Alice Cooper Lp Ex 1971 Banned Cover Love It To Death Gatefold Exposed Thumb

$

21

ARTIST: Alice cooper

TITLE: Love it to death

VINYL: EX Some tiny marks.

COVER: intact but album edge wear and is dirty from shelfware. Partial seam split on top. (See pic).

LABELS: Very clean.

INNER SLEEVE: Poly lined paper sleeve and original company sleeve. (See pics.)

- Exposed thumb cover with -Including Their Hit "I'm Eighteen"- written in black letters in white box on cover (Warner Bros./green label)

Many more records coming soon!

All at a unbelievable auction start of $1

NOTES: AllMusic Review by Greg Prato

Alice Cooper's third album, Love It to Death, can be pinpointed as the release when everything began to come together for the band. Their first couple of albums (Pretties for You and Easy Action) were both largely psychedelic/acid rock affairs and bore little comparison to the band's eventual rip-roaring, teenage-anthem direction. The main reason for the quintet's change was that the eventually legendary producer Bob Ezrin was on board for the first time and helped the Coopers focus their songwriting and sound, while they also perfected their trashy, violent, and theatrical stage show and image. One of the band's most instantly identifiable anthems, "I'm Eighteen," was what made the album a hit, as well as another classic, "Is It My Body." But like Alice Cooper's other albums from the early '70s, it was an incredibly consistent listen from beginning to end. The garage rocker "Caught in a Dream" as well as the ass-kicking "Long Way to Go" and a pair of epics -- the Doors-esque "Black Juju" and the eerie "Ballad of Dwight Fry" -- showed that Alice was easily in league with other high-energy Detroit bands of the era (MC5, Stooges). Love It to Death was the first of a string of classic releases from the original Alice Cooper group.

The original album cover featured the singer 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.

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

SHIPPING INFO

PLEASE READ

Media mail usually takes 3 to 8 weeks from here in Hawaii.  Priority mail is fast

All LPs are packed well and shipped promptly. LPs and 45s come with plastic outer sleeves.

*************************************

NOTES

If you are buying more than 1 record in this record series please request an Invoice or Total when you are finished buying so I can set the combined shipping rate

Save money with combined shipping ( see shipping information below )

All records are cleaned to sound better and come with a plastic outer sleeves

I will give you positive feedback and hope to get it back.

Please save me as a seller and ebay will notify you when I have records on ebay.

Thank you very much!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

VINYL GRADING:

M: Sealed Lp.

NM: Near mint. Record looks like new.

EX: Record looks almost like new. May have very light surface marks which have no effect on play.

VG+: May have marks and a little surface noise in spots but should sound great. 

VG-: Has more pronounced marks and background noise but will play without skipping or ticking.

G: Record has scratches but plays and might skip or jump.

P: Poor Condition. Only the rarest of records will be listed if ever.

 COVER GRADING

Covers are graded separately in the description.

=========================

POSTAGE RATES

 (Double LPs count as 2 LPs, triple as 3, ect. )  Sadly,  International postage rates just went way up

USA:

PRIORITY mail $15.00 1st LP and $1.00 for each additional LP.

MEDIA mail $5.00 1st LP ; 50 cents each additional LP ( Media mail is a great deal, but I am in Hawaii and it usually takes 3 to 8 weeks from here )

Canada :

$16.00 1st LP ; $4.00 each additional LP

Rest of the World :

$24.00 1st LP ; $5.00 each additional LP

International bidders: - Please Note: Import duties, taxes, and charges are not included in the item price or shipping cost. These charges are the buyer's responsibility. 

PAYMENT

If you are bidding on more than 1 LP in this auction series, PLEASE wait until the last record you are bidding on has ended to make payment

If you are done buying you may pay at any time, or request an invoice.  I will send out invoices at the end of each series.

Worldwide payment by PayPal

More Great Records Coming Soon

I like to give and receive positive feedback

Thank You Very Much

Shackwax