KISS “Music from THE ELDER” LP CASABLANCA orig ’81 w/ inner sleeve NM

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Artist:  KISS                   

Title:  “(Music from) The Elder”   

Label:  CASABLANCA.  Stereo pressing on medium weight vinyl.  Label is grey with black text.  Catalog number is NBLP 7261. 

Year:  1981

Condition:  

DISC:  Vinyl is NEAR MINT with 100% of original gloss, as clean as can be found.  Appears unplayed, and handled with care.  Labels are clean.  Fidelity is superb.  A gorgeous disc you will never need to upgrade.              

JACKET:  Gatefold jacket is NM-.  Inner and outer panels are clean and bright.  Light wear on seams and at corners.  Overall, a beautiful gatefold jacket to accompany the gorgeous disc.  

Printed plastic inner sleeve is included in top condition.  Has some creases, but no writing, stickers or other issues. 

Review: 

“By the end of 1980, Kiss knew that their next album had to be a strong one, a glorious return to hard rock à la their classic Destroyer.  New drummer Eric Carr had refueled the band's desire to rock, and the quartet began working on a straight-ahead rock album in early 1981.  Midway through, the band felt that they were rewriting past songs, and the sessions were aborted.  Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley then came up with the idea of recording a concept album, based on a mythical original story by Simmons.  Destroyer producer Bob Ezrin was back and encouraged the band's concept album idea (against both Ace Frehley's and Carr's wishes).  Simmons and Stanley had high hopes for Music from “The Elder” (such as a movie, an elaborate tour, a follow-up record, etc.), but it completely bombed upon release.  The reason? The music is totally uncharacteristic of Kiss -- it resembles heavy prog rock for the most part.  Some of the songs could have been classics if the pompous and/or hard-to-decipher lyrics were replaced, such as "The Oath," "Only You," "I," and "Just a Boy."  Only two tracks resemble the Kiss of old (Frehley's "Dark Light" and the instrumental "Escape from the Island"), while the rest is downright embarrassing ("Odyssey," "A World Without Heroes," "Under the Rose").  Music from “The Elder” was the final straw for Frehley, who would leave the band in 1982.”

(review courtesy Greg Prato, allmusic.com.)

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