

Inside gatefold

One of the record labels

Frank Sinatra 100th Birthday

Celebrating Frank Sinatra 100th Birthday.

Although he passed away on May 14, 1998 at the age of 82 that
didn't stop the entertainment business to promote specials, books and music
of The Chairman of the Board.

Here's an anecdotal story of Alice Cooper meeting Frank Sinatra.

from 2007, Alice Cooper, Golf Monster by Alice Cooper

 Pg 165

I was playing on a celebrity softball team with the Carpenters, Steve

Martin, Albert Brooks, Kenny Rogers, and some others. We would meet in

Las Vegas and play for Steve Wynn’s charity against other celebrity teams.

Sometimes these games would draw around 10,000 people.

I was sitting on the bench and there was a kid, about twelve years old,

who wanted to watch the game but couldn’t get in. He wouldn’t give up,

though, and I finally went over and grabbed him and sat him on the bench

next to me and Steve Martin. The kid was happy as a clam.

That night I was out on the town when this guy came over to me. ‘Hey,

Alice, the boss wants to see you.’

I asked myself, "Who’s the boss?”

I follow this guy and it’s Frank Sinatra. “Hey, Coop,” he said.

I was totally flabbergasted. ‘How are you doing, Mr. Sinatra? This is

really an honor.”

“Hey, man, you did me a real solid today. I owe you.’

Sinatra owes me? “What did I do?‘ I asked.

“You know that kid you let into the baseball game? That was Jilly’s kid.”

Jilly Rizzo was Sinatra’s closest confidant. “I owe you one.’

I called my mom after that. ‘I just met Sinatra! And he owes me one!”

Biography of Salvador Dali, includes Alice Cooper comments and clips

Biography of Salvador Dali

I was always a Dali fan way before I knew Alice Cooper and Dali collaborated on

a project. But come to find out Alice was a fan of Dali back in high school.

This program includes plenty of comments and footage on Alice Cooper throughout this Dali biography

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpU7pGIU5Z8

Happy Birthday Dennis Dunaway

Happy Birthday Dennis Dunaway

https://www.facebook.com/dunawaysrock

Hot Hits and Top of The Pops albums

I came across this site called Bad Album Covers

http://badcovers.com

Hot Hits and Top of The Pops are compilation sort of like K-Tel albums.

Top of The Pops no relation to the popular BBC show
was a series by Hallmark that ran from 1968 to 1985.

Top of The Pops list Alice Cooper on two albums.
http://badcovers.com/category/uncategorized/

"Elected"



"Teenage Lament '74"

Alice Cooper is listed on two Hot Hits albums Vol. 13 and 18.

From the article they say Hot Hits ran for 3 years and covered 20 albums

you can view the rest at

http://badcovers.com/tag/music-for-pleasure/

Hot Hits – 13 – August 1972

Automatically Sunshine – originally by The Supremes

Where Is The Love – originally by Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway

Popcorn – originally by Hot Butter

Silver Machine – originally by Hawkwind

My Guy – originally by Mary Wells

School’s Out – originally by Alice Cooper

Seaside Shuffle – originally by Terry Dactyl & The Dinosaurs

The Loco-Motion – originally by Little Eva

The Slider – originally by T Rex

10538 Overture – originally by The Electric Light Orchestra

Samson And Delilah – originally by Middle Of The Road

You Wear It Well – originally by Rod Stewart

Hot Hits – 18 – May 1973

Hell Raiser – originally by The Sweet

Brother Louie – originally by Hot Chocolate

No More Mr Nice Guy – originally by Alice Cooper

Giving It All Away – originally by Roger Daltrey

See My Baby Jive – originally by Wizzard

Drive-In Saturday – originally by David Bowie

Broken Down Angel – originally by Nazareth

You Want It You Got It – originally by The Detroit Emeralds

And I Love You So – originally by Perry Como

Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001) – originally by Deodato

One And One Is One – originally by Medicine Head

Could It Be I’m Falling In Love – originally by The Detroit Spinners

Congratulations to the marriage of Michael Bruce and Lynette Townsend

From SickThings Hunter Goatley

Posted the wedding last night of Michael Bruce and Lynette Townsend in Arizona.

Congratulations Michael and Lynette

2015, Dec 4th, Alice Cooper tweets the saddened passing of Scott Weiland

from Loudwire.com

http://loudwire.com/scott-weiland-reportedly-found-dead-on-tour-bus/

2015, Michael Monroe Interview on The Eddie Trunk Podcast

This week December 3rd on The Eddie Trunk Podcast interview w/ Michael Monroe

who mentions Alice Cooper a number of times through out the interview.

http://www.podcastone.com/pg/jsp/program/episode.jsp?programID=658&pid=570379

Live in Milan, November 10th 2015

Alice Cooper - Live in Milan

November 10, 2015

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4KXcMV2XVc

shot from the audience this is pretty much it for camera work

but the sound isn't bad for a fan recording.

Have a Happy Thanksgiving

Have a Happy Thanksgiving

Drew Struzan illustrator of Alice Cooper's Greatest Hits album art

Illustrators Drew Struzan and Bill Garland

Alice Cooper's "Greatest Hits" album

Original Album Cover Art

http://originalalbumcoverart.com/struzan/alice-cooper-greatest-hits.php

Drew talks about his collaboration with Bill Garland

on Alice Cooper's "Greatest Hits" album cover.

Saying the final illustration had to be changed to exclude 13 stars

who are still living. To meet the deadline they had to use

stars that were dead and the same height to the stars they replaced

so the heads would fit on the existing illustrated bodies.

The art is for sale but you have to email to the URL above
to receive the price.

2015, MOJO, McCartney quote on Alice Cooper "No More Mr Nice Guy"

If you seen the recent reunion on youtube of the

original Alice Cooper Group in TX at Good Records

you hear Alice say about a quote he read by

Paul McCartney on being threatened by the Alice Cooper song "No More Mr Nice Guy"

Well I came across this article in last month's October issue of MOJO

which I posted 2 other Alice related articles 

http://evenspotspeaks.blogspot.com/2015/10/2015-mojo-hollywood-vampires-and.html

and didn't spot this one until recently this 

week when I finished the issue.

Here is a sidebar of the new book titled 

Conversations With Paul McCartney 

by Paul Du Noyer

Pg 114, MOJO

I don't know if the book gives more info of what Paul means by this statement.

It would be interesting of him to elaborate more on it.