Kiss: Ace Frehley – Ace Frehley (Vinyl) Original Japanese Pressing
Casablanca Records (1978)
$75.00
Very Rare Original ’78 Japanese Pressing Still In Top Condition! Includes Kiss Inner Sleeve, Plus 4-Page Insert With Lyrics In English & Notes In Japanese. The Debut LP By Space Ace Frehley Is Easily The Best Kiss Solo Album!
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Very Rare Original ’78 Japanese Pressing Still In Top Condition! Includes Kiss Inner Sleeve, Plus 4-Page Insert With Lyrics In English & Notes In Japanese. The Debut LP By Space Ace Frehley Is Easily The Best Kiss Solo Album!
Condition – Vinyl: NEAR MINT!
Condition – Cover: NEAR MINT! A few spots on the insert, but incredibly well preserved!
Japanese vinyl pressings are highly sought after by audiophiles and collectors, due to their premium sound quality and beautifully presented packaging. The sonic quality of Japanese records is regarded as the best in the world. No wonder all the original Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab records were pressed in Japan! The covers are printed on better quality heavy stock paper too. Near Mint condition Japanese pressings are becoming scarcer — and therefore more collectable and valuable every year.
Ace Frehley – Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Bass, Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar, Guitar Synthesizer
Anton Fig – Drums, Percussion
Will Lee – Bass on “Ozone”, “I’m In Need Of Love” & “Wiped-Out” (All other Bass is Ace)
Side 1:
Rip It Out
Speedin’ Back To My Baby
Snow Blind
Ozone
What’s On Your Mind?
Side 2:
New York Groove
I’m In Need Of Love
Wiped-Out
Fractured Mirror
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All of the tracks are strong, such as the venomous opener, "Rip It Out" through to the Top 20 hit single "New York Groove". Of the four Kiss solo albums released simultaneously in 1978, the best of the bunch is guitarist Ace Frehley's. Similar in approach to Paul Stanley's album, Frehley did not stray far from the expected heavy Kiss sound (like Gene Simmons and Peter Criss did with their releases), but Ace was equipped with better compositions than Stanley. With future Late Night with David Letterman drummer Anton Fig helping out (as well as Letterman bassist Will Lee on three tracks), Frehley proved once and for all that he was not simply a backup musician to Kiss head honchos Simmons and Stanley. All of the tracks are strong, such as the venomous opener, "Rip It Out," as well as a few tracks that confirm how Frehley was indulging in alcohol and drugs a bit too much by the late '70s ("Snow Blind," "Ozone," and "Wiped Out"). You'll also find many underrated compositions ("Speedin' Back to My Baby," "What's on Your Mind?," "I'm in Need of Love"), a gorgeous instrumental ("Fractured Mirror"), and the Top 20 hit single "New York Groove." Unfortunately, when Ace left Kiss in 1982 (eventually forming Frehley's Comet), he never came close to topping this solid and inspired 1978 solo outing.