ALICE COOPER “Welcome To My Nightmare” /Cardboard DVD; Live/

The third re-release of the first DVD  by legendary American Shock Rock/Hard Rock singer.
"Welcome To My Nightmare" is a second official concert film of Alice Cooper, which features the concert show from the 1975 of the same title. It was produced, directed and choreographed by David Winters. The film accompanied the album, the stage show by the same name and the TV special "Alice Cooper: The Nightmare", the first ever rock music video album, starring Cooper and Vincent Price in person. 
In 1975, Alice Cooper released his first solo album, "Welcome To My Nightmare", and a huge theatrical stage show was created and put together by Winters to 'tour the album'. While in the past the Alice Cooper stage show was semi-improvisatory, with confrontational elements of violence and satire ("Good To See You Again, Alice Cooper"), the new production was purely horror-themed and professionally choreographed and performed to the split second by David Winters. With the edginess removed (gone were the bloody guillotine, the spit and the skewered baby dolls, although "Only Women Bleed" presented a drunken, physically abusive side to the character), the "Welcome To My Nightmare" show was part of a carefully planned move toward a more mainstream-friendly Alice Cooper.
"Welcome To My Nightmare" was a phantasmagorical exposition of music and theatre themed around a nightmare experienced by a young boy named Steven. Costing $600.000 to produce, the show was a grand visual spectacle with an elaborate stage set, pre-filmed projections, four dancers, and elaborate costumes. Set in a graveyard/bedroom, a well-drilled band ran through the new album and a selection of older hits, while Alice encountered giant spiders, dancing skeletons, faceless silver demons and a 9-foot 'cyclops'.
Concert footage was taken from a series of London shows at the Wembley Arena on September 11–12, 1975. The film is out of sequence with the live show, and the final "Department of Youth" segment has some post-production inserts.
The film was a box office failure in its original 1975 release. However, like "Phantom of the Paradise", "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" and others, "Welcome To My Nightmare" later became a midnight movie favourite and a cult classic.
The film was first issued commercially on VHS in 1981, with numerous reissues since. A DVD issue was released in 1999.
The first full-blow Rock-theatre extravaganzas ever, this is the concert that amazed audiences and critics everywhere. Alice stars in this visual feast, which was to set the standard for all other Rock tours to follow with its elaborate and innovative staging. Featuring hits and classic songs, the nightmare visually comes to life on the Rock stage to thrill you and keep you uneasy in your sleep. There is only one Alice Cooper! So, let this legendary Rock showman welcome you to his nightmare. Pleasant dreams…
DVD 5 | PAL | Dolby Stereo 2.0 | 4:3 | Region: 0 | English | Approx. 84 min. | XBox and PS2 Compatible.
Rhino Home Video/Eagle Vision Entertainment/Eagle Video Classics/Sony Music Entertainment (Czech Republic) s.r.o., 1975/1999/2009 (EREDV130 | 8869745568903). Made in Czech.


Tracklist:
1. The Awakening 1:32
2. Welcome To My Nightmare 4:28
3. Years Ago 0:43
4. No More Mr. Nice Guy 3:33
5. I'm Eighteen 5:21
6. Some Folks 4:18
7. Cold Ethyl 2:50
8. Only Women Bleed 6:19
9. Billion Dollar Babies 3:49
10. Devil's Food 7:12
11. The Black Widow 4:35
12. Steven 6:47
13. Escape 4:17
14. School's Out 5:00
15. Department Of Youth 21:53
Running time: approx. 84 min.