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Available for pre-order via PeterFrampton.com com is the Frampton@50 limited edition vinyl box set, which ships on July 28th. The collection is comprised of meticulously restored 180G reissues of the essential 1972-1975 studio releases Wind Of Change (1972), Frampton's Camel (1973), and Frampton (1975).

The package set also comes with an authentic reproduction of the Peter Frampton promo poster that was included only in the earliest original LP copies of Frampton's Camel and a certificate of authenticity with a message from Frampton. All three LP jackets are printed on heavy stock, and film laminated for enhanced beauty and durability. Notably missing from the set is the 1974 fan favorite, Something's Happening album.

PeterFrampton.com has a limited number of 250 Frampton@50 vinyl box sets that include an autographed version of the Frampton's Camel promo poster, with the proceeds benefitting the Peter Frampton Myositis Research Fund.

Among the highlights on the 1975 Frampton album are his most enduring classics, "Show Me The Way" and "Baby, I Love Your Way," which amazingly, were written in the same day. Frampton recalled to us the back-story of composing the tunes for his classic self-titled fourth solo album: "I had, like, three weeks in Nassau, The Bahamas -- which for anyone else would seems like a dream -- but for me, it was work, because we were going to record as soon as I got back. And it was very difficult to start with. It wasn't until the last week, in desperation, that you can actually be forced into (laughs) something. And then that's of course, when I wrote the two big hits from that record -- and later, the live album -- in the same day; 'Show Me The Way, and 'Baby, I Love Your Way.'"

For the past year, Weezer celebrated each season with a new EP release and with the coming of spring, they've now dropped an entire box set.

According to their post on social media, The Four SZNZ box set will not be the end of the celebration. They teased that there's more to come and wrote: "P.S. working on getting the next batch of SZNZ vinyl out to you soon too."

The SZNZ project is a collection of four short studio records released on the first day of each seasonal solstice.

TL;DR:

• The Four SZNZ box set is out.
• Band says they're working on getting the next batch of SZNZ vinyl out soon.

Legendary singer-songwriter John Sebastian is the latest artist to part ways with their publishing catalogue. Sebastian has sold his song interests to AMR Songs (AMR), "a full-service, global independent music publishing, rights management, and catalog marketing company."

According to the announcement, "AMR acquired interest in Sebastian's entire catalog, including his publishing and artist royalties from perennial hits by the Lovin' Spoonful, including: 'Daydream,' 'Summer In The City,' 'Do You Believe In Magic,' 'Younger Girl,' 'You Didn't Have To Be So Nice,' and 'Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind?," among others. The catalog also features his 1975 self-penned hit, 'Welcome Back,' the theme to the iconic sitcom Welcome Back Kotter."

During a recent chat with Jeff Burger, John Sebastian recalled the difficulty in the early days when Lovin' Spoonful were desperate to snag a recording contract: "We were turned down by every record company in New York. I mean, sometimes it was 'Do You Believe In Magic' that the guys were turning down. And we would say, 'See! Of course they don't get it. They want a whole other thing.'"

Shawn Mendes released his collaboration with Tommy Hilfiger last week, and the campaign features the singer's sister, Aaliyah, in her first modeling campaign.

He told Rolling Stone, "It's going to change her life, because she's probably coming into herself in a lot of ways, too, and when you do a campaign like that and you see yourself in photos, it's beautiful. It's also an amazing thing for my family as a whole, to see us both in a campaign together."

Other models include the Mendes' friends like singer-songwriter Jon Vinyl, producer Mike Sabath, and artist Ahmad Cissé.

U2's Adam Clayton believes that by reinventing some of the band's oldest tunes on their new Songs Of Surrender collection, the songs have only now grown into what they were meant to be.

Among the early tracks U2 has revisited some 40-years-on are such classics as "I Will Follow," "Two Hearts Beat As One," "Stories For Boys," "11 O'Clock Tick Tock," and "40."

We caught up with the famed bassist and he explained how the band went about restructuring some of their most beloved works: "I guess it was one of the more organic processes that U2 engaged in. Very unwieldy as an idea, y'know -- reimagining 40 songs. We started to see that a lot of the early songs that had felt incomplete, or unfinished, or naive -- when one looked at them now, in reality those were songs with a lot of DNA and intuition. That when you read them, when you looked back at them now at this position of being in our 60's, those lyrics and those songs meant something."

Adam Clayton explained that be pulling the songs apart and looking at them in a new light, the songs became something bigger than before: "It meant The Edge could slow them down, he could bring the keys down, Bono could deliver the vocals in a different way, and suddenly there was a personality that had much more the gravitas of a story that Johnny Cash or Willie Nelson might tell, and it engaged with you in a different way. It stopped you from thinking about that big old '80s rock band that had this big stadium-filling sound."

BTS has teamed up with Dr. Martens for a new collection that will drop on March 30th.

Accordin to Rolling Stone, the Dr. Martens X BT21 line includes Dr. Martens' 8-hole 1460 and 2976 Chelsea boots, 1461 3-hole shoes, and classic Box backpack featuring the BT21 designs.

The collection will be available in a full range of adult sizes at drmartens.com and select stores with prices ranging from $140 to $190.

Kesha is teasing a new track that was co-written by Kurt Vile and interpolates a song by the Ramones.

The singer shared a screenshot on Instagram of a text exchange, presumably between her and her longtime drummer Elias Mallin, that listed out the songwriting credits for an upcoming song.

The image read, "Written by Kesha Sebert, Drew Pearson, Rick Rubin, Shawn Everett, and Kurt Vile" that "Contains lyrics and melody from REDACTED written by the Ramones."

The "Tik Tok" singer has not released new music since the 2020 album, High Road.

Neal Schon's Journey retrospective band, Journey Through Time, will release its first live CD and DVD on May 19th. The self-titled, career-spanning set was recorded in San Francisco on February 9th, 2018 in benefit of the victims of the 2017 California wildfires.

In addition to Schon, the band consisted of Journey co-founder Gregg Rolie, Journey drummer Deen Castronovo -- who handles lead vocals with Rolie, Marco Mendoza -- best known for his work with Thin Lizzy and Whitesnake -- on bass and vocals, along with multi-instrumentalist Marti Frederiksen and John Van on guitar and keyboards.

When pressed about the kimono outfits and afro hair he sported back in his Santana and early-Journey days, Neal Schon took it all in stride but promised that his old look wasn't going to make a comeback anytime soon: "That was so funny, man. After Behind The Music came out, and they had all that old footage with the big 'fro, y'know? My telephone was ringing off the hook -- people calling up and say, 'Dude, what happened to the 'fro, man? You gotta grow that thing back!' I said, 'I don't think so.' I think I'll just get a wig, man (laughs)"

Eric Clapton, Pink Floyd's Nick Mason, Peter Gabriel and others have signed a petition urging a reversal of Frankfurt, Germany city council's decision to cancel a May 28th concert by Roger Waters. The concert was cancelled, due to, "his alleged status as 'one of the world's most well-known Anti-Semites."

The Jerusalem Post reported upon the concert's cancellation, "The concert was to be held at the 'Festhalle' complex in the German city, which had been used for the detention of 3,000 Jewish men who were arrested after Kristallnacht, between November 9th to 10th, 1938, in which Nazis attacked Jews and destroyed their property. . . 60 percent of the 'Festhalle' shares belonged to the municipality, the city council was able to cancel the performance. They had submitted their decision to a judge to cancel Waters' appearance beforehand."

Ultimate Classic Rock reported the new online petition, which was also signed by Brian Eno and Tom Morello, states in part: "The officials vilifying Waters are engaging in a dangerous campaign that purposely conflates criticism of Israel's illegal and unjust policies with antisemitism."

Waters and his legal team have said will file suit against what they label an "unjustifiable" reason for the cancellation, stating: "(This is) to ensure that his fundamental human right of freedom of speech is protected, and that all of those who wish to see him perform, are free to do so in Frankfurt, Munich and in any other city in any other country."

Daryl Hall is set to serve as the opening act for longtime friend Billy Joel on July 7th, when the "Piano Man" hits London for the American Express presents BST Hyde Park concert. Hall will be joined on stage by his hometown buddy and current touring mate Todd Rundgren, who will also be Hall's special guest on July 9th at the London Eventim Apollo.

Although Daryl Hall is now 76, one would never know it by his stage presence and relentless schedule. He told us he believes the act of creating keeps artists young: "It doesn't really mean that much to me, to tell you the truth. Time. . . I sort of, live outside of time. I think all artists do. I think all artists are perpetually in their 20's, because I think that's the creative decade when you first learn about yourself and who you are and what your potentials are, and I don't think an artist ever loses that. It's not the 'Peter Pan' thing, it's just one of those things that you always feel sort of fresh."

It was 43 years ago today (March 22nd, 1980), that Pink Floyd's "Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2)" became a surprise Number One hit in 1980, topping the Billboard Hot 100 charts for four weeks. The Wall, which was the band's 11th studio album, was spearheaded by co-founder Roger Waters and released on November 30th, 1979. The double-album set, which was co-produced by Waters, guitarist David Gilmour, and Bob Ezrin, had hit Number One the previous January 19th, and enjoyed a 15-week run on top of the Billboard 200 albums chart.

The chorus of "Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2)" was made up of 23 kids aged 13 to 15, overdubbed a total of 12 times to make them sound like an auditorium full of singers. In 2004, 25 years after the recording, the singers -- then in their late-'30s or early-'40s -- were tracked down and finally began receiving royalties for their appearance on the Floyd classic.

David Gilmour admitted to us that choosing singles from Floyd's albums was never his strong suit: "If I had a very clear idea of what I wanted to be a single, I would have stated it. But I like to ask what the record company people feel that they could support -- and I'm often not the best person to know what would be the best single."

"Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2)" is not only Pink Floyd's one and only U.S. chart topper -- it's the band's only Top Ten hit. Their next biggest single was 1973's "Money," which topped out at Number 13.

Even though future songs appeared in the Top Ten of Billboard's Mainstream Rock charts -- on the singles charts, nearly all of them tanked. For example, a major hit like 1987's "Learning To Fly" hit Number One on the Mainstream Rock chart -- yet stalled at Number 70 on the Billboard Hot 100.

It was 49 years ago today -- March 22nd, 1974 -- that the Eagles released their third album, On The Border. The album marked the first appearance of soon-to-be fifth member, guitarist Don Felder and featured a trio of major hits for the band.

On The Border peaked at a respectable Number 17 on the Billboard 200, and was driven by the band's first chart-topper, "Best Of My Love," which was written by leaders Don Henley and Glenn Frey with J.D. Souther, and "Already Gone," an FM staple, which topped out at Number 32 and was co-written by close friend Jack Tempchin, who had already written "Peaceful Easy Feeling" fir the band on its 1972 self-titled debut set.

The album also featured a notable cover of Tom Waits' "Ol' 55," "James Dean" written by Henley, Frey, Souther, and Jackson Browne, and "Good Day In Hell" featuring some scorching slide guitar by Don Felder. Although Bill Szymczyk (pronounced: SIMM-zick) produced most of the album, "Best Of My Love" was a holdover from the band's final sessions with legendary Rolling Stones and Who producer/engineer, Glyn Johns.

Co-founding Eagles guitarist Bernie Leadon told us that in the band's early days, they relied hard on their close-knit group of talented friends: "One of the things that the Eagles was fortunate in is that there were really good outside writers around us, so, Jackson Browne, J.D. Souther, and Jack Tempchin. And really, they were writing better songs more consistently than the guys in the band were in the beginning. And then that gave us enough time till the band could sort of catch up."

The Eagles will next perform on March 25th at Jacksonville, Florida's Vystar Veterans Memorial Arena.

POST MALONE SETTLES 'CIRCLES' SUIT: Post Malone settled a copyright suit from the alleged co-writer of the 2019 hit "Circles." On Tuesday (May 21st), which would have been the first day of trial, Rolling Stone obtained a court filing that confirmed Malone and Tyler Armes had "reached a settlement" and would file dismissal documents immediately. Details of the settlement were not immediately made available.

ED SHEERAN PLANS POSTHUMOUS RELEASE: Ed Sheeran plans to release music after his death. The "Shape of You" singer told Rolling Stone that he has five more albums in mind and they won't all be released during his lifetime. He said, "I want to slowly make this album that is quote-unquote ‘perfect' for the rest of my life, adding songs here and there. And just have it in my will that after I die, it comes out."

It was 48 years ago today (March 22nd, 1975), that Led Zeppelin's sixth album, Physical Graffiti, hit Number One on the Billboard 200 albums chart. The album, which marked the band's only studio double set, was released on February 24th, 1975 and topped the charts for six straight weeks, staying in the Top 10 for 12 weeks.

Physical Graffiti remains beloved by fans for such Zeppelin classics as "Kashmir," "Trampled Under Foot," "Houses Of The Holy," "In My Time Of Dying," "Down By The Seaside," "Boogie With Stu," "In The Light," and "The Wonton Song," among others.

Much like the Rolling Stones' 1972 double album, Exile On Main Street, Physical Graffiti is a hodge podge of new songs mixed with high quality outtakes from previous albums -- "Bron-Yr-Aur" was originally intended for 1970's Led Zeppelin III; "Boogie With Stu," "Down By The Seaside," and "Night Flight," were recorded in 1971 for that year's Led Zeppelin IV album. "The Rover," "Houses Of The Holy," and "Black Country Woman" were originally recorded in 1972 for the following year's Houses Of The Holy collection.

We asked Jimmy Page if he knew going in that Physical Graffiti was going to be a double album -- and whether half the set would be comprised of outtakes from the band's previous albums: "I thought about it, but it was as good as the material that we came up with. I knew it was going to be fun to revisit this stuff and sort of even go retro on ourselves. There's not many. . . nobody had done that, really. Not that I know of. And I just thought that it would be really good to add even more colors to the pallet. Because there was such variety across the other albums, and just to make something that was such a statement, that 'this is what we do, and how we do it, and nobody is anywhere near it.'"

Jimmy Page said that he laid the ground work for the new material while composing in his home studio: "I made it my business to make sure that we were gonna come up with that amount of material, because I had a good half-a-dozen -- even more than half-a-dozen pieces to go in with. And one of the ones I had was, like, ‘Ten Years Gone,' with all the guitar overdubs, because I had a home studio, a multitrack studio, so I could do all this sort of thing and I planned towards it. So, I had ‘Wonton Song,' I had 'Sick Again,' on and on and on."

We told Page that "Ten Years Gone" -- one of the many unsung classics on Physical Graffiti -- might actually sum up the essence of him as a musician: "I really appreciate what you're saying about the, sort, of essence of it, and I must say that I really intended to make something that is like a guitar-orchestral piece, that's exactly what I intended. And when I was going through it, Robert (Plant) just came up with these lyrics, which were so bang on, it was just absolutely perfect, with a whole plaintive aspect of what it was. Y'know what I mean? It's emotional call. It was absolutely marvelous, really."

Prior to hitting the studio, Jimmy Page had spent a considerable amount of time demoing his new songs and working out his parts at his home studio, before bringing it to the band for their contributions: "I also had the riff and what becomes the brass and electric 12-string (guitar) interjections over that riff of ‘Kashmir.' And ‘Kashmir'; was the first thing that I was just busting to get in there with John Bonham -- and actually, how it worked out was exactly what it was. It was just me and John Bonham on the recording track. I said, ‘Alright, let's get on with it,' and we started playing the riff. And he absolutely loved the ‘Kashmir' riff. And we were playing it over and over, like trance music, and then we did a take of it and then we started overdubbing the extra parts to it, which were going to become the parts that you hear coming in on the orchestra; ‘cause I did think of this orchestral (part) right from the outset, and I also thought of it around the drums, building around the big drum sound and everything else."

In 2015, Led Zeppelin's deluxe, expanded three-disc reissue of the double album was released featuring unheard material and alternate mixes.

It was 62 years ago today (March 22nd, 1961) that Ricky Nelson recorded "Hello Mary Lou." The song, which was written by Gene Pitney, was the B-side to Nelson's Number One hit "Travelin' Man," and was a substantial hit in its own right, peaking at Number Nine on the charts. "Hello Mary Lou," which was Nelson's 14th Top Ten hit in four years, gained major national exposure when performed on his family's sitcom, The Adventures Of Ozzie & Harriet Show.

Over the years, "Hello Mary Lou" has gone on to become one of Nelson's most covered songs, with versions by Credence Clearwater Revival, Queen, Bobby Lewis, Pete Best, Brownsville Station, the New Riders Of The Purple Sage, and the Seekers, among others.

Ricky Nelson's son, musician Matthew Nelson told us that crew members from the Ozzie & Harriet TV show still talk about his father's frequent musical performances: "It's pretty mesmerizing and I think we meet people all the time that were watching those performances -- I mean they hung out, people just hung out to wait to see if he would sing a song. And he didn't sing a song on every episode, but when he did it was a big deal."

Matthew's twin, Gunnar Nelson explained why he and brother Matthew devote so much energy into keeping their father's legacy alive: "What fuels us in promoting our dad's stuff and what has done it all through the years, man, is honestly, the music has to live. We're not gonna be here forever, but the music's gotta live and the music's gotta be honored. It deserves it."

Bob Dylan, a lifelong fan of Nelson's, described what he loved about his work in his recent autobiography Bob Dylan: Chronicles Volume One, writing that, "(Nelson) sang his songs calm and steady, like he was in the middle of a storm, men hurling past him. His voice was sort of mysterious and made you fall into a certain mood."

In 2006, a new album, Ricky Nelson: Greatest Hits, was released, collecting all of his '50s and '60s hits including "Hello Mary Lou," "Travelin' Man," "Poor Little Fool," "Lonesome Town," "Stood Up," "It's Late," and his 1972 comeback hit "Garden Party."

A companion DVD, titled Ricky Nelson Sings, includes all of his historic show-closing numbers from The Adventures Of Ozzie & Harriet Show together for the first time.

Out now is the expended deluxe edition of Nelson's legendary live album Rick Nelson: In Concert - The Troubadour. The set, which now features a whopping 30 bonus tracks from his 1969 stand at the famed L.A. club, includes such Nelson standards as "Hello Mary Lou," "Believe What You Say," "I'm Walkin'," "Travelin' Man," and "It's Late" -- along with covers of Bob Dylan's "She Belongs To Me," "I Shall be Released," "If You Gotta Go (Go Now)," and "Tonight I'll Be Stayin' Here With You," among others.

Ricky Nelson died in a plane crash on December 31st, 1985, at age 45. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987.

A four-part docuseries, Ed Sheeran: The Sum of It All, will debut May 3rd on Disney+.

According to a press release, "This series follows Ed after he learns of life-changing news and reveals his hardships and triumphs during the most challenging period of his life."

A trailer released Monday (March 20th) shows that the doc blends personal archive footage, intimate performances and interviews with the "Shape of You" singers wife and loved ones.

Harry Styles helped a couple get engaged during his Singapore concert on Friday (March 17th).

During his set at National Stadium, the "Watermelon Sugar" singer said to the crowd, "Kenneth asked for some help. Can I get some romantic music, please? After you, Kenneth," prompting a fan to get down on one knee in front of his girlfriend.

A video posted to TikTok shows the crowd went wild when Styles announced that she said, "Yes." He added, "Kenneth, hear me, you both seem wonderful. I wish you a life of happiness. Congratulations. Make some noise, everybody."

Two fans were married at Taylor Swift's Eras concert Saturday (March 18th) night.

According to TMZ, the couple, Rene Hurtado and her groom Max, said "I do" from their floor seats at State Farm Stadium in Glandale, Arizona.

The outlet reports that the two originally planned to use the show as a backdrop for their wedding reception but ultimately got hitched during the show itself.

Billie Eilish took to Instagram Sunday to share images of herself in hair and makeup for the Amazon Prime Video thriller Swarm.

One selfie showed the "Ocean Eyes" singer covered in fake blood while wearing a blonde wig, while another depicted Eilish smiling while covered in cuts on her face.

She captioned the post "eva," the name of her character in the Donald Glover-co-created series

After years of delays, the long-awaited Keith Moon biopic is finally set to begin filming in June, according to Variety. Moon's surviving Who bandmates and manager Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend will serve as executive producers, with the film being directed by Paul Whittington -- best known for his work on The Crown and White House Farm.

The Real Me was written by British screenwriter Jeff Pope, who was nominated for an Oscar for his script for the 2013 film, Philomena. The Who's longtime manager Bill Curbishley is among the film's producers with the L.A.-based White Horse Pictures serving as the movie's production house. No release date has been announced.

Roger Daltrey has been spearheading the Moon biopic for decades. He explained to us that it's a daunting task taking such a larger-than-life figure such as the Who drummer and squeezing it onto the screen: "It's a very difficult project because I don't want anything in it that people expect. Well, there's a few things, but I want to tell people about the real Moon, not just the bits and pieces they know. And it's very, very difficult to get it into a, an hour-and-45-minute narrative. It's not easy."

Keith Moon's longtime assistant and confidant Dougal Butler told us that when off the road Moon would spiral out of control: "The problem that Keith couldn't handle, is fame. He was his own worst enemy because he wanted to work all the time. He didn't live a normal family life outside of rock n' roll, even in his marriages, because he wanted to keep on rocking and rolling every day of his life. He thought it was a continuous thing every day -- which he tried to do. But in the end, that's what killed him."

Last year, fans were both excited and disapointed that although Peter Gabriel was in the audience for the final Genesis concert -- he held off from joining his former-bandmates onstage. This week marks the one-year anniversary of the band's last gig, held on March 26th, 2022 at London's O2 Arena.

During a chat with Uncut to promote his upcoming album, titled I/O, Gabriel was asked about watching the gig in the audience: "Ultimately, there were human relationships underneath. With Tony (Banks) and Mike (Rutherford), these were people I was at school with, when I was 13-years-old. There's a lot of history there. It was lovely to see Phil (Collins) again, even though he wasn't as strong as I remember him. But it brought back a lot of memories. I was very glad I was there. I had been there at the beginning, so I should be there at the end."

He went on to say, "I don't see them very often, but I enjoy my relationships with those guys. I love the freedom of being able to do what I want, when I want, how I want. That's fine to give up on a particular project, but as a state of living, I don't want to be having arguments again."

Peter Gabriel passed on attending Genesis' 2010 induction due to being in the middle of rehearsals for an upcoming tour. At the time we caught up with Tony Banks and asked him if the band felt slighted that Gabriel wouldn't be accepting the honor alongside the rest of Genesis: "He rang up and said, 'Look, y'know everyone's going to say I'm trying to snub you . . . and all the rest of it,' I said, 'Well, you just tell them we didn't want you to come, so we're snubbing you, y'know?' No -- it's none of those things at all. I mean, it would've been lovely if he could've come, but I understand his problems. It is very difficult, he's right in the middle of something and (if) he takes a day out, and the flying and everything involved, and his voice and he's supposed to be doing stuff. . . I mean, it's a fair-enough thing but it would've been nice for him to come because this is for the group through all its periods, y'know rather than just being just the latter part. Then, obviously Peter's a vital part of that, and he should be there."

Bruce Springsteen, Gladys Knight, and Jose Feliciano are among the notables tapped by President Biden to receive the 2021 National Medal of Arts on Tuesday (March 21st). Rolling Stone reported the other honorees are actors Mindy Kaling and Julia Louis-Dreyfus, fashion mogul Vera Wang, artists Judith Francisca Baca and Antonio Martorell-Cardona, philanthropist Fred Eychaner, and film producer Joan Shigekawa.

The National Medal of Arts bestowment is the highest honor given to artists by the United States government. The event has been postponed several times due to the pandemic. Back in 2016, Bruce Springsteen received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Obama.

Def Leppard's Rick Allen took to social media to thank fans for their "overwhelming support" afer he was assaulted last week in front of the Four Seasons Hotel in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

The 19-year-old suspect was arrested lastand is facing a chaege of abuse to an elderly or disabled adult without great harm. He has since bonded out of jail.

Allen wrote via social media,"Thank you everyone for your overwhelming support. Your love and prayers are truly helping. My wife Lauren was thankfully not with me at the time of the incident. We are together now, and working on recovering in a safe space."

He continued, "We are focusing on healing for everyone involved. We ask you to join us in our effort to move from confusion and shock to compassion and empathy. We understand this act of violence can be triggering for so many people. To all of the fans, veterans, and first responders in our global community we are thinking of you all. Together with love, we can all get through these difficult times."

Set for release on June 2nd is Hollywood Vampires' first live album, titled, Live In Rio. The band, which features Alice Cooper, Aerosmith's Joe Perry, and Johnny Depp, was captured live back in 2015 -- only days after the release of their debut album -- performing in front of a whopping 100,000 fans.

Ultimate Classic Rock reported the collection includes such Alice Cooper standards as "School's Out" and "Billion Dollar Babies" along with covers of the Rolling Stones' "Brown Sugar," the Who's "My Generation" and "I'm A Boy," T. Rex's "Jeepster," the Doors' "Five To One," Spirit's "I Got A Line On You," the Jimi Hendrix Experience's "Manic Depression," and John Lennon's "Cold Turkey" -- with Halestorm frontwoman Lzzy Hale joining the band for a take on Led Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love."

Alice Cooper told us that opposed to his infamous image back in the 1970's -- he hasn't been considered dangerous or outside the mainstream for years: "I'll be walking down the street -- 'Hey, Coop! How's it going, man? How's the game? How's your swing? Hey, love the album!' I used to be the outer fringe. I think 'Alice' now is woven in as much as Simon & Garfunkel, as much as Tom Petty, as much as anybody that's in the fabric of American music. I'm Americana."