LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-MARCH 19, 2019…KISS RELEASED THEIR 3RD STUDIO ALBUM DRESSED TO KILL ON THIS DATE IN 1975. IT’S NOT OFTEN YOU SEE SOMETHING LIKE THIS, BUT THEIR RECORD WAS ACTUALLY PRODUCED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE RECORD COMPANY (NEIL BOGART).
CASABLANCA RECORDS WAS IN SUCH A DIRE FINANCIAL SITUATION IT COULDN’T AFFORD TO HIRE A PROFESSIONAL PRODUCER FOR THE ALBUM.
ALONG THAT VEIN, WHILE THE ALBUM COVER DEPICTS KISS IN BUSINESS SUITS, THE ONLY MEMBER THAT ACTUALLY OWNED ONE WAS PETER CRISS. THE SUITS WORN ON THE COVER BY THE REST OF THE BAND WERE ACTUALLY OWNED BY MANAGER BILL AUCOIN.
ON THE ALBUM WAS THE STUDIO VERSION OF ‘ROCK AND ROLL ALL NITE’
BUT IT FAILED TO RISE UP THE CHARTS UNTIL LATER ON IN THE YEAR WHEN A LIVE VERSION WAS RELEASED FROM THE ALBUM ‘ALIVE’
HERE’S A VIDEO FOR THE STUDIO VERSION OF ‘ROCK AND ROLL ALL NITE’
