Billion dollar babies the alice cooper show home facebook. Billion dollar babies is a prime example of what can be achieved if you strike while the iron is hot. Dennis dunaway original alice cooper groups bass player. Vinyl lp, album, limited edition, reissue greenyelloworange marble swirl country. The track is a duet between alice cooper and donovan, who provides the falsetto vocals. Alice cooper will be launching a brandnew song, dont give up on may 15 and he is calling on you to be a part of this special song. A provocative young journalist chronicles his adventures on tour as a performing member of the alice cooper rockandroll band. Producer bob ezrin on his work with alice cooper and pink.
Hopefully they will do all four alice cooper s classics this, killers, love it to death and schools out. A provocative young journalist chronicles his adventures on tour as a performing member of the alice cooper rockandroll band hardcover january 1, 1974 by bob greene author. Enoughs enough is an amazing song and i want to gush. Listen free to alice cooper billion dollar babies hello hooray, raped and freezin and more. The four surviving original members of the alice cooper group tell the story of how the band started on the eve of the christmas pudding show in 2019. Dennis dunaway original alice cooper groups bass player has 1,853 members. Try disabling any ad blockers and refreshing this page. Billion dollar babies, released in 1973, would be cooper s bid to expand the bands appeal to a wider audience. Billion dollar babies, an album by alice cooper on spotify. Alice cooper neal smiths billion dollar babies 1973 tour. They let him in and this is the book he wrote about it. Alice cooper biowiki, age, wife, children, albums, songs. Billion dollar baby rubber little lady, slicker than a weasel grimy as an alley, loves me like no other lover billion dollar baby rubber little monster, baby.
The private jet, throngs of willing groupies, money, recording studios, limos, egos out of control, envy, etc. Billion dollar baby rubber little lady, slicker than a weasel grimy as an alley loves me like no oth. Find album credit information for billion dollar babies alice cooper on allmusic. Billion dollar baby i got you in the dimestore no other little girl could ever hold you any tighter, any tighter than me, baby billion dollar baby reckless like a gambler, million dollar maybe foaming like a dog thats been infected by the rabies we go dancing nightly in the attic while the moon is rising in the sky if im too rough, tell me. Alice cooper from the inside lp green black swirl colored vinyl 11th.
Luxurious snake skin cover with a fabulous interior, lush with band portrait,lyrics and one billion dollar bill jackson brownelate for the sky. Limited edition 3000 reissue on greenyelloworange marble vinyl. Billion dollar baby rubber little lady, slicker than a weasel, grimy as an alley loves me like no other lover billion dollar baby rubber little. The legend of shep gordon the baby used in the main gatefold photoshoot, died a. One album later the band parted, but they left behind this, their most powerful album. Ive also read many other alice cooper books over the years and ive got to say this is still the most interesting, informative and realistic book of all. Song for song, billion dollar babies is probably the original alice cooper group. His book topics have included politics, basketball, and rock and roll. Billion dollar babies by alice cooper 75992726924 cd. Alice cooper billion dollar babies on the occasion of its 2014 reissue on hybrid sacd, alice cooper s billion dollar babies is due for a critical secondlook. Original copies of billion dollar babies came in a lavish embossed sleeve with. Good to see you again, alice cooper is a 1974 feature film starring alice cooper.
The years in the run up to this albums release saw alice cooper establish themselves as the great black hope of american rock and roll, with love it to death andkiller establishing them as an act capable of penning albums that found a willing and sizeable audience of hard rock fans. Billion dollar babies alice cooper credits allmusic. Through a shapeshifting fiftyyear career, going from rock to industrial metal through cabaret, alice always surrounded himself with fantastic guitarists. Billion dollar babies sort by featured best selling alphabetically, az alphabetically, za price, low to high price, high to low date, old to new date, new to old.
We worked with producer bob ezrin, and he really elevated us to the point. Bob greene thought he was joining alice cooper for the follow up to the most successful concert tour in the history popular musicthe billion dollar babies tourwhat he got was a frontrow seat for the unraveling of the most dangerous band in the world. Originally released in 1973, billion dollar babies was cooper s sixth lp, and the secondtolast to feature the original band. Vinyl lp, album, limited edition, reissue green yelloworange marble swirl country. Keiths band frankenstein 3000 and david johansen sang a few songs too, with tish and snooky backing them up. And i have my suspicions about the scene where green talks to buxton and he is described as a complete wastoid. After years of obscurity, the alice cooper band rose to fame in 1971 with the hit single im eighteen and the album love it to death. Alice cooper will hit the wisconsin state fair main stage friday night at 8 p. Billion dollar baby rubber little lady, slicker than a weasel, grimy as an alley loves me like no other lover billion dollar baby. Billion dollar babies is the sixth studio album by american rock band alice cooper, released in 1973. This book was written by chicago tribune columnist bob greene who toured with the band during billion dollar babies holiday tour of 1973. Deluxe edition the deluxe edition of alice coopers billion dollar babies is a remastered and elaborately packaged version of the album.
Buy billion dollar babies live alice cooper microsoft. Besides welcome to my nightmare solo alice cooper never came close to this peak with the alice cooper group the first seven albums were done by the group alice cooper. Journalist bob greene joins studs terkel to talk about his book billion dollar baby and about his experience on tour with rock and roll band alice cooper. Nita strauss alice cooper billion dollar babies youtube.
Real fly on the wall stuff, from tedious recording sessions to exhausting shows on the road, bob greene documents what it was like to be there. Feb 26, 2007 billion dollar babies, released in 1973, would be cooper s bid to expand the bands appeal to a wider audience. Bob dylans greatest hits vinyl record lp with milton glaser poster milton glaser, bob dylan. Alice cooper billion dollar babies 2016 sealed green. Billion dollar baby rubber little lady, slicker than a weasel grimy as an alley loves me like no other lover billion dollar baby rubber little monster, baby, i adore you. With six gold and five platinum records to his name, neal smith is a living legend. The band peaked in popularity in 1973 with their next album billion dollar babies and its tour, which broke boxoffice records previously held by the rolling stones. In 2011, the surviving members of the original alice cooper band were finally inducted into the rock n roll hall of fame, where they performed for the first time publicly in many years. Donovan, during a postshow interview, on adding lyrics to cooper s billion dollar babies. With billion dollar babies, alice cooper refined the raw grit of their earlier work in favor of a slightly more polished sound courtesy of superproducer bob ezrin, resulting in a megahit album that reached the top of the u. Buy a cheap copy of billion dollar baby book by bob greene. Greene was known to participate with his writing subjects.
Billion dollar babies deluxe reissue, an album by alice cooper on spotify we and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. Billion dollar babies is a popular 1973 single by the rock group alice cooper, taken from the album billion dollar babies. A provocative young journalist chronicles his adventures on. Alice was downstairs and i was upstairs at morgan studios when he was doing billion dollar. Orianthi penny panagaris born 22 january 1985 is an australian musician, singer and songwriter who rehearsed in 2009 with michael jackson in preparation for his illfated this is it concert series, and performed with alice coopers touring. Its in sharp contrast to the new wave atmosphere surrounding the song. The reader get a feel of it all thanks to a great job by the author. Nita strauss alice cooper billion dollar babies duration. Produced by bob ezrin for nimbus nine productions, ltd.
In 2011, alice cooper was officially inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame. As it was stated in dale shermans book the illustrated collectors guide to alice cooper. Billion dollar babies deluxe reissue by alice cooper on spotify. The album became the best selling alice cooper record at the time of its release, hit number one on the album charts in both the united states and the united kingdom, and went on to be certified platinum by the recording industry association of america. Alice cooper billion dollar babies 2016, greenyellow. For music credits, visit music downloads not rated by the esrb. Billion dollar babies er det sjette studioalbum av det amerikanske hardrockbandet alice cooper, gjeven ut i 1973. Some say it was the alice cooper group being the backing band for gene vincent. Alice cooper billion dollar babies lyrics and tracklist. Alice cooper billion dollar babies front row youtube. Alice cooper, the king of shock rock was still with the original members of the alice cooper band. I like the drummer, the guitar riffs are all onpoint and memorable, and the subject matter in the lyrics are some of the most interesting, if controversial than any youll find. Sickthingsuk contains news and information on rock legend alice cooper and.
It was released in july 1973, months after the album had been released. Billion dollar babies by alice cooper album, hard rock. Alice cooper billion dollar babies releases discogs. The rock and roll hall of fame drummer for the alice cooper band used this custom wrapped, 18 piece premier drum kit on the groundbreaking 1973 billion dollar babies tour. Song for song, billion dollar babies is probably the original alice cooper groups finest and strongest. However, if you ever find it in a secondhand book store be sure to pick it up. Bf19 alice cooper billion dollar babies sealed rsd lp limited edition.
Nov 14, 20 at any rate, stephen, second engineer fernando lee and i were patiently mastering the alice cooper for audio fidelity. Added to which, joni mitchell, bob dylan and captain beefheart even. Paper, chocolatecandy stores, variety and crafts, comic books. The billion dollar babies holiday tour was basically the tour for muscle of love, but with the same structure and design as the previous billion dollar babies tour. Raped and freezing, billion dollar babies, elected and no more mr nice guy to name but a few. The band reached their commercial peak in 1973 with their sixth studio album, billion dollar babies. The original release is expanded to included a second disc of unreleased bonus material. The tapes were the original mix compilation reels that were done at the record plant back in the day.
Song billion dollar babies live at the sam ash carle place in new york, 17. Record producer bob ezrin talks about his work on such seminal records as alice cooper s billion dollar babies, pink floyds the wall and lou reeds berlin. Alice cooper even way past his sixtieth birthday, the original american boogeyman keeps on roaming stages looking for fresh fans to conquer. When billion dollar babies was released, vincent furnier a. The alice cooper band was simply on fire in the early 70s and billion dollar babies will most likely go down as the fourth great studio album in a row for the group after 1971s love it to death 1971, killer 1971 and schools out 1972.
We did our usual split feed, dsd take and cd take, both at the same time. People fuss about alice cooper so much and billion dollar babies is exactly why. The movie primarily features live concert footage of the alice cooper band on their recordbreaking billion dollar babies tour, filmed in texas mostly at the sam houston coliseum in april 1973, with some footage from other tour stops, including the memorial coliseum, portland, oregon, intercut with comedy. Greene talks about the bands inception and their grotesque performance style, and comments on societys particularly the youths acceptance and adoration of this band despite their violent message, and the irony of that adoration. Alice cooper billion dollar babies studio album first released february 25, 1973 from wikipedia the free encyclopedia billion dollar babies is an album by american hard rock band alice cooper, released in february 1973. Sessions for the album began at the galecie estate, a greenwich, connecticutbased mansion purchased by the group following the success of their 1972 album, schools out. Originally released in 1973, billion dollar babies was coopers sixth lp, and the secondtolast to feature the original band. The photos in this listing are of the actual item for sale. Add billion dollar babies live by alice cooper to your rock band song library.
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By using our website and our services, you agree to our use of cooki. Timelines musicians people trivia books movies television setlists interviews. Success continued with the popular single schools out and the album of the same name in 1972. A fairly young reporter, bob greene from chicago, pitched the idea of traveling with them on their christmas tour, the billion dollar babies tour, as a singer and performer he couldnt sing worth a hill of beans, but thats another story. Billion dollar baby rubber little lady, slicker than a weasel grimy as an alley loves me like no other lover billion dollar baby. Billion dollar babies guitar tab by alice cooper with free online tab player. Billion dollar babies release information sickthingsuk. Deluxe edition the deluxe edition of alice cooper s billion dollar babies is a remastered and elaborately packaged version of the album.
Bob greene is a syndicated columnist for the chicago tribune. Whether you are looking to book alice cooper for a wedding, private party or anniversary party, our alice cooper booking agent who specializes in booking alice cooper will be happy to help you to book alice cooper and take care of everything necessary to make sure the show is executed flawlessly. Columnist bob greene goes on the alice cooper bands muscle of love christmas tour in 1973. The original alice cooper band released their debut album in 1969, and broke into the international music mainstream with the 1971 hit song im eighteen. We have gone far and wide, consulted numerous books and websites and taken into. To trim away a touch of the heavier guitar sounds and produce a glitzy extravaganza.
It is widely praised as one of the best alice cooper albums, and showcased the group at their artistic and commercial peak. Original alice cooper band members on how the band started. Listening to billion dollar babies today, its hard to imagine that, even at that late stage, alice cooper was regarded by many as a mere novelty act. Alice cooper billion dollar babies lyrics genius lyrics. Alice cooper billion dollar babies album with inserts classic rock albums.
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