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KISS-unreleased
Recordings
rare
demoed (and un-demoed) and live recordings |
last
update : 2010-08-12
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1998 : "Detroit Rock City 1998" (6:50 version) : Re-recorded by
Kiss October 1998, for the
Original Motion Picture soundtrack with the same title. Because of the
rough sound
production the re-recorded version would be replaced on the soundtrack
album for
the
earlier
version.
Parts of the 1998 version can be heard in the movie.
1998 : "It's My Life" : written by Gene Simmons and Paul
Stanley.
First
recorded and completely finished for the "Creatures Of The
Night" album.
For the
"Psycho Circus" album the song was re-recorded by Kiss. Ace
Frehley would play
some
guitar on this recording and share some of the vocals.
This
version finally appeared on the 2001 Kiss Box set.
This
version finally appeared on the 2001 Kiss Box set.
1998 : Various "Psycho Circus" album demo's :
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Gene
Simmons Related demo's
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Paul
Stanley Related demo's
- Peter
Criss Related demo's
- Ace
Frehley Related demo's
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1993 - 1995 : Listed below are song-titles of alleged songs/ demo which
would become
"Carnival Of Souls". These tracks were not necessary recorded
and may simply have
been
songs written or partially recycled, but not used.
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"Dead In Your Tracks"
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"Sleep Until You Die"
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"Closed Doors Welcome No One"
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"I Can't Forgive What I Can't Forget"
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"Blister"
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"Save Myself"
1993 - 1995 : "So Lame" is a song-title of alleged demo for the
album which would become
"Carnival Of Souls". The title has often appeared as "Hate/
So Lame", which may indicate
that
the two are one.
1993 - 1995 : "Outromental" isn't even the real name to this instrumental piece which was
supposed to close the 'Carnival Of Souls' album appearing sometime after the end of
the last track in a manner similar to 'Rock And Roll Party' on Destroyer.
Unfortunately, the piece got left off the album and was given the name 'Outromental' by
then KISS catalog consultant Robert V. Conte...
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1991 - 1992 : "Do You Wanna Touch Me Now" : written by Paul
Stanley, Bob Ezrin, Dave Sabo.
Originally written in Los Angeles by Paul Stanley and Skid Row guitarist Dave "the
Snake" Sabo. Kiss recorded the song during the "Revenge" album sessions.
The song
would be refined in the studio with input from Bob Ezrin.
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1980's : "Rotten To The
Core (version 3)" : with Lita Ford on lead vocals.
"Rotten To The Core" has been a song title that Gene Simmons has messed around with
for decades. An early 1975/6 version surfaced following the Kiss Butterfields auction,
though while it never made it on to a Kiss album Gene didn't let the lyric go.
In 1989 it was purported that the title would appear on the band's "Hot In The Shade"
album, since Gene and Bruce Kulick had worked on the song (Gene used the lyric on his
"Nobody's Perfect" demo around 1984/5).
Bruce felt that the song was wrong for Kiss' sort of attitude at the time and it was
dropped from consideration for the album. Gene continued to try and place the song
with other artists, without success, and he recorded another version of the song with
members of Silent Rage in 1991.
The song was considered again for Kiss' "Psycho Circus" album in 1998, and has been
mentioned by Gene as a candidate for the new 2009 album.
Lita Ford
(vocals, guitars)
Bruce
Kulick ????? (guitars)
Gene Simmons
(bass, percussion)
Rodger Carter
(drums, percussion)
Written by Gene Simmons & Lita Ford; Produced by Gene Simmons.
(thanks
to Julian
Gill / KissFaq for detailed liner notes.
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1989 : "Rotten To The
Core (version 2)" : written by Gene Simmons and Bruce Kulick.
A
reworked version of Gene Simmons
1976
demo, which song Bruce
Kulick would
attempt
to record again.
1989 : "Run To Me" : written by Paul Stanley, Vini Poncia and
Bruce Kulick.
1989 : "The Street Giveth... And The Street Taketh Away" (demo)
(stronger acoustic flavor demo).
1989 : "Betrayed" (demo)
(stronger acoustic flavor demo).
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1988 : "Let's Put The X In Sex (various
remixes)" :
as
released on the promotional 12" single Mercury/Polygram PRO-693-1 DJ.
1988 : "(You Make Me) Rock Hard (alternate mix)" :
unreleased
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1987 : "Dial L For Love" : written by Eric Carr, Gene Simmons and
Adam Mitchell.
Demoed,
but not fully recorded, for the "Crazy Nights" album. As
the primary writer of
the song, Eric Carr had taken it to Gene Simmons and Adam Mitchell for polishing.
1987 : "No Mercy" : written by Gene Simmons and Bruce Kulick.
Written
around the time of the "Crazy Nights" sessions this song never
got past the
writing
stage.
1987 : "Sword and Stone" :
written by Desmond Child, Paul Stanley and Bruce Kulick.
Demoed
for the "Crazy Nights" recording sessions at Electric Lady
Studios.
The
song would be offered to LOVERBOY to record, Paul Dean would cover it on
his 1988
Hardcore
album. German band BONFIRE would cover the song for the KISS involved
1989 "Shocker"
soundtrack album.
1987 : "Are You Always This Hot" : written by Gene Simmons and
Adam Mitchell.
12
songs would be fully recorded for the "Crazy Nights" album, but
only 11 would be
used.
The song was possibly based on a song which had been solely written by
Adam
Mitchell in 1981.
1984 : "Get All You Can Take (3:59)" : instrumental demo
version.
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1983 : "drum tracks" : drum tracks for each song from "Lick
It Up" are circulating.
1983 : "Gimme More (drum track)" : various versions exists of
this drum track.
1983: "You Sexy Feel (drum track)" : various versions exists of
this drum track
1983 : "Million To One (instrumental rehearsals)" : various
rehearsals exists of this track.
1983 : "Not For The Innocent" : Another version is recorded with
Gene Simmons and Paul
Stanley
sharing lead vocals.
1983 : "So Many Girls, So Little Time" :
written by Gene Simmons and Howard Rice.
Demoed by Gene Simmons around the "Lick It Up" sessions.
Gene Simmons would give the song to Keel to record for
"The
Right To Rock" 1985
album and it would be used with different lyrics.
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1982 : "Back On The Streets" : written by Vinnie Vincent and
Richard Friedman.
Demoed
by KISS. With Paul Stanley on lead vocals considered for release on the
album.
Prior
to KISS the song demoed in 1981 by Vinnie
Vincent and 1982 by Warrior.
1982 : "Legends Never Die" : written by Gene Simmons, Adam
Mitchell and Micki Free.
Recorded by KISS, but the song never had a vocal track put on it.
In 1983
Simmons took the KISS track and add Wendy
O' Williams vocals to it.
Originally titled "When The Legends Dies", credited to Micki
Free and Gene Simmons.
1982 : "Betrayed" : written by Vinnie Vincent and Paul Stanley.
Vinnie
Vincent's band Warrior
first demoed an instrumental version in 1982.
At one
point the song was even considered for inclusion on "Creatures Of The
Night".
1982 : "It's My Life" (3:43) : written by Gene Simmons and Paul
Stanley.
Recorded and completely finished for the "Creatures Of The
Night" album.
1982 : "Chrome Goes Into Motion" : a Gene Simmons / Adam
Mitchell collaboration.
1982 : "Don't Leave Me Lonely" : written by Eric Carr, Bryan Adams and Jim
Vallance.
This song was considered for use on KISS "Creatures Of The Night"
album.
Eric Carr would record the song during the album sessions, playing drums (with the
same drumsound as the album), bass, rhythm guitars, lead and backing vocals.
The song started out with Eric Carr and Bryan Adams working on the song together in
Los Angeles, with Jim Vallance and Bryan later finish off the piece in Vancouver.
Bryan Adams would record "Don't Leave me Lonely" for inclusion on his
"Cuts
Like A
Knife" (1983) album.
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1981 : "untitled instrumental" : instrumental track.
1981 : "Kix Are For Kids" : instrumental track.
1981 : "Council Of The Elder" : instrumental track.
1981 : "Morpheus Descending" : unused lyrical idea for "The
Elder" written by Lou Reed.
1981 : "Heaven" : incomplete track left at the instrumental stage by
Ace Frehley and Eric Carr.
Various
(length) versions of the track are recorded in Toronto. (a.k.a. "Carr Jam
1981).
1981 : "Just A Boy" : Alternate version with heavy guitars.
1981 : "Just A Boy" (2:15) : Alternate Mix with strong keyboards.
1981 : "Don't Run" (3:09) : written by Ace Frehley and Anton
Fig.
(early
demo version of "Dark Light", "Music from The Elder"
1981.
1981 : "Every Little Bit Of My Heart" (a.k.a. "I Want You
Only") (3:54) :
Paul Stanley
working on a song which music sounds close to "A World Without
Heroes".
1981 : "Nowhere To Run" : a pre-"The Elder" demo
(approx 15 seconds longer than the
"Killers" album version)
1981 : "Deadly Weapons" (4:50) :
written by Paul Stanley and Gene
Simmons - demoed prior to "The Elder".
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1980's : GENE SIMMONS - "Master Of Flash" (Robert Blain / Jon Montgomery)
The song title and lyrics for a song "Master
Of Flash" have turned up on documentation
attributed to Gene Simmons, and it was thought that it was perhaps a song planned for
use in the early 1980s.
However, the song was written by Robert Blain and Jon Montgomery in 1976, with the
copyright being transferred to KISS in 1980.
Jon Montgomery had been a member Street Punk.
(Thanks to Julian
Gill / Kissfaq).
Jon Montgomery
has a version of "Master Of Flash" up on his MySpage.
Somehow "Master of
Flash" could sound like a cross between "Great
Expectations" and
"God
Gave Rock 'n Roll to You" when KISS / Gene Simmons would record their
version.
Otherwise
it's possible that only a part of the song was wanted!
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1978 : PAUL STANLEY - "Take Me Away (Together As One)" :
Alternative Mix
(approx 16 seconds longer than the album version)
1978 : PAUL STANLEY - "Wouldn't You Like To Know Me" :
Alternative Mix
(approx 20 seconds longer than the album version)
1978 : PAUL STANLEY - "Tonight You Belong To Me" : Alternative Mix
1976 - 1978 : "Beth" : acoustic version
(probably Dick Wagner on
guitar) for the movie "Kiss Meets The Phantom Of The Park"
1978 : "Rip And Destroy" : a rewritten version of "Hotter Than
Hell"
Recorded for the movie "Kiss Meets The Phantom Of The Park"
1977 : "Anyway You Want It" : Alternative Mix
1977 : "Rocket Ride" : Alternative Mix
1977 : "Larger Than Life" : Alternative Mix
1977 : "Rockin' In The USA" : Alternative Mix
1977 : "All American Man" : Alternative Mix
1976 : "Queen For A Day" : written
by Simmons for Ace Frehley's vocal debut.
Recorded by Kiss without vocals (Rock
and Roll Over)
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1976 : "Ain't None Of Your Business" : written
by Becky Hobbs and Lew Anderson.
Recorded by Kiss with Peter Criss lead vocals
1976 : "Ain't None Of Your Business" : instrumental version -
Destroyer sessions
1976 : "Great Expectations" : original version / different lyrics -
Destroyer sessions
1976 : "Flaming Youth" : original
version - Destroyer sessions
(sounds closer to "Mad Dog": see 1975
demo)
1976 : "Do You Love Me" : original version (excludes the
"backstage pass" break) :
Destroyer sessions
1976 : "Sweet Pain" : instrumental studio rehearsals / short outtakes
- Destroyer sessions
1976 : "King Of The Night Time World" : instrumental studio rehearsals
- Destroyer sessions
1976 : "Detroit Rock City" :
instrumental studio rehearsals - Destroyer sessions
1976 : "Beth" : instrumental version - Destroyer sessions
1976 : "God Of Thunder" : instrumental
studio rehearsals - Destroyer sessions
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1975 : "God Of Thunder" : as recorded by Stanley, Simmons, JR Smalling.
Recorded at Magna Graphic Studio, NYC (see Kiss Box set for details)
1975 : "Mad Dog" : Simmons written song, recorded with Ace Frehley.
Recorded at
Magna Graphic Studio, NYC (see Kiss Box set for details)
1975 : "Doncha Hesitate" : Stanley written song, recorded with KISS.
Recorded at
Magna Graphic Studio, NYC (see Kiss Box set for details)
1975 : "Detroit Rock City" : early version with different lyrics which
runs about 2:20.
1975 : "Smoke" : KISS demo with Paul Stanley on lead vocals together
with Gene Simmons
lead vocals
mixed a little in the back.
1975 : "Mistake" : Recorded at Larabee Studios, Los Angeles. (Noted
details by Jeff Suhs)
"Mistake" had been written for the first album,
but had not been used at the time.
The song is an outright country and western ballad
in G featuring acoustic guitars
bottleneck slides and an overall vibe much more consistent
with Wicked Lester than
even acoustic offerings like Hard Luck Woman".
Recorded at the same
sessions as "Rock And Roll All Nite" in California.
The fact that Paul sings lead on the verses may indicate that he penned the
song though
no byline is included on any of the paperwork. Gene clearly shares vocal duties on the
verses and on a brief bridge that modulates from G up to B.
There are sporadic embellishments throughout
that might qualify as a solo though they
are such standard licks that it's impossible to
determine who is playing them.
As it stands it is the earliest demo for an
unreleased KISS song known to exist.
1973 : "Keep Me Waiting" : the Wicked Lester song performed live by
Kiss during the early days.
1973 : "Simply Type" : the Wicked Lester song performed live by Kiss
during the early days.
1973 : "Life In The Woods" : (aka "Want You
Beside Me") written by Paul Stanley.
Performed live during club era.
1973 : "Baby, Let Me Go" : Early version of "Let Me Go Rock and
Roll".
1973 : "Go Now" : Moody Blues cover performed live during their club
era.
1973 : "Acrobat" : kind of instrumental performed live :
(aka "Love
Theme From Kiss" followed with "Much Too Young").
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