This box set was just solicited by Rhino for release at the end of next month. The Amazon listing page is not yet open for pre-orders, but should be soon.

Interesting...although "The Alice Cooper Show" appears to be missing.

Yes please.

Well, it is called "The Studio Albums."

I don't suppose we'll get Japanese-style mini-LP sleeves. Warner usually goes with the cheapest option for these boxes--no gatefolds or inner sleeves.

Just the studio albums but a very cool collection especially with the latter day albums included.

Warner usually offers no info on the mastering for these things which is usually a combo of anonymous Japanese remasters, new remasters and ones that weren't touched at all.

That's what I was thinking when I saw the girl in your avatar

Well, sure if it's a choice between her and Alice, then Alice is out of luck.

Unless her name is also Alice

Hm. I suppose it might be. She is from Australia. (Alice Springs 'n' all that, right, mate?)

The listing page has gone live and the box can now be pre-ordered:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ZGVMKU6/?tag=imwan-20

IMO the original USA pressings of the CDs sound better than the Japanese remasters that were in the mini-lp reissue series from a few years back. This set might be best if there is no remastering done. Not to say that the Japanese remasters were horrible...for the most part they were OK. The only one I really didn't like at all was Killer which was way too bass heavy.

I thought they did Alice's catalog pretty well on CD right from the beginning. The European titles that I had to get like Special Forces and DaDa seemed to be OK too. If they just stick with those early, decent sounding masters this set is one helluva attractive buy for $99 for the folks that don't have many of these titles in the collection.

I loved the Japanese mini-sleeves, but they stopped at "From The Inside".

I picked up the four post-1980 Alice albums not long after that--I can't remember; while I don't think they were all that rare, I don't think they were all in print, either. Alice has disowned them for years, which is kind of a shame. Here's a terrific podcast in which the late Dick Wagner was interviewed about the album:

The best sounding AC I've heard are the AF;s, the Billion $ DVD-A, & the Russian LITD. IF I remember right, the Japan cd's were pretty compressed?

Decibel Geek is a great show. They were lucky to have done a couple of shows with Dick Wagner before he passed away.

Collectors' Choice reissued Special Forces, Zipper Catches Skin and Dada on CD about 5 years ago, each with a bonus track, IIRC.

15 CDs! Too many!

Saw a link for this while checking out the box set.

Bump: Tracklist information, including remastering details where Rhino has provided them, is now in the first post. Several of the discs are sourced from the 2011 Japanese remasters.

Thx. I'm definitely passing on this one.

Ardella Cosplay is the name she uses.

I love the 2011 Japanese mini-sleeves. Although I'm aware that people invariably trash the mastering upon any mention of those discs, I honestly have no idea what that's about. Maybe I need to buy a more expensive CD player.