Alice Cooper: Album by Album Overview – The Early Band Years
In the beginning there was a band called "Alice Cooper." The lead singer, Vincent Furnier, took that name as his own, too. While stardom was in the future for Furnier, the group produced some early albums that were interesting, if atypical of the output to follow.
Live At the Whiskey A-Go-Go, 1969
For years it had seemed like "Pretties for You" was the first Alice Cooper release. Certainly it was the earliest one in print. However, in recent years, it turns out that this live disc was released before that one, but apparently in a very limited release.
The songs here are all presented in studio renditions on "Pretties For You," except for "Nobody Likes Me." The recording is not bad for a live recording of an unknown group in 1969. Some of these recordings have shown up over the...