Good to See You Again, Alice Cooper

Infobox music DVD
Name = Good To See You Again, Alice Cooper
Type = Live DVD
Artist = Alice Cooper


Released = 1974 Cinema
2005 DVD
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Genre = Hard rock, Heavy metal, Shock rock, Glam rock
Region = 1 2
Length = 100min
Label = Shout! Factory
Eagle Vision
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This DVD = Good To See You Again, Alice Cooper
1974
Next DVD = "Welcome To My Nightmare"
1976

First released as a feature film in 1974 and eventually restored and released onto DVD in 2005, this Alice Cooper movie features footage of a live show from the band's "Billion Dollar Babies" tour, filmed in Dallas, TX on April 28th, 1973, with some footage from other tour stops, including the Memorial Coliseum, Portland, Oregon, intercut with scenes of a somewhat confused storyline regarding a German film director chasing the "Cooper gang" after they abandon his would-be masterpiece movie.

Poorly edited and virtually unscripted, the 'storyline' segments were replaced during the film's original release with excerpts from old Hollywood movies. The concert segments were performed by the original five-piece band line-up (plus two live session musicians) at their artistic and commercial peak, and there is ample evidence of the behaviour and implications which made the early Alice Cooper character such a controversial figure. The heavy sarcasm, pointed social satire (mannequin stage-props equipped with pubic hair, skewered baby dolls, a bloody 'execution' sequence, and in the show's finale, when an American flag is unfurled and a Richard M. Nixon impersonator is 'beaten up' by the entire band), confrontational improvisation (frontman Cooper genuinely annoys members of the audience, notices, and deliberately continues to taunt them), and the infamous boa constrictor were all present and correct.

This DVD provides a glimpse of a far less family-friendly Alice Cooper than that portrayed in the Welcome To My Nightmare concert film, shot two years later on the lead singer's first solo tour.

The special features of the DVD are:
* Audio commentary by Alice Cooper
* Anamorphic widescreen and 5.1 surround sound
* "Play concert only" viewing option
* Original theatrical trailer and radio spots
* Deleted scenes and outtakes
* Easter eggs
* Poster gallery with original promotional material
* Band biographies

Track listing

# "The Lady Is A Tramp" (Studio segment)
# "Hello Hooray"
# "Billion Dollar Babies"
# "Elected"
# "I'm Eighteen"
# "Raped And Freezin'"
# "No More Mr. Nice Guy"
# "My Stars"
# "Unfinished Sweet"
# "Sick Things"
# "Dead Babies"
# "I Love The Dead"
# "School's Out"
# "Under My Wheels"

The Band

* Alice Cooper (vocals)
* Michael Bruce (guitar)
* Glen Buxton (guitar)
* Dennis Dunaway (bass)
* Neal Smith (drums)