Kiss: The Box Set (Standard) CD

5cds-Comes W/120 Pg.Booklet Detailed Track Info,Rare Photo

KISS: THE BOX SET Special Deluxe Edition is packaged in a replica guitar case styled box, with 120-plus page hardcover color booklet featuring track by track commentary by KISS band members, rare photos and essay.
Kiss: Paul Stanley, Ace Frehley (vocals, guitar); Gene Simmons (vocals, bass); Peter Criss (vocals, drums).
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
KISS: THE BOX SET Standard Edition is packaged with 120-plus color booklet featuring track by track commentary by KISS band members, rare photos and essay.
Kiss: Paul Stanley, Ace Frehley (vocals, guitar); Gene Simmons (vocals, bass); Peter Criss (vocals, drums).
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
Personnel: Gene Simmons (vocals, guitar, piano, drums, background vocals); Paul Stanley, Vini Poncia (vocals); Bruce Kulick (guitar, acoustic guitar); Art Munson, Ronnie LeJac, Mark St. John, Stan Penridge, Ace Frehley, Steven Coronel, Vinnie Vincent, Bob Kulick, Jesse Damon (guitar); Bob Ezrin (piano, electric piano); Bill Cuomo (keyboards, synthesizer); Phillip Ashley (keyboards); Eric Singer, Neal Teeman, Brian Fox, Peter Criss, Anton Fig (drums); Peppi Castro (percussion).
Audio Mixers: David Thoener; Patrick Thrasher; Jim Barton; Mick Guzauski; Rob Jacobs; Bob Clearmountain.
Liner Note Author: Jeff Kitts.
Recording information: A&M Studios, Hollywood, CA (11/14/1971-12/31/1999); Atlantic Studios, New York, NY (11/14/1971-12/31/1999); B.C. PLace Stadium, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (11/14/1971-12/31/1999); Bell Sound Studios, New York, NY (11/14/1971-12/31/1999); Can-AM Recorders, Tarzana, CA (11/14/1971-12/31/1999); Cobo Hall, Detroit, MI (11/14/1971-12/31/1999); Electric Lady Studios, New York, NY (11/14/1971-12/31/1999); Hit Factory, New York, NY (11/14/1971-12/31/1999); Magna Graphic Studios, New York, NY (11/14/1971-12/31/1999); Ocean Way Recorders, Los Angeles, CA (11/14/1971-12/31/1999); One On One Recording, North Hollywood, CA (11/14/1971-12/31/1999); Record Plant Studios, New York, NY (11/14/1971-12/31/1999); Right Track Studios, New York, NY (11/14/1971-12/31/1999); Rumbo Recorders, Canoga Park, CA (11/14/1971-12/31/1999); Sunset Sound, Hollywood, CA (11/14/1971-12/31/1999); The Capitol Theatre, Passiac, NJ (11/14/1971-12/31/1999); The Enterprise, Los Angeles, CA (11/14/1971-12/31/1999); The Fortress, Hollywood, CA (11/14/1971-12/31/1999); The Los Angeles Forum (11/14/1971-12/31/1999); The Nanuet Star Theatre, NY (11/14/1971-12/31/1999); Village Recorder, Los Angeles, CA (11/14/1971-12/31/1999).
Introduction by: Jeff Kitts.
Photographers: Joel Brodsky; William Hames; Mark Weiss; Raeanne Rubenstein; Waring Abbott; Chuck Pulin; Ross Halfin; Neal Preston; Bob Gruen; Glenn Wexler; Richard Aaron; Lydia Criss; Steve Jennings; Fin Costello; Chip Rock Dayton; Sam Emerson; Gene Kirkland; Geoffrey Hargrave Thomas; Barry Levine; Neil Zlozower; Andy Kent.
Longtime Kiss fans have come to expect things done on a grand scale by their masked heroes, and everyone's favorite rock & roll merchandising machine doesn't disappoint with their 2001 anthology, Box Set. Clocking in at a hefty six hours (that's a 94-song track listing of demos, rarities, hits, album tracks, and live material crammed onto five discs), the set comes in three different configurations, the first being a modestly priced, standard seven-by-11-inch box, the second a replica guitar case version, and the third (and most costly) gold premium edition, which features a larger case and additional gadgets. All three sets come with a 120-page color book, including track-by-track commentary mostly by Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley (a little more insight from Ace Frehley and Peter Criss wouldn't have hurt) and a biography by Jeff Kitts. While some fans voiced displeasure about the absence of certain rarities (most notably the holy grail of all Kiss collectors, several songs that Eddie and Alex Van Halen demoed wMojo (Publisher) (1/02, p.107) - "...94-track anthology....Kiss's double entendres, pop choruses and elementary rock riffing provided simple, escapist thrills for a generation....