I’ve been a Kiss fan since 1980, when I was 9 years old. I was living in Australia at that time, and the band was *huge* then! Unfortunately my parents didn’t let me see them in concert as I was too young :(

I lost interest in the band for a wee while and didn’t get back into them again until I was a teenager, in the mid-1980's. I was then living in New Zealand. I dug out and played some of the old LP’s and cassettes I still had, and remembered how cool they were. That inspired me to go and get the rest of the albums, and I have stayed a strong fan since.

After acquiring all the official releases, I wanted to hear more material. Ever since then I have been, over the years, collecting many rare audios such as live recordings, pirate/bootlegs, demos, unreleased versions, etc. Not to mention the merchandise!

I’ve had quite a few requests from people to see lists of what I have on audio, so I thought it was about time I put them up on a website, and here we are.

Scroll down further to read about why I think my audios are the best, and what else is in this website.

Any questions, please feel free to

(Note - most of the links to contact me in this site, are in Javascript to try and stop my e-mail address being harvested for spam. If you don't have javascript enabled, just e-mail to . Thanks!)

Regards,

Tony

P.S. If you like this website, it would be a great help if you could put a link to it on your own site. Thanks!

IMPORTANT NOTE

Due to my current job, I am required to do a lot of travel away from home during 2008 and 2009. On some occasions, this could be up for up to three months at a time. I will still be doing my audio trading, but please be aware there will be a delay until I can reply to any e-mails. (As at 31st August 2008, I am away again until at least the end of October). I will always reply eventually though! Thanks for your patience.

Recent New Audios 2008

Demos/Rarities:

• Eric Carr / The Cellarmen demos, featuring Eric vocals (Your Turn To Cry/I Cry At Night/I Found You (The One I Adore)/Then I Made A Wish/I'm A Believer [rehearsal])
  1967/68 13min VG+
• Eric Carr / The Cellarmen. Eric's group featuring as backing band only (no lead vocals, but harmonies) for Crystal Collins. 5 tracks. (No Matter How You Try x 3 (incl. 2 x rehearsals)/When You Grow Tired x 2 (incl. 1 x rehearsal)
  1969 11min VG+
• 'Stanley The Parrot' & 'Leeta' - Gene Simmons / Bullfrog Bheer early songs
  ~1970 8mins EX
• Five demos done by Gene Simmons around 1975/1976 period (High And Low/Jelly Roll/Rotten To The Core/Daily Planet (instrumental)/Burning Up With Fever) - possibly RARO demos
  1975/76 18min EX+
• Gene Simmons - Virgin demos (Gene demoing songs with the bank Virgin). Some of these songs were recorded later also but these versions date from this era and session. (I Have Just Begun To Fight/Reputation)
  1978/79 7min EX+
• 'Not For The Innocent' demo
  1982 5min EX+
• 'Detroit Rock City' 1998 edit version
  1998 5min EX+

Kiss Live:

• Selland Arena, Fresno, CA, USA
  17 August 1977 41min VG
• ABC Studios (Fridays TV Show), Los Angeles, CA, USA
  15 January 1982 13min EX- (I've had this for years but just realised it was never on my list)
• Forum de Montreal, Montreal, CANADA
  05 October 1992 117min EX
• Civic Arena, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
  16 October 1992 98min EX-
• Civic Centre, St Paul, MN, USA
  13 July 1996 91min EX-
• Bradley Centre, Milwaukee, WI, USA
  10 August 1996 111min G+

Ace Frehley Live:

• Nashville, TN, USA
  17 November 1995 105min EX

Peter Criss Live:

• Nashville, TN, USA
  17 November 1995 63min EX

10 Reasons Why My Audios Are The Best

Many people have unofficial audio recordings - but I think mine are some of the best around. Not only that, I am one of the best people to deal with. Here's why:

1) I've been collecting for well over 15 years now - and have dealt with many satisfied people - I've never had an unhappy person I've dealt with.

2) When I obtained many of my audios (in the days before CD's), I tried to get as many as I could on good brand chrome/metal cassettes, rather than normal cassettes, which I stored in a cool, dark place away from dust and sunlight. These cost more, but lasted much longer than normal cassettes. This meant that as technology moved ahead and I came to transfer them onto CD, the sound quality had largely remained the same - unlike many people who had their old recordings on normal cassette, and found they deteriorated over the years. Remember - virtually all unauthorised audio that dates from the late 80's / early 90's and earlier, would originally have been recorded by someone, somewhere on cassette.

3) When transferring from cassette to CD, I use a high end audio editing program to 'clean up' the recording - removing hiss, and pops and clicks, and maximising the volume over the dynamic range (being careful to avoid distortion or clipping or damaging the original sound).

4) When burning the CD-R, I always use a slow burning speed on a good brand CD writer (this means less jitter and deviation in the CD laser when writing). I use good brand CD-R's, usually Mitsubishi or TDK. The burning software then verifies the written data, and then I play the disc through my own CD player afterwards as a double-check. Although every CD player is different, this means the chances of you receiving a disc that doesn't play are extremely low. If for any reason you do get a disc that won't play, I'll send a replacement for free.

5) Each disc has CD text enabled - meaning when you play it in a CD text compatible player, the correct artist and song will be displayed. Many people don't bother doing this!

6) Track listings are accurate - each concert is split into the correct tracks at the right time (some people don't bother doing this, meaning you can't fast-forward between songs).

7) I always include printed covers with the CD-R's (unless requested otherwise) as I think this looks much more professional than either a hand-written note, or nothing.

8) Every audio I have, I have listened to in full - and graded it myself according to my rating system. I've also attempted to confirm date/venue/city details if possible.

9) I have many hundreds of audios available - there are few, if any, traders who have the range of audios like I do.

10) I will always post the audios promptly, and well packaged so they don't get damaged in transit. I used to trade with some people who just chucked the stuff in a normal envelope - the covers used to get damaged in transit - that used to annoy me!

Navigate using the buttons at the top of each page. You'll find the following information:

Rarities: Demos, out-takes, unreleased songs, and non-live rarities.

Kiss Live: Live Kiss concerts.

Kiss Related Live: Ace Frehley, Peter Criss, Paul Stanley solo live concerts, and few Kiss tribute bands live.

MP3 Sample: A MP3 sample of something from my collection which I update every month. It could be a rarity, a demo, or a rare live song! If there's something you particularly would like to hear, please let me know and I'll try my best. If you'd like me to send you an e-mail each time the MP3 sample changes, please let me know.

Merchandise: Information on some of the merchandise from my own collection. The page has further links to bubblegum cards, tour books, and more to come. Most of this is just for information and enjoyment, but I will also occasionally have spare items I am selling here too - currently a couple of rare tour promotional items.

Cool Stuff: This is where I will put other odds and ends. Currently I have my story from the Farewell Tour, where my friends and I went to the after-party and almost met the band, and saw Gene Simmons flashing his butt! And yes there are photos of that! Not to mention seeing Ace Frehley trashed, and accidentally almost sniffing Paul Stanley's crotch! There's also some photos from the shows themselves that I took. I'll add other stuff over time to this page.

Links: Links to both Kiss and non-Kiss websites.