The final song from 'Pretties For You' is entitled 'Changing Arranging'
Alice Cooper - Vocals & Harmonica
Neal Smith - Drums and Vocals
Dennis Dunaway - Bass and Vocals
Glen Buxton - Lead Guitar
Michael Bruce - Rhythm Guitar, Vocals, Piano and Organ
13/13/ Changing Arranging (Cooper, Buxton, Bruce, Dunaway, Smith)
[I]"Ah.....
Ah.....
Oh....
I'm changing, arranging
Things I never thought I'd move before
I'm changing, arranging
To your personality I asked for it for
I need a soul who'll never say what I feel
Just fearing that I will accept the ideal
I look up high and I swear all I see
Is a carbon copy image of me
I'm dying, half trying
Baby, baby, for the rest of my life
I'm trying and dying
Maybe, maybe`s tryin' be my life
I've fight a never ending battle inside
Just trying to rectify my personal pride
I swear I don't know what it's got over me
But I know it doesn't want to be free
Oh.......
Oh....... "[/QUOTE]
So that is the first Alice Cooper Group album, and it probably comes as a bit of a surprise to those who are more familiar with the rock/metal music that was to come later. With the exception of the production, especially on the drums (which sound like empty boxes being hit), it's not a bad album I suppose
The band played a lot of shows in 1969 to promote the record, appearing with bands like The Doors, The Mothers Of Invention, The Byrds, Steve Miller Band, MC5, The Stooges etc.
A basic setlist for these shows comprised of:
- No Longer Umpire
- Today Mueller
- 10 Minutes Before the Worm
- Levity Ball
- B.B. On Mars
- Sing Low, Sweet Cheerio
- Changing, Arranging.
The band also played a variety of non-album tracks in the early days, such as "Lay Down and Die, Goodbye" (which will turn on on the second album, 'Easy Action'), a reworked "Don't Blow Your Mind" and "Nobody Likes Me"
On September 13th, 1969, the band appeared at the Toronto Rock And Roll Revival Festival. This was the show which featured the infamous chicken incident. It was also at this show where the band recorded the live album 'Nobody Likes Alice Cooper'
This is the most widely reproduced Alice Cooper live recording. It has been released by many different labels under many titles and many album covers. These releases are not authorized Alice Cooper albums. However, they are not bootlegs as the recording is owned by a private party. Unfortunately, the private party was so uncaring in the production of these releases that two of the songs ("Ain't That Just Like a Woman" and "Goin' to the River") are NOT Alice Cooper at all (the actual performer is Ronnie Hawkins and they were recorded Hallmark Studios in Toronto in late 1964). Also, almost all of the song titles on the album were fabricated by the private party. The actual titles (shown here in parentheses) are mostly live versions of songs from "Pretties For You":
- Ain`t That Just Like A Woman (not Alice)
- Painting A Picture (No Longer Umpire)
- An Instrumental (part of "Lay Down and Die, Goodbye")
- I`ve Written Home To Mother (part of "Lay Down and Die, Goodbye")
- Freak Out Song ('Don't Blow Your Mind' with different lyrics)
- Going To The River (not Alice)
- Nobody Likes Me (aka Freak Out)
- Science Fiction (Fields Of Regret)
As already noted, this release has many titles, including:
- Ain't That Just Like A Woman
- Alice Cooper
- Blood On My Chopper
- Freak Out
- Freak Out Song
- Home To Mother
- Ladies Man
- Legends
- Live At "Toronto"
- Nobody Like Me
- Nobody Likes Me
- Painting a Picture
- Rock Legends Vol. 2
- Science Fiction
- Slack Alice
- Snorting Anthrax
- Toronto Rock 'N' Roll Revival 1969 Vol. IV