KISS / THE COMPLETE HOT IN THE SHADE SESSIONS 1989 (1CD)

KISS - The Complete HOT IN THE SHADE Sessions(1CD) 

1. Chrome Heart 
2.Betrayed 
3. Hide Your Heart (Take 1) 
4. Hide Your Heart (Take 2) 
5. Have Mercy 
6. Ain’t That Peculiar 
7. Little Caesar 
8. Rain Keeps Fallin’ 
9.The Hunger
10. The Street Giveth And The Street Taketh Away
11. Something Wicked This Way Comes
12. Something Wicked This Way Comes (Final Version)
13. Street Legal
14. Promise The Moon
15. (She’s Got Me) Paralyzed
16.Suspicious
17. Piece Of My Heart

INFORMATION FOR OVERSEAS' COLLECTORS
1989! The final year of the 1980s, when Kiss returned to its roots with an old-school, blue-collar rock album recorded in a simple demo studio: Hot in the Shade.

The recordings for this album actually started much earlier, as often happened with Kiss. In late 1988 and early 1989, Gene Simmons had already begun working on demos with Tommy Thayer and the other members of Black 'n Blue, including the first track on this CD, the excellent Chrome Heart. He also worked with the members of Silent Rage, a band Gene started supporting in late 1988.

This was a highly creative period for Gene, something clearly reflected both on the album and in these outstanding sessions featuring material that, for reasons difficult to understand, never made it onto the final release. Highlights include strong songs such as Suspicious, The Hunger, Street Legal, and Something Wicked This Way Comes. The demo versions of the hit single Hide Your Heart are also included.

The absolute highlight of this CD is two deeply personal demos by the much-loved drummer Eric Carr, who sadly passed away far too young.

1. Chrome Heart
A song that was planned for the album.
This Simmons / Howard Rice version was first recorded as a demo in 1983. By accident, it ended up on a demo cassette given to the British band HEAVY PETTIN while Gene Simmons was filming Runaway.
According to Gene Simmons, this version was recorded after the Crazy Nights album and was considered for the next album, Hot In The Shade (HITS).
The 1988 demo is also credited to Bruce Kulick. It reused the title and included a guitar riff Bruce brought to Gene.

2.Betrayed
A rough demo version that sounds very similar to the final album version.

3. Hide Your Heart (Take 1)
4. Hide Your Heart (Take 2)
Two slightly different versions of the album’s lead single.
The song was first written in 1987 for Who Dares Wins which was the original album title for the Crazy Nights album. It was tested in a live environment during Paul Stanley’s solo tour in early 1989 and then re-recorded for HITS.

5. Have Mercy
Gene Simmons offered many songs for the album, including this one.
It was not included on the album, but a different version later appeared on Monster under the title Shout Mercy.

6. Ain’t That Peculiar
7. Little Caesar
Ain’t That Peculiar was the original song written by Eric Carr for the album.
Gene Simmons did not like the song’s flow, so he changed the title to Little Caesar.
Ain’t That Peculiar is an early version of Little Caesar and is based on Marvin Gaye’s song of the same name. This demo is a heavy metal-style cover of the Marvin Gaye recording.
It was recorded in spring 1989 at Fortress Studios in Hollywood, California.
Musicians: 
* Eric Carr: drums, bass, lead vocals 
*Bruce Kulick: guitar
The recording was engineered by Pat Regan.
The alternative version of Little Caesar has completely different lyrics and vocal melodies. Eric Carr sings lead vocals and plays bass, while Bruce Kulick adds strong rock guitar riffs.

8. Rain Keeps Fallin’
Another strong Gene Simmons song that did not make the album.
This version is different from the one later recorded during the Psycho Circus sessions.

9.The Hunger
This song was recorded on New Year’s Eve 1986 in Atlanta, Georgia.
Eric Carr and Bruce Kulick worked on the recording, and it may have been considered for the Crazy Nights album.
Gene often reused older demos when preparing songs for new albums, so the track returned again in 1989.
This demo is the original recording. Since Hot In The Shade used many updated demo songs, it is possible that this version was also planned for the album.

10. The Street Giveth And The Street Taketh Away
Like Betrayed, this is a rough but mostly complete demo version of the final album track.

11. Something Wicked This Way Comes
12. Something Wicked This Way Comes (Final Version)
This excellent song was seriously considered for the Hot In The Shade album.
It was removed at the last minute, but still appeared in promotional track lists.
The title comes from Ray Bradbury’s Gothic novel Something Wicked This Way Comes, about a dark carnival led by the mysterious Mr. Dark.
The song was recorded with Br

uce Kulick on lead guitar.
The final version removed much of the repeated parts found in the demo.
It was recorded in 1988 at Artisan Sound Recorders Studio C with engineer Mikey Davis.

13. Street Legal
Another strong candidate for the Hot In The Shade album.
The song was later recorded by Doro, but again removed from the final tracklisting, for Doro’s solo album in 1990.

14. Promise The Moon
This demo is based on a 1970s song called Sentimental Fool, written by Gene Simmons and Bob Kulick.
Later, while Gene was producing BLACK ’N BLUE, he recorded a new demo using members of the band.
Gene Simmons sings lead vocals on this version.

15. (She’s Got Me) Paralyzed
Recorded at Pat Regan’s Fortress Studios in Los Angeles.
The song almost appeared on the Hot In The Shade album.
This demo features: 
*Gene Simmons: guitar and bass 
* Bob Ezrin: background vocals
You can hear both Gene Simmons and Bob Ezrin singing backing vocals.
Later, more work was done on the song for the 1992 album Revenge.

16.Suspicious
Recorded in late 1987 and later reused for the Hot In The Shade album.
This is the 1989 demo version with Gene Simmons on lead vocals.
The song also appeared on BLACK ’N BLUE’s 1988 album In Heat.
You can clearly hear Jaime St. James singing backing vocals. This suggests it may be the original BLACK ’N BLUE demo with Gene’s lead vocal added later.

17. Piece Of My Heart
Also known as All You Want Is A Piece Of My Heart.
This demo features Gene Simmons on vocals and was written together with Adam Mitchell.
The song also includes BLACK ’N BLUE guitarist Tommy Thayer on guitar and backing Vocals.

ENJOY!!!