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 KISS

SELF TITLED FIRST PRESSING!!!!!

LP

1974

WITHOUT KISSIN' TIME

STILL IN ORIGINAL SHRINK!!

 

Kiss is the debut album by American hard rock band Kiss. When it was released, on February 18, 1974, Kiss had been a band for little more than one year. Much of the material on the album was written by Gene Simmons and/or Paul Stanley, as members of their pre-Kiss band, Wicked Lester. Simmons estimated that the entire process of recording and mixing took three weeks, while co-producer Richie Wise claimed it took just thirteen days.

The album was recorded at Bell Sound Studios in New York City, which was owned by the company that owned Buddah Records. Neil Bogart, founder of Casablanca Records, was an executive at Buddah prior to forming Casablanca.

Casablanca Records held a party at the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles to celebrate the West Coast release of Kiss (February 18) and to introduce the record company to the press and other record industry executives. In keeping with the Casablanca theme, the party included palm trees and a Humphrey Bogart lookalike. Kiss performed their usual loud and bombastic stage show, which turned Warner Bros. Records (Casablanca's record distributor) against the group.

Soon after the show, Warner Bros. Records contacted Neil Bogart and threatened to end their deal with Casablanca if Kiss didn't remove their makeup. With manager Bill Aucoin's backing, Kiss refused. Shortly after the release of Kiss, Warner Bros. released Casablanca from their contract.

Kiss sold approximately 75,000 copies after its initial release, without the presence of a hit single.[1] It was certified Gold on June 8, 1977, having sold 500,000 copies. The album was re-released in 1997 (along with most of Kiss' earlier albums) in a remastered version.

Of all the songs in the album, "Strutter", "Nothin' to Lose", "Deuce", "Cold Gin", "Black Diamond", and "100,000 Years" remain as permanent staples in the band's shows throughout the years. Following the departure of Peter Criss, "Black Diamond" has been performed by his replacements Eric Carr (prior to his death in 1991) and Eric Singer.

LABEL: CASABLANCA RECORDS

BARCODE: NB 9001

Vinyl Condition : EX+

Sleeve Condition : EX+

STILL IN ORIGINAL SHRINK

WITHOUT KISSIN' TIME ON SIDE B

 

MY VINYL RECORD GRADING TABLE:

• SEALED / Never Opened or Never Played
• MINT / Flawless
• NEAR MINT / Almost Flawless
• NEAR MINT MINUS / Almost Flawless With A Few Minor Light Scratches &/Or A Few Light Minor Surface Marks
• EXCELLENT PLUS / Minor Paper Scratches &/Or Minor Surface Marks
• EXCELLENT / Almost Excellent Plus
• VERY GOOD PLUS / Light Paper Scratches &/Or Light Surface Marks / Sounds & Plays Excellent
• VERY GOOD / Scratches, Surface Marks, Scuff Marks &/Or Maybe Pops But Plays Excellent
• GOOD / Many Scratches &/Or Many Surface Marks But Plays Excellent
• GOOD MINUS / Pretty Rough But Still Plays Well

  

 

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