With a career that spans five decades and a stage show that has featured guillotines, electric chairs, fake blood, boa constrictors, baby dolls, duelling swords and, on one notable occasion, a live chicken that ended up in the audience only to be torn apart by the frenzied mob, Alice Cooper is considered by fans and peers alike the “The Godfather of Shock Rock”. He has drawn equally from horror movies, vaudeville, and garage rock to pioneer a theatrical and macabre brand of the genre.

Originating in Phoenix in the late 1960s following a move from Detroit, Alice Cooper was originally a band consisting of Vincent Furnier on vocals and harmonica, lead guitarist Glen Buxton, Michael Bruce on rhythm guitar, Dennis Dunaway on bass guitar, and drummer Neal Smith. The original Alice Cooper band broke into the international music mainstream with the 1971 hit “I'm Eighteen” from the album Love It to Death, which was followed by the even bigger single “School's Out” in 1972. The band reached their commercial peak with the 1973 album Billion Dollar Babies.

Coopers stage performances are legendary and those that took place in the 1970s are of particular interest to anyone seeking an understanding of how rock music became a visual as well as aural medium. This triple disc set contains rare radio broadcasts of three complete live performances from the mid to late 70s, recorded at The Great Western Forum, in Inglewood, California, on 18th June 1975; The Wendler Arena, Saginaw, Michigan, 10th May 1978; and The Sports Arena, San Diego, on 9th April 1979.