KISS - Revenge - (1992) - (Mercury 848 037-1) - Vinyl - {First US Pressing} 24-Bit/96kHz + 16-Bit/44kHz

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KISS - Revenge - (1992) - (Mercury 848 037-1) - Vinyl - {First US Pressing} 24-Bit/96kHz + 16-Bit/44kHz

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Revenge is the sixteenth studio album by KISS, released on May 19, 1992. It was the band's first album after the death of long-time drummer Eric Carr in November 1991. His replacement, Eric Singer, had played with Black Sabbath, Brian May, Alice Cooper and even Paul Stanley, among others. The album was dedicated to Carr, and the last track ("Carr Jam 1981") was a demo he had recorded soon after joining the group. One modification to the song, however, was the dubbing of Bruce Kulick's guitar over Ace Frehley's, which originally appeared. The main riff of the song was used as the basis for the Frehley's Comet song "Breakout", found on 1987's Frehley's Comet. From the album, "God Gave Rock 'N' Roll to You II" and "Unholy" have remained regular KISS live staples. "Domino" was performed during the "Revenge" Tour and "Kiss My Ass Tour". "I Just Wanna" and "Take It Off" were only performed during the "Revenge" Tour, while "Every Time I Look at You" and "Spit" were, along with "Domino", performed during the MTV Unplugged appearance of the band. In February 1991, KISS were asked by the producers of the film "Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure" to record the song "God Gave Rock 'n' Roll to You" by the English rock band Argent, which would be produced by Bob Ezrin. The band agreed, and reunited with Ezrin after 10 years and the failure they had with Music from "The Elder". Gene Simmons was not sure it was the right move "especially after the bad experience of The Elder". Simmons, Ezrin and Paul Stanley rewrote the song which they recorded with both Eric Carr and Eric Singer, with Singer playing the drums while Carr (who was not able to play the drums due to health problems) sang the a cappella line "...to everyone, he gave his song to be sung". The song was featured in a sequel "Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey" with a forty second long Steve Vai solo instead of KISS's intro found on the album. It was a major success, breaking Top-30 in seven countries, including United States, United Kingdom and Australia. Carr went to the hospital and was diagnosed with heart cancer. He underwent open heart surgery in April 1991 to remove tumors. Shortly after the surgery, Carr joined the band to perform in the "God Gave Rock 'N' Roll to You II" music video. According to Simmons, Carr had lost all his hair due to chemotherapy, and had to wear a wig for the shoot. After the shoot, Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons persuaded Carr to take care of his health and not worry about the band. KISS's original plan was for Singer to play drums with the band, until Carr was healthy enough to return. Unfortunately, Carr's health turned for the worse and he died in November 1991, and Kiss tabbed Singer in as their new drummer. The album is dedicated to the memory of Eric Carr. R.I.P. Eric, you are loved and missed by us, the fans as well. I have included scans from both the blue marble & gray marble vinyl pressings.

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KISS - Revenge - (1992) - (Mercury 848 037-1) - Vinyl - {First US Pressing} 24-Bit/96kHz + 16-Bit/44kHz

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The files are interchangeable!!!

Please enjoy hearing Revenge as it should be heard from the original vinyl!!!