5LP And 5CD Collections With First Four Solo Albums And Bonus Rarities Arrive July 31 PRE-ORDER NOW
Alice Cooper’s 1975 platinum-certified solo debut, Welcome to My Nightmare, was the first of eight studio albums and the beginning of a new chapter in a legendary career that has haunted music for half a century. Rhino covers the early years in a new set featuring Cooper’s first four solo albums with a selection of rarities.
The Studio Albums 1975-1978 is available July 31 in 5LP (available exclusively at Rhino.com) and 5CD configurations. The albums include Welcome to My Nightmare (1975), Alice Cooper Goes to Hell (1976), Lace and Whiskey (1977), and From the Inside (1978). An album of bonus material adds seven tracks, including single versions of “Welcome To My Nightmare” and “You And Me.” (In the vinyl set, this LP is cut at 45 RPM.)
After the original Alice Cooper band redefined rock with global anthems like “School’s Out” and “I’m Eighteen,” Cooper went solo in 1975 with Welcome to My Nightmare. Produced by Bob Ezrin, the concept album exploring a child’s nightmares was certified platinum, peaking at #5 on the Billboard 200. It was followed by a TV special, a groundbreaking theatrical world tour, and a concert film. Its concept continued a year later on the gold-certified Alice Cooper Goes to Hell, which introduced his biggest-selling single, “I Never Cry.”
Cooper shifted gears in 1977 on the platinum-certified Lace and Whiskey, adopting the persona of the bumbling, hard-drinking private investigator Maurice Escargot. It featured the Top 10 ballad “You And Me.” His fourth album in four years, 1978’s From the Inside is a concept album co-written with Bernie Taupin that draws directly from Cooper’s recent experience in an asylum. Produced by David Foster, the album includes the hit single, “How You Gonna See Me Now,” which peaked at #12 on the Billboard Hot 100.
With a career spanning nearly six decades, Cooper has sold more than 50 million albums, headlined numerous sold-out tours, and fundamentally influenced the trajectory of hard rock and heavy metal. A cultural icon and 2011 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, Cooper continues to evolve as a creative force. He hosts the long-running national radio show “Alice’s Attic with Alice Cooper” and recently debuted “The Cooper Club,” a line of golf apparel. This October, he will release his long-awaited autobiography, Devil on My Shoulder, offering an unfiltered look at one of the most enduring careers in music history.
THE STUDIO ALBUMS 1975-1978
LP Track Listing
Welcome to My Nightmare
LP One
Side One
- “Welcome To My Nightmare”
- “Devil’s Food”
- “The Black Widow”
- “Some Folks”
- “Only Women Bleed”
Side Two
- “Department Of Youth”
- “Cold Ethyl”
- “Years Ago”
- “Steven”
- “The Awakening”
- “Escape”
Alice Cooper Goes to Hell
LP Two
Side One
- “Go To Hell”
- “You Gotta Dance”
- “I’m The Coolest”
- “Didn’t We Meet”
- “I Never Cry”
Side Two
- “Give The Kid A Break”
- “Guilty”
- “Wake Me Gently”
- “Wish You Were Here”
- “I’m Always Chasing Rainbows”
- “Going Home”
Lace and Whiskey
LP Three
Side One
- “It’s Hot Tonight”
- “Lace And Whiskey”
- “Road Rats”
- “Damned If You Do”
- “You And Me”
Side Two
- “King Of The Silver Screen”
- “Ubangi Stomp”
- “(No More) Love At Your Convenience”
- “I Never Wrote Those Songs”
- “My God”
From the Inside
LP Four
Side One
- “From The Inside”
- “Wish I Were Born In Beverly Hills”
- “The Quiet Room”
- “Nurse Rozetta”
- “Millie And Billie”
Side Two
- “Serious”
- “How You Gonna See Me Now”
- “For Veronica’s Sake”
- “Jackknife Johnny”
- “Inmates (We’re All Crazy)”
Bonus Misdemeanors (Cut at 45 RPM)
LP Five
Side One
- “Welcome To My Nightmare” (Single Version)
- “Department Of Youth” (Single Version)
- “Only Women Bleed” (Single Version)
- “You And Me” (Single Version)
Side Two
- “From The Inside” (Single Version)
- “No Tricks” – With Betty Wright
- “Road Rats”