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Before he went solo in 1975 with “Welcome to My Nightmare,” Alice Cooper led the band named Alice Cooper, which released seven albums between 1969 and 1973. Among them were “Love It to Death,” “School’s Out” and “Billion Dollar Babies,” along with hit singles like “I’m Eighteen,” “Elected” and “No More Mr. Nice Guy.”
Now, after 52 years and a handful of one-off reunions, The band is back together for a new album. Set for release on July 25, “The Revenge of Alice Cooper” promises a high-voltage journey into vintage horror and classic shock rock, capturing the sound, energy, and mischief that made the band so mythical.
The album features a posthumous appearance by Glen Buxton, the band’s original guitarist who passed away in 1997, through an unreleased recording that seamlessly blends the past with the present on “What Happened to You,” featuring his original guitar part.
The first single, “Black Mamba,” was released last week and features guitarist Robby Krieger of The Doors. One of the bonus tracks on a limited edition of the LP includes a long-lost gem from 1970 in a raw, alternate take of “Return of the Spiders.” It was unearthed from original tracks and enhanced and mixed by Bob Ezrin, the storied producer who handled production for the new record.
The original Alice Cooper group featured Cooper on vocals and Buxton on guitar, along with rhythm guitarist Michael Bruce, Dennis Dunaway on bass and Neal Smith on drums. They blended raw, hard-hitting music with shocking theatricality. They delivered rebellious anthems, dark storytelling and over-the-top stage shows featuring guillotines, snakes, and macabre theatrics that Cooper still incorporates into his live sets today.
Recent years have seen sporadic reunion performances followed by hints or flat-out confirmation that new studio music would be forthcoming. Ultimately, it resulted in a song here and there, most notably on Cooper’s 2021 “Detroit Stories” album, which was an overview and look back at his career in music. The new record seems to be more of a past-meets-now undertaking.
“The Revenge of Alice Cooper” was recorded at a Connecticut studio. It is a celebration of friendship, nostalgia and the timeless sound that solidified Alice Cooper as a legendary unit. Expect a powerful and nostalgic experience that bridges the gap between the band’s storied past and their bright present.
Available for pre-order now, the album will come in a variety of formats and will be pressed on limited vinyl colors. There will be a limited box set and art print in smart format, featuring exclusive access to two bonus tracks plus the full album automatically delivered as a high-definition download on the day of release.
It remains to be seen what comes next for the band. It would be a treat of horror-ific proportions if they decided to take the show on the road one more time.
Keep an eye on this spot as each week we’ll be looking at new or soon-to-be-released vinyl from a variety of artists. This week, it’s a curated set of hard-to-find dance-floor tracks from a film director who wanted to share his love of Italian cult cinema.
“ELI ROTH’S RED LIGHT DISCO: DANCEFLOOR SEDUCTIONS FROM ITALIAN SEXPLOITATION CINEMA”
Have you ever heard a song during an old movie, waited until the credits ran to find out who or what it was and then embarked on a futile search to locate the track, sometimes lucking out with an overpriced CD or vinyl online but usually a poor-quality YouTube video — if you found it at all?
Eli Roth feels your pain.
The acclaimed American director, actor and lover of Italian B-movies and the scintillating disco soundtracks that bolstered their hilarious and hedonistic plots has curated a collection of some of his favorite songs from the heyday of sexy Italian comedies of the 1970s and ‘80s. “Eli Roth’s Red Light Disco” is a forbidden journey across the vaults of legendary Italian soundtrack label CAM Sugar and features 20 infectious dance-floor fillers, spanning from kinky disco and psychedelic funk to swaggering rock and roll and seductive bossa nova, all handpicked by the director of horror classics like “Cabin Fever” and “Hostel.”
“When I first heard the music of the Italian genre films of the 1970s, these tracks were impossible to find outside of the films themselves,” Roth says in the liner notes. “I would rip the music from the DVDs or VHS tapes, often with the dialogue, because I couldn’t find them anywhere else.”
The album is available in several formats, including a standard version on either 2 LP black vinyl or compact disc. There’s a limited deluxe edition on red vinyl and with a special mirrored cover, a 45 RPM 7-inch single with two rare cuts plus a poster and a set of postcards with photos from the film sets. All versions of the album include a beautifully designed 28-page booklet with extensive liner notes by Roth.
The booklet includes interviews with composer Franco Campanino, archival posters, vintage press reviews, and other ephemera. The rousing collection features newly restored and remastered audio from the original tapes, allowing the music to sound better than ever. It includes nine previously unreleased tracks and four additional tracks never previously released on vinyl.
Roth selected tracks from Italian film music’s most famous and cult composers alike, including Stelvio Cipriani, Bruno Nicolai, Riz Ortolani, Gianni Ferrio, Nico Fidenco and Daniele Patucchi, all for a guided tour of some of the most exciting dance music from Italy’s sexploitation cinema.
The album can be found online and from all respectable retailers who carry vinyl.
To contact music columnist Michael Christopher, send an email to rockmusicmenu@gmail.com. Also, check out his website at thechroniclesofmc.com.
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