The following list includes mostly demos, out-takes, and unreleased songs.
Some items contain a hyperlink - these items have featured on my MP3 sample page, and you can download a sample from there. If the listing below is for more than one song, the sample will usually be just one song.
Generally I don't collect radio interviews so there are virtually none listed here. There are however a few snippets from radio appearances, mostly where they have performed something. As always, if there's any corrections to the details I have recorded, please
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KISS Rarities
Description
Year
Length
Quality
Original Electric Lady studio demos (Deuce/Cold Gin/Strutter/Watchin You/Black Diamond)
1973
25
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)
1975/76
18
EX+
Destroyer album demos. Includes instrumentals, changed lyrics, and unreleased songs.
1976
40
EX-
'Beth' acoustic version
1976
3
EX-
Radio ad for 'The Originals' LP
1976
1
EX-
Rock And Roll Over album demos (Mr Speed/Hard Luck Woman/Makin Love/Ladies Room)
1976
15
G+
Love Gun album demos (Christine Sixteen/I Stole Your Love/Tomorrow And Tonight/Love Gun/Got Love For Sale)
1977
15
G-
'Love Gun' song demo
1977
4
EX-
Alive 2 (Side 4) album demos. Slightly different versions of final songs, and a different version of I Want You
1977
25
EX
Gene Simmons solo album out-takes (Love Came To Me/Heartthrob/It's Gonna Be Alright)
1978
15
EX-
Gene Simmons solo album demos (Love Is Blind/Forever)
1978
7
VG+
Paul Stanley solo album demos (Wouldn't You Like To Know Me/Tonight You Belong To Me/Move On/Ain't Quite Right)
1978
15
G
Peter Criss solo album demos (There's Nothing Better/Gonna Be A Rumble/Dirty Livin'/Out Of Control)
1978
18
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
7
EX+
Dirty Livin' - unreleased, extended version
1979
6
MT-
'I Was Made For Loving You' - extended version
1979
8
MT
Documentary from New Zealand radio during 1980 Unmasked Tour
1980
50
VG
'Nowhere To Run' and 'Just A Boy' song demos
1980/81
7
VG
'Feel Like Heaven' song demo
1980/81
3
EX
'Deadly Weapon' song demo
1980/81
7
VG
'It's My Life' song demo
1981(?)
4
VG
'I Want You Only' song demo
1981
5
EX-
Music From The Elder album demo. Full of surprises!
1981
90
VG+
'Not For The Innocent' demo
1982
5
EX+
'Partners In Crime' song remix. Much heavier version!
1982
4
EX+
Creatures Of The Night album studio rehearsals (Get All You Can Take/Thrills In The Night) - instrumentals with Vinnie Vincent on guitar
1982
10
EX-
Lick It Up album studio rehearsals. Mostly instrumentals and rough tracks
1983
90
VG-
Asylum album demos. Gene is rumoured to have written over 40 demos for this album, here are 15.
1984
40
VG
Crazy Nights album out-takes (Hide Your Heart/2 x mixes of Sword In Stone)
1987
15
EX
Crazy Nights album outtakes, five Paul songs that didn't make it in, including a different version of Hide Your Heart
1987
25
EX-
'My Way' vocal track
1987
3
EX-
'My Way' song demo
1987
4
EX-
'Reason To Live' song demo
1987
4
EX-
'Bang Bang You' song demo
1987
4
EX-
'Lets Put The X In Sex' - 3 different versions (remix/unmixed version/extended 8 minute version)
1988
18
EX
'Rock And Roll All Night' - Paul plays live in front of a small studio audience
1989
4
EX+
'Betrayed' song demo
1990
4
VG
'The Street Giveth..' song demo
1990
4
VG
'Hide Your Heart' acoustic demo version
1990
5
EX+
'Rise To It' remix
1990
5
MT
'Forever' remix
1990
4
EX+
'I'll Be Back Again' brief acoustic jam
1990(?)
1
ex-
'Every Time I Look At You' acoustic, played solo by Paul on Barharne NKK
1992
2
EX-
Revenge demos/rough mixes. Every Time I Look At You - scratch vocal/Heart Of Chrome - scratch vocal and instrumental/I Just Wanna - instrumental/Take It Off - scratch vocal and 2 instrumentals/Tough Love - scratch vocal and instrumental/Thou Shalt Not - instrumental
1992
45
EX+
'Detroit Rock City' acoustic, on the Howard Stern Show
1993
5
EX-
'Hard Luck Woman' acoustic on WAAF, Boston
1993
4
EX-
'Cold Gin' acoustic on WAAF, Boston
1993
5
EX-
'Lick It Up' acoustic on WAAF, Boston
1993
4
EX-
'Rock And Roll All Night' acoustic on Pirate Radio
1993
2
EX-
'Calling Dr Love' acoustic on Pirate Radio
1993
2
EX-
'Detroit Rock City' acoustic on Pirate Radio
1993
4
EX-
'I Still Love You' acoustic on Pirate Radio
1993
3
EX-
'Goin' Blind' acoustic on MTV Europe
1994
3
EX-
'Detroit Rock City' 1998 edit version
1998
5
EX+
KISS Related Rarities
Description
Year
Length
Quality
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
13
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
11
VG+
'Stanley The Parrot' & 'Leeta' - Gene Simmons / Bullfrog Bheer early songs
~1970
8
EX
Wicked Lester's unreleased, untitled album (Sweet Ophelia/Keep Me Waiting/Love Her All I Can/Simple Type/She/Too Many Mondays/(What Happens) In The Darkness/When The Bell Rings/Molly/(We Want To) Shout It Out Loud)
1971
29
EX
Lips demos (Peter's pre-KISS band - he is NOT lead vocals) 'Don't You Let Me Down/I'm Gonna Love You/Love Love Love/Hooked On Rock And Roll/That's The Kind Of Sugar Papa Likes)
1972
25
EX+
Out Of Control - Peter Criss' 1st post-KISS album
1980
40
MT
Warrior Demo (Vinnie Vincent's pre-KISS group)
pre1982
30
EX-
Let Me Rock You - Peter Criss' 2nd post-KISS album
