KIϟϟ: Peter Criss (1978)

Cover Painting by Eraldo Carugati

"To Ace, Paul & Gene and to Michael Benvenga"

Inner sleeve with pictures of the other Kiss member's solo albums, Peter Criss poster, credits insert, and an order form envelope.

Casablanca Records

Reprise Vol. 3 - All Hell's Breakin' Loose (1)

Here we have one of my favorites that I'm convinced deserves a few more words than I've given it so far, and also quite long overdue.

When I had freely hypotized a while ago that Eric Carr might have written All Hell's Breakin' Loose with other, older Kiss songs in mind, because of its obvious similarities between certain Kiss riffs, I of course promptly got a well-meaning reminder that Eric's vision of the riff went in a completely different, Zeppelinesque direction than Gene and Vinnie but mostly Paul had ultimately bent it towards. One could now diligently ponder what exactly the riff written by Eric Carr sounded like, but since no demo or anything else has surfaced to date, I'd better save my hopes for the next life.

And that of course gives me the necessary incentive to concentrate on what I usually prefer to do, namely writing about what I can hear with my ears. And that works for me in a similar way to a Terminator, which can best be compared with its red light vision when it scans persons or objects and compares them with each other until it finds a match. And when I hear All Hell's Breakin' Loose, or just imagine it, I have several, with Torpedo Girl and Almost Human standing out most.

Translated into my language, this roughly means that the werewolf from Almost Human and the Torpedo Girl dated and fell in love, got married and had a child of love who fits the description Supermutant much better, because it was boosted with steroids from the Creatures of the Night stable and developed a fondness for hanging out on the streets at night with its supermutant friends and practicing rapping.

Apart from the rapping, could this be more klassik Kiss in any way? And except that the dick lyrics are still missing, but I personally think every once in a while it works quite well without them.

But better not spread the word, too much confusion.

Side Note:

(1) The title should actually be Almost All Human Girls Break Torpedos. In Hell, but since it's a reprise of an old entry, I've changed my mind. However, I didn't want to withhold this convulsively created construct from anyone.

The links are not highlighted, except for Torpedo Girl, which starts directly with its bass line, which is particularly important to me:

All Hell's Breakin' Loose (1983)

Torpedo Girl (1980)

Almost Human (1977)

A Bowie Sakamoto meeting was a missed opportunity. Ringo Starr's Ringo – an apt title – is another one. The platter found him calling some friends, including his coworkers in the Beatles. While the LP established a template for a Starr album – a party with a lot of famous guests and Ringo as the host –, that one also contains a rare instance of all the Beatles being on the same album after the break-up. True, each of them guested separately, yet Ringo might have thought he could've patched things up … we can project too much in this. I mean, Let It Be already showed some hints how Beatles could've struggled during the 70's. Sure, Ringo was an opportunity for them to reconnect then, but we, yes, we have to be honest – we should be happy they didn't.

Ringo Starr: Ringo

Gatefold

Apple SWAL-3413

Released: November 23, 1973

December 16, 1979

Dynasty Tour

Sports Arena - Toledo Ohio

📸 include Thomas Zetzer

From a local review: "KIϟϟ, according to a recent Gallup Youth Survey of American teenagers, has fallen from the most popular rock group each of the last three years to fourth this year. But such a survey would have been hard to sell to a boisterous, standing-room-only crowd at the band's concert at the Sports Arena Sunday night. The crowd, made up of mostly teenagers, was on its feet whistling, cheering, and lighting lighters from the first song to the last. The group's extensive special effects only served to add to the audience frenzy... This being the group's first American tour in more than a year, drummer Criss added, 'We couldn't wait to get back on the road again and show the people who's boss.' Sunday at the Sports Arena, KIϟϟ proved that they still are, in Toledo at least" (Toledo Blade, 12/17/79).

This show was Peter's final concert with KIϟϟ during his original tenure with the band. He would only play with the band one more time, during an unsuccessful rehearsal at S.I.R. Studios in New York City the following year.

This was also the last live performance of ‘Move On’. According to sources after the curtain call, Ace got behind Peter’s drums and began playing. He also shot out a rubber chicken filled with pyro during his solo, rather than the rocket. Also, Members of the crew got on stage during 'Rock and Roll All Nite’ and sang with the band. KIϟϟ flew home in a private jet immediately after the show.

A week following the end of the tour (12/23) Peter married Debra Lynn Svensk in Los Angeles. The other members of the band, plus Bill Aucoin (Peter's best man) and Neil Bogart, attended. By the end of the month he was demoing solo material with Stan Penridge, with Vini Poncia producing, which would become his first post-KIϟϟ solo album "Out of Control."

Ringo Starr - Photograph (1973) Richard Starkey / George Harrison from: "Photograph" / "Down and Out" (Single) "Ringo" (LP|CD)

Rock/Pop

JukeHostUK (left click = “play”) (320kbps)

Personnel: Ringo Starr: Lead Vocals / Drums George Harrison: 12-String Acoustic Guitar / Backing Vocals Bobby Keyes: Tenor Saxophone Vini Poncia: Acoustic Guitar / Backing Vocals Jimmy Calvert: Acoustic Guitar Nicky Hopkins: Piano Klaus Voormann: Bass Lon Van Eaton: Percussion Derrek Van Eaton: Percussion Jim Keltner: Drums

Jack Nitzsche: Orchestral and Choral Arrangements

Produced by Richard Perry

Recorded: @ Sunset Sound Recorders in Los Angeles, California USA March, 1973

Orchestral and Choral Overdubs Recorded: @ The Burbank Studios on June 23, 1973

Single Released: on September 24, 1973 Apple Records

Album Released: on November 2, 1973 Apple Records

CD Reissue: 1991 Apple / Capitol Records

Messes with my mind that this isn't Ace singing with Paul. It's Vini Poncia. Makes me wish Ace & Paul did sing together though. Pretty sure they would have sounded great together

Pick 1 album and discuss.

If you don’t recognize any of these, listen to at least 2 first. I will add music 🎶 links in the comments.

#Alsmusiccafe

Episode 288

12 04 23

#Madonna #Kiss #FiveFingerDeathPunch #SolitaryExperiments

I Was Made for Lovin’ You

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Mmm, yeah!

Tonight, I want to give it all to you
In the darkness, there's so much I want to do
And tonight, I want to lay it at your feet
'Cause girl, I was made for you
And girl, you were made for me

I was made for lovin' you, baby
You were made for lovin' me
And I can't get enough of you, baby
Can you get enough of me?

Tonight, I want to see it in your eyes
Feel the magic, there's something that drives me wild
And tonight, we're gonna make it all come true
'Cause girl, you were made for me
And girl, I was made for you

I was made for lovin' you, baby
You were made for lovin' me
And I can't get enough of you, baby
Can you get enough of me?

I was made for lovin' you, baby
You were made for lovin' me
And I can give it all to you, baby
Can you give it all to me?

Oh, can't get enough
I can't get enough
I can't get enough

I was made for lovin' you, baby
You were made for lovin' me
And I can't get enough of you, baby
Can you get enough of me?

Oh, I was made
You were made
I can't get enough
No, I can't get enough

I was made for lovin' you, baby
You were made for lovin' me
And I can't get enough of you, baby
Can you get enough of me?

(Songwriter: Desmond Child / Paul Stanley / Vini Poncia)

❤️ ❤️ ❤️   ❤️ ❤️ ❤️  

My beautiful Lover,

I had to get on a train and go to Paris to realize that I am here to love you and to be loved by you.  I was made for loving you Adelle, and you were made for loving me.

Goosebumps spread at the thought of it. I need you; I admire you; I love you deeply ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ 🌈

@adelle4ever

@adelleandlaura4ever

60s vini poncia. and peter anders. Anybody?

Ringo starr new album

Harrison co-wrote and performed on three other songs, while Paul McCartney wrote and performed on ‘Six O’Clock’ and played kazoo on ‘You’re Sixteen’. John Lennon, George Harrison and Starr featured on the Lennon-penned song ‘I’m The Greatest’. Ringo is most notable for featuring all four former Beatles, although not all on any single song. However, in 1973 he returned to music, enlisting producer Richard Perry and a range of guest composers and performers. Although he scored subsequent hit singles with ‘It Don’t Come Easy’ and ‘Back Off Boogaloo’, he chose to focus on acting. Starr’s first two albums, Sentimental Journey and Beaucoups Of Blues, were both released in 1970. Ringo Starr’s third studio album, Ringo, was released in 1973 on Apple Records. ‘I’m The Greatest’ ‘Hold On/Have You Seen My Baby’ ‘Photograph’ ‘Sunshine Life For Me (Sail Away Raymond)’ ‘You’re Sixteen’ ‘Oh My My’ ‘Step Lightly’ ‘Six O’Clock’ ‘Devil Woman’ ‘You And Me (Babe)’ Ringo Starr: vocals, drums, percussion, tap dancing John Lennon: vocals, piano Paul McCartney: vocals, piano, synthesizer, kazoo, string and flute arrangements George Harrison: vocals, electric guitar Marc Bolan, Robbie Robertson, Steve Cropper: electric guitar Vini Poncia: vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, percussion Jimmy Calvert: acoustic guitar, electric guitar Klaus Voormann: bass guitar, double bass Levon Helm: mandolin Billy Preston: piano, organ Nicky Hopkins: piano, electric piano James Booker, Tom Hensley: piano Jim Keltner: drums Lon Van Eaton, Derrek Van Eaton, Milt Holland: percussion Tom Scott: horns, arrangements Chuck Findley: horns Bobby Keyes: tenor saxophone Rick Danko: fiddle David Bromberg: banjo, fiddle Garth Hudson: accordion Harry Nilsson, Linda McCartney, Richard Perry, Martha Reeves, Merry Clayton: backing vocals Jack Nitzsche, Jim Horn: arrangements Tracklisting Released: 2 November 1973 (US), 23 November 1973 (UK) Personnel Recorded: 5 March – 26 July 1973 Producer: Richard Perry Engineer: Bill Schnee

What Makes Diamonds Round

Oh, I have to finally get through all these little snippets that have accumulated over the past weeks and months, and whoops-a-daisy, there are quite a few of them. So it's high time to get rid of some of them again, and not in short supply.

I'll best start with Black Diamond from the debut album and What Makes the World Go Round from Unmasked. If you would like to eavesdrop the small but memorable sparkle inherent in both of these songs, then press your thumb on the play button of the highlighted links. Everything else will hopefully answer itself without having to cite or elaborate on a multitude of absurd comparisons.

What Makes the World Go Round (1980)

Black Diamond (1974)

i was made for...

kiss shared cover space with more conventional teenage heartthrobs in 16 magazine, tiger beat, etc. the typical bevy they’d pull from, month after month, was similar-- idols such as shaun cassidy, scott baio, john travolta, erik estrada, and robby benson (yes, that’s the guy now most famous for playing the beast in the animated 1990′s beauty and the beast), and groups such as the bay city rollers. kiss, of course, was a fair amount older than most of the other guys they focused on. as a result, there’s typically some age-shaving (usually around 2 years) in the teenybopper magazines at the time-- which isn’t unique to kiss at all; celebrities have had their ages whittled down in print for decades. (rolling stone’s first interview with kiss takes a jab, in fact, at peter criss’ claimed age at the time not matching up with his appearance).

one of their substantially-younger (nearly ten years younger than paul, kiss’ youngest original member) idols-in-arms, so to speak, was leif garrett. leif isn’t well-remembered today at all, but he had a series of minor-to-major hits in the late seventies, culminating in “i was made for dancin’,” which hit #10 on the u.s. billboard top 100 in february of 1979 (released in late 1978). kiss’ “i was made for lovin’ you” was released in may of ’79 (dynasty was recorded in january-february of that year), and hit #11 on the u.s. billboard charts later that year. 

coincidence? definitely not impossible. paul and his songwriting partners desmond child and vini poncia did have their ears to the ground, so to speak, and were keenly aware of the music trends of the time. ace was an enthusiastic studio 54 denizen, and paul would poke his head in (enough for andy warhol to hit on him offer to paint him). paul in particular, of course, was absolutely gunning for a hit and willing to ride the disco wave to get it. personally, i think paul’s been unfairly dismissive of the song itself (probably due at least in part to the disco backlash after and accusations of kiss having gone too commercial/selling out), saying things along the lines of having written it just to prove how easy it was to make a disco song. it holds up; it’s something to be proud of.

May 23, 1979

Dynasty is released

Studio: Electric Lady and Record Plant, New York City

Genre: Hard rock and disco

Label: Casablanca

Producer: Vini Poncia

📸 Francis Scavullo

Dynasty is the seventh studio album by KIϟϟ, produced by Vini Poncia and released by Casablanca Records on May 23, 1979. It was the first time that the four original members of Kiss did not all perform together for the entire album. Dynasty would restore the band to commercial prominence, reaching #9 on the US Billboard album chart. It was certified platinum by the RIAA, and would be the last high-charting album by KIϟϟ for several years.

The album and the following tour were billed as the "Return of KIϟϟ", as the band had not released a studio album since Love Gun in 1977. Instead, the band released their second live album, Alive II, that same year, and each member had recorded eponymous solo albums, which were simultaneously released on September 18, 1978. Before recording the album, the KIϟϟ members were working separately on various demos.

After pre-production and rehearsals were completed, Poncia decided that Peter's drumming was substandard, an opinion shared by Paul and Gene. Peter was hindered by injuries to his hands that he had suffered in a 1978 car accident. KIϟϟ hired studio drummer Anton Fig to play on the Dynasty sessions. Except for his song "Dirty Livin'" Peter does not play drums on the album, and he did not perform on another KIϟϟ album until Gene and Paul allowed him to play on one song on Psycho Circus in 1998.

Ace, who himself left the band three years later, played a bigger role than Gene on Dynasty, singing three songs, "Hard Times", "Save Your Love" and a cover version of the Rolling Stones' song "2000 Man". Ace is the only KIϟϟ member to appear on those three songs, except for occasional backing vocals by Paul.

"I Was Made for Lovin' You" was one of the band's most successful singles, peaking at No. 11 on the American Billboard Hot 100 chart. In eleven countries around the world, it reached the No. 1 or No. 2 spot. It was the first KIϟϟ single to have a disco remix, as a 7-minute and 54-second version was released on a 12-inch single.

The album includes a colorful jacket cover which is a collage of photos taken from the photo session and not a group shot as it appears. The label shows a portrait of all four members instead of the usual Casablanca label. Inserts included a merchandise order form and a full-color poster.

https://youtu.be/CpeuJpm2cxw

The b-side to their single “Walking In The Rain,” “How Does It Feel?” was written by Peter Andreoli (Peter Anders), Vini Poncia & Phil Spector (who also wrote for the Ronettes “The Best Part Of Breaking Up.”) I always thought this was a rather peculiar tune, especially that rhythm...

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