(003234) KISS - Wicked Lester Sessions

 

• The Original Wicked Lester Sessions is a bootleg release of Wicked Lester's 1972 album for Epic Records. The album was recorded over a period of months when time was available at Jimi Hendrix's newly built Electric Lady Studios. A master tape cover shows the date 10.15.72. The recordings were slowed when Epic demanded the group fire guitarist Steve Coronel and replace him with Ron Leejack. When the album was completed and presented to Epic, its A&R director Don Ellis hated it and refused to release it. Reeling from the rejection and dissatisfied with the sound of the album itself, Wicked Lester members Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons left the group and formed a new incarnation of Wicked Lester, soon recruiting drummer Peter Criss and guitarist Ace Frehley and changing the newer group's name to Kiss. In 1977, fearing Epic would release the album (which included then-rare pictures of Simmons and Stanley without makeup) to capitalize on Kiss' subsequent fame, Kiss and its label Casablanca purchased all rights to the album for $138,000, then shelved it permanently. Bootleg versions of the album appear on P2P networks. Tracks 1, 3 and 5 were released on the Kiss box set in 2001. (en)
• Wicked Lester är en fullängdsdemo av rock bandet Wicked Lester som spelades in 1971 - 1972, producerad av . När bandet väl hade spelat in skivan bestämde sig skivbolaget för att inte släppa den på grund av att skivbolagschefen helt enkelt ogillade inspelningen. 1977 ville Epic Records släppa inspelningen på grund av hur stora Kiss blivit, men Kiss köpte alla rättigheter och skivan släpptes aldrig. Plattan innehåller ett par framtida Kisslåtar såsom Love Her All I Can och She. 

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01 - Love Her All I Can

02 - Sweet Ophelia

03 - Keep Me Waiting

04 - (What's Happening) In The Darkness

05 - I Wanna Shout

06 - Too Many Mondays

07 - She

08 - Molly

09 - Shout It Out Loud

10 - Simple Type - She

11 - Too Many Mondays (Alternative Version)

12 - When The Bell Rings

13 - Molly (Alternative Version)