Alice Cooper – Love it to Death (Hifi)

The Alice Cooper Love It To Death (Hifi) vinyl is the Rhino High Fidelity Series pressing of the 1971 album that broke Alice Cooper into the mainstream, and this numbered limited edition treats the source material with the seriousness it deserves. Catalog number RHF 11883, pressed on 180-gram vinyl, cut AAA directly from the original analog master tapes by Kevin Gray at his own Cohearent Audio facility, and pressed at Optimal Media in Germany. This is a complete analog chain from tape to lacquer to pressing plant, with no digital conversion in the signal path.

Why Love It To Death Matters

Before this record, Alice Cooper was a cult act with a reputation for confrontation and a string of releases that hadn’t yet found their commercial footing. Love It To Death changed that. “I’m Eighteen” gave the band a genuine hit, but the album runs deeper than that single. “Ballad of Dwight Fry” and “Black Juju” show the theatrical, psychologically unsettling side of the group working at full stretch. Producer Bob Ezrin, working with the band for the first time, shaped a sound that was hard rock in structure but genuinely strange in execution. The nine tracks across this LP represent the point where the Alice Cooper band figured out exactly what they were.

Alice Cooper Love It To Death (Hifi) Vinyl: Format and Pressing Details

Rhino’s High Fidelity series is built around a consistent set of standards: Kevin Gray cuts every lacquer in the series, Optimal presses every record, and the packaging is held to a premium spec. This copy features a heavyweight glossy gatefold jacket with an obi strip and a tip-on construction that references original album manufacturing from the era. Inside, an exclusive insert includes commentary from producer Bob Ezrin as told to music journalist Jaan Uhelszki, which adds real documentary value beyond the audio itself. Each copy is individually numbered, so the edition is finite and the number on your copy is fixed.

Who Should Want This Copy

If you already own Love It To Death on an original Straight or Warner Brothers pressing, this reissue still earns its place. Kevin Gray’s AAA cuts consistently pull detail and dynamics from master tapes that worn original pressings can no longer deliver cleanly. If this is your entry point into the record, you’re starting with one of the best available versions of a genuinely important album in the hard rock catalog. The Reprise label release on 180-gram vinyl, with its complete analog provenance, glossy gatefold presentation, obi strip, and numbered status, makes this the serious collector’s copy of a record that deserves serious treatment.

Tracklist

1. CAUGHT IN A DREAM
2. I'M EIGHTEEN
3. LONG WAY TO GO
4. BLACK JUJU
5. IS IT MY BODY
6. HALLOWED BE MY NAME
7. SECOND COMING
8. BALLAD OF DWIGHT FRY
9. SUN ARISE