The “solo” Alice record “Welcome to My Nightmare” had firmly separated Alice Cooper the singer from Alice Cooper the band. Rather than abandon the intended album, drummer Neal Smith, guitarist Michael Bruce and bassist Dennis Dunaway joined forces with lead guitarist Mike Marconi and Alice Cooper keyboard player Bob Dolin, and signing to Polydor records, fashioned the abandoned Alice Cooper band album into “Battle Axe”, calling themselves Billion Dollar Babies, a very deliberate nod to their previous incarnation.
Track List:
DISC ONE:
BATTLE AXE (1977)
TOO YOUNG
SHINE YOUR LOVE
I MISS YOU
WASN’T I THE ONE
LOVE IS RATHER BLIND
ROCK ‘N’ ROLL RADIO
DANCE WITH ME
ROCK ME SLOWLY
EGO MANIA
BATTLE AXE
(SUDDEN DEATH)
WINNER
DISC TWO:
BATTLE AXE DEMOS
SHINE YOUR LOVE
MISS YOU
WASN’T I THE ONE
DANCE WITH ME
WANT TO GO HOME
LOVE IS RATHER BLIND
ROCK ME SLOWLY
BATTLE AXE / SUDDEN DEATH / WINNER
ROCK ‘N’ ROLL PRISON
RUNAWAY INST.
I DON’T KNOW BABE
WALLOW THROUGH THIS MADNESS
ONLY ONE WILL WALK AWAY
HIGH HEELS HOLLYWOOD
DISC THREE:
LIVE: FIRST EVER SHOW FLINT, MICHIGAN, USA, 6TH JULY 1977
I MISS YOU
ROCK ‘N’ ROLL RADIO
LOVE IS RATHER BLIND
ROCK ME SLOWLY
ALICE COOPER MEDLEY: NO MORE MR. NICE GUY / ELECTED / SCHOOL’S OUT
BATTLE AXE SUITE: EGO MANIA
BATTLE AXE
NIGHTS IN CRACKED LEATHER / SUDDEN DEATH / WINNER
TOO YOUNG
BILLION DOLLAR BABIES