Alice Cooper / The Studio Albums 1969-1983 / 15CD box set

Unfortunately the version of this I purchased was not a clam-shell box, but merely thin cardboard, which arrived slightly crushed when purchased, and has not survived the 2 household moves I’ve done in the past 3 years. Now I have 15 cardboard sleeves sliding around loose.

basic and perfect.this is how iit should be done . no live cds, no greatest hits cds, no dubs, no instrumentals,no demos.
15 cds for $6 au dollars each is what i paid. my first alice cd was the awesome 18th /1989 “trash” so this is brilliant.

No word on Remastering…no bonus tracks (Quad mixes of B$B & MOL still not out)…I bought these all when they came out on CD. No enticement here, besides it’s only the original band stuff that counts for me as most of his solo stuff has not held up very well at all.

I’ve read on a couple of sites that these ARE using the Japanese remasters

Sad these are not remastered. The Japanese SHM releases on CD in 2011/2012 were remastered (in Japan). They sound amazing!

The Cheap Trick albums box that Sony/Legacy did a few years ago was quite good (though some masters were of a slightly older vintage as I recall, and yet great sounding), as was the Nilsson RCA albums box. Both had extra tracks either on the individual discs or (on Nilsson) on bonus discs.

Rhino seems to be on a role this summer with “complete albums” boxes from Warner classic rock artists. In addition to Alice Cooper, there are America, Doobie Brothers, and Chicago boxes out in July.

Good price, but have to wait a month as release date coincides with £300 payout for next 3 LZ super deluxe issues.

Much as I’d love to condense my collection down by picking this up, it feels a bit pointless if they’re the same pressings as the original CD releases I already have… Or worse, if they’re the same as the masters from the Original Album Classics set of the first five, which were mastered incredibly HOT compared to the same cuts from the Life & Crimes box set (necessitating a quick dart across the room for the volume knob).

For me, the template for a metal/hard rock act getting one of these sets is the absolutely top notch Blue Oyster Cult set from a few years back – new remastering, unique bonus tracks, AND downloadable live content all at roughly the same price point. Ditto for Joe Satriani. It CAN be done, so it’s a shame they’ve been cutting corners on the new ones.

Also saw that those titles were remastered somewhere else while hunting around on the ‘net…would make sense although why not Pretties too? Obviously this would mean they’d use the WTMN remaster that is already available worldwide…

Guess we’ll have to wait til someone has it in their hands…

I found this here ..
http://www.musictap.net/2015/06/16/alice-cooper-classics-from-warner-brothers-records-collected-in-15cd-box-the-studio-albums-1969-1983/

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All of the albums are from the 2011 Japanese remasters with the exception of Pretties For You, Welcome To My Nightmare, Flush The Fashion, Special Forces, Zipper Catches Skin, and DaDa, who have no remastering year listed.””

Many, if not most of these “complete albums” box sets are not newly re mastered, but most were re mastered at some point, often fairly recently. I find they usually aren’t really intended for the collector in search of unreleased material. Their purpose is mostly to provide a near complete catalogue of the artist in one shot at a cheap price, and in a format that takes up little space on their shelf. However, collectors often are interested in that as well, so they buy it. It’s kind of brilliant marketing. I am a collector, yet I for one love these handy boxes.

I seriously doubt these are going to be remastered, or have bonus tracks – not at that price.

To my knowledge the only way to get up to date masters is to get the Japanese Mini LP’s. But they only go up to From the Inside.

Love how they euphemistically use the term “original artwork reproduced”. As if the desk is going to open, or the Billion Dollar Bill will be included etc. LOL

15 CDs for £50 seems very reasonable. No ‘Alice Cooper Show’.

Any word on indivdual releases on the Alice Coopers ?

Is there any word on bonus tracks for these releases or if they’re new masters?

Some of the later albums represented in this set were reissued within the last year or two and a few of them had a track or two pulled from the “Life & Crimes” box set.

I already own everything on offer here, but if they got a proper remastering all around, I think this would become a must buy.