KISS Album: “Chronicles”

Four stars for the creative band, KISS, and for these strong, early records. This box is new from Universal and includes the first three CDs, "Kiss," "Hotter Than Hell" and "Dressed To Kill." The actual discs are dated "1997," so they are probably the original remasters, and not new remasters, I am guessing. The box includes the three CD covers of the orignal three CDs, but no additional artwork or liner notes. Although some might prefer the 1980s work and beyond, KISS' strong period will always be the 1970s, and their pre"Alive" recordings are found here.

As a Kiss fan, the 5 stars is for the music, but anyone out there with information on the specifics of this release please chime in. I cannot find any information on these chronicles long boxes. Are they newly remastered, or just repackaged?

it's now official. . .

KISS HAS BECOME THE BEST EVER KISS TRIBUTE BAND on the planet.

the music still holds up and it is good in whatever package you want to put it in . . but if you want to hear something new you wont get it from KISS... until you stop buying these things, you will never get anything new from this band . . . .

This re-issue 2005 version is a re-master. People have been suspicious of this because it keeps comin' out every few years and the original issue was just the plain old albums, but you can be sure this is a good one.These 3 classic Kiss recordings should be enjoyed back to back anyway, so this makes for a great package. And a money saver I've seen this as cheap as 7.00 sealed, and with only 1 shipping charge this is the way to go.A great picture on the front of the box,than on the inside you get the three colorful remastered cd's and a little insert of each album cover and all the song and recording info inside each one. Nothing to complain about. If you already have these, fine! Dont complain, this was perfect for me and anyone that did'nt buy these yet on cd. Everybody knows this is the holy trilogy of Kiss. The band was hungry and pumped up to conquer the world. I heard people say these are weak recordings compared to the live versions.Not true at all these were fully realized and rockin' songs, only lacking in studio production because of the times and budget, first album was done in 1973 and for a debut I think they did a good job capturing these sleazy rock anthems. If you need to start a remastered Kiss collection start here and work your way up to "Love Gun"...