WHITE LBL PROMO 1969 ORIG = ALICE COOPER PRETTIES FOR YOU FLIPPED ACID PSYCH

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• 52 YEAR OLD "STRAIGHT" RECORDS LABEL!
  
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  PURE ACID TRIPS: the very first 1969 album by: ..|/\|...............................................|/\|..

• ALICE COOPER
  
  "Pretties For You"
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• USA - STRAIGHT RECORDS - STS 1051 (PROMOTIONAL)
  
  PLAYS CLEAN !
  
  MEGA RARE WHITE LABEL PROMOTIONAL
  
  The way-out sounds -- first Alice Cooper a great garage psych classic.... here's the story:
  
  Back in 1969, Alice Cooper were a struggling band. Flat broke getting by only from stiffing every motel in Detroit. On to Los Angeles, things were no better. Frank Zappa met up with Alice Cooper at a party where it was learned Mr. Z. had started his own record label , Bizarre/Straight. Alice wanted to record an album. When Frank witnessed the band on stage, he noticed that each time they played, they would send the audience away in a fit. To the point of a ghost-town. The stage show at this time was so offensive and disgusting it made the later Alice Cooper stage extravaganza seem mild. No big budget theatrics, instead the likes of a transvestite crying "nobody likes me" and then having a temper tantrum like a 2 year old, lying on his back repeating 4 letter f- words until every single audience member had enough. Zappa saw SOMETHING, we can only imagine what, in this. Zappa offered them a tryout for a record deal, and to his surprise one morning, they snuck into his basement studio and began playing-- loud. A naked, alarmed Zappa rushed out of bed and gave them the deal on the account THEY STOPPED PLAYING RIGHT THEN! The budget was microscopic and the scheduling was rushed. The band DID NOT have any say in the production. One of the things Zappa found interesting was that he realized he would have a challenge trying to transcribe much of their music on paper. It was full of odd time signatures, on a dime changes, sputters, and things that gave it character. It is the perfect example of something that sounds like trash until your band tries to play it. It takes some skill to keep it all together. It is a lot harder than it may seem. None of this music is orchestrated in notation, moreover none of it was developed over time in a studio and none of it was played with real enthusiasm to a crowd on stage. It is literally taking green amateurs and giving them a couple of hours in a studio and thats that. Aside from the multitude of musical detail on this album, admitting hard to notice at first due to the rushed pace of recording (sloppiness) and the lack of studio polish (live in studio, few overdubs), there is some great songwriting. A lot of the ideas are quite off the wall, but there is a definite mixing of emotions within the songs, typical of a lot of the psych music. It is SUPPOSED to be that way! NOT a result of bad songwriting. This was recorded at a time when in Los Angeles about the hardest thing around was Spirit or Amboy Dukes. Maybe the likes of Zeppelin coming through on the radio. Or Cream. That's about it.
  
  Pretties is just oozing with that lovely "am I happy or sad?" , manic-depressive, so-on-dope- I'm confused mixed up emotional ambiguity. It's about putting some feeling in music rather than just playing what sounds "acceptable" to a beat. It is a testament to how records were sometimes made back then. Totally honest. This is what they were all about. Not a money making, picture posing machine they later became. They took risks. Neal Smith never again assaulted his drums like this. Those twin Gibson guitars are never again given so much freedom. And those vocal harmonies are great! Alice REALLY sings in his REAL voice. It's like a pop album gone bad in some places. A times it sounds like Revolver era Beatles on bad acid! None of that nasal whining. But not all of this album is atonal dissonant weirdness. There are a few beautiful songs too. Apple Bush with the help of George Martin could have been home on Sgt. Pepper. Reflected is actually better than the rehashed Elected. And Living is such a toe tapper. It sounds like the Beatles. It does. A fantastic song, a hundred times better than I'm 18. And really cool are No Longer Umpire and BB on Mars (great titles by the way), these are go happy and almost giddy sounding, but yet disturbing. A technique Alice Cooper would touch on later in songs like 'Dead Babies' or 'I love the Dead', only this is much stranger. Twisted! Brilliant! Levity Ball sounds like a live recording with a hand held tape recorder -- yet this is one of the most underappreciated classic albums from the U.S. underground scene. We can't always have sparkling production, motivated producers, or even seasoned musicians when making an album. It is the substance and the effort that makes it. Not to be judged comparably to say, Killer, but rather as some great material that was unlike anything else at the time, in true garage rock fashion. Stay away if you must have that studio polish or if some timing issues ruin your day. If you appreciate the avant-garde or late 60's experimentalism, this one is a must.

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3. The cover: rated: the thick gatefold cover is solid VG+ strong  still very collectible shape. Has a promotional sticker on front cover, very light rub-wear only starting, insides the same back cover as well having a thin blue ink one word at top left corner wear. Can be overlooked if you will, otherwise, see photos! That's what you'll receive!   ...no delete marks, no split seams, no delete marks and no writing ... very scarce collection worthy rarity

1. The vinyl: Rated: "EX" (excellent) Clean and glossy over both sides, shines all over - plays with completely clean audio and the white promo "STRAIGHT labels are clean

• ALICE COOPER
  
  "Pretties For You"
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