Gigography
Pretties For You Tour 1968 - 1970
No Longer Umpire / Reflected / 10 Minutes Before The Worm / Sing Low Sweet Cheeerio / B. B. On Mars / Fields Of Regret / Nobody Likes Me / Don't Blow Your Mind
Approximate set time: 35 minutes
Pretties For You (1969): No Longer Umpire / Reflected / 10 Minutes Before The Worm / Sing Low Sweet Cheeerio / B. B. On Mars / Fields Of Regret
Non-Album Track(s): Nobody Likes Me / Don't Blow Your Mind
1968 June
- 01: USA - Lake Berryessa Bowl, Napa, CA
as "The Spiders" with Loading Zone.
Unlikely to be the ACG. The band had just recently changed their name to Alice Cooper, from the Nazz, so the Spiders is already an old name, as far as the band was concerned. - 24: USA - Whisky-A-Go-Go, Hollywood, California with Ten Years After
- 27: USA - Phantasmagoria: A Community Effort, Wrigley Stadium, Los Angeles, California with Frank Zappa (MC), Grass Roots, T-Bone Walker
1968 July
- 14: USA - Cheetah, Los Angeles, California with Butterfield Blues Band, Chicago Transit Authority, Pacific Gas & Electric
- 23: USA - Whisky-A-Go-Go, Hollywood, California with Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention
1968 August
- 03: USA - Newport Pop Festival, Orange County Fairgrounds, Costa Mesa, California with Canned Heat, Chambers Brothers, Charles Lloyd Quartet, Country Joe and the Fish, Electric Flag, James Cotton Blues Band, Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Sonny & Cher, Steppenwolf, Tiny Tim
- 09: USA - Levity Ball at Fairground Exposition Hall, Phoenix, Arizona
with Killing Floor, Red White & Blues Band (with Mick Mashbir)
Poster - 18: USA - Brucemas at the Cheetah, Los Angeles, California with Kaleidoscope [Cancelled], Dino Valente [Cancelled], The Sherwood Fields, Bluesberry Jam & The Gypsy Wizard, Black Pearl, Chicago Transit Authority, Illinois Speed Press, Murray Roman
1968 September
- ??: USA - University of Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA with Steppenwolf, Fever Tree, Conel Implosion
1968 October
- 11: USA - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with MC5
- 28: USA - Crawford Hall, Irvine, California
with Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, Captain Beefheart
Poster exists for this date with Beefheart and Portable People, but the poster is also attributed to the same date in 1972. Combined, this makes the date very suspect so unlikely to have happened — for the Alice Cooper group.
1968 November
- 01: USA - The Bank, Torrance, California
with Three Dog Night, Mint Tattoo
Poster - 02: USA - The Bank, Torrance, California
with Mint Tattoo, Pollution
Poster - 08: USA - California State, Fullerton, California
This gig with Frank Zappa did not happen. Rick Griffin created a concert poster in the early 1970s for the California Graphic Exchange poster company, taking artistic license with the date for a concert that would happen several months after this poster documents.
Poster
1968 December
- 06: USA - Shrine Exposition Hall, Los Angeles, California
with Easy Chair, GTO's, Wildman Fischer, Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention
Poster - 07: USA - Shrine Exposition Hall, Los Angeles, California
with Easy Chair, GTO's, Wildman Fischer, Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention
Poster]
1969 January
- 02: USA - Whiskey A-Go-Go, Hollywood, California Poster
- 03: USA - Whiskey A-Go-Go, Hollywood, California Poster
- 04: USA - Whiskey A-Go-Go, Hollywood, California Poster
- 05: USA - Whiskey A-Go-Go, Hollywood, California Poster
1969 February
- 07: USA - Denver Auditorium, Denver, Colorado with Iron Butterfly and Steve Miller Band
- 19: USA - Whiskey A-Go-Go, Hollywood, California
with Linda Ronstadt
Advert - 20: USA - Whiskey A-Go-Go, Hollywood, California
with Linda Ronstadt
Advert - 21: USA - Whiskey A-Go-Go, Hollywood, California
with Linda Ronstadt
Advert - 22: USA - Whiskey A-Go-Go, Hollywood, California
with Linda Ronstadt
Advert - 23: USA - Whiskey A-Go-Go, Hollywood, California
with Linda Ronstadt
Advert - 28: Canada - Winnipeg Arena, Winnipeg
1969 March
- 07: USA - Ides Hall, Hayward, California
with Nimbus
Flyer - 08: USA - Ides Hall, Hayward, California
with Nimbus
Flyer - 14: USA - White Room, Buena Park, California with The Stack, and The Red Moss Blues Band
- 15: USA - Cal State, Fullerton, California
with Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, Stack, Red Moss Blues Band
Flyer - 16: USA - Speedway Meadows, Golden Gate Park with MC5, Boogie, Crazy Horse, Birth, Last Mile, Sons of Champlin
- 27: USA - Three Experience, California with Slim Harpo, Rockin' Foo
- 28: USA - Three Experience, California with Slim Harpo, Rockin' Foo
- 29: USA - Three Experience, California with Slim Harpo, Rockin' Foo
- 30: USA - Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, California
with Youngbloods, Initial Shock, A.B. Skhy, Pure Funk
Audio recording is in circulation
1969 April
- 01: USA - Monterey Fairgrounds, Monterey, California
with Womb, Sideminder
Flyer - 18: Canada - PNE Agrodome, Vancouver, British Columbia
with Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, Guess Who
Ticket | Ticket - 19: USA - Seattle Center Arena, Seattle, Washington with Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, Guess Who
1969 May
- 07: USA - Kelker Junction Concert Hall, Colorado Springs, Colorado
- 15: USA - Orangethorpe, Buena Park, Gordon, California with Stack, Red Blues Band
- 16: USA - Black Dome, Cincinnati, Ohio Poster
- 17: USA - Black Dome, Cincinnati, Ohio Poster
- ??: USA - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with MC5
- 20: USA - Kinetic Playground, Chicago, Illinois
- 23: USA - Memorial Coliseum, Phoenix, Arizona
with Iron Butterfly, Blues Image. Zephyr were also scheduled to appear, but cancelled due to health reasons.
Ticket
1969 June
- 03: USA - Salt Lake City, Utah
- 06: USA - Felt Forum, New York City, New York
- 07: USA - Felt Forum, New York City, New York
- 11: USA - Steve Paul's Scene, New York City, New York
- 12: USA - Steve Paul's Scene, New York City, New York
- 13: USA - Electric Factory, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with MC5
- 14: USA - Electric Factory, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with MC5
- 15: USA - Steve Paul's Scene, New York City, New York
- 16: USA - Steve Paul's Scene, New York City, New York
- 21: Canada - Toronto Pop Festival, Varsity Stadium, Toronto, Ontario Poster
- 27: USA - Boston Tea Party, Boston, Massachusetts with Chicago Transit Authority
- 28: USA - Boston Tea Party, Boston, Massachusetts with Chicago Transit Authority
1969 July
- 04: USA - New York Pop Festival, Roosevelt Raceway, New York with Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention
- 05: USA - Saugatuck Pop Festival, Potawatoomi Beach, Michigan
with Big Mama Thornton, Brownsville Station, MC5, Savage Grace, The Bob Seger System, The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, The Stooges
Festival happened over two days - 4th and 5th of July. The band were not originally scheduled to play which is why they don't appear on any poster. - 11: USA - Kinetic Playground, Chicago, Illinois with Spirit, Pentangle; two performances
- 12: USA - Kinetic Playground, Chicago, Illinois with Spirit, Pentangle; two performances
- 13: USA - Tyrone Guthrie, Milwaukee, Wisconsin with Zappa and the Mothers of Invention. Two shows were performed
- 18: USA - Terrace Ballroom, Utah
- 25: USA - Seattle Pop Festival, Gold Creek Park, Woodinville, Washington
with The Flying Burrito brothers, Ten Years After, Led Zeppelin, The Byrds, The Youngbloods, Tim Buckley, Bo Diddley, Chuck Berry, Spirit, Vanilla Fudge, Ike and Tina Turner, Santana, The Doors, Lee Michaels, Guess Who, Chicago, Albert Collins
Advert - 26: USA - Eugene Pop Festival, Haywood field, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon with The Doors, Youngbloods, Byrds, Them, River, Truth, Bumps, Tyme, ZU, Grant Blueboys
- 29: USA - Masonic Temple, Portland, Oregon
with Steve Miller Band, Total Eclipse
Poster - 30: USA - Masonic Temple, Portland, Oregon
with Steve Miller Band, Total Eclipse
Poster
1969 August
- 03: USA - Sportsman's Park, Mount Clemens, Michigan
Mount Clemens Pop Festival. With Eric Burdon, County Joe & the Fish, MC5, John Mayall, Muddy Waters, T-bone Walker, Cat Mother & the All Night Newsboys, McCoys, Stooges, Rush, Frut of the Loom, red White & Blues Band, Savage, Grave, Ted Lucas, Pleasure Seekers, Mainline, Charlie latimer, Frijid Pink, Owen Love, Attack
Poster | Poster - 08: USA - Easttown Theater, Detroit, Michigan with Savage Grace, All the Lonely People
- 09: USA - Easttown Theater, Detroit, Michigan with Savage Grace, All the Lonely People
- 13: Canada - Wonderland Gardens, London, Ontario, Canada with Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, Arthur Brown, Cat Mother
- 14: USA - Eugene Armory, Eugene, Oregon
- 21: USA - Eugene Armory, Eugene, Oregon Poster
- 22: Canada - Vancouver Pop Festival, Paradise Valley Resort, Squamish, British Columbia
with Tarantula, Grass Roots, Merryweather, Motherlode, Strawberry Alarm Clock, Love, Taj Mahal, Crome Syrcus, Lee Michaels, Chicago Transit Authority, Little Richard, Canned Heat
Poster - 23: Canada - Vancouver Pop Festival, Paradise Valley Resort, Squamish, British Columbia
with Smith, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGee, Strawberry Alarm Clock, Grass Roots, Merryweather, Tarantula, Rotary Connection, Crome Syrcus, Love, Little Richard, Chicago Transit Authority, Canned Heat
Poster - 24: Canada - Vancouver Pop Festival, Paradise Valley Resort, Squamish, British Columbia
with Merrweather, Smith, Marrilee Rush, Guess Who, Rotary Connection, Crome Syrus, Byrds, Rascals, Grateful Dead, Chambers Brothers
Poster - 26: USA - The Carrawee Ballroom, Ann Arbor, Michigan with The Excells
- 30: USA - The Silverbell Club, Clarkston, Michigan with The Sunday Funniesor Box Tops
- 31: Canada - Galaxii, CNE, Toronto, Ontario
1969 September
- 13: Canada - Rock and Roll Revival Festival, Toronto, Ontario
Audio "officially" released. Footage of the Alice Cooper group's performance was filmed by D. A. Pennebaker, some of which appeared in the 2022 documentary film Revival69: The Concert That Rocked the World, alongside other rare footage of the band at this concert appearance.
Ticket | Pass | Sticker - 14: USA - Toledo Pop Festival, Raceway Park, Toledo, Ohio
with MC5, The Amboy Dukes, The Frost, The Rationals, Früt
Poster - 16: USA - Fillmore Room, Buffalo, New York
with Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention.
The final Zappa/Mothers gigs were in August of 1969, and pre-show listing in the Spectrum from Buffalo University has Zappa/Mothers listed as opening act. Unlikely to have happened. - ??: USA - Max's Kansas City, New York, New York with The Turtles, MC5, The Amboy Dukes, The Frost, The Rationals
1969 October
- 04: USA - Rotunda, Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada with Wolf Ticket, Smith
- 10: USA - Grande Riviera, Detroit, Michigan
with SRC, Amboy Dukes
Advert - 11: USA - Grande Riveria, Detroit, Michigan
with The Who, Sky
Advert - 24: USA - Winterland, San Francisco, California with Jefferson Airplane, The Grateful Dead, the Sons of Champlins, It's a Beautiful Day, Ike & Tina Turner, Glenn McKay's Head Lights
- 30: USA - Fillmore West, San Francisco, California
with Ike & Tina Turner. Flyer states more shows (30th Oct - 2nd Nov), all are unlikely to have happened
Flyer - 31: USA - Black Arts Rock 'n' Roll Show, Olympia Stadium, Detroit, Michigan
Alice Cooper is listed on the handbill for the show but did not actually play. The promoter listed over 10 acts that did not actually play the festival.
Poster
1969 November
- 01: USA - Grande Riviera, Detroit, Michigan with The Amboy Dukes, SRC, Richmond
- 21: USA - Auditorium, Chicago, Illinois
with Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention
There is a pre-show announcement for this gig in the Chicago Tribune on September 9, 1969, but according to the Auditorium site The Band were scheduled to play this date, and Zappa played it the following year on exactly the same date.
1969 December
- 29: USA - Chicago Pop Festival, Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, Illinois with Pacific Gas & Electric, John Lee Hooker, Howlin' Wolf, Coven, MC5, Mason Proffit, Bangor Flying Circus, Baby Huey
- 31: Canada - Masonic Temple Auditorium, Toronto, Ontario
with Teegarden, Van Winkle, Keith McKie, and Sunnyside Symphonia
Venue formerly known as The Rock Pile
Ticket | Poster
1970 January
- 02: USA - Eastown Theater, Detroit, Michigan with Flamin' Groovies, SRC
- 03: USA - Eastown Theater, Detroit, Michigan with Flamin' Groovies, SRC
- 16: USA - Rose Palace, Pasadena, California
with Lee Michaels, Eric Burdon and War, Messiah
Poster | Ticket - 17: USA - Rose Palace, Pasadena, California
with Lee Michaels, Eric Burdon and War, Messiah
Poster - 29: Canada - Fillmore Market, Toronto, Ontario with SRC and Little Richard
- 30: USA - Eastown Theater, Detroit, Michigan with Stooges, Früt of the Loom
- 31: USA - Eastown Theater, Detroit, Michigan with Stooges, Früt of the Loom
1970 February
- 20: USA - Birmingham Palladium, Birmingham, Michigan with The Chip Stevens Blues Band, Richmond
- 21: USA - Birmingham Palladium, Birmingham, Michigan with The Chip Stevens Blues Band, Blues Train