Alice Cooper-Killer (1971)


 



Artist: Alice Cooper

Title: Killer

Label: Warner Bros.

Format: 8-Track

Cat #: 8WM-2567

Country and Year of 8dition Issue: US  Red Shell

Listed Condition: VG+/VG PRO REFURBISH Tested Start to Finish

Sell Date: 10/23/25

Sell Price: $8.52

Discogs Last Sold: 7/6/23 VG+/VG $6.95

Low: $6.95

Median: $7.73

Average: $7.73

High: $8.52

Current low price: $5.99

Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 1

Have/Want: 11/34

Where Sold: Dawlish, Devon, UK

Time it took to sell: 2 years

Where and When Bought: ebay lot

Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A

Sad To See It Go: No

One of, if not the best album of Alice Cooper, the band and the man.  Several of these made the seminal Greatest Hits album--: Under My Wheels," "Be My Lover" and the song I always confused for the title track, "Desperado."  However, it is side 2 where the "album tracks" shine.

With this 8-track, the sequencing is not altered which forces the 8-track fade on 2 songs: "Halo of Flies" and my radio go to "Dead Babies."  Oddly enough, "Dead Babies" might be the track I least want to hear when faced with "You Drive Me Nervous" and "Yeah Yeah Yeah" coming before it.  Those are two great songs that I somehow overlooked going straight to the "shock rock" as a pre-teen.  Now they sound essential.

This is my first international order since the tariffs took hold, so hopefully everything gets through ok.  It costs $21.50 USPS with a little break from PayPal that Discogs takes away in fees to ship an 8-track to the UK.  After all the fees, taxes and deductions the buyer and the seller both get hammered.  I think UK is slightly less draconian than Europe now but my lone order from there-a CD roughly the same $9 or so price got canceled when the bill came.  When all is said an done you are going to pay 3 or 4 times the base price and that doesn't prevent that countries government from attempting to take another entry fee before it reaches the buyer.

This Alice Cooper collector was willing to go the distance.

FOR FURTHER REVIEW:

Billion Dollar Babies (1973)

Alice Cooper's Greatest Hits (1974)

Soundtrack-Rock 'n Roll High School (1979)


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