[canadaspaceman]

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Artist: Alice Cooper
Release: Special Forces (Original Acetate Mixes) (1981)
Genre: New Wave / Rock
Country: USA
Bitrate: 160
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_F ... oper_album)
Thanks to the original uploader.

The mix is :
1) a million times clearer and sharper sounding than the actual album
2) you can definitely tell all of the instruments/vocals/channels are mixed differently, and some effects are missing.

the question now is WHY did they release it differently?
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1. Who Do You Think We Are 03:05
2. Seven And Seven Is (LOVE cover song) 02:52
3. The Prettiest Cop on the Block 03:12
4. Dont Talk Old to Me 02:53
5. Generation Landslide (without audience) (03:29
6. Skeletons In My Closet 03:43
7. You Want It, You Got It 03:14
8. You Look Good In Rags 03:38
9. You`re A Movie 03:35
10. Vicious Rumours 03:29

[riptorn]

If i remember rightly this one was uploaded to the old Hear Rock City blog or forum (R.I.P.) & there was a discussion there about how such a different sounding mix from the completed record had come to be pressed to acetate by the label. I seem to recall someone saying that the acetate mix was done early in the mixing process & was only intended for the label to hear how the record was shaping up, but was sent to the pressing plant by mistake. Whether there's any truth to that theory i couldn't say, but it does at least sound like a feasible explanation.
That aside, this was a very odd period in Cooper's career & i could never quite bring myself to embrace it, though it did yield some very good individual songs. Would be interesting to hear him re-record the best of the Flush, Forces & DaDa material now in a more 'classic' fashion.

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[riptorn]

Here's the CD cover art for this one in case anyone needs it:

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[mj2000]

There's an acetate of Constrictor that has alternate mixes and a track that's not on the album (didn't make the final cut).

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[Cooper71]

First download! Amazing! Thanks!