![]() ![]() ![]() Records (Casablanca's record distributor) against the group. ![]() Kiss performed their usual loud and bombastic stage show, which turned Warner Bros. In keeping with the Casablanca theme, the party included palm trees and a Humphrey Bogart lookalike. There were approximately 100,000 copies of the original pressing without "Kissin' Time" on it. The original release of the album did not include "Kissin' Time". ![]() Casablanca Records held a party at the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles to celebrate the West Coast release of Kiss (February 8) and to introduce the record company to the press and other record industry executives. Neil Bogart, the founder of Casablanca Records, was an executive at Buddah before forming Casablanca. The album was recorded at Bell Sound Studios in New York City, which was owned by the company that owned Buddah Records. Simmons estimated that the entire process of recording and mixing took three weeks, while co-producer Richie Wise has stated it took just 13 days. Much of the material on the album was written by Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley, as members of their pre-Kiss band Wicked Lester. Kiss is the debut studio album by American rock band Kiss, released on February 18, 1974. ![]()
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