ALICE COOPER MUSCLE OF LOVE SEALED ORIG '74 WARNER LP IN GIMMICK COVER & INSERT

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·       ALICE COOPER – MUSCLE OF LOVE – ORIGINAL 1973 WARNER BROTHERS STEREO LP BS-2748

·       ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING

*** STILL SEALED GUARANTEED ORIGINAL FIRST PRESSING ***

·       IMPORTANT NOTE: WE ARE SELLING THIS ALBUM AS STILL SEALED DESPITE THE FACT THAT THE SHRINK WRAP HAS SEPARATED ALONG THE ENTIRE LENGTH ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE. IT OBVIOUS FROM THE OVERALL CONDITION OF THE ALBUM THAT THIS ALBUM HAS NEVER BEEN OPENED, AND THAT THE SEALING SHRINK HAS BEEN INTACT AND UNTOUCHED SINCE THE ALBUM LEFT THE FACTORY, ALMOST 45 YEARS AGO. WE UNCONDITIONALLY GUARANTEE THAT THIS IS A STILL FACTORY SEALED ITEM. PLEASE BID IN CONFIDENCE. 

·       ORIGINAL “CARDBOARD BOX” COVER.

·       PLEASE NOTE: THE FAKE WATER STAIN ON THE BOTTOM OF THE CARDBOARD COVER JACKET IS ACTUALLY AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE COVER ARTWORK AND NOT, REPEAT, NOT: A FLAW OR PHYSICAL DAMAGE TO THE BOX.

·       BELIEVED TO BE PRESSED ON THE ORIGINAL BURBANK BOULEVARD (“PALM TREES”) WARNER BROTHERS LABEL, MID-70’s STYLE.

·       THE THICKNESS OF THE VINYL, THE APPEARANCE AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE COVER, LABEL’S LOGO AND OTHER PERIPHERAL ELEMENTS OF THE COVER, ARE ALL PERFECTLY CONSISTENT WITH THE ORIGINAL, FIRST PRESSING OF THIS TITLE.

·       THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S. PRESSING; THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.

·       BELIEVED TO INCLUDE ORIGINAL, CUSTOM INNER SLEEVE UNIQUE TO THIS TITLE

·       BELIEVED TO INCLUDE  ORIGINAL “INSTITUTE OF NUDE WRESTLING” INSERT

·       FAIRLY THICK VINYL PRESSING (JUDGING BY THE WEIGHT); On the scale from 1 to 10 (1 being the least, and  10 being the most severe), we assess the thickness of the vinyl as 7.

(►PLEASE SEE THE IMAGE OF THE COVER, LABEL OR BOTH, SHOWN BELOW)

(Note: this is a REAL image of the ACTUAL item you are bidding on. This is NOT a "recycled" image from our previous auction. What you see is what you’ll get.  GUARANTEED!)

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Coming off such conceptual, theatrical, sleazy hard rock records as the massively successful School's Out (1972) and Billion Dollar Babies (1973), the Alice Cooper group decided that their next release would be more along the lines of their earlier, more straightforward work (à la Love It to Death). While Muscle of Love was a gold-certified Top Ten success, it performed below expectations (their previous two albums peaked at number two and number one, respectively) and would unfortunately prove to be the original Alice Cooper band's last studio album together. The album may not be as coherent as their previous classics (producer Bob Ezrin took a leave of absence) and more filler is present than usual, yet Muscle of Love is perhaps Alice Cooper's most underrated record -- more than a few overlooked and forgotten classics reside here. The two best-known tracks are undoubtedly the Top 20 anthem "Teenage Lament '74," which features none other than Liza Minnelli and the Pointer Sisters on backing vocals, and the boisterous title track. But other tracks are just as good -- the Led Zep-stomping opener, "Big Apple Dreamin' (Hippo)," the gentle "Hard Hearted Alice" (a precursor to Cooper's future ballad-oriented direction), the raging "Working Up a Sweat," and "Man with the Golden Gun" (which was written for the James Bond movie of the same name, but rejected). A forgotten hard rock classic.

 (EXCERPT FROM AN ONLINE REVIEW BY GREG PRATO , ALL MUSIC GUIDE  /ALLMUSIC.COM/)

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·       CONDITION:

·       RECORD

(IMPORTANT NOTE: unless otherwise noted, ALL records are graded visually, and NOT play-graded!; we  grade records under the strong, diffuse room light or discrete sunlight)

(a)          THE ALBUM IS STILL FACTORY SEALED AND IS BELIEVED TO BE PERFECTLY MINT. Please note: sealed items are assumed to be mint and are sold as-is, as we have no way of inspecting them. For our policy on still sealed records ►click here (PLEASE READ BEFORE PLACING A BID).

(b)          The record is believed to come in its original custom inner sleeve, unique to this  title

(c)           The album is believed to contain original poster / insert

(d)            The record is  apparently pressed on a RELATIVELY  thick, inflexible vinyl. This is NOT a thin, flimsy ('dynaflex' type),  vinyl, but not the thickest, most rigid vinyl, either.

(e)           Of course, this is a full-bodied ANALOG recording, and not an inferior, digital recording!!!

·       COVER  (box)

COVER IS (WEAK) NEAR MINT, STILL SEALED AND COVERED IN ITS ORIGINAL ►SHRINK WRAP   (A SMALL PIECE OF SHRINK WRAP IS MISSING)

The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:

-         Visible shelf wear noted on the left and right side.

-         Cover has a visible wrinkle (crease) in the cardboard base

-         Cover has a small cutout saw-mark (an indent about 3-5 mm long ) on one of its seams.

-         Cover has two corners slightly worn / dinged  (nothing significant)

NO OTHER VISIBLE FLAWS OR IMPERFECTIONS ON THE  COVER

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