Alice Cooper's "Easy Action", "Killer" and "Welcome to my Nightmare" on Rhino coming 1/23/18! *

Very well written.

 

Thank you. And thanks for reading through it.

 

Who knew we would need a degree in Math just to pick up a few Alice Cooper albums!

 

Good ol Barnes and Noble came through. WTMN has shipped! Thanks.for nothing, Amazon.

 

Not directly related to these reissues, but here's a sneak preview of my proposed cover for the custom Alice Cooper book/documentary I'm working on, titled, She Asked Me Why The Singer's Name Was Alice: The Incredible True Story Of The Alice Cooper Group 1964-1974.

I added the title for every song found on "Greatest Hits", if it wasn't already referenced. Find all 12 and win a free round of applause!

 

And here is an alternate cover to the one above. It's really just a hybrid of the "School's Out/Old School" covers with a few custom tweaks that I added. I actually think this is the one I'll end up going with...

 

Incredibly, I find that my new copies/versions of Easy Action and Killer are misprinted. Everything is as expected with both - EA is printed on "gold" vinyl, with corresponding labels. Killer, the same, with red/black swirls and appropriate labels... However, when playing them - they are switched. Killer is Easy Action, and vice-versa. Someone along the lines did not make the distinction, and here I am with two albums completely discombobulated. I got the obligatory email from my source, saying that the records have been recalled, due to a manufacturing defect....

"Please be advised, due to an audio defect, all copies of the Vinyl/LP format of the Alice Cooper/Easy Action (UPC: 603497864553) and Alice Cooper/Killer (UPC: 603497864546) are being recalled immediately. A new street date has not yet been determined."


Anyone else???

 

Check the rest of the thread, homie

 

Thanks, Homie. Tha Gummit keepin me down.

 

Can't wait to own these!!

 

Hey - it will be rarer than that stamp with the inverted biplane. Hold, and sell later for million$!

 

Just playes WTMN.

Sounds purpley.

 

My copies of Welcome to the Nightmare and Chris Bellman cut of Killer arrived. I am listening to the Bellman cut of Killer. It's definitely better than the new mispressed Rhino!

 

Alice Coopre? You got to love Rinoh.

 

My guess is that Alice and Salvadore had this switch planned since 1973...

 

May I ask where did you order the Bellman Killer from?
Or was it Amazon UK?
Much appreciated.

TC

 

I wish we could merge this with this thread... but this one is really about the Alice Cooper titles only..

Rhino Start Your Ear Off Right Vinyl Releases 2018

Much shared info, especially about the Cooper problems...

 

Price is up and currently out of stock... but Amazon US..

https://www.amazon.com/Killer-COOPE..._title_2?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1516851979&sr=8-1

 

Amazon.com

 

So you think they used the Friday Music mastering on the new red and black vinyl "Killer" (or is called "Killer With Easy Action Label" now? ) ?

I tell you sometimes these guys seem to go out of their way to F-up a possible great reissue

You have CB mastering that is minimal packaging and plain ol black vinyl, but great sound.

Or you can have subpar mastering by Joe from Friday Music yet cool vinyl a calendar. Oh wait the labels are switched. Maybe not so great packaging. "But we will recall and re-do! Wait, who did the best mastering again so we can fix this along with pasting on the correct labels? Oh hell, who cares. They will never know."

 

The only question is what to do with my screwed up Rhinos. I wonder if any used record store will buy them?

 

Ian Schefnick cut Killer, Ron McMaster cut WTMN. New cuts. But I think both were cut from Joe's mastered files.

 

I'll take them!

 

Bull Moose offered to take my copy of Killer back for a full refund. I accepted the offer but have yet to hear back on shipping it back to them. Didn’t even open it as I heard the news before it arrived.

 

I am going to see if Barnes and Noble will return mine.