PROMO 1971 "PENIS" ALICE COOPER LOVE IT Hard Psych

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RARE 1971 UNCENSORED "PENIS" COVER

WITHDRAWN COLLECTIBLE!

WHITE LABEL PROMOTIONAL

                              Love It To Death

                                   USA -  STRAIGHT RECORDS (WHITE LABEL PROMO)- WS 1883

"RARE" WHITE LABEL ADVANCE RELEASE PROMOTIONAL Collectible ...                    

Hard to find WITHDRAWN / banned UNCENSORED "penis" original 1971 first pressing VINYL in thick gatefold cover... the vinyl in minty clean collectible condition (see details below song titles)

This was the album that brought the Alice Cooper band to the mainstream. Much credit is generally given to producer Bob Ezrin, cleaning up the band's sound with fresh ideas and making it more accessible, most notably the track, 'I'm Eighteen'. It originally was a much longer song, unedited here, and in more of a psychedelic vein like the band's first two albums, which contained several longer songs.

The album cover caused much controversy at the time of its release. THIS first pressing show Cooper's thumb sticking out of his pants, thus giving the illusion that it's his penis. This led Warner Brothers to censor it; Alice Cooper's thumb is clearly airbrushed out on censored versions.

Whereas Alice Cooper's first two studio albums, 1969's PRETTIES FOR YOU and 1970's EASY ACTION, tended more towards the trippy excesses of the hippie era, their next one, 1971's LOVE IT TO DEATH introduced the world to the heavy sound that Cooper would soon be taking to the top. With the invaluable production assistance of future Pink Floyd/Lou Reed cohort Bob Ezrin, LOVE IT TO DEATH proved Alice Cooper's first HIT album, and served as their commercial breakthrough.

That staple of teen alienation, "I'm Eighteen," is the most iconic cut, but every single track on LOVE IT TO DEATH is outstanding. Plenty of other Cooper favorites are included--the candid "Is It My Body," the grim theatrics of "Ballad of Dwight Fry" (a slightly misspelled homage to the horror-film actor), the powerful opener "Caught In A Dream," and the tuneful afterglow of the closer "Sun Arise." With pretentious prog-rock and folk-rock ruling the charts in the early '70s, LOVE IT TO DEATH served as a wake-up call to thousands of disenfranchised teens, and became a kind of blueprint for punk and edgy hard rock later in the decade.

1. "Caught in a Dream"  – 3:10
2. "I'm Eighteen"  – 3:00
3. "Long Way to Go"  – 3:04
4. "Black Juju"  – 9:11
5. "Is It My Body"  – 2:39
6. "Hallowed Be My Name"  – 2:29
7. "Second Coming"  – 3:04
8. "Ballad of Dwight Fry"  – 6:33
9. "Sun Arise"  – 3:50

* Alice Cooper - Vocals
* Glen Buxton - Lead Guitar
* Michael Bruce - Rhythm Guitar, Keyboards
* Dennis Dunaway - Bass Guitar
* Neal Smith - Drums

CONDITION:

The Cover: Thick gatefold -- near impossible to find withour shelf wear, it did not wear well...this copy with moderate shelf wear VG(+), The back cover is excellent. No split seams, no bends, no writing -- this is your baby! because the vinyl is top M-

The Vinyl: all glossy clear and clean shiny grooves, M-  retaining the original luster =  TOP LEVEL ...beautiful...

The white promo labels are MINT clean....

The original 1971 Straight Records inner sleeve is included

      A cool addition to anyone's music library!

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EFFICIENT/CAREFUL GRADING

All imperfections are noted both cover & record