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The Strange Case of Alice Cooper: Live 1979 - The Madhouse Rock Tour (2012)

Alice Cooper , Jackie Barnett  |  NR |  DVD
4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)

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Product Details

  • Actors: Alice Cooper
  • Directors: Jackie Barnett
  • Format: Color, NTSC
  • Language: English
  • Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Rated: NR (Not Rated)
  • Studio: Shout Factory!
  • DVD Release Date: May 22, 2012
  • Run Time: 72 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B007JZFX42
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #52,572 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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Review

"The Strange Case of Alice Cooper is a must watch for any Cooper fan... a man in the prime of his career doing what he did best, entertaining kids and scaring parents." --DVD Snapshot, April 24, 2012

Product Description

The Strange Case Of Alice Cooper is more than a concert film. It is the warped tale of one man's descent 'into madness, a theatrical rock 'n' roll spectacle that could only emerge from the twisted imagination of Alice Cooper.

Filmed during a stop on the Madhouse Rock Tour in 1979, Strange Case was inspired by Alice's stay in a New York sanitarium and the people he encountered there. Vincent Price introduces the proceedings as ghoulish doctors and transvestite nurses cross paths with dancing bottles of alcohol. All the while, Alice performs songs off his album From The Inside, as well as many of his most well-known and best-loved hits.

[Setlist]
1.From The Inside
2.Serious
3.Nurse Rozetta
4.The Quiet Room
5.I Never Cry
6.Devil's Food
7.Welcome To My Nightmare
8.Billion Dollar Babies
9.Only Women Bleed
10.No More Mr. Nice Guy
11.I'm Eighteen
12.The Black Widow
13.Wish I Was Born In Beverly Hills
14.Ballad Of Dwight Fry
15.Go To Hell
16.How You Gonna See Me Now
17.Inmates (We're All Crazy)
18.School's Out

Customer Reviews

This concert is good it's just pretty much like the VHS of old and no added attraction. Raven Shaddock  |  4 reviewers made a similar statement
Recommended for Alice Coper fans as well as for classic rock music. Juan Andrés Núńez Serviá  |  2 reviewers made a similar statement
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars young Alice Cooper-- worth getting April 15, 2012
Glad to see this coming out after all these years. I had this concert in Beta Max back in 1982. It was originally titled "The Strange Case of Alice Cooper." Alice looks very pale and skinny as this was shortly after his release from the clinic for his alcohol abuse. The opening song "From the Inside" features dancing bottles of vodka,scotch and tequilla. Typical of Alice's sense of humor. It features several songs from that excellent album. It's the only time I've seen Alice electrocuted on stage. It was also cool to see Davey Johnston from Elton Johns band as lead guitar. The show features songs that Alice doesn't do live anymore along with his classics. For all of Alice fans, buy this dvd.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars A mixed bag... May 28, 2012
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Count me among the many waiting patiently for this to finally be released on DVD. Was it worth it? Well, yes & no. First off, the picture is clearer than the bootleg copy of this that I found a few years ago, so that's a definite plus. But the soundtrack is where this release fails. The audio for this show was multi-tracked and broadcast on various radio concert shows, the King Biscuit Flower Hour being one of them. I've downloaded copies of these radio shows, and they are in excellent, clear stereo, with the 2 guitars mixed on opposite channels (so you can really hear who's playing what), the drums separated, etc. This soundtrack seems to be in mono, and is probably straight off the copy that was made for TV broadcast, which is what I believe this show was originally filmed for (at least it was shown on TV back then, as I remember watching it). Wolfgang's Vault now owns the King Biscuit library, so the producers of this release should have worked a deal with them to get the audio. (To add insult to injury, the back of the DVD case says, "NOTE: Vidoe and audio were mastered from the best available sources.")

And of course, there are the missing songs and a few other edits, but I didn't really expect the original footage to be assembled & re-cut after all these years.

I would say that all this release did was take the TV copy and transfer it to DVD, edits and all. There is even one spot where the picture tracking flutters, as old VHS tapes would do (I think it's during 'Wish I Were Born in Beverly Hills'?).

Alice's commentary is sparse, as other reviews have mentioned, which is a shame, as this is a very interesting point in his career, and a very unique show. I'm sure he must have more to say about it!

All in all, worth having, since it hasn't been available in any form for many years, but it's too bad they didn't get it right. Maybe some day...
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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Over the years I've seen many various consumer treatments of this show. Finally someone has taken the care and time to get it right. The show is blistering, but edited. But all versions I have seen have been edited. It doesn't help I guess when School's Out runs 15 minutes, but many great parts of this show have always been on the cutting room floor.

The main reason I got this was for the fact that I knew I would finally have a clean copy and also for the Alice commentary. If you watch the Nightmare show with commentary on, it was almost a laugh a minute. Ren (RIP) certainly added significant contributions to the commentary. So, it is with surprise that I say that the commentary on this DVD was a big snooze. The biggest insight Alice offered in the commentary was information on who dated whom. He really should have had someone else in the room with him, maybe Shep or Cheryl. She was as huge part of this show.

Even with this flaw, it is a great show and a must see for Alice fan.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars coop
this dvd was sent out immediately after ordering it, this is a excellent concert and at a good price.. thanks
Published 27 days ago by mike ciano
4.0 out of 5 stars Cool Alice Show!!
Ok the sound and picture quality isn't that great. This is probably just how it was filmed. On the other hand this is a classic Alice show that a older fan shouldn't miss. Read more
Published 3 months ago by HW
5.0 out of 5 stars From the Inside Live
This DVD is great it's Live on the "From the Inside" Tour 1979 I've watche this DVD twice already, This DVD is worth geeting for any Alice Cooper Fan or even Rock 'N' Roll... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Robert
4.0 out of 5 stars Strange kind of Alice
This performance, comes from the tour that Alice Cooper celebrated in 1979, after the "From the Inside" album. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Juan Andrés Núńez Serviá
5.0 out of 5 stars 'Strange Case Of Alice Cooper: Live 1979 - The Madhouse Rock Tour'...
This was my first [real] concert, as I remember it well, as the Babys opened for Alice. I also recall this was the very first full-length concert video I ever got to see on VHS. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Mike Reed
3.0 out of 5 stars Billion Better
I too LOVE the From the Inside Record...Alice a bit weak and out of breath refusing to sing a song.
intersting to see
I like the billion dollar baby dvd good to see... Read more
Published 7 months ago by Rawkdog
1.0 out of 5 stars Sooo Sorry .......
I am so sorry I waisted our money on this, it came in good time but was not what I remeberd for so long ago, my fault. I will not buy Alice Cooper ever again.
Published 10 months ago by rita
4.0 out of 5 stars Alice Cooper: The 1979 Model. May not be for everyone, but...
From The Inside is one of my favorite Alice Cooper albums and it could only have come out in the late 1970s where his alcoholic excesses reached the breaking point. Read more
Published 10 months ago by PumpingIrony
3.0 out of 5 stars alice
the sound and video are poor. I saw this concert in the 70s and remember it being better than the video. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Dale Black
5.0 out of 5 stars Alice Cooper at his best
My husband is a dedicated Alice Cooper fan. He loved this and stated that this is Alice Cooper being the real Alice Cooper. Not the watered down version.
Published 10 months ago by Beverly Cross
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Strange Case dvd- Any bonus features ?
No Bonus Features, just A Commentary track. if you have one of the many bootleg dvd copies the video quality is just about the same. as for the audio mix it is only a Dolby Digital 2.0! unlike Good To See You Again, Alice Cooper which was mixed into 5.1 and was later released on bluray.
May 31, 2012 by Sean-thomas D. Bishop |  See all 2 posts
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