Alice Cooper – Constrictor (1986 LP Canadian MCA Rainbow Pressing) - EX/NM Vintage Vinyl (MCA-5761)

Catalog an iconic 1986 shock-rock comeback album for your archival inventory: Constrictor by Alice Cooper! Manufactured and distributed in Canada by MCA Records (Canada) (Willowdale, Ontario) on classic MCA rainbow-and-clouds labels (MCA-5761), this 12-inch stereo vinyl release was produced by Beau Hill (with "Trick Bag" and "He's Back (The Man Behind the Mask)" produced by Michael Wagener for Double Trouble Productions, Inc.), engineered by Stephen Benben, and mastered at The Mastering Lab in Los Angeles by Mike Reese. The tracklist spans Side 1 ("Teenage Frankenstein", "Give It Up", "Thrill My Gorilla", "Life and Death of the Party", "Simple Disobedience") and Side 2 ("The World Needs Guts", "Trick Bag", "Crawlin'", "The Great American Success Story", "He's Back (The Man Behind the Mask)" — Theme from the Motion Picture Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives). Housed in its original glossy sleeve featuring album cover concept and design by David Hale Associates and photography by Kevin Schill, the front cover showcases a close-up portrait of Cooper with a boa constrictor coiled around his neck beneath neon-green dripping ALICE COOPER typography, while the back cover displays full song lyrics and credits over a tinted silhouette backdrop. The vinyl is preserved in an archival Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab (MoFi) Original Master anti-static inner sleeve.

Structural & Visual Inspection

• Vinyl Surface & Labels Condition - EXCELLENT / NEAR MINT (EX / NM): Glossy black vinyl retains deep groove luster with crisp micro-groove definition, showing only faint, non-feelable hairline sleeve marks and minor surface dust flecks under angled macro inspection. Both Side 1 (MCA5514) and Side 2 (MCA5515) MCA rainbow-and-clouds labels remain bright, clean, and legible with sharp black typography, minimal spindle marks, and clean center holes. Deadwax runout clearly displays etched matrix markings including MCA 5514 and MCA 5515.

• Jacket & Inner Sleeve Integrity - VERY GOOD PLUS / NEAR MINT (VG+ / NM): Original glossy outer sleeve exhibits vivid front cover color saturation, crisp neon typography, and sharp back cover lyric printing, showing light ring impression, minor corner rubbing, and a solid intact spine with no seam splits. Includes a clean Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab (MoFi) Original Master anti-static archival inner sleeve.

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