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-$600 before shipping & a mint red box will cost about twice that.
This is a nice set. The vinyl is a high quality pressing & the sound is excellent. All of the inserts are First Class making this a very desireable addition to any KISS collection.
One more vital KISS link: http://www.kissfaq.com/
KISS Faq has been invaluable in my collecting of KISS vinyl & is probably the one of the best factual sources on KISS info on the web.
I am going to look over my holy grails & hopefully this info was helpful!
Eric
I love this one! I hope there will be more fun releases from Japan soon! Unfortunatly there haven´t been that many in the past! I can´t see anyone else that makes quality records like the Japanese manufacturers!
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i would love to own "the originals 2"...but i can't spend an armload...i don't see that one being sold very often on ebay...should i look somewhere else?
ReplyDeleteKeep looking on ebay and be patient. Originals 2 is one of those releases that are often seen on ebay, despite this they are expensive. One might think that quantity should manipulate the price a bit, strangely there seems not to be that way. Having a little luck you can get it for a reasonable price! I can personally find it strange, that it is so expensive most of the times.
ReplyDeleteyes, it comes around on ebay often. price range 100.00 - 150.00, but i've seen it for 80.00 (incomplete)
ReplyDeletecheers from brazil!
If you want I have a copy! Like new from Italy. Last price 500$ (450€). All the best
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