Alice Cooper Love It To Death SEALED USA 1971 VINYL LP W/ NO BARCODE
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Description
Item Details:
Label: Warner Bros. Records
Product Code: WS 1883
Format: Virgin Vinyl LP - Original Factory Sealed
Variations on cover
- Exposed thumb cover (Straight Records/pink label)
- Exposed thumb cover with -Including Their Hit "I'm Eighteen"-
written in black letters in white box on cover (Warner Bros./green label)
- Entire cover image lowered one third with top & bottom
thirds cropped by blank white space (Warner Bros./green label)
- Thumb airbrushed over with -Including Their Hit "I'm Eighteen"-
written in black letters in white box on cover (Warner Bros./palm tree label)
Discography About The Record:
Love It to Death is the third album by the American rock band Alice Cooper, released in March 1971. It was the band's first commercially successful album, and is considered to be where the band first consolidated its aggressive hard-rocking sound. The album's best-known track, "I'm Eighteen", was released as a single to test the band's commercial viability before the album was recorded.
Formed in the mid-1960s, the band took the name Alice Cooper in 1968 and became known for its outrageous theatrical live shows. The loose, psychedelic freak rock of the first two albums failed to find an audience. The band moved to Detroit in 1970 and was influenced by the aggressive hard rock scene there. A young Bob Ezrin was enlisted as producer, and he encouraged the band to tighten its songwriting over two months of rehearsing ten to twelve hours a day. The single "I'm Eighteen" achieved top-forty success soon after, peaking at number 21. This convinced Warner Bros. that Alice Cooper had the commercial potential to release an album. After its release in March 1971, Love It to Death reached number 35 on the Billboard 200 albums chart and has since been certified platinum. The album's second single, "Caught in a Dream", charted at number 94.
The original album cover featured Cooper posed with his thumb protruding so it appeared to be his penis; Warner Bros. soon replaced it with a censored version. The Love It to Death tour featured an elaborate shock rock live show: during "Ballad of Dwight Fry"—about an inmate in an insane asylum—Cooper would be dragged offstage and return in a straitjacket, and the show climaxed with Cooper's mock execution in a prop electric chair during "Black Juju". Ezrin and the Coopers continued to work together for a string of hit albums until the band's breakup in 1974. The album has come to be seen as a foundational influence on hard rock, punk, and heavy metal; several tracks have become live Alice Cooper standards and are frequently covered by other bands.
Tracks:
Caught In A Dream 3:10
I'm Eighteen 3:01
Long Way To Go 3:04
Black Juju 9:12
Is It My Body 2:40
Hallowed Be My Name 2:30
Second Coming 3:05
Ballad Of Dwight Fry 6:33
Sun Arise 4:08
RECORD CONDITION:
THE VIRGIN VINYL ALBUM IS STILL ORIGINAL FACTORY SEALED.
COVER CONDITION:
GATEFOLD COVER IS STILL SEALED AND COVERED IN ITS ORIGINAL FACTORY SHRINK WRAP W/ SOME CORNER WEAR AND STICKERS.
NO OTHER IMPERFECTIONS ON THE COVER:
No split seamsNo creases
No cut-out (drill) holes
No cut-out corners
No saw-marks or indents
No dirt/dust rubbing stains (friction marks caused by rubbing against other covers)
No yellowing from aging
No writing
No tape
No water damage
No warping
No wax, glue, paint or liquid drops on the cover
No glue traces or wax residue.
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