BOC: Compilation Madness

[John A. Swartz]

> > There were a few crimes on Workshop - IMHO, the biggest crime was the
> > absence of "Hot Rails to Hell", followed by no Imaginos tunes
> > (especially in light of what the liner notes said about it).
> >
> Personally, I think Imaginos stuff shouldn't be included, given that it
> was essentially an Albert project, and also given that the members of
> BOC [or 3OC] didn't do all that much playing on it!

I absolutely disagree.  Whether or not it ever should have been a BOC
record, the fact of the matter is that Imaginos was released under the
BOC banner - and most BOC fans would agree that Imaginos is a decent
album (perhaps even one of their best) - and if you can put Club Ninja
tunes on a BOC compilation, then you can put Imaginos tunes on one as
well.  Besides, Workshop was mostly a packaging of singles, and there
were 2 (Astronomy, In the Presence...) singles from Imaginos.


> I only have on comp with any imaginos tunes on it, and that
> one cut out like half of one of the songs.  I think it was
> "Reaper: the best" or something like that (FAQ not handy).

Yep.  That's a decent compilation, but I guess they ran out of disc
space (the CD is some 77 minutes long).

>
> Off topic -- The Life and Crimes of Alice Cooper is hands down the
> best box set I've ever owned. Everything right down to the packaging
> kicks all manner of ass! Lots of rarities, including the two songs he
> did for his movie "Monster Dog"!!! If you're a Coop fan, do not
> hesitate to buy this thing!

Well, to bring it back ON-Topic, Bolle Gregmar, BOC fanclub president
would agree with you.  If he has any input into a BOC box set in the
future, he will probably model some of his input based on that Cooper
box set.

John