KISS SMASHES, THRASHES & HITS - 15 YEARS OF KISSTORY, Rare Double Gatefold PDisc
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KISS - SMASHES, THRASHES & HITS - 15 YEARS OF KISSTORY.
THIS IS A SPECIAL LIMITED EDITION 15TH ANNIVERSARY PACKAGE WHICH CONTAINS:
• SMASHES, THRASHES & HITS 2 SIDED PICTUREDISC LP
• 8 CAREER SPANNING PHOTOS
• COMPLETE DISCOGRAPHY & VIDEOGRAPHY
• BRAND NEW BIO-ESSAY
SMASHES, THRASHES & HITS mixes in a strong cross section of the band's output in this decade - I LOVE IT LOUD (82), LICK IT UP (83), HEAVEN'S ON FIRE (84), TEARS ARE FALLING (85) and the remake of the hit ballad BETH, with ERIC CARR singing. LET'S PUT THE X IN SEX and (YOU MAKE ME) ROCK HARD, the two new songs on Smashes...., are more examples of the band's unique ability to find endless variations on this time-honoured theme.
"WE WANTED TO COVER ALL THE BASES" says STANLEY of Smashes..., "BUT WE DID'NT WANT TO GET STEEPED IN THE PAST. I THINK WE WANTED TO GIVE EVERYBODY A TASTE OF THE WHOLE 15 YEARS, NOT NEGLECT THE EARLIEST PART OF OUR CAREER AND REALLY MAKE SURE IT WAS A BALANCED REPRESENTATION. "WE WANTED THIS TO BE SPECIAL FOR OUR FANS, IN SOME WAYS THIS TOOK MORE TIME AND MORE CARE THAN A REGULAR ALBUM. WE DIDN'T WANT IT TO COME OFF AS SOMETHING THAT WAS SLAPPED TOGETHER. "WHEN YOU HAVE FANS WHO GIVE YOU AS MUCH AS OURS DO, THEY DESERVE TO BE GIVEN BACK JUST AS MUCH. THE WHOLE IDEA WITH SMASHES... WAS TO REALLY DO SOMETHING SPECIAL, REMIXING AND DIGITALLY TRANSFERRING EVERYTHING, HAVING ERIC SING BETH AND HAVING TWO NEW SONGS THAT I WROTE A WEEK BEFORE WE WENT INTO THE STUDIO. "THAT'S KIND OF LIKE GIVING SOMEBODY NEWSPRINT WHERE THE INK IS STILL WET. IT'S A MUSICAL BULLETIN, LETTING PEOPLE KNOW EXACTLY WHERE YOU'RE AT NOW, RATHER THAN DOING SOMETHING YOU WROTE A YEAR AGO."
Another thing Smashes... does is vindicate some of the group's earliest material, songs which were panned when first released but have been proven over time, not just by KISS, but by groups like POISON and ANTHRAX who have covered their material.
SIDE ONE:
•LET'S PUT THE X IN SEX
•(YOU MAKE ME) ROCK HARD
•LOVE GUN
•DETROIT ROCK CITY
•I LOVE IT LOUD
•DEUCE
•LICK IT UP
•HEAVEN'S ON FIRE
•CALLING DR LOVE
SIDE TWO:
•STRUTTER
•BETH (WITH ERIC CARR VOCAL)
•TEARS ARE FALLING
•I WAS MADE FOR LOVIN YOU
•ROCK AND ROLL ALL NIGHT
•SHOUT IT OUT LOUD
THIS COMPILATION PRODUCED 1988 POLYGRAM RECORDS, INC COPYRIGHT 1988 KISS ORGANISATION, LTD MANUFACTURED AND MARKETED BY POLYGRAM RECORDS, 810 SEVENTH AVENUE, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10019. PRINTED IN THE U.S.A. (MERCURY). MERCURY - 836 887-1 - DOUBLE GATEFOLD VINYL ALBUM FROM 1988, THIS IS THE SPECIAL, LIMITED EDITION 15TH ANNIVERSARY PACKAGE OF THE ALBUM SMASHES, THRASHES AND HITS! EXTREMELY SCARCE AND BEAUTIFULLY PUT TOGETHER ALBUM, WITH GREAT ART, PICTURES, PRINTED HISTORY, DISCOGRAPHY AND VIDEOGRAPHY.
A RARE CHANCE TO OBTAIN LIKE NEW VINYL FROM 1988 FOR THIS SELDOM SEEN KISS SPECIAL LIMITED EDITION RELEASE ON PICTUREDISC VINYL
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