The Strange Case of Alice Cooper

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The Strange Case Of Alice Cooper
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Released1979
RecordedApril 9, 1979
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Length73:01
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Director Sterling Johnson
Producer Jackie Barnett
Alice Cooper chronology
Alice Cooper and Friends
(1977)
The Strange Case Of Alice Cooper
(1979)
The Nightmare Returns
(1987)

The Strange Case of Alice Cooper is a live concert video released in September 1979, of Alice Cooper performing with his backing band The Ultra Latex Band . The concert was filmed on April 9, 1979 during Cooper's 'Madhouse Rock' Tour in San Diego, California, at the San Diego Sports Arena, in support of the album From the Inside .

Contents

Two songs that were performed during the filming, "All Strapped Up" and "Dead Babies", were omitted from the film for unknown reasons. [1] A DVD version, with audio commentary by Alice Cooper, was released May 22, 2012 via Shout! Factory as a US-only release. [2] Shout! Factory has also made the movie available digitally on their network for streaming and download.

Track listing

  1. Opening commentary and concert introduction (by Alice Cooper and Vincent Price) – 1:13
  2. "From The Inside" (Alice Cooper, Dick Wagner, David Foster) – 5:48
  3. "Serious" (Cooper, Bernie Taupin, Foster, Steve Lukather) – 2:50
  4. "Nurse Rozetta" (Cooper, Lukather, Foster) – 1:53
  5. "The Quiet Room" (Cooper, Taupin, Wagner) – 3:07
  6. "I Never Cry" (Cooper, Wagner) – 1:51
  7. "Devil's Food" (Cooper, Bob Ezrin, Kelly Jay) – 1:01
  8. "Welcome To My Nightmare" (Cooper, Wagner) – 2:11
  9. "Billion Dollar Babies" (Cooper, Michael Bruce, Reggie Vinson) – 1:49
  10. "Only Women Bleed" (Cooper, Wager) – 2:24
  11. "No More Mr. Nice Guy" (Cooper, Bruce) – 1:49
  12. "I'm Eighteen" (Cooper, Bruce, Glen Buxton, Dennis Dunaway, Neal Smith) – 3:57
  13. "The Black Widow" (Cooper, Wagner, Ezrin) – 5:34
  14. "Wish I Were Born in Beverly Hills" (Cooper, Taupin, Wagner) – 3:50
  15. "Ballad Of Dwight Fry" (Bruce, Cooper) – 5:26
  16. "Go to Hell" (Cooper, Ezrin, Wagner) – 3:30
  17. "How You Gonna See Me Now" (Cooper, Taupin, Wagner) – 4:21
  18. "Inmates (We're All Crazy)" (Cooper, Taupin, Wagner) – 3:22
  19. "School's Out" (Cooper, Bruce, Dunaway, Smith, Buxton) – 1:51
  20. Introducing the Musicians, with solos – 11:44
  21. "School's Out" (conclusion) – 2:07
  22. Closing commentary and Credits (by Alice Cooper) – 1:23

Credits

Musicians

Ultra Latex Band

Other stage performers

Filming

Re-release

Notes and references

  1. "The Strange Case of Alice Cooper" . Retrieved 2022-09-22.
  2. "The Strange Case Of Alice Cooper coming to DVD May 22". Archived from the original on 2016-04-12. Retrieved 2012-03-15.

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