Alice Cooper's Welcome to My Nightmare

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Welcome to Alice's Nightmare

After a record breaking tour in 1973 following a string of hits like "School's Out", "Elected" and "No More Mr Nice Guy", Alice Cooper, the band, released Muscle of Love, their seventh studio album.

When Muscle of Love didn't do as well as they had expected, the band began to have disagreements over the future direction of the group. Singer Vincent Furnier, a.k.a Alice Cooper, wanted to continue with the elaborate stage show they had developed, while the other members of the band wanted to tone down the act and get more serious with the music.

The band broke up, and Alice Cooper, the singer, songwriter and musician, decided to return to the studio, after a brief break from music, without his former band mates.

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In 1975 Alice Cooper released his first solo album, after his break with the original members of the Alice Cooper band. Collaborating with producer Bob Ezrin who had produced Love It to Death, Killer, School's Out, and Billion Dollar Babies, and Lou Reed guitarist Dick Wagner, (as well as Reed's backing band) the project produced Welcome To My Nightmare.

Led by the US Top 20 hit "Only Women Bleed", the solo album was released by Atlantic Records in March 1975 and became a Top 10 hit for Cooper.

It was a concept album, based on the nightmare of a child named Steven, featuring narration by classic horror movie film star Vincent Price (several years before he guested on Michael Jackson's "Thriller"), and became the soundtrack to Cooper's new stage show, which included more theatrics than ever before.

Besides the album and stage show was the TV special "Alice Cooper: The Nightmare", starring Cooper and Vincent Price in person, which aired on US prime-time TV in April 1975.

The Nightmare, was the first rock music video album ever made and was later released on home video in 1983 and received a Grammy Awards nomination for Best Long Form Music Video.

A concert film, also called Welcome to My Nightmare and filmed live at London's Wembley Arena in September 1975, was released to theaters in 1976. It bombed at the box office, but later became a midnight movie favorite and cult classic.

With the success of his solo project, Cooper decided to continue without the rest of the original band.

Key Players Behind the Nightmare 



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Producer Bob Ezrin is credited with bringing the Alice Cooper band to the mainstream with the 1971 release Love It to Death. He also worked with them on Killer, School's Out, and Billion Dollar Babies. He's probably best known for his work on Pink Floyd's The Wall in 1979.

Guitarist Dick Wagner came with Bob Ezrin and Steve Hunter from working with Lou Reed. He contributed to Billion Dollar Babies and Muscle of Love. He helped with songwriting, composing, production as well as playing lead guitar on Welcome to My Nightmare, Goes To Hell, Lace and Whiskey, From the Inside and DaDa.

Guitarist Steve Hunter had previously worked with Mitch Ryder and Lou Reed, he continued to work with Alice on Goes to Hell and Lace and Whiskey.

Bassist Prakash John also came from Lou Reed's band. He had previously worked with George Clinton and Parliament/Funkadelic (he was inducted into the the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997 as a member of Parliament/Funkadelic). He continued working with Alice until Dada.

Bassist Tony Levin had been working with Lou Reed's band. He also contributed to Goes To Hell and Lace and Whiskey. Tony would later become famous for his work with Peter Gabriel and King Crimson

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Welcome to My Nightmare CD & MP3 

[ORIGINAL RECORDING REISSUED] [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED] [EXTRA TRACKS]

Original '75 release digitally remastered. Includes 3 bonus tracks - 'Devil's Food', 'Cold Ethyl' & 'The Awakening'- all alternate takes. Remixed by original album producer Bob Erzin from original master tapes. WB/Rhino Records. 2002.

Welcome To My Nightmare (Expanded & Remastered) [CD on Demand]

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1.  Welcome To My Nightmare
2.  Devil's Food
3.  The Black Widow
4.  Some Folks
5.  Only Women Bleed
6.  Department Of Youth
7.  Cold Ethyl
8.  Years Ago
9.  Steven
10. The Awakening
11. Escape
12. Devil's Food (Alternate Version) (bonus track)
13. Cold Ethyl (Alternate Version) (bonus track)
14. The Awakening (Alternate Version) (bonus track)

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Alice Cooper: The Nightmare (1975) - VHS 

Alice Cooper The Nightmare (NOT Welcome to my Nightmare) is a Classic Performance Video that features ONLY Alice Cooper and Vincent Price, it consists of conceptual videos acted on a stage and has a running time of 66 minutes.

14 songs each introduced by Vincent Price. Features great scenes of Cooper and Vincent Price interacting together.

Alice Cooper: The Nightmare

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Alice Cooper: Welcome to My Nightmare (1975) - DVD 

DVD Release Date: May 4, 1999

This first full-blown rock-theater extravaganza ever contains commentary from Alice Cooper.

Alice Cooper: Welcome to My Nightmare

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Studio: Wea-des Moines Video Release Date: 06/22/1999 Run time: 109 minutes Rating: Nr
Alice Cooper, Vincent Price, Dick Wagner (II), Steve Hunter, Whitey Glan

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