Alice Cooper - Welcome To My Nightmare (Rhino/DVD) 1975/1999

1. Opening Credits
2. "The Awakening"
3. "Welcome to My Nightmare"
4. "Years Ago"
5. "No More Mr. Nice Guy"
6. "Years Ago [reprise]"
7. "I'm Eighteen/Years Ago [reprise]"
8. "Some Folks"
9. "Cold Ethyl"
10. "Only Woman Bleed"
11. "Years Ago [reprise]/Billion Dollar Babies"
12. "Devil's Food"
13. "The Black Widow"
14. "Steven/Welcome to My Nightmare [reprise]"
15. "Escape"
16. "School's Out"
17. "Department of Youth"
18. The Band Takes A Bow
19. End Credits/"Only Woman Bleed [reprise]"
20-28 Alice Cooper Interview

A classic live recording of Alice Cooper on his first "solo" tour. This one was originally released on the big screen back in the 70's, later released on VHS and finally in 1999 on DVD. The DVD version is digitally restored and features 5.1 stereo sound. The show here was outrageous with giant spiders and webs, giant toy boxes filled with demented characters, a Cyclops, and one of the coolest stage set ups ever created. Musically the band is tight, however, Alice isn't at his absolute best here, probably strung out on something. However, his performance certainly isn't bad either. The band goes through the classics stringing them together with the nightmare plot. Quite the awesome spectacle. I bet it would have been even cooler to have been there live. If only I had been old enough to see Alice on this tour.

Alice Cooper - Trashes the World (Epic) 2004

1. "Trash"
2. "Billion Dollar Babies"
3. "I'm Eighteen"
4. "I'm Your Gun"
5. "Desperado"
6. "House of Fire"
7. "No More Mr. Nice Guy"
8. "This Maniac's in Love With You"
9. "Steven"
10. "Welcome to My Nightmare"
11. "Ballad of Dwight Fry"
12. "Gutter Cats Vs. The Jets"
13. "Only Women Bleed"
14. "I Love the Dead"
15. "Poison"
16. "Muscle of Love"
17. "Spark in the Dark"
18. "Bed of Nails"
19. 'School's Out"
20. "Under My Wheels"
21. "Only My Heart Talkin'"

Most artist hit their prime and then go down hill. Few are as lucks as Alice to go back up and hit prime again. "Trashes the World" captures Alice and his band live during his prime during the 1989 "Trash" World Tour. The DVD includes what seems to be the entire concert and captures the raw power of Alice's music as well as the shock rocker's intense theatrical performance. Alice himself sounds great, his band is tight and the track listing includes a variety of material from the early 70's through the 80's. This DVD doesn't include anything in the way of added material, but the concert is enough to keep this Alice Cooper fan happy. Alice is the king of shock.

Alice Cooper - Prime Cuts (Sanctuary) 2001

1. "I'm Eighteen"
2. "Black Juju"
3. "Levity Ball"
4. "Ballad Of Dwight Fry"
5. "Elected"
6. "Sick Things"
7. "I'm Eighteen"
8. "Hello Hurray"
9. "Dead Babies"
10. "Billion Dollar Babies"
11. "No More Mr. Nice Guy"
12. "Under My Wheels"
13. Welcome to M Nightmare"
14. "Only Women Bleed"
15. "Cold Ethyl"
16. "From the Inside"
17. "How You Gonna See Me Now"
18. "Clones"
19. "Department Of Youth"
20. "Trash"
21. "Poison"
22. "Hey Stoopid"
23. "School's Out"

"Prime Cuts" is a special 2-DVD documentary of Alice Cooper. Disc one contains the original Prime Cuts documentary and features some excellent classic, rare live concert footage and TV appearances. The interview footage is excellent. I thought it a wise decision to include interview footage with producer Bob Ezrin, who was a large part of the sound and success of Alice Cooper. My only complaint is that many of the songs are not featured in their entirety. This to me is quite annoying. While some songs are not cut, a good majority of them are. I would have preferred to have had less interview footage and more music. Another thing that I thought was rather odd was that they jumped from "Flush the Fashion" (1980) to "Trash" (1989) without even the mention of "Constrictor" and "Raise Your Fist and Yell", both of which were responsible for Alice's rise back to stardom in the heyday of 80s heavy metal. These complaints aside, this DVD was an enjoyable watch. Alice is a crackup at times and had me laughing out loud.

Disc 2 contains all sorts of extras including an interactive Alice Cooper game and a photo gallery. Unfortunately it's sort of a pain in the butt to get to. Many people, including myself, seem to have a problem getting past the 'Snakes & Ladders' game on the second DVD. There's a way to cheat this by using a short-cut to get past the silly game. Using the DVD players's remote control, manually input Title 2 and Chapter 1. That will take you directly to the over 80 minutes of never-before-seen interviews and concert footage.

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