...this first alice cooper combo were certainly th'best version'n this wax testifys to that proclomation four fold at least, with some real cool blowouts o' underground rock...th'whole shebang kicks off with a coupla rockers tailor made for th'new seventies teenage market,th'second gets a velvets riff goin' to ride th'tune on, then th'first o'some amazin' grooves, trk 3(halo o' flies)comes on with some guitar noodle straight from some acid rock band like clear light with trippy fx guitar strum,slightly psych, then into a street level prog riff(no clever-clever college variety)sorta like th' pink fairies which makes a lotta sense as th'coops always dug th'anglo psych noise in all its guise, later th'trk hits a love'forever changes' string arrangement followed by tribal drum'n more riff groovin' on a russian cossack trip(this gotta be coops contribution to temporal stradlin' world music or something similar)...more forever changes sound start th'fourth tune, which crosses into jimbo morrison quiet moanin', proof theres been some checkin' out by th'cooper cats o' ol' elektra acid rock LPs which were creepin' into hep urban locales in various parts o' th'globe via bargin bins at th' beginnin' o' th'seven ohs...side two gets underway with another coupla street rockers, th'type which would become currency for leather jacketed underground garage bands for this new decade...trk 3 again, (this time 'dead babies')tells th' story o' drug abuse from an interestin' 'stepford wives gone real spazz' angle, in some ways its th'story o' amerikkkan seventies youth with their addiction to quaaludes to dull th'psychological effects o' a claustophobic finkin' society with its petty restrictions /cops on every corner like guards in th'plastic consumer concentration camp...some doors style moves crop up again in th'middle then th'thing winds down by reinforcin' th'earlier sentiments like th'inevitable will be th'outcome from a society out o' control/stuck in manipulation for dollars, blind obedience or death...theres a coatin o' 67 anglo psych smeared over this one but a cat cant be dozin' or th'vibe will leave...title trk is last with more morrison grooves ridin' a psychedelic ballroom riff'n some tribal trance drums 'n voodoo wailin'n prayer to a high entity...a lot o' this wax harks back to 67 but not a tangible 67, more a feelin' o' what coulda happ'ned if hard blooz rock hadn't come in so strong'n th'yardbirds had kept jeff'n jimmy wailin' at marquee club sunday afternoon freakouts, if th'doors had been more rocknroll'n morrison less ego driven, kinda like if jimbo had jammed political/spiritual poetry with th'yardbirds durin' their velvet collar harpsichord journeys...th' coops wouldn't again reach this high point, tho th'next coupla slabs were by no means slouchy this is th'end o' th'initial cooper voyage to take rocknroll further by continuin' th'vibes started five years earlier with tunes like 'satisfaction''happ'nin ten years time ago', pushed further by cats like th'early groovies'n floyd/deviants 'n th' various elektra acid rockers/poppers(clear light/crabby appleton/morrison/stalk forrest group)who all got fixated doin' their versions o' los angeles meets swingin' london psych...in a way its fittin'n inevitable this groove would finish in th'early seventies as th'drugs got heavier'n more pervasive through straight'n hep worlds,rock'nroll became just plain ol' rock'n attention spans became more limited only needin' dull thuds from sloppy boogie rock...th'veitnam fiasco was needin' less cannon fodder as th'decade progressed so teenage thinkin' was less important in th' general game o' consumer life, dullards, both heavy rock'n singer songwriters took center stage with alice cooper becomin' pop stars then pop star then golfer/comedian,'n finally an irrelevant parody solo act...
Thursday
earlier gear
- lynyrd skynyrd
- mayhem
- morbid/mayhem
- mayhem
- morbid
- fireball ministry
- status quo
- monkees
- monkees
- monkees
- monkees
- monkees
- monks
- united states of america
- clash
- angels ov light
- charles manson
- black randy
- black flag
- chain gang
- masque benefit
- sonic youth
- mamas and papas
- mayhem
- burzum
- big brother
- bob dylan
- nirvana
- rotary connection
- silver apples
- delaney and bonnie
- delaney and bonnie
- traffic
- beau
- beau
- dream syndicate
- pink floyd
- dream syndicate
- sonic youth
- pink floyd
- poppy family
- klaatu
- serge gainsbourg
- chantal goya
- brigitte bardot
- france gall
- guitars of the golden triangle
- jefferson airplane
- bob dylan
- jeff buckley
- baby grandmothers
- fab4
- sonic youth
- sonic youth/tim barnes
- sonics
- flowerpot men
- harpers bizarre
- t.rex
- millennium
- avengers
- runaways
- association
- hawkwind
- dead boys
- runaways
- jools/brian
- jools/brian
- julie driscoll
- scott walker
- sagitarius
- gene clark
- judee sill
- sonny and cher
- john cale
- nancy sinatra
- television
- sandy bull
- big brother
- big brother
- cher
- grass roots
- mott the hoople
- mothers
- mothers
- zappa
- alan watts
- ill wind
- plastic people
- charles manson
- charles manson
- tearstained
- pop&bowie
- lou reed
- QMS
- gene clark
- testors
- curtis mayfield
- shockabilly
- strike records
- colosseum
- atomic rooster
- hammersmith gorillas
- mulberry bush sdt
- johns children
- sly &the family stone
- youngbloods
- crushed butler
- ciccone youth
- the band
- fred neil
- mazatec indians
- king crimson
- stack waddy
- stack waddy
- liverpool scene
- liverpool scene
- viltones
- shangri-las
- crime
- fever tree
- franciose hardy
- salvation army
- everpresent fullness
- bob dylan
- X
- nirvana
- geoff and maria
- sly and the family stone
- eno
- eno
- sun ra
- sun ra
- harry pussy
- eater
- randy california
- damned
- stray
- les rallizes des nudes
- friar tuck
- appletree theatre
- real kids
- sidewinders
- unfolding
- charlie tweedle
- ildjarn
- madhouse
- walflower complextion
- the stalin
- G.I.S.M
- G.I.S.M
- blue cheer
- jefferson airplane
- great society
- van morrison
- judy henske
- blue cheer
- ron geesin
- pagans
- glitterbest
- 50foot hose
- dangerhouse
- nico
- yardbirds
- zweistein
- simply saucer
- pink fairies
- sunny murray
- jerry hahn
- delaney&bonnie
- delaney&bonnie
- UP!
- charles manson
- dylan
- laura nyro
- mamas&papas
- elvis
- factory
- barefoot jerry
- pink floyd
- sonic youth
- sonic youth
- sonic youth
- sonic youth
- graham parker
- turtles
- samson
- babs gonzales
- clear light
- pointer sisters
- josefus
- blue cheer
- ten years after
- great society
- sons of champlin
- savage resurrection
- germs
- pink floyd
- darkthrone
- fever tree
- faust
- mayhem
- fever tree
- plastic people
- father yod
- father yod
- ya ho wa
- vultures eye
- tornados
- pan pipes of joujouka
- mayhem
- sly and the family stone
- doors
- doors
- mothers
- jerry fielding
- freak scene
- erica pomerance
- lee fields
- nico
- sergio mendes
- gillian hills
- kirby stone 4
- scott walker
- rare earth
- laura nyro
- youngbloods
- linda ronstadt
- laura nyro
- zappa
- buffy sainte-marie
- silver apples
- tim buckley
- 15.60.75
- rotary connection
- smoke
- byrds
- beauregarde
- gone
- privates
- byrds
- high tide
- linda jones
- byrds
- love
- corporation
- monkees
- gandalf the grey
- gurus
- ry cooder
- paul kantner
- seeds
- tyrannosaurus rex
- soft machine
- stan kenton
- great society
- phil ranelin
- eagle
- charles mingus
- valaida snow
- george lewis
- motor city blues
- crimson shadows
- henry flynt
- viddekazz
- byrds
- jesus and mary chain
- ramsted
- chrome
- tomorrow
- bob
- t-model ford
- slaughter & the dogs
- willie & mighty magnificents
- heartbreakers
- outlaws
- metallica
- venom
- the fall
- grateful dead
- seeds
- grateful dead
- les rallizes denudes
- ufo
- traffic
- josefus
- thelonious monk
- tammy wynette
- shelly manne
- venom
- cromagnon
- great speckled bird
- edwin starr
- super snazz
- ruby jones
- t-bone walker
- blind willie mctell
- sex pistols
- hank thompson
- public enemy
- milford graves
- byrds
- dave mason
- jr. wells
- sonny phillips
- t-love
- sweet
- lost generation
- sonny phillips
- david bowie
- bakerloo
- motorhead
- gwen mccrae
- 999
- secret affair
- miles
- traffic
- traffic
- brinsley schwarz
- sharon tandy
- traffic
- spencer davis group
- miles
- miles
- spencer davis group
- arcadium
- may blitz
- van halen
- shoes
- cheap trick
- motley crue
- blue cheer
- crabby appleton
- shorty rogers
- magic sam
- allman brothers band
- meters
- thelonious monk
- cate brothers
- janis joplin
- mad river
- electric flag
- iron butterfly
- free
- electric flag
- purple image
- janis joplin
- mike nesmith
- aerosmith
- rufus
- baby huey
- big brother
- delaney and bonnie
- bar kays
- ramones
- u roy
- nilsson
- sam the sham
- lebron brothers
- public enemy
- dillinger
- mike nesmith
- rimshots
- scotsville squirrel barkers
- johnny guitar watson
- ocho
- velvet turner group
- bacon fat
- willie hutch
- treacherous 3
- james brown
- don ellis
- mickey hart
- crash crew
- duke ellington
- sound of new york
- blonde on blonde
- 8th day
- mcchurch soundroom
- 8th day
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