KISS Alive II - My First Album
Thanks to @SharonHayes (http://twitter.com/SharonHayes) for making me think of this.
I remember the moment with weird clarity. I saw this in the store, and I had to have it! I ran to my mom and started the begging process. She immediately fixated on the bloody, sweat drenched Gene Simmons and asked "who is that and why does he look like that?" At that moment I knew my chances of owning the album were in dire straits, but I managed to pull it out. I'm not sure what I said, but she finally said ok.
from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alive_II
"The original vinyl issue of Alive II was a 2LP set, in a gatefold sleeve, with picture LP-liners. Continuing the Kiss tradition of including promotional items with their albums, Alive II was packaged with a booklet entitled "The Evolution of Kiss" and a set of rub-on tattoos in a cartoon-style. The tattoos depicted the band logo, Kiss Army logo, band member heads, member signatures and symbols. The symbols were meant to represent the four personas of the group and included a skull and crossbones for Simmons, a rose and star with eye for Stanley, a Saturn-like planet and block print-style 'ACE' for Frehley and a drum and cat's head for Criss. The rose and 'ACE' are copies of Stanley and Frehley's actual tattoos respectfully.
A merchandise order form was also included with the album. It listed an array of official Kiss merchandise, as well as a chance to "enlist" in the Kiss Army."
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