Rare CLEAN 1974 ORIG "KISS" 1st LP HARD HEAVY INFECTIOUS & SEXY "STRUTTER
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ORIGINAL CLEAN 1974 FIRST PRESS ..|/\|...............................................|/\|..
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USA - CASABLANCA RECORDS - NB 9001
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NO "KISSING TIME"
Original 1974 first pressing LP on the blue Casablanca label ...
And the KISS story begins:::
Percolating in the New York glam underground of the early 70s, former members of an outfit called Wicked Lester decided to try a different approach to rock and roll. Or so the story goes. They took equal parts glam, theatrics, and a good amount of sleaze, and wrapped it into a crunching hard-rock package that would sell beyond their greatest expectations. But to return to this very first album, KISS had that grit and gusto to push their own brand of dirty hard rock. Listening to the album now, it's hard to picture early critics finding this raw and non-listenable. No doubt, just ten years before, The Beatles were just finding their footing. Or the Stones. Surely this fabulous, raw, raunchy sound wasn't that different? But older Boomer critics were getting old and not finding much use for what the kids were getting early-'70s kicks from.
Easily one of the greatest debut albums in USA hard rock history. And amazingly it was almost totally overlooked at the time. You would have seemingly be kidding yourself in 1974 if you'd have ventured to suggest that KISS would end up as one of the king-pin USA hard-rock bands of all time, but that's just what they did. And a careful listen of this album should really have been enough to convince anyone of that fact. Every song on KISS is compact, tough, and full of crackling, swaggering energy, power, and attitude. Strutter, Nothin To Lose, Firehouse, Cold Gin, Deuce, 100,000 Years, Black Diamond, these are all names every KISS fan, and most Hard Rock fans know by heart. It's very rare to have that much firepower clumped into one album..much less a debut album. Also, the is a level of songwriting craftsmanship you very rarely see from a Hard Rock band - ever, much less in their debut.
SIDE I
Strutter
Nothin' to Lose
Firehouse
Cold Gin
Let Me Know
SIDE II
Deuce
Love Theme from KISS
100,000 Years
Black Diamond
CONDITION: The cover: rated about: "EX" (excellent) Still in collectible shape, it has always been so hard to find this black cover clean; This copy light but careful visual past use while still retaining original fresh original colors, there are no delete marks, no split seams, no bends, and no writing ... HIGHLY collection worthy rarity
The vinyl: Nice and glossy over both sides, rated: "EX" (excellent), plays fantastic without scratches! Expect play grade to be with very CLEAN enjoyable audio...NO distracting surface problems ... both Casablanca labels are clean
A cool addition to anyone's music library!
SEE: SELLERS OTher items for similar cool sounds for "head" people..
EFFICIENT/CAREFUL GRADING
All imperfections are noted both cover & record
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