Every month I'll include a sample MP3 here from my collection. Sometimes it'll be a rarity, sometimes it'll be a live snippet - but you can always guarantee it will be cool!
All the samples here are in MP3 format at a 128kbps bitrate (in order to keep the file size reasonable) - some loss of quality occurs as a result compared to my originals.
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The current sample for July 2010 (uploaded 10th July) is an extremely rare demo of Peter Criss and Chelsea from 1970 or 1971 performing 'Beck'. This features the original lyrics, and was written about the guitarists wife/girlfriend Becky (Beck) - who always used to call and ask when he was coming home. Hence the lyric "I know you love complaining..but Beck what can I do"
Of course, this song would turn into 'Beth' in about 5 or 6 years time with re-worked lyrics.
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Previous MP3 Samples:
Date Uploaded |
Description |
File Size |
Length |
Click to Download! |
| 2006: March |
Let's Put The X in Sex. Unreleased, extended version. This version was never officially released to my knowledge, and clocks in at well over 7 minutes long. Has a bit of an 80's dance feel to it! |
7,180 KB |
7:40 |
(Archived) |
| April |
Secretely Cruel demo. This is one of Gene Simmons' demos for the Asylum album, of which he is rumoured to have written more than 40. This dates from 1984/1985. Interesting to hear how the song changed from this demo, to the final version. |
2,981 KB |
3:11 |
(Archived) |
| May |
Great Expectations demo. This is a demo for the Destroyer album. Gene Simmons sings on the demo, and the lyrics you will hear on the demo are different from the final version in quite a number of places. |
3,901 KB |
4:09 |
(Archived) |
| June/July |
I Will Survive demo. Ace Frehley did this demo after leaving Kiss, and while looking to launch his solo career. It's quite a cool song - let's hope it's not too long before the Spaceman puts out some more solo material! |
3,699 KB |
3:56 |
(Archived) |
| August |
Shandi live at the Palais Theatre, Melbourne, Australia 15 May 2004. Kiss played a few intimate club shows in Australia (after the arena shows) and this song comes from one of them. I was lucky enough to be at this show myself! Shandi is a song that was a big hit in Australia and New Zealand, but not as big overseas - so the song usually only gets played at shows in those two countries. Although this was performed at a Kiss concert, it is played by Paul Stanley only. |
2,226 KB |
2:22 |
(Archived) |
| September |
Shocker. The Dudes of Wrath perform this song (studio version). Who are they? A one-off project featuring Paul Stanley and Desmond Child amongst others. Paul Stanley and Desmond Child have co-written many songs together, this song they both share the lead vocals. The song comes off the movie soundtrack of the same name. |
3,709 KB |
3:57 |
(Archived) |
| October |
We Won't Get Fooled Again live at Los Angeles, USA 11 February 1986. From the Asylum tour, Paul Stanley Gene Simmons and Eric Carr share the lead vocals on this cover of the classic Who song that was performed live by Kiss only rarely. |
6,302 KB |
6:43 |
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| November |
Hide Your Heart live New York, USA 18 February 1989 Paul Stanley Solo Tour. In late 2006 Paul Stanley embarked on his second solo tour after releasing Live To Win. This sample comes from his first solo tour, 17 years earlier. Paul had a great backing band back then too, featuring Eric Singer on drums and Bob Kulick (Bruce's brother) on lead guitar! Cool to hear Paul's solo version of this song that Kiss only very rarely if ever performed live themselves. |
6,309 KB |
6:43 |
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| December |
I Love It Loud live Toronto, Canada 15 June 1990. From the Hot In The Shade tour, which was unfortunately Eric Carr's last tour. As well as Eric, the band at this point was Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons and Bruce Kulick. |
3,516 KB |
3:44 |
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| 2007: January |
Talk To Me live Paris, France 27 September 1980. This is from the Unmasked tour, and features (of course) Ace Frehley on lead vocals. |
3,223 KB |
3:25 |
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| February |
Bulletproof live New York, USA 28 October 2006 Paul Stanley Live To Win tour. I've just got my first audio from this tour, so here's a clip from it. The song is one of the new songs, Bulletproof, and comes from the Irving Plaza, New York show on 28 October 2006. Paul's backing band is the House Band from Rock Star: Supernova. Sounds quality is not too bad, a bit heavy on the bass and a bit of crowd noise, but still cool nevertheless. |
3,575 KB |
3:48 |
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| March/April |
Thou Shalt Not (instrumental version) demo. Not sure of the history behind the Revenge demo sessions, but this sounds fairly close to the final version. I never particularly liked the vocals on this song, but this instrumental version sounds cool! |
3,976 KB |
4:14 |
(Archived) |
| May |
Every Time I Look At You (scratch vocals). Another Revenge demo, presumable from the same sessions as the March/April demo above. |
4,547 KB |
4:50 |
(Archived) |
| June - August |
No updates |
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n/a |
| September |
Calling Dr. Love, live, acoustic. Performed live on the air on Pirate Radio 1993. This was something they did a bit of, on various radio stations around this time. I'm sure this sowed the seeds that eventually led to the Kiss Conventions and the acoustic sets they then did. This song was a bit of fun, it wasn't the full song and there's a bit of fooling around - quite funny to listen to! |
1,374KB |
1:27 |
(Archived) |
| October - November |
No updates |
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n/a |
| December |
White Christmas, live, at the Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA, USA on 18 December 1987. This is one of the few times I know of where Kiss performed a Christmas song live. This was vocals only, no instruments, and was only for approx. one minute. This is from the Crazy Nights tour and the line-up was Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Bruce Kulick and Eric Carr. |
1,066KB |
1:07 |
(Archived) |
| 2008: January |
My Reality, live, at Nashville, TN, USA on 17 November 1995, performed by Criss / Peter Criss. I don't know much about this song, but this is definitely the correct title as it was introduced as such. This show is from the Bad Boys of Rock tour that Peter did jointly with Ace Frehley. (I also have the Ace show from the same date on audio). |
3,418KB |
3:38 |
(Archived) |
| February |
No updates |
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n/a |
| March |
Shock Me, including Tommy's guitar solo, live at Melbourne, Australia on 16 March 2008. Tommy Thayer on lead vocals for the first time ever with Kiss! This is from the special show Kiss did after the Formula One Grand Prix, which I was lucky enough to see live as I was in Melbourne for work. I am an Ace Frehley fan, but despite whether you think it was right or wrong for Tommy to perform an Ace song in Ace's make-up, I thought Tommy did a great job. Have a listen and judge for yourself. |
6,452KB |
6:52 |
(Archived) |
| April - May |
No updates |
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n/a |
| June |
Move On, live from San Diego, CA, USA on 29 November 1979. This song wasn't performed very often during the Dynasty tour (or any other tour for that matter). Many people have heard it from the Largo show, which is the most common recording floating around from the Dynasty tour, so here's the song from the San Diego show instead! |
2,527KB |
2:41 |
(Archived) |
| July - December |
No updates |
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n/a |
| 2009: January |
Deuce, live from Stockholm, Sweden on 30 May 2008.This is the show opener from the Stockholm show on the Alive 35 World Tour. This show at the Stockholm Stadium sold out in less than 30 minutes! And it's a great show. |
3,848KB |
4:05 |
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| February |
Into The Night, live from Toronto, Canada on 07 July 1987, performed by Ace Frehley w/ Frehley's Comet. This sample dates back from around his first solo album after leaving Kiss. This was a club show at Rock n Roll Heaven in Toronto. The quality is great, i'd recommend you check it out - keep a listen out for the trademark Ace laugh at the end! |
4,258KB |
4:32 |
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| March |
No updates |
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n/a |
| April |
Hotter Than Hell, live from Winterland, San Francisco, USA on 31 January 1975. I thought it was about time I put up an OLD live sample, and this is one of the older ones you'll find... 34+ years old! The quality is excellent. |
3,156KB |
3:21 |
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| May |
No updates |
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n/a |
| June |
No, No, No, live from Wembley Arena, London, England on 24 September 1988. This is from the Crazy Nights European tour, and is the first night out of two consecutive nights at Wembley Arena. |
3,812 KB |
4:03 |
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| July |
Sister, Ace Frehley demo from 1995. This song is on Ace's 'Anomoly' album from 2009, but many fans may not realise that this song was originally written over 15 years ago, this is the demo of it from 1995! |
4,212 KB |
4:29 |
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| August |
Lets Put The X In Sex live, unplugged at the Kiss Official Convention in Pittsburgh, PA, USA on 1st August 1995. |
3,540 KB |
3:46 |
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| September |
Exciter live from the Lick It Up tour at the Espace Balard in Paris, France on 31st October 1983. This song was performed on the Lick It Up tour only. Line-up was Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Vinnie Vincent and Eric Carr. |
3,820 KB |
4:04 |
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| October |
Creatures Of The Night live from Madrid, Spain on the second night of the Lick It Up tour! This is from the Pabellon del Real Madrid on 14th October 1983. The quality isn't good at VG-, but it's great that it even exists at all. Line-up was Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Vinnie Vincent and Eric Carr. |
3,974 KB |
4:14 |
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| November |
Any Way You Slice It live from Little Rock, AR, USA on the opening night of the Asylum tour. This is ultra-rare, as it was the only time they ever performed this song - first and last time at this show only! The is from the Convention Centre on 29th November 1985. Line-up was Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Bruce Kulick and Eric Carr. |
4,185KB |
4:27 |
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| December |
'Say Yeah' live from Little Rock, AR, USA on the Alive 35/Sonic Boom tour. This song has only been played on a very limited number of nights on the tour so far! This version is from the Verizon Arena on 29th October 2009. Line-up is Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Tommy Thayer and Eric Singer. |
4.084KB |
4:21 |
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| 2010: January |
'Hell Or High Water' live from the Civic Centre, Pensacola, FL, USA 14th November 1987 on the Crazy Nights tour. This song was very rarely performed live. Quality isn't too great, but the rarity makes up for it. Band line-up is Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Bruce Kulick and Eric Carr. |
3,742 KB |
3:59 |
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| February |
Ace Frehley performing 'Fox On The Run' live from the House Of Blues, Cleveland, OH, USA on 11th November 2009. Ace's band line-up is Ace Frehley, Derrek Hawkins, Scot Coogan, Anthony Esposito. |
3,717 KB |
3:57 |
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| March |
'All American Man' live from the Rock Fest in Cadott, WI, USA on 21st July 2007. Quality is only VG+, but how many times have they ever played this song live (apart from the Convention unplugged shows)? None, to my knowledge, which makes this ultra-rare and cool. Also, there's a funny moment at the start of the song where Paul abuses someone in the crowd for pointing a laser pointer at him. The band line-up is Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Tommy Thayer and Eric Singer. |
3,907 KB |
4:09 |
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| April |
'Got To Choose' live from the O2 Academy, Islington, London, England on 2nd March 2010. This was a special, one-off club show while in London on a PR tour. Band line-up is Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Tommy Thayer and Eric Singer. |
3,816KB |
4:03 |
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| May |
'I'm An Animal' live from the Sheffield Arena, Sheffield, England on 1st May 2010. This is the opening night from the 'Sonic Boom over Europe' tour, and the first time this song has ever been played live! Band line-up is Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Tommy Thayer and Eric Singer. |
4,496KB |
4:24 |
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| June |
'Beth' live from Koenig Pilsner Arena, Oberhausen, Germany on 1st June 2010. The song has just been added back to the set list at this time, and is sung by Eric with the band backing him live (rather than canned music as Peter used to have). Band line-up is Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Tommy Thayer and Eric Singer. |
3,175KB |
3:23 |
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