ALICE COOPER: Schools Out LP 1972 UK Early jacket version, fold open die-cut desktop. Strange gatefold like album cover.

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ALICE COOPER: Schools Out K 56007 / K56007 [UK]. www.allmusic.com/album/schools-out-mw0000651783

Early jacket version. Has fold open die-cut desktop.
Back cover does not have song titles listed.

Alice Cooper  -School Out
Label: Warner Bros. Records  -K 56007
Format: Vinyl, LP
Country: UK
Released: 1972
Genre: Rock, Hard Rock
Tracklist:
A1 School Out 3:26
A2 Luney Tune 3:36
A3 Gutter Cat Vs. The Jets 4:39
A4 Street Fight 0:55
A5 Blue Turk 5:29

B1 My Stars 5:46
B2 Public Animal 3:53
B3 Alma Mater 3:39
B4 Grande Finale 4:36
Producer -Bob Ezrin
Recorded And Re-Mixed At The Record Plant, N.Y., And Alice Cooper Mansion, Conn.

Produced By Bob Ezrin For Nimbus Nine Productions.

An Alive Enterprises Inc. Production.

Recorded And Re-Mixed At The Record Plant, N.Y.,
And Alice Cooper Mansion, Conn.
An Alive Enterprises Inc. Production.

Early jacket version. Has fold open die-cut desktop.
Back cover does not have song titles listed.

Schools Out catapulted Alice Cooper into the hard rock stratosphere, largely due to its timeless, all-time classic title track. But while the song became Alice’s highest-charting single ever (reaching number seven on the U.S. charts) and recalled the brash, three-and-a-half-minute garage rock of yore, the majority of the album signalled a more complex composition direction  for the band.

Unlike Coopers previous releases Love It to Death, Killer, which contained several instantly identifiable hard rock classics, Schools Out appears to be a concept album, and aside from the aforementioned title track anthem, few of the other tracks have ever popped up in concert.
That’s not to say they weren’t still strong and memorable; while such cuts as Gutter Cat vs. The Jets, Street Fight, My Stars, and Grande Finale came off like mini-epics with a slightly progressive edge, Alice Cooper still managed to maintain their raw, unrefined punk edges, regardless.
Other highlights included the rowdy Public Animal #9, the mid-paced Luney Tune, and the sinister, cabaret-esque Blue Turk.

Credits:
Michael Bruce – Guitar, Keyboards
Glen Buxton – Guitar
Alice Cooper – Vocals
Dennis Dunaway – Bass