The Strange Case of Alice Cooper
The Strange Case of Alice Cooper is a live concert video released in September 1979, of Alice Cooper performing with his backing band The Ultra Latex Band. The concert was filmed on April 9, 1979 during Cooper's 'Madhouse Rock' Tour in San Diego, California, at the San Diego Sports Arena, in support of the album From the Inside.
Two songs that were performed during the filming, "All Strapped Up" and "Dead Babies", were omitted from the film for unknown reasons. A DVD version, with audio commentary by Alice Cooper, was released May 22, 2012 via Shout! Factory as a US-only release. Shout! Factory has also made the movie available digitally on their network for streaming and download.
Track listing
- Opening commentary and concert introduction – 1:13
- "From The Inside" – 5:48
- "Serious" – 2:50
- "Nurse Rozetta" – 1:53
- "The Quiet Room" – 3:07
- "I Never Cry" – 1:51
- "Devil's Food" – 1:01
- "Welcome To My Nightmare" – 2:11
- "Billion Dollar Babies" – 1:49
- "Only Women Bleed" – 2:24
- "No More Mr. Nice Guy" – 1:49
- "I'm Eighteen" – 3:57
- "The Black Widow" – 5:34
- "Wish I Were Born in Beverly Hills" – 3:50
- "Ballad Of Dwight Fry" – 5:26
- "Go to Hell" – 3:30
- "How You Gonna See Me Now" – 4:21
- "Inmates " – 3:22
- "School's Out" – 1:51
- Introducing the Musicians, with solos – 11:44
- "School's Out" – 2:07
- Closing commentary and Credits – 1:23
Credits
Musicians
;Ultra Latex Band- Penti Glan – drums
- Steve Hunter – guitar
- Prakash John – bass
- Davey Johnstone – guitar
- Freddie Mandel – keyboards, piano, organ
Other stage performers
- Clifford Allen – dancer
- Rosa Aragon – dancer
- Sheryl Cooper – dancer
- Wendy Haas – background singer
- Eugene Montoya – dancer
- Joe Pizzulo – background singer
- Vincent Price – narrator
- Uchi Sugiyami – dancer
Filming
- Produced by Jackie Barnett
- Stage Production Conceived by Alice Cooper, Joe Gannon, Shep Gordon, Rob Iscove
- Recording Facilities by The Record Plant
- Executive Producers – Shep Gordon, Allan Strahl, Denny Vosburgh
- Director of Photography – Sterling Johnson
- Film Editor – Susan Trieste Collins
- Assistant Film Editor – Branda S. Miller
- Recording Engineer – Peter M. Carlson
- Cameramen – Don Burgess, Sterling Johnson, Harvey Weber, John Woodrudd, Carl Vidnic
- Assistant Cameramen – Shelly Johnson, Steve Lomas, Rod Paul, Mike Ritt, Randy Rowen, Patrick Taulere
- Lighting Consultant – Charles Lofthouse
- Multiple Screen Design – Steve Lomas
- Makeup Department – Denny Vosburgh
Re-release
- Executive Producer – Bob Emmer
- Editing Supervisor – Jo Morrow, Alice Cooper
- Audio Commentary – Alice Cooper
- Audio Commentary Editing – Alice Cooper, Jo Morrow