M- Shrink Wrap CENSORED Penis ALICE COOPER Hard Psych

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Ultra Rare 1971 "STRAIGHT RECORDS" first press vinyl

***STILL IN ORIGINAL SHRINK WRAPPER & MINT!

                ALICE COOPER 

               Love It To Death

...USA -  Straight Records - 1883

SUPER RARE Original first press vinyl in thick gatefold from 1971. The first issue features the Alice Cooper 'thumb/penis' front cover that was quickly withdrawn when sales of the classic album quickly soared.  It is little known that the very first pressing of the legendary "LOVE IT TO DEATH" was issued on the old Straight Label" before Warner Brothers put it on their major roster label. Here's an unbelievable mint TOP first press and amazingly STILL in original factory shrink wrap with the uncensored gatefold cover. Finding a major rock classic with gatefold STILL in factory wrapper is remarkable when most folks tore off the wrapper to view inner contents, this cover's gatefold is virgin, never having been opened....

Alice Cooper's third album, Love It to Death, can be pinpointed as the release when everything began to come together for the band. Their first couple of albums (Pretties for You and Easy Action) were both largely psychedelic/acid rock affairs and bore little comparison to the band's eventual rip-roaring, teenage-anthem direction. The main reason for the quintet's change was that the eventually legendary producer Bob Ezrin was on board for the first time and helped the Coopers focus their songwriting and sound, while they also perfected their trashy, violent, and theatrical stage show and image. One of the band's most instantly identifiable anthems, "I'm Eighteen," was what made the album a hit, as well as another classic, "Is It My Body." But like Alice Cooper's other albums from the early '70s, it was an incredibly consistent listen from beginning to end. The garage rocker "Caught in a Dream" as well as the ass-kicking "Long Way to Go" and a pair of epics — the Doors-esque, trippy "Black Juju" and the ominous - eerie "Ballad of Dwight Fry" — showed that Alice was easily in league with other high-energy Detroit bands of the era (MC5, Stooges).

Caught in a Dream

I'm Eighteen

Long Way to Go

Black Juju

Is It My Body

Hallowed Be My Name

Second Coming

Ballad of Dwight Fry

Sun Arise

CONDITION: The soon to be CENSORED 'penis/thumb' gatefold cover is MINT in original factory shrink wrapper 

The vinyl: on the 'rare' Straight Records' label is TOP M-, all smooth glossy, looks and plays TOP level!  

Super rare CENSORED "LOVE IT TO DEATH" 1971 Straight Records label, STILL IN ORIGINAL FACTORY SHRINK WRAPPER!!!

keeper!

     A  GREAT ADDITION  TO ANYONE'S COLLECTIBLES!

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All imperfections are noted both cover & record