Wicked Lester/ Kiss cd

I was in a music store yesturday and came across a Wicked Lester cd that was put out by Epic records and was a promo. Theres no bar code or anything but it looks like this was at some time an official release. Its a silver cd and not a cd. The spine has the numbers EK 19964. The first 10 songs are from Wicked Lester, the last 5 are Kiss' first recordings I believe cause I have those songs on a bootleg and they are on the box set, but some of the Wicked Lester stuff I never heard.

Has anyone seen this on cd anywhere before or have it? I don't know why or when it was released.

Buh-buh-buh-bootleg.

Wicked Lester's album was recorded for Epic Records back in the day but has never been released in its entirety. A couple of tracks did eventually wind up included in the KISS box set, as you mentioned, but that's it. I've seen dozens and dozens of different bootlegged versions of that album at every KISS Expo or record collector's show I've ever attended.

Yup, bootleg. How much were they asking for it?

The only part of Wicked Lester's album to actually be released, initially, was the cover art, which was used for The Laughing Dogs' debut album in 1979.^[1] CBS Records,
who owned the rights to the album, remixed it and planned to release it
in late 1976 to capitalize on Kiss's commercial popularity. Kiss and Neil Bogart, the president of Casablanca Records
(Kiss's label), purchased the album from CBS for $137,500 and never
released it. Eventually, Kiss bought Bogart's share outright. Somewhere
in the years the album has surfaced in the Kiss bootleg scene named The Original Wicked Lester Sessions.^[2][4]
Three songs from the album ("Keep Me Waiting," "She," and "Love Her All
I Can"), however, were released in 2001 as part of Kiss's five-disc box set.

ultmetal wrote:

Yup, bootleg. How much were they asking for it?

$10 I picked it up either way. If it was a cdr then I would have just left it there. I figured if anything I didn't have these songs anyway and it was only $10. So not really a big loss. I recently saw this on ebay a while back but the guy was selling his whole kiss collection along with this album. I remember the auction ending pretty high and Im assuming because of this cd. I had a feeling it was a bootleg, but its not a usual find and it wasn't a bank breaker.

Is this the one you bought? I found this on the T.U.B.E. blog (The Ultimate Bootleg Experience) a while back. Interesting for a few listens but nothing I would jam on a regular basis.



CD1:
01 What Happens In the Darkness (3:16)
02 She (3:12)
03 Sweet Ophelia (3:10)
04 When The Bell Rings (3:14)
05 Simple Type (2:50)
06 Love Her All I Can (alternate vs.) (2:55)
07 Keep Me Waiting (3:26)
08 We Want To Shout It Out Loud (3:11)
09 Long, Long Road (4:19)

CD2:
01 Simple Type (2:42)
02 She (3:06)
03 Too Many Mondays (3:40)
04 When The Bell Rings (3:20)
05 Molly (aka Some Other Guy) (2:33)
06 Love Her All I Can (2:35)
07 Sweet Ophelia (3:02)
08 Keep Me Waiting (3:13)
09 What Happens In the Darkness (3:01)
10 We Want To Shout It Out Loud (2:44)

Recorded august 1972 (First mix)
11 Love Her All I Can (2:40)
12 Simple Type (2:35)
13 She (3:10)
14 Too Many Mondays (4:04)
15 Keep Me Waiting (3:24)
16 Molly (percussion mix) (2:29)
17 When The Bell Rings (3:13)
18 Sweet Ophelia (3:11)

Recorded spring 1972
19 Long, Long Road (remastered) (4:20)
20 Simple Type (alternate version) (2:40)

Recorded august 1972
21 Too Many Mondays (Gene;vocals) (4:02)
22 Molly (a-capella mix) (2:25)

no... damn I wish it was though hahaha mine only has 15 songs on it.