PROMOTIONAL 1974 ALICE COOPER MUSCLE OF LOVE LAST ORIG GROUP LP HARD PSYCH
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1974 ORIGINAL with insert & photo INNER!
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MUSCLE OF LOVE
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USA - Warner Brothers -BS 2708
rare ... ADVANCED RELEASE ... PROMOTIONAL COPY!
COMPLETE 1974 first press in cardboard "box" cover including BOTH the rare poster insert + photo double sided inner sleeve!
Original 1974 first pressing featuring a unique cover, nothing else in the rock world history offered such a way-out design; a book cover (shades of School's Out), a sleeve featuring happy sailors on leave (massage-parlor sex), all placed in a corrugated cardboard box ("Hey, why don't we ...") — coming off as cute gimmicks.
Carried over to the included songs, the same sort of sensibility can be seen at work, Simply sterling moments are paired against acceptable ones, embellishments to place between the dental nightmare and the guillotine.
Still, Alice is surely a long way from giving up the good ghost, and when Muscle Of Love takes the time to settle squarely on a target, the switch of his blade is as sharp as ever. "Teenage Lament '74," helped out by an all-star cast, lights on a hometown world where gold lame pants and rooster haircuts are regarded as the norm rather than the aberration, coupled with an indelible chorus and a heated tinge of peer-group frustrado. In the same vein, the group's ongoing love affair with television theme music is given vent through "The Man With the Golden Gun," a bravura James Bond overkill in which Alice delivers his best Shirley Bassey impression.
As for the rest, side one begins well with "Big Apple Dreamin' (Hippo)," hunches into a "Never Been Sold Before" that is both straightforward and engrossing in the manner of "Raped And Freezing," and then happens on a song which might've been the album's most insightful had it been investigated further: "Hard Hearted Alice/Is what we want to be/Hard Hearted Alice/Is what we want to see," is placed against the almost abnormal placidity of the man offstage.
"Crazy Little Child" is a Dixieland exercise based on a born-to-be-wild story line, "Working Up a Sweat" and the title tune are Muscle Of Love's solid-state rockers, and "Woman Machine" closes out the session with some J. Airplane-ish guitars and a paean to encroaching technological advancement. After this album, ALICE had a brainstorm to go solo and broke up the band which had created a winning formula that led to mega stardom success.
Muscle Of Love
Woman Machine
Hard Hearted Alice
Man With The Golden Gum
Big Apple Dreamin' (Hippo)
Never Been Sold Before
Working Up A Sweat
Crazy Little Child
Teenage Lament
CONDITION: The cover: rated: "EX" (excellent) which is pretty clean shape with the custom designed box not having been ripped or smashed down like most 40+ year old originals The photo shows a dark area at bottom portion of box which appears as water mark damage but the cover was designed to look that way, i.e. a "trashy box."
The vinyl: rated: M- TOP COPY - very clean, plays absolutely sharp and clear without problem interference. Both Quad W.B. labels are clean
A cool addition to anyone's music library!
SEE: SELLERS OTher items for similar cool sounds for "head" people..
EFFICIENT/CAREFUL GRADING
All imperfections are noted both cover & record
NOTE: All Items backed by money back guarantee! IF you have a problem PLEASE let us solve for you BEFORE leaving ANY negative feedback. Thanks! GRADING SCALE: M, M-, EX, VG++,VG+, VG, VG- M Completely clean, no marks M- Carefully used, looks clean, plays clean, shiny gloss, no marks EX Faint scuff or superficial mark, near M-, high gloss, plays clean VG++ Glossy with minimal scuffing or light mark playing very nice, clean VG+ a bit more scuff or markls still plays well with very minimal surface at worse VG more marks/scratches only minor, nothing deep, no loud clicks or pops this grade is abused by many, VG here does not mean "trashed" VG- surface noise present, will not have skips or jumps ALL PAYMENTS SHOULD BE MADE WITHIN 5 DAYS Of AUCTIONS END BIDDERS PLEASE = Do Not Bid If You Are Not Serious About Following Through The Transaction! ALL ITEMS GUARANTEED FOR WINNING BID - LESS SHIPPING!price rating
