Alice Cooper Old School 1964-1974 Boxed Set to Feature a St. Louis Concert

Alice Cooper Old School 1964-1974 Boxed Set to Feature a St. Louis Concert

By Annie Zaleski Wed., Mar. 16 2011 at 12:05 PM

Alice Cooper's having a pretty good week. On Monday night, he was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. (He wore a snake for the occasion.) And this morning, he announced the June 2011 release of a monster (pun intended) boxed set, called Old School 1964-1974. Packaged in a replica school-desk box -- see it to the right -- the set has four CDs, a DVD, a "bootleg vinyl" and a 7-inch, along with a book, a 64-page booklet and other assorted goodies. (A list of the specs can be found below.) Even cooler, though: One of the CDs (and the "bootleg vinyl") is a 1971 show from the "Killer" tour, recorded right in St. Louis. This appears to be the December 17, 1971 show at the St. Louis Arena, a widely bootlegged show. The set isn't cheap; it retails for $260. But for fans, it's a goldmine.

[Note from commenter Tom C.: The Cooper show wasn't quite at the St. Louis Arena, but "at the Arena Annex, a building to the east side where the Blues parked their cars. Shows there were general admission and and if you got there early enough, you sat on a ratty old piece of carpet instead of the concrete floor. The openers were Pacific Gas & Electric and Dust."]

(courtesy of alicecooper.com)

The LIMITED EDITION Alice Cooper Group "Old School" box set comes in a commemorative 12 inch square "school desk" box and includes:
4 CDs from the years 1964-1974:
Disc 1: Demos, rarities, live, and advertisements
Disc 2: Demos from "Muscle of Love," a pre-production of songs from "Schools Out,"1973 Madison Square Garden live track, and advertisements.
Disc 3: Spoken word (from 2010/2011)
Disc 4: Live show of the 1971 "Killer" tour in St. Louis
DVD (single disc in Amaray case) with 3 never before seen features (over 2 hours)
64 page, full-color yearbook style book with hard front & back cover:
Period pictures of all band members, many never before seen
Book written by well-known music journalist Lonn Friend
Gatefold folder containing:
2 tour programs
ticket stubs
set list
5 prints
Bootleg Vinyl: 1971 "Killer" live show in St. Louis
7in Vinyl: Songs "Wonder Whose Lovin' Her Now" & "Lay Down & Die, Goodbye" from The Nazz
IMMEDIATE DOWNLOAD of the "Elected" 1972 Music Video (AliceCooper.com Exclusive)- Available as a M4V or MOV download as soon as you complete the pre-order transaction

Tags:

1971, alice cooper, bootleg, box set, killer tour, old school 1964-1974, st. louis

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shoesalesman

how limited is it ?

Tom L

I was also at the Arena Annex show with a couple of college friends. My Mom bought us tickets as a surprise...what a cool gal! We sat next to a group of dwarves (I know that's not politically correct, but they told us "Hey, we're DWARVES!"). They had bags of wine to share and during the show they would sit on their girlfriends' shoulders to see. Really nice guys. The show was damn good. Dust was a proto-metal three-piece band, the bassist and guitarist kept charging back and forth across the stage, swinging their hair. Hey, they were before their time. PG&E was OK, they were like a West-Coast version of Chicago with a horn section. Alice was outstanding, did a bunch of stunts, got out the python, all that stuff. His band was really good, although the sound was pretty bad. It was an old metal building with a concrete floor, after all.We were glad we went. Now I guess I should find a way to get the recording without buying that huge box set...

JensenLee

Now that Alice Cooper plays golf and performs at concerts for good causes, we forget the attitude of the old band. On my Rockaeology blog at http://bit.ly/iaFRn2 drummer Neal Smith says, “When we had a successful album, we wanted to throw it back. We had a bad attitude – which is good for rock n’ roll. If another band had long hair – we had longer hair. We wanted to look more outrageous than anyone out there. We were really pushing the limits with our image. I loved it.”

Tom C

It wasn't in the Arena. It was at the Arena Annex, a building to the east side where the Blues parked their cars. Shows there were general admission and and if you got there early enough, you sat on a ratty old piece of carpet instead of the concrete floor. The openers were Pacific Gas & Electric and Dust.