February 26, 2011

The ALBUM OF THE DAY
ALICE COOPER...Pretties For You (1969)
(CD, LP, Allmusic review)

The debut album for Alice Cooper, in this case referring to the band rather than the individual, only reached number 193 on the U.S. Billboard album charts. I've been having a blast checking out all these debut albums lately. Most of them are great records, but this time I can't tell you that. I had never heard this release before. In fact, I had no idea that Alice Cooper had released an album as early as 1969. The hard rock sound they would develop is hinted at throughout the record but this debut has the 60's-psychedelic-Cream/Doors sound to it. The album isn't that great. It's not horrible but not a classic album. Highlights for me are "Sing Low, Sweet Cheerio", "Fields Of Regret" and "Reflected". I recommend you check it out if you're curious to see how their career got going, otherwise you can skip this one


ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR FEBRUARY 26
Fats Domino is 83; Paul Cotton from Poco is 68; Jonathan Cain from Journey is 61; Tim Commerford from Audioslave is 43;

ON THIS DATE
1943 Bob “Bear” Hite of Canned Heat was born in Torrance, California. Hite died in 1981
1985 At the Grammy's: Best Rock Male Performance - Bruce Springsteen "Dancing In The Dark"
1996 At the 38th Grammy's: Best Hard Rock Performance - Pearl Jam “Spin The Black Circle”
2008 Buddy Miles dies at the age of 60. He had been the drummer for Jimi Hendrix. He had also performed with Carlos Santana and David Bowie

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