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Kiss – Kiss

Label:	Casablanca – 0602537658244, Mercury – 0602537658244, Universal Music Group International – 0602537658244
Series:	Back To Black
Format:	Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, 180 Gram
Country:	Europe
Released:	Mar 31, 2014
Genre:	Rock
Style:	Hard Rock, Glam

Tracklist

A1	Strutter Written-By – Simmons, Stanley	3:10
A2	Nothin' To Lose Handclaps [Claps] – Bobby* Piano – Bruce Foster Written-By – Simmons*	3:26
A3	Firehouse Written-By – Stanley*	3:18
A4	Cold Gin Written-By – Frehley*	4:21
A5	Let Me Know Written-By – Stanley*	2:58
B1	Kissin' Time Written-By – Lowe, Mann	3:52
B2	Deuce Written-By – Simmons*	3:05
B3	Love Theme From Kiss Written-By – Frehley, Simmons, Stanley, Criss	2:24
B4	100,000 Years Written-By – Simmons, Stanley	3:22
B5	Black Diamond Written-By – Stanley*	5:11

Companies, etc.

Record Company – Universal Music
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Island Def Jam Music Group
Copyright © – Island Def Jam Music Group
Published By – Casablanca Music, Inc.
Published By – Rock Steady Music
Published By – T.B. Harms Co.
Recorded At – Bell Sound Studios
Engineered At – Bell Sound Studios
Manufactured By – www.gzvinyl.com
Pressed By – GZ Media – 115946E

Credits

A&R [Exclusive Representation] – A.T.I.*
Art Direction, Design – Lockart*
Bass, Vocals – Gene Simmons
Design Concept [Album Concept] – Rock Steady (5)
Drums, Vocals – Peter Criss
Engineer – Warren Dewey
Lead Guitar, Vocals – Ace Frehley
Management [Direction/Management] – McGhee Entertainment
Photography By – Joel Brodsky
Producer [Produced By] – Kenny Kerner, Richie Wise
Rhythm Guitar, Vocals – Paul Stanley

Notes

2014 reissue on 180 gram vinyl.
Comes with an MP3 download voucher.
Issued in a die cut plain white inner sleeve.

[Sticker:]
[Kiss 40 Years •Decades Of Decibels• logo]
Includes a voucher to download an MP3 version of the album
180 gram heavyweight vinyl
www.backtoblackvinyl.com
[Back To Black logo]
B2B_KS_STK

[Rear sleeve:]
Engineered [...] at Bell Sound Studios, New York City • Recorded at Bell Sound Studios, October 1973, New York City [...] • All songs copyright ©1973 Casablanca Music Inc./Rock Steady Music (ASCAP) • Except "Kissin' Time," published by T.B. Harms Co. (ASCAP)
A Universal Music Company
℗©2014 The Island Def Jam Music Group. [...] Made in the EU.

All Runouts are stamped.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode (Text): 6 02537 65824 4
Barcode (Scanned): 602537658244
Label Code: LC00268
Rights Society: BIEM/SDRM
Matrix / Runout (Label side A): 06025 376 582-4 (4)-A
Matrix / Runout (Label side B): 06025 376 582-4 (4)-B
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A): www.gzvinyl.com - 3765824-A 115946E1/B
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B): 3765824-B 115946E2/A

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	Kiss (LP, Album, Reissue, Third Pressing 2nd Blue)	Casablanca	NBLP 7001	US	1974
Recently Edited	Kiss (LP, Album)	Casablanca	NB 9001	US	1974
Recently Edited	Kiss (LP, Album, Mispress)	Casablanca	NBLP 7001	US	1974
New Submission	Kiss (LP, Album)	Casablanca, Casablanca	4E 062-96130, NBLP 7001	Sweden	1974
Recently Edited	Kiss (LP, Album, Reissue, Quality Records Blue “Bogart” Label)	Casablanca	NBLP 7001	Canada	1974

Reviews

sadusattack13 Feb 24, 2022

Good sounding reissue but no quality control whatsoever. I had to return three copies before getting one without pressing and/or handling issues.

kingotnw Sep 2, 2021

Edited 8 months ago

Good clean sound on this pressing. It’s quite nice, though quite different from the original pressing. There is an attack and a natural breakup that occurs on the first pressing of the record that is completely absent here, and only on the first US pressing.

So it is what it is. The best available source of this record, but quite honestly it pales in comparison to the original US pressing. It’s clearly cut from digital masters, which isn’t all too surprising for a number of reasons, the least of which is most of the original analog recordings of KISS are long gone. The most common of which is it’s easier and 99.9% of people who have heard this album never heard the original pressing do have no idea what’s missing.

This is the longest review of vinyl I’ve ever done for Discogs, but it’s also the most important one. The pressing is great, and sounds wonderful. But the punch of the original is nowhere to be found here, which is a huge disappointment, whether most people are aware of it or not.

Also a little strange and of note is that the music takes up far less space on this record than on the original. Over an inch. I’m doing back to back comparisons right now and the original destroys this in every possible way.

ChrisBolin Feb 5, 2021

This release sounds great, like the other comments. It’s definitely bang for the buck.

eric91478 Feb 17, 2019

Great sounding reissue, all things considered. A lot of texture and separation, while revealing, actually contributes to the raw, innocent KISS, when they genuinely rocked.

NickCaveman Nov 30, 2018

I have to agree with the previous comment, great sound on this release, interesting enough, the mp3 voucher is in 320 kbps and seems to be taken from the vinyl mix, not the cd mix from 1997 (that I own too) which, as far as I know, was the latest remaster done at the time of the release of this LP. I'm not good with Kiss trivia so anyone having better info is more than welcome.

HenrikKragh May 21, 2014

If you are looking for "a better sounding KISS album" off of the reissues 2014 this is the one to get.

Very rich - and I am not the only one saying this.