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Alice Cooper RARE MONO MIX Birthday Garage Greatness!

In celebration of Alice Cooper’s (born Vincent Furnier) 71st birthday, I present this obscure gem! This is the only single released from the original Alice Cooper group’s debut album, “Pretties For You”, a criminally underrated psychedelic near masterpiece.

Aside from being one of my favorite tracks on the album, the single mix of “Living” is a DEDICATED MONO MIX that differs greatly from the muddy and indistinct version found on the LP. The instrument separation is much clearer, the voice and guitar are much further out in front and you can really feel the garage band roots still very prevalent.

The other side, “Reflected” is also a mono mix but is edited with segments of the song missing, unfortunately…

1951 Bowman “Jets Rockets Spacemen” Bubble Gum Cards

Founds a few of these at a card/comic shop the other day. These things are great! How can you pass up 1951 gum cards with titles like “Hypnotized By Steam Frogs!”

“The 1951 “Jets, Rockets and Spacemen” set was printed by Bowman Gum Company and consists of 108 cards, each one measuring 2-1/16″ x 3-1/8”. The complete set was originally released in three groups of 36 cards each. The set features incredible science fiction artwork illustrations of space travel – a reality that was still more a decade away at the time of its release. The bright and beautifully colored cards depict futuristic scenes of space adventure and exploration. It is anchored by such imaginative titles as Polar Cats Invade Runways (#58), On Saturn (#62), Navigating a Planetoid Belt (#65), End of a Spaceship (#66), and Captured by Space Pirates (#66). This issue is one of the most popular of all non-sport issues with the middle series being slightly more difficult to obtain. “