Kiss Dynasty 12" Black Vinyl LP 1979 Casablanca Japan Hard Rock Album Vintage

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Kiss Dynasty 12" Black Vinyl LP 1979 Casablanca Japan Hard Rock Album Vintage

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Black vinyl LP grades visually around Very Good Plus (VG+) with strong gloss and scattered light sleeve scuffs, faint hairline surface marks, and a few slightly more noticeable but not deep handling lines on both sides plus minor dust specks that would benefit from a gentle cleaning before play; no deep scratches, warps, cracks, or edge chips are seen and the custom Casablanca band-photo center labels are clean and fully legible with light spindle wear and no writing or added stickers. Single-pocket cardboard jacket grades visually around Very Good Plus (VG+) with overall light surface rubbing and a subtle ring-wear impression on the light gray front and back artwork, mild age toning and a few small brown foxing spots, and light corner bumps and edge wear including tiny paper nicks along the spine and opening but no seam splits or large tears; Japanese lyric and liner-notes insert and clear plastic inner sleeve are present and show mild age toning, scattered small foxing specks, and

Artist: Kiss.

Title: Dynasty 12-inch black vinyl LP studio album presenting Kiss's 1979 hard rock and glam rock recordings highlighted by the international hit single I Was Made For Lovin' You and other late-1970s arena rock tracks.

Format: 33 1/3 RPM record; Type: LP; Record size: 12-inch; audio format: stereo hard rock, glam rock, and rock album.

Label and catalog number: Casablanca Records issue on custom Casablanca Record and FilmWorks center labels featuring a color band portrait; catalog number VIP-6678 printed on the labels, spine, front cover corner, and back cover with Side 1 and Side 2 designations, 33 1/3 RPM and STEREO text, and additional side codes SCA-60641, SCA-60604, NBLP-7152A, and NBLP-7152B.

Release year and origin: 1979 Japanese pressing manufactured by Victor Musical Industries, Inc., Japan, under license from Casablanca Record and FilmWorks, Inc., U.S.A., with 1979 Casablanca Record and FilmWorks copyright information on the labels and jacket.

Genre/Style: rock, hard rock, glam rock, and disco-influenced arena rock combining heavy guitar riffs, anthemic choruses, and dancefloor-ready rhythms.

Material: Vinyl; Color: black; Format: record; Features: 12-inch 33 RPM stereo LP format, Japan import edition with single-pocket cardboard sleeve, printed Japanese-language lyric and liner-notes insert, clear plastic inner sleeve, and English-language song titles on the labels and jacket.

Case type and front cover: single-pocket cardboard sleeve whose front artwork presents tightly framed color headshots of the four Kiss members in full stage makeup set against a deep black background and bordered by a light gray frame, with the red Kiss logo at the upper left, bold red Dynasty album title at the upper right, and small catalog number VIP-6678 printed at the lower right corner.

Back cover details: rear panel continues the gray border motif and centers the nine-song track listing in red uppercase text, surrounded along the lower portion by recording, publishing, and production credits plus Casablanca, Rock Steady, and Victor Musical Industries branding, management information for Aucoin Management, and Kiss Army fan club mail address.

Spine and edges: standard LP-width spine printed with Kiss Dynasty titling, Casablanca identification, and catalog number VIP-6678, with outer seams sized to hold one twelve-inch record together with its accompanying insert.

Inner sleeves/inlay: package includes a clear protective inner sleeve for the vinyl plus a large paper insert headed with the Dynasty title bar and bold Kiss logo above Japanese-language liner notes, track listing, and lyrics printed in black text, combining both Japanese characters and Romanized song titles.

Track listing Side One: I Was Made For Lovin' You; 2,000 Man; Sure Know Something; Dirty Livin'.

Track listing Side Two: Charisma; Magic Touch; Hard Times; X-Ray Eyes; Save Your Love.

Personnel and production: performances by Kiss members Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Ace Frehley, and Peter Criss on vocals, guitars, bass, and drums as credited, with songs written by the band members together with collaborators Desmond Child, Stan Penridge, Howard Marks, and Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, produced by Vini Poncia for Mad Vincent Productions, recorded and mixed by Jay Messina at Electric Lady Studios and Record Plant in New York City, and mastered at Sterling Sound with George Marino.

Additional notes: Dynasty captures Kiss at the turn of the 1980s blending their trademark hard rock sound with contemporary disco-rock influences, and this Japanese Victor Musical Industries pressing with band-photo Casablanca labels and Japanese lyric insert offers a collectible import version for fans of classic rock, hard rock, and glam rock vinyl.

Barcode and identifiers: late-1970s Casablanca Japan issue that predates printed UPC barcodes; identifiers include catalog number VIP-6678 on jacket, spine, labels, and insert, side codes SCA-60641 and SCA-60604 plus matrix numbers NBLP-7152A and NBLP-7152B on the labels, 33 1/3 RPM and Stereo designations, and Made in Japan by Victor Musical Industries, Inc. branding.

Keywords: Kiss Dynasty VIP-6678 12-inch black vinyl LP record 33 RPM 1979 Casablanca Japan import hard rock glam rock album.

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