Immediately’s addition to our things-we-didn’t-know-we-needed-until-right-now listing is an old style reel-to-reel tape recorder.
Regardless of prerecorded tapes not being offered since about 1976, audio producer Revox has continued to make reel-to-reel machines, they usually’ve connected with Alice Cooper to supply a branded model of their iconic B77 MK III recorder.
The machine, which retails for €27,000 (£23,123 / $29,565), comes with a grasp tape of Cooper’s 2018 EP The Sound of A, which featured the title monitor alongside 4 basic stay cuts, The Black Widow, Public Animal # 9, Is It My Physique and Chilly Ethyl.
If that wasn’t sufficient to justify the €12,000 worth hike above an unbranded B77 MK III recorder, every of the restricted version of 25 models is hand-signed and numbered by Cooper. Purchasers can even have the ability to attend meet and greet occasions with the person himself in Munich and New York later this yr.
Revox have additionally launched a restricted version of fifty Alice Cooper-branded T77 turntables priced at €8950 (£7655 / $9800).
“I do know sound high quality and that is why I am so excited in regards to the Alice Cooper restricted editions from Revox,” says Cooper, in an introductory video. “This actually is the final word technique to take pleasure in a real analogue music expertise.
“These sound nice. This audio sounds pretty much as good because it did within the studio. These actual grasp tapes are strictly restricted version and signed by me. Revox additionally designed some restricted version tape machines and turntables that are additionally signed by me.
“These machines will carry out extremely nicely over many a long time, identical to I’ve and naturally they’re extremely handsome, identical to me.
“I do know sound high quality and that is why I am so excited in regards to the Alice Cooper restricted editions from Revox. This actually is the final word technique to take pleasure in a real analogue music expertise.”
The newest leg of Alice Cooper’s Too Shut For Consolation tour kicks off in Huntsville, AL, on Could 2. Full dates under.
Alice Cooper: Too Shut For Consolation 2025 tour
Could 02: Huntsville VBC Mark C. Smith Live performance Corridor, AL
Could 03: Macon Atrium Well being Amphitheater, GA
Could 05: Montgomery Performing Arts Heart, AL
Could 06: Savannah Civic Heart: Johnny Mercer Theater, GA
Could 07: North Charleston Performing Arts Heart SC
Could 09: Columbus Sonic Temple Artwork & Music Competition 2025, OH
Could 10: Saginaw Dow Occasion Heart, MI
Could 13: Moline Vibrant Area at The MARK, IL
Could 14: Milwaukee Miller Excessive Life Theatre, WI
Could 15: Muncie Ball State College: Emens Auditorium, IN
Could 17: Erie Erie Insurance coverage Area, PA
Could 18: Ocean Metropolis Boardwalk Rock 2025, MD|
Could 20: Wilkes-Barre Mohegan Area, PA
Could 22: Utica Stanley Performing Arts Heart, NY
Could 23: Uncasville Mohegan Solar Area, CT
Could 24: Atlantic Metropolis Ocean On line casino Resort, NJ
Jul 05: Hannover Stadium, Germany *
Jul 08: Bologna Sequoie Music Park, Italy
Jul 11: Athens Rockwave Competition 2025, Greece
Jul 13: Mogilovo Midalidare Rock within the Wine Valley, Bulgaria
Jul 19: Spalt Strandbad Enderndorf, Germany
Jul 22: Cardiff Utilita Area, UK
Jul 23: Edinburgh Playhouse, UK
Jul 25: London The O2, UK ∞
Jul 26: Mönchengladbach SparkassenPark, Germany
Jul 28: Amsterdam AFAS Stay, Netherlands
Jul 30: Schaffhausen Stars in City 2025, Switzerland
Aug 15: Philadelphia Residents Financial institution Park, PA
Aug 19: Salem Civic Heart, VA
Aug 20: Knoxville The Tennessee Theatre, TN
Aug 21: Chattanooga Troopers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium, TN
Aug 23: Chesterfield The Manufacturing unit, MO
Aug 26: Waukee Vibrant Music Corridor, IA
Aug 27: Omaha Orpheum Theater, NE
Aug 30: Memphis Elvis Presley’s Memphis: Graceland Soundstage, TN
* with Scorpions and Judas Priest
∞ co-headline present with Judas Priest