STUCK IN THE VINYL AGAIN - ALICE COOPER - GREATEST HITS

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Good morning vinyl enthusiasts and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again. Today we gleefully wish Vincent Damon Furnier, known the world over as , Alice Cooper, a very Happy 72nd Birthday. Happy Birthday Alice ! To commemorate the date, we throw a spotlight on Greatest Hits. This LP was released in August of 1974 on the Warner Brothers label and produced by  Jack Richardson, Jack Douglas, and Bob Ezrin. The compilation disc features hits from the band Alice Cooper, (as opposed to the man Alice Cooper). It is the band's only greatest hits package and includes songs from their third, fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh records, omitting any material from their first two records. It would be their last release before seeing Alice go solo and adopting the name as his own. It peaked at #8 on the Billboard 200.  My personal favorites include, "Under My Wheels", "Hello Hooray", and "No More Mr. Nice Guy".

"I'm Eighteen" – 2:58
Original version on Love It to Death

"Is It My Body"  – 2:41
Original version on Love It to Death

"Desperado"  – 3:29
Original version on Killer

"Under My Wheels" – 2:46
*Original version on Killer

"Be My Lover"  – 3:22
*Original version on Killer

"School's Out" – 3:30
Original version on School's Out

Side two

"Hello Hooray"  – 4:18
Original version on Billion Dollar Babies

"Elected"  – 4:08
Original version on Billion Dollar Babies

"No More Mr. Nice Guy"  – 3:07
Original version on Billion Dollar Babies

"Billion Dollar Babies" – 3:43
Original version on Billion Dollar Babies

"Teenage Lament '74"  – 3:54
Original version on Muscle of Love

"Muscle of Love"  – 3:45
Original version on Muscle of Love

Alice Cooper Band :

Alice Cooper – vocals, harmonica
Glen Buxton – lead guitar
Michael Bruce – rhythm guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
Dennis Dunaway – bass guitar, backing vocals
Neal Smith – drums, backing vocals

with:

Steve Hunter – guitar solos on "Billion Dollar Babies" and "Hello Hooray"

Phonographic Copyright (p) – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Mastered At – The Mastering Lab
Produced For – Nimbus 9 Productions Limited