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. A series of music videos of songs from his then-current album ''

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'' with a few songs from ''

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", " School's Out") and have shown up as B-sides of singles with crowd noises mixed in to give the illusion that they were live recordings. The songs are performed in English, but one brief

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sketch features French dialogue as radio disc jockey Vincent Furnier (Cooper's real name) interviews Alice. There has never been an official release and, while not officially broadcast outside France except for Denmark (Danmarks Radio TV), copies have been circulating amongst Alice Cooper fans for decades. Some copies are missing opening credits, leading fans to refer to it under a variety of titles, including ''Alice in Paris'', ''The Paris Special'' and ''16 Tracks''.

Track listing

# " You and Me" (partial) # "Generation Landslide '81" # "

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" # "Pain" # " Seven and Seven Is" # "Prettiest Cop on the Block" # "Model Citizen" # "Cold Ethyl" # "

" # "Go to Hell" # "Who Do You Think We Are?" # "Vicious Rumours" # "

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" # " School's Out" # "Who Do You Think We Are? (reprise)"

References

External links

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Alice Cooper Special Forces in Paris DVD
{{DEFAULTSORT:Alice Cooper A Paris Alice Cooper Music television specials