Kiss Gene Simmons (180 Gram Vinyl) (Remastered)
Personnel: Gene Simmons (vocals, acoustic & electric guitar, bass); Eric Troyer (vocals, piano); Ron Frangipane (conductor); John Shane Howell (classical guitar); Elliot Randall, Steve Lacey (guitar); Richard Gerstein (piano); Neil Jason (bass); Allen Schwartzberg (drums); Sean Delaney (percussion, background vocals); Gordon Gordy, Diva Gray, Kate Sagal, Franny Eisenberg, Carolyn Ray, The Azusa Citrus College Choir (background vocals); Donna Summer, Cher, Rick Nielsen, Bob Seger, Joe Perry, Helen Reddy, Jeff "Skunk" Baxter, Janis Ian, Mitch Weissman, Joe Pecorino, Michael Des Barres, Ritchie Ranno. Recorded at the Manor, Oxford, England; Cherokee Studios, Los Angeles, California; Blue Rock Studio, New York, New York. Includes liner notes by Robert V. Conte. Remastered by Joseph M. Palmaccio (Sterling Sound, New York, New York). Gene Simmons' 1978 Kiss solo album turned out to be the most surprising of the bunch. Primarily known as the author of Kiss's heaviest songs, Simmons had