(Psychedelic Rock) [LP][24/96] Alice Cooper - Pretties For You - 1969 (First US Pressing), FLAC (tracks)

Pretties for You was the debut album by Alice Cooper. At this time, the name "Alice Cooper" referred to the band, not its lead singer, though the lead singer was also known as Alice Cooper. The music has a psychedelic flavor to it. The group had yet to develop the more concise hard rock sound that they would become known for. Most of the tracks from the album have a distinct loud and dynamic rock sound. However, very few songs have some sort of hard rock quality.

The song "Reflected", Alice Cooper's first single, was later rewritten as "Elected" (which featured on their 1973 album Billion Dollar Babies). The artwork for this album was hanging on the wall of the living room in Frank Zappa's house. The original painting was done by Ed Beardsley.

This album was originally released on Frank Zappa's independent label "Straight Records". There were three versions pressed with the Straight label. The first being the white label promotional issue. The second had a yellow Straight label with purple text. The third Had the more common pink Straight label. When Alice was signed to Warner Bros. Records two years later, the album was re-issued on the Warner label.

The version heard here is from the yellow label Straight records pressing. I have included full scans.

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Analyzed: Alice Cooper / Pretties For You
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR10 -2.78 dB -13.74 dB 1:12 01-Titanic Overture
DR10 -3.32 dB -16.69 dB 1:36 02-10 Minutes Before The Worm
DR10 -0.99 dB -13.94 dB 5:39 03-Sing Low Sweet Cheerio
DR10 -0.05 dB -12.34 dB 1:45 04-Today Mueller
DR10 -0.05 dB -12.27 dB 3:08 05-Living
DR10 -2.12 dB -13.16 dB 5:41 06-Fields Of Regret
DR12 -0.05 dB -13.50 dB 1:58 07-No Longer Umpire
DR9 -1.43 dB -13.67 dB 4:35 08-Levity Ball (Live At The Cheetah)
DR9 -2.29 dB -13.51 dB 1:11 09-B. B. On Mars
DR11 -1.54 dB -14.33 dB 3:13 10-Reflected
DR10 -2.09 dB -14.20 dB 3:04 11-Apple Bush
DR11 -2.19 dB -15.28 dB 1:17 12-Earwigs To Eternity
DR10 -1.70 dB -14.37 dB 3:01 13-Changing, Arranging
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Number of tracks: 13
Official DR value: DR10

Samplerate: 96000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 2992 kbps
Codec: FLAC