KISS "Creatures Of The Night" Test Pressing LP RARE

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Jun 10, 2011 Sold Date

Jun 3, 2011 Start Date

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KISS "Creatures Of The Night" Test Pressing LP RARE

Artist: Kiss

Title: Creatures Of The Night (Test Pressing)

Label: Casablanca

Year: 1982

Vinyl Condition: Very Good

Notes: This Test Pressing of the classic Kiss Lp "Creatures Of The Night" is in Very Good Condition and Very RARE. Test Pressings were only released to members of the band and immediate personnel. A must for any Kiss collector. This item is from our store stock. We have been in the music business for over 15 years bid with confidence. This item is up for auction in the USA only. I will not ship out of the country so please bid accordingly.

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By 1982's Creatures of the Night, Kiss had finally ditched their plans of becoming "respectable artists" (starting with 1979's Dynasty) and had come to the realization that they were a loud, no-holds-barred heavy metal band. Easily their best since 1977's Love Gun, Creatures of the Night contains very little filler and sounds as if Kiss had been reborn (it also includes one of the heaviest drum sounds ever captured in the studio by any rock band). The band is inspired and enthusiastic throughout, especially on such rockers as the opening title track, "Killer," "War Machine," "Saint and Sinner," and one of their great anthems, "I Love It Loud." Also included is one of Kiss' better ballads, "I Still Love You" (later featured on 1996's Unplugged set), as well as "Rock and Roll Hell," a song written about Ace Frehley, who would soon officially make his resignation from the band public. Guitarist Vinnie Vincent (real name: Vinnie Cusano) handles guitar duties here and was eventually named as Frehley's replacement, playing on the ensuing tour. Although Creatures of the Night deserved to be the album that put Kiss back on top of the charts, it performed below expectations (topping out at number 45), as did its tour. Hence, the album is one of Kiss' most underrated. It didn't take a genius to figure out that the makeup had grown stale and was now getting in the way of their music. The time had finally come for the band to unmask. [Creatures of the Night was later reissued in 1985 with a different cover (non-makeup) and remixed. But when all of Kiss' albums were remastered and re-released on CD in 1996, the original 1982 version was used.]

STILL SEALED - The plastic shrink-wrap has never been opened.
 MINT - The shrink-wrap has been opened but the record has never been played before.
 NEAR MINT - No scratches, no skips, no surface noise at all. Record has been played extremely carefully on a quality turntable. No cut-outs or ring-wear on the jacket! Very hard to find a record in this shape, but there are some out there.
 VERY GOOD PLUS - Some surface noise may be audible at the start of each side. No scratches or skips! Cut-outs or faint ring-ware on the jacket OK, if listed in the description! Many of the records listed on eBay that claim to be M or NM are actually VG+.
 VERY GOOD - Minor surface noise thorough out. Light scratches, no skips. This is the real grade of most records that are listed on eBay.
 GOOD - Not a "good" thing.
436 (GS 6.1.1 (436))

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