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DOUBLE SHOT
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KISS

Rock and Roll Over
is the fifth
studio album
by
American
Rock band
released on
November 11, 1976,
by Casablanca Records.
It was recorded at
the Star Theatre in
Nanuet, New York.
The album contains
the songs
"Hard Luck Woman"
and
"Calling Dr. Love",
which became
hit singles in
the United States.
Album Information
To get the
proper drum sound,
Peter Criss
recorded his tracks
in a bathroom,
communicating via
video-link with the
rest of the band.
This is the first
Kiss album to not
feature a
writing credit
from
Ace Frehley.
Many of the songs
that appear on the album
were developed before
or during
Destroyer.
Three of
Gene Simmons' songs
are clear
re-workings of demos
from the
1975 Magna
Graphics Studios demo:
"Calling Dr. Love"
is a re-working of
"Bad, Bad Lovin'";
"Ladies Room"
is based on
"Don't Want Your Romance";
and
"Love' Em and Leave' Em"
is based on
"Rock and Rolls-Royce"
Criss's
"Baby Driver"
is a rewrite of a
Peter Criss/Stan Penridge
demo from
Criss's pre-Kiss band
Lips;
and
"Hard Luck Woman",
a song
Paul Stanley
originally planned
to pitch to
Rod Stewart,
was held over
to provide
Criss a ballad
to sing following
the success of
"Beth".
Recording
Using the
Record Plant recording truck,
Kiss began recording
in the Star Theater,
an abandoned
theater-in-the-round,
in Nanuet, New York
on
September 30th, 1976
and completed
basic tracks on
October 11th,
with overdubs
being done at
the Record Plant
from
October 12th-17th.
Working 16-17 hours a day,
Eddie Kramer attempted to
capture the live sound
of the band by
utilizing the entire building.
Ace, Paul and Gene's
amplifiers were placed
under the stage
in separate
dressing rooms
to prevent bleed
into the drum mikes.
Peter's drums
were recorded both
on the middle of the stage
and in a bathroom.
Vocals were
sometimes
done in hallways.
Kramer recorded with
the same
special tube microphones
that he had used with
Jimi Hendrix
and
Led Zeppelin.
Engineer Corky Stasiak
has amusingly recounted
a story of his
skateboarding down
the steep aisle
of the theater
and attempting to
jump onto the stage,
only to pinball into
the drums and microphones.
He hurriedly reset everything,
without the band's nor
Kramer's knowledge.
Shortly thereafter,
while listening to
a playback,
Paul Stanley
commented,
“it sounds better today
than it did yesterday.

Love Gun
is the sixth
studio album
by American
Hard Rock band
released on
June 30, 1977.
Casablanca Records
and
FilmWorks
shipped
one million copies
of the album
on this date.
It was
certified platinum
and became the
band's first
top 5 album
on the
Billboard 200.
The album was
remastered in 1997
and again in 2014.
Overview
Love Gun
is the first
Kiss
studio album
to feature a
lead vocal
performance from
Ace Frehley,
making it the first
to feature
lead vocal
performances
from all
four band members.
Before
Love Gun
was completed,
a Gallup poll indicated
that Kiss
was the
most popular band
in
the United States,
beating Aerosmith,
Led Zeppelin
and
the Eagles.
On August
26, 27 and 28, 1977,
Kiss
recorded three shows
at
the LA Forum
for their
next release,
their second
live album
Alive II.
The album cover
was painted by
fantasy artist
Ken Kelly,
who had
previously contributed
the cover
for 1976's
Destroyer.
A cardboard
"Love Gun"
(assembly required)
was included
inside the album,
along with a
Kiss merchandise
order form.
Recording
According to the
diary of album
engineer
Corky Stasiak,
Kiss entered the
Record Plant to
begin recording
Love Gun on
May 3, 1977
and completed it on
May 28th,
with their cover of
“Then She Kissed Me”
being the
last song cut.
He also notes tha
t Ace didn’t join
the others until
May 9th
and that many
of the basic tracks
were completed by
Paul,
Gene
and Peter.
Producer
Eddie Kramer
notes that,
in addition to
Ace
lying on his back
to sing
“Shock Me,”
he recalls recording
Peter’s drums
in a hallway
and that while
Gene
is often quoted
as playing the piano
on
“Christine Sixteen”
himself,
Kramer claims
HE played the piano
on the song,
with Gene
standing over him,
coaching him to
“play like a neanderthal.”
Eddie and Alex Van Halen
played on the demo
of
“Christine Sixteen”
and Simmons
insisted the
band replicate
the song
note for note,
including the
lead solo
TRACKLIST
I Want You
Take Me
Calling Dr. Love
Ladies Room
Baby Driver
Love'em and Leave'em
Mr. Speed
See You in My Dreams
Hard Luck Woman
Makin' Love
I Stole Your Love
Christine Sixteen
Got Love For Sale
Shock Me
Tomorrow and Tonight
Love Gun
Hooligan
Almost Human
Plaster Caster
Than She Kissed Me
Bad,Bad Lovin
(Demo)
I Want You
(Demo)
Love Gun
(Demo)
Love is Blind
(Demo)
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