1971 ALICE COOPER LOVE IT TO DEATH STRAIGHT WLP WITHDRAWN CVR PROMO PHOTO ZAPPA
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1971 - ALICE COOPER - LOVE IT TO DEATH - 1ST PRESSING RELEASED ON FRANK ZAPPA'S STRAIGHT RECORDS LABEL - NATURALLY IT INCLUDES THE LATER WITHDRAWN PENIS / THUMB FOLD-OPEN ALBUM COVER - STRAIGHT RECORDS WHITE LABEL PROMO - WS 1883 - ALSO INCLUDES THE ORIGINAL STRAIGHT RECORDS INNER SLEEVE AND THE 1971 STRAIGHT / WB RECORDS APPROXIMATELY 6 3/8 X 7 7/8 INCHES PROMO PHOTO SENT TO VARIOUS MEDIA TO PROMOTE THE LOVE IT TO DEATH ALBUM. THIS WAS THE 3RD AND FINAL ALBUM ALICE COOPER RELEASED ON ZAPPA'S STRAIGHT RECORDS LABEL. IN FACT SHORTLY AFTER IT'S RELEASE THE BAND SIGNED WITH WARNER BROTHERS RECORDS AND THE REISSUES WERE ON VARIOUS WARNER BROTHERS RECORDS LABELS.THIS IS THE BREAKOUT ALBUM FOR THE BAND AND THE SONG "I'M EIGHTEEN" BECAME A BIG RADIO HIT. BEFORE THAT THE 2 ALBUMS THAT THEY RELEASED ON ZAPPA'S LABEL DIDN'T DO SO GOOD. FRANK NO LONGER HAD MUCH TIME FOR THE BAND SO THEY GOT BOB EZRIN TO PRODUCE THEM, WHICH I THINK IS WHAT REALLY MADE THIS ALBUM SOUND REALLY DIFFERENT THAN THE OTHERS. I GUESS MOST PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT THE COVER WHERE ALICE IS HOLDING OPEN THE CAPE HE'S WEARING AND IT LOOKS LIKE A PENIS. WHEN THEY FIRST NOTICED THAT THEY PUT BIG WHITE BORDERS ON THE FRONT AND REDUCED THE FRONT PHOTO SIZE. LATER THEY SIMPLY AIR BRUSHED IT OUT. IN THE 1976 FRANK ZAPPA SONG "WIND UP WORKING IN A GAS STATION" FRANK SAYS "SHOW ME YOUR THUMB IF YOU'RE REALLY DUMB" WHICH MIGHT NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THIS COVER BUT I WONDER SOMETIMES.
BOTH SIDES OF THE ALBUM PLAY AND SOUND GREAT, LOOK REAL NICE TOO. A FEW SMALL LIGHT SCUFFS. THIS IS WHAT A REAL VG+ RECORD SHOULD LOOK LIKE IN MY OPINION THAT ACTUALLY MEANS VERY GOOD PLUS AND NOT THE EBAY VG+. THE CARDBOARD COVER HAS SOME YELLOWING, RING AND EDGE WEAR. A FEW INCHES SEAM SPLIT IN THE CENTER OF THE BOTTOM SEAM. THE REST OF IT YOU CAN EASILY SEE FOR YOURSELF IN ALL OF THE PHOTOS. THE STRAIGHT RECORDS INNER SLEEVE HAS SOME SEAM SPLITS. IT'S NICE TO HAVE BUT YOU WON'T NEED TO USE IT TO STORE THE RECORD AS THE RECORD COMES IN A HIGH QUALITY COLLECTOR'S TYPE OF INNER SLEEVE AND PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE. THE PROMO PHOTO IS THE AUTHENTIC GLOSSY PROMO PHOTO USED TO PROMOTE THIS ALBUM. THERE'S INDENTATIONS AND SCRAPES ON THE FRONT. A SMALL AREA OF RED DISCOLORATION OR SOMETHING IN THE WHITE BORDER AREA ON THE FRONT. CHICKEN BLOOD? THERE'S YELLOWING AND WRITING ON THE BACK AND PART OF WHAT LOOKS LIKE A NEWSPAPER ARTICLE TAPED WITH THE DATE JUN 5 1971 STAMPED ON IT. CHECK OUT ALL OF THE PHOTOS.
SIDE 1 CONTAINS: CAUGHT IN A DREAM - I'M EIGHTEEN - LONG WAY TO GO - BLACK JUJU.
SIDE 2 CONTAINS: IS IT MY BODY - HALLOWED BE MY NAME - SECOND COMING - BALLAD OF DWIGHT FRY - SUN ARISE.
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