Kiss - Kiss Dubut - 1974

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Kiss - Kiss
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Kiss is the self-titled debut album from the 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. 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",
"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.



Artist...............: Kiss
Album................: Kiss
Genre................: Classic Rock
Source...............: CD
Year.................: 1974
Ripper...............: EAC [Secure mode] / LAME 3.92 & Asus CD-S520
Codec................: Xing
Version..............: MPEG 1 Layer III
Quality..............: CBR 128, [avg. bitrate: 128kbps]
Channels.............: Joint Stereo / 44100 hz
Tags.................: ID3 v1.1, ID3 v2.3
Information..........:

Ripped by............: theunknown on 9/30/2008
Posted by............: theunknown on 4/19/2009
News Server..........: http://smokintorrentz.ca or

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Included.............: NFO
Covers...............: Front

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Tracklisting
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1. [00:03:11] Kiss - Strutter
2. [00:03:26] Kiss - Nothin' To Lose
3. [00:03:18] Kiss - Firehouse
4. [00:04:22] Kiss - Cold Gin
5. [00:03:00] Kiss - Let Me Know
6. [00:03:53] Kiss - Kissin' Time
7. [00:03:06] Kiss - Deuce
8. [00:02:24] Kiss - Love Theme From Kiss
9. [00:03:23] Kiss - 100,000 Years
10. [00:05:12] Kiss - Black Diamond

Playing Time.........: 00:35:13
Total Size...........: 32.29 MB

NFO generated on.....: 4/19/2009 11:48:46 PM


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