A few things today...thanks to my Long time customers. ( Magnus, Tomas, Fabio, Flavio, Vidar, Baard, Ketil, Fredrik, Len Diaz, Marcus, Curtis Allen, Anthony Guffey, Nick Hatton, Tony Maher, and many many others!) I am a huge KISS fan & I really enjoy helping others to complete their KISS Vinyl Collections!

A Quick work about another indespensible KISS website! Everything KISS

Http://www.everythingkiss.com/index.html

This site is a pretty good refrence point for all KISS collecting fanatics. Great Pics & really interesting Stuff...Check it out!!

Now, todays Album:

KISS SUPERSTAR / HOTTER THAN METAL

Yes, these are the same album with different packaging. Both Albums contain Sides One & Two of KISS Alive repeated in original order.

HOTTER THAN METAL is a single sleeve printed in Holland, with the identical Superstar print Vinyl from Italy. The best part is the Four Cover Pictures include Eric Carr in Full Fur and a Rather Drunk Looking Ace Frehley. This is one of the easier KISS imports to pick up. A copy in good condition should cost around $20. This is mostly for KISS purists who need to have everything.

KISS SUPERSTAR is a sweet Italian gateflod style pressing of this release. The cover features KISS in what appears to be the same photo-shoot as the cover to Hotter than Metal. Great details in Ace & Eric Carr's costumes. (KISS should have changed all four costumes, instead of having Ace, Paul & Gene in dynasty costumes with the new member.) The booklet is awesome. It features rare & famos KISS pics. It is too bad it is in Italian. I would love to be able to read it. This is a bit harder to find than HTM...A mint copy will cost $25 to $40 dollars. If you choose either of the two, this is the one to Collect.

Thanks for reading & Next Post KISS - The Originals!!!!!!!!!!!

P.S.O.K - Enough Said!!!!!!

Check out my new fav KISS related tune!
song name
P.S.O.K. (Paul Stanley of KISS)
artist
They Might Be Giants
releases
Podcast 5A, theymightbegiants.com Free Tunes, Podcast Highlights
year
2006
run time
3:00
sung by
John Flansburgh


The greatest Paul stanley mis-mash out there!!!

LYRICS:
There is only one city in America.There is only one city in the world.There is only one city in America.There is one city in America.
We haven't played this one but once all this whole tour.We haven't played this one in a long time.I don't think we've played this one in a long time.We haven't played this one in a long time.
You couldn't stop at number one.P.S.O.K.
We got any people here tonight that like to get HI-I-I-I-GH?! We got any people here tonight that like to get HI-I-I-I-GH?! Alcohol!Alcohol!
In New York City.For New York.
The keyboard player.
There are evil people in the world nowadays.There are evil people.There are people in the world who can stop us.We won't be afraid of those people.
There is only one city in the world.There is only one city in America.There is one city in America.
We haven't played this one but once all this whole tour.We haven't played this one in a long time.I don't think we've played this one in a long time.We haven't played this one in a long time.
You couldn't stop at number one.P.S.O.K.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhbtVFeLIFE

I have been thinkng about Kiss holy Grails of Vinyl & the first that comes to mind is the Japanese Box set.

KISS The Originals 1974-1979 (1998 Japanese-only Limited Collector's Edition Box, it contains 9 releases.’Kiss’,’Hotter than hell’,’Dressed to kill’,’Alive’,’Destroyer’,’Rock and roll over’,’Love gun’,’Alive 2‘and ‘Dynasty’.9LP’s and ‘Alive’ and ’alive 2’ is double LP’s. 11 different coloured vinyl LP's. Also, a cool sheet of glossy colour stickers representing KISS singles released in Japan. Next are 6 picture infomation cards identical to the cards in the 1st Originals, & a 34-page 12" x 12" lyric booklet. This is all housed in a glossy Black Box. There also exists a duplicate set in a red box (1999) which is extremely harder to find. A mint Black box will run about $500-$600 before shipping & a mint red box will cost about twice that.

This is a nice set. The vinyl is a high quality pressing & the sound is excellent. All of the inserts are First Class making this a very desireable addition to any KISS collection.

One more vital KISS link: http://www.kissfaq.com/

KISS Faq has been invaluable in my collecting of KISS vinyl & is probably the one of the best factual sources on KISS info on the web.

I am going to look over my holy grails & hopefully this info was helpful!

Eric

http://www.kissbootlegged.com/

Part of KISS VINYL collecting is searching out rare or unofficial releases. Some of these, such as "Stoned in Paris," "Destroys Aneheim," "First Kiss Long Island," or "Egos at Stake," have become vital components of any KISS related collection. The above website is put together by a friend in Europe. He does not sell any of the vinyl, but has put together a comprehensive catalog of KISS Unofficial Vinyl. Personally, I love many of the unofficial releases & consider them to be some of my most prized possessions. With that said.....

I break Kiss Vinyl into a few major categories.

#1 American Releases - Casablanca, Polygram,Mercury,Def Jam releases. These are the most sought after, especially original releases. The first series of Casablanca American releases in Blue, Camels, or Filmworks with original inserts are the most desireable. The re-pressings with barcodes, The record club editions ( RCA/BMGG), and the cut outs change the valur & desireability of each release. ( Canadian releases are too close to US collections to look at as collectable, except for the Canadian Originals, Destroyer & sealed canadian albums. )
#2 Japanese Vinyl - Wow! The Swx, Vip, Yellow Obis SS-1..,Crazy Collection, boxed sets, and of course Originals II....I will get into these later in detail.
#3 European Pressings Pye, Pye red vinyl, Priceless, Alternate ZZ logo...
#4 Australian, S. American & Asian Pressings
#5 Picture Discs
#6 Unofficial releases.
#7 Promotional KISS recordings.

Wow, there is alot out there & I appreciate any reader coments. Nex Blog - Holy Grails & essentials!!!
OFF to Work!
EW

Hello to all my friends. Todays post is a bit of a rant. I am sick of the over-inflated prices which people are reselling the Sonic Boom Vinyls for! Especially when they don't even have the vinyl in hand! We ordered a few sets & intend to sell them with a reasonable mark up & hopefully all of our best customers will get a set for a fair price.

By the way, the Argentina Hotter than Hell is an awesome album & one day, I hope to own one.

Eric

03/18/2010

Welcome to the Inaugural installment of the KISS Vinyl Album Blog. We hope to provide vital & current info regarding KISS vinyl record releases. I run a store on Ebay called Bronco Gallery which specializes in the selling of KISS vinyl. Check it out if you get a chance. Each week I hope to place a post on a different Album, or aspect of KISS vinyl collecting. Please fee free to contact me with your thoughts, or concerns.
Thanks,
EW