''The Strange Case of Alice Cooper'' is a live concert video released in September 1979, of

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performing with his backing band '' The Ultra Latex Band''. The concert was filmed on April 9, 1979 during Cooper's 'Madhouse Rock' Tour in

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, at the

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, 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

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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

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Track listing

# Opening commentary and concert introduction (by Alice Cooper and

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) – 1:13 # "From The Inside" (

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) – 5:48 # "Serious" (Cooper, Bernie Taupin, Foster, Steve Lukather) – 2:50 # "Nurse Rozetta" (Cooper, Lukather, Foster) – 1:53 # "The Quiet Room" (Cooper, Taupin, Wagner) – 3:07 # " I Never Cry" (Cooper, Wagner) – 1:51 # "Devil's Food" (Cooper,

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, Kelly Jay) – 1:01 # " Welcome To My Nightmare" (Cooper, Wagner) – 2:11 # "

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" (Cooper, Michael Bruce, Reggie Vinson) – 1:49 # "

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" (Cooper, Wager) – 2:24 # " No More Mr. Nice Guy" (Cooper, Bruce) – 1:49 # "

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" (Cooper, Bruce,

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, Neal Smith) – 3:57 # " The Black Widow" (Cooper, Wagner, Ezrin) – 5:34 # "Wish I Were Born in Beverly Hills" (Cooper, Taupin, Wagner) – 3:50 # " Ballad Of Dwight Fry" (Bruce, Cooper) – 5:26 # "Go to Hell" (Cooper, Ezrin, Wagner) – 3:30 # " How You Gonna See Me Now" (Cooper, Taupin, Wagner) – 4:21 # "Inmates (We're All Crazy)" (Cooper, Taupin, Wagner) – 3:22 # " School's Out" (Cooper, Bruce, Dunaway, Smith, Buxton) – 1:51 # Introducing the Musicians, with solos – 11:44 # "School's Out" (conclusion) – 2:07 # Closing commentary and Credits (by Alice Cooper) – 1:23

Credits

Musicians

– lead vocals ;Ultra Latex * Penti Glan (as Whitey Glan) – drums * Steve Hunter –

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(as Johnny Stilletto) – bass *

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– guitar * Freddie Mandel – keyboards,

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, organ

Other Stage Performers

* Clifford Allen – dancer * Rosa Aragon – dancer * Sheryl Cooper – dancer *

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–

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* Eugene Montoya (as Martin Luther Queen) – dancer *

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– background singer *

–

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( taped voice) * Uchi Sugiyami – dancer

Filming

* Produced by Jackie Barnett * Stage Production Conceived by Alice Cooper,

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, Rob Iscove * Recording Facilities by

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– Shep Gordon, Allan Strahl, Denny Vosburgh * Director of

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– Sterling Johnson *

Film Editor Film editing is both a creative and a technical part of the post-production process of filmmaking. The term is derived from the traditional process of working with film which increasingly involves the use of digital technology. The film ed ...

– Susan Trieste Collins * Assistant Film Editor – Branda S. Miller * Recording Engineer – Peter M. Carlson *

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– 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

Notes and references

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