Kiss

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Kiss is the self-titled debut album from the American hard rock band Ki. When it was released, on February 8, 1974, Kiss had been a band for little more than one year. Much of the material on the album was written by Gene Simmons and/or Paul Stanley, as members of their pre-Kiss band, Wicked Lester. Simmons estimated that the entire process of recording and mixing took three week, while co-producer Richie Wise claimed it took just thirteen day. The album was recorded at Bell Sound Studios in New York City, which was owned by the company that owned Buddah Record. Neil Bogart, founder of Casablanca Record, was an executive at Buddah prior to forming Casablanca. Casablanca Records held a party at the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles to celebrate the West Coast release of Kiss (February 18) and to introduce the record company to the press and other record industry executive. In keeping with the Casablanca theme, the party included palm trees and a Humphrey Bogart lookalike. Kiss performed their usual loud and bombastic stage show, which turned Warner Bro. Records (Casablanca's record distributor) against the group. Soon after the show, Warner Bro. Records contacted Neil Bogart and threatened to end their deal with Casablanca if Kiss didn't remove their makeup. With manager Bill Aucoin's backing, Kiss refused. Shortly after the release of Ki, Warner Bro. released Casablanca from their contract. .

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