Welcome back to the Kiss Review Series. Today we are doing a little bonus edition. As I am going through the band’s releases, I am going to throw in different items from my collection that aren’t part of the band’s normal album releases. Singles, promos or whatever I can come up with.
Since we just talked ‘Destroyer’ in the last review, these next two posts are specifically related to that album. The first is this 45 Single of the song “Flaming Youth”. Now, I am cheating here as I wrote a review on this years ago, so I am re-doing it here so it is now a part of the Kiss Review Series. I hope you like it.
I had this big box of vinyl that I found in my attic that started my new vinyl obsession about 4 years ago. This is another 45″ Single in that big box of vinyl and it is from the Kiss album ‘Destroyer’. The song was “Flaming Youth” and it was only a promotional single and not intended for resale. How we ended up with it or where we got it, I am not sure.
The B-Side of the single is also “Flaming Youth” which I find interesting because the true B-Side of the Single released for the album was “God of Thunder”. Both sides of the disc say Side A. Maybe I have a nice collectors piece…if so, I wish it was in better shape.
“Flaming Youth” it turns out was the first Kiss single to feature a picture on the 45 Single jacket. The song wasn’t a huge it as it only reach #72 in the U.S. and almost an equal spot in Canada at #73.
The song was pieced together by Bob Ezrin from songs written by 3 of the band members including taking the main guitar riff from Gene’s song “Mad Dog”. I have the Gene song “Mad Dog” on The Vault so it is cool to have that now to hear the bits and pieces that ended up on this song. “Flaming Youth” is not my favorite from the album but it is a strong rock anthem about how kids want to stand up and rebel against their parents and show how strong they are on their own. Typical teenage angst. Give it a listen and let me know what you think.
Next Up: Kiss – ‘Destroyer Tour Promo Vinyl’ (1976) – Bonus Edition
Check out the rest of the series if you have time!!
The Kiss Review Series:
- Wicked Lester and the Progeny Demo Sessions (Bootleg)
- Kiss – Kiss (1974)
- Kiss – Hotter Than Hell (1974)
- Kiss – Dressed to Kill (1975)
- Kiss – Alive! (1975)
- Kiss – Destroyer (1976)
- Kiss – “Flaming Youth” Single – Bonus Edition
The Bootleg Series:
- Kiss – ‘Accept No Imitations’ (Bootleg Series) – Album Review (ASYLUM TOUR)
- Kiss – Look Wot You Dun to Me (Bootleg Series) – Album Review (CRAZY NIGHTS TOUR)
- Kiss – The Summer of Satan: The Devils Ride Out! (Bootleg Series) – Album Review (DESTROYER TOUR)
- Kiss – Return to Capital Center (Bootleg Series) – Album Review (DYNASTY TOUR)
- Kiss – With Fire & Thunder (Bootleg Series) – Album Review (HOTTER THAN HELL TOUR)
- Kiss – Northhampton PA March 19th, 1975 (Bootleg Series) – Album Review (DRESSED TO KILL TOUR)
- Kiss – The Hottest Show On Earth (Bootleg Series) – Album Review (THE HOTTEST SHOW ON EARTH TOUR 2010)
- Kiss – All the Way to the Ball Room (Bootleg Series) – Album Review (Australian Tour 1995)
- Kiss – Kiss of Thunder (Bootleg Series) – Album Review (The Rising Sun Tour 2006)
- Kiss – Agora Ballroom 1974: The Cleveland Broadcast plus Bonus Cuts (Bootleg Series) – Album Review (THE KISS TOUR)
- Kiss – Hotter Than Hell: Radio Broadcast 1976 (Bootleg Series) – Album Review (ROCK & ROLL OVER TOUR)
- Kiss – The Tickler (Bootleg Series) – Album Review (LICK IT UP TOUR 1983)
- Kiss – Barbarize (Bootleg Series) – Album Review (ANIMALIZE WORLD TOUR 1984 – North American Tour)
- Kiss – They Only Come Out At Night (Bootleg Series) – Album Review (ANIMALIZE WORLD TOUR 1984 – EUROPEAN TOUR)
- Wicked Lester and the Progeny Demo Sessions (Bootleg)
Kiss – The Box Set:
- The Box Set (Part 1 of 6)
- The Box Set – Disc One 1966-1975 (Part 2 of 6)
- The Box Set – Disc Two 1975-1977 (Part 3 of 6)
- The Box Set – Disc Three 1976-1982 (Part 4 of 6)
- The Box Set – Disc Four 1983-1989 (Part 5 of 6)
- The Box Set – Disc Five 1992-1999 (Part 6 of 6)
Gene Simmons – The Vault:
- Part 1 – The Grand Opening
- Part 2 – Disk 1
- Part 3 – Disk 2
- Part 4 – Disk 3
- Part 5 – Disk 4
- Part 6 – Disk 5
- Part 7 – Disk 6
- Part 8 – Disk 7
- Part 9 – Disk 8
- Part 10 – Disk 9
- Part 11 – Disk 10
- Part 12 – The Bonus Disk
- Part 13 – The Best Songs of the Vault
- Part 14 – The Worst Songs of the Vault
- Part 15 – The Final Verdict
This is cool, regardless of what condition it’s in! Great collectible. (And a cool song too IMO)
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I have one other collectible from Kiss that will be posted in April that you might like.
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Bring it on!
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Cool, so maybe it was released as a double a side too? Like Beth and Detroit? Really nice collectible.
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Quite possibly. Either way, I will be hanging on to this one for awhile.
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I think it’s actually that one side is Mono and one side Stereo, as the label indicates, so radio stations could play their preferred sonic version.
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Holy crap!! I can’t believe I missed that. Apparently my attention to detail sucks!! Thanks so much for that info. Mystery solved and so simple.
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God damn you, librarystorm. Are you telling me that there are mono versions of Kiss singles that I need to collect?
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I know. My mind is blown and so will my wallet. I can’t believe I’ve had the single for so long and never noticed.
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I doubt I would have either, unless I played it in Audacity. Then I might have noticed the two channels were identical.
Well now my head exploded and I’m on a new mission.
Thanks guys. My wife is really happy for me.
Not.
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It appears so. I’m very sorry. 😀
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No you’re not. LOL
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This is correct.
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Man, I loved KISS when I was a kid. My very first concert. And I was a full-on member of the KISS Army. 😃
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Awesome. They were my 2nd concert.
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Super-cool. And they liked the song so much, they included it twice!
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Great review! Cool throwback ….
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I remember this tune, crazy to hear it back after so long, nice piece.
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Thanks. Always fun to revisit old songs.
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I’m wondering if maybe there’s a favorite KISS collectible series here or even most expensive or rare.
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Maybe someday. My collection is still small and sticks mostly to vinyl although I am starting to branch out.
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Ezrin had that ability to piece together random songs that maybe no one thought to do. He did it with Pink Floyd and also with Alice Cooper.
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He was Dr. Frankenstein and he pieced together parts to make monster hits.
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Dee Snider wanted Ezrin to produce the follow up to Stay Hungry. Ezrin heard the demos and asked for more demos. And he passed on the gig because he didn’t hear a hit in those demos. That’s the Gold standard.
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He would know. But then again, he did do Elder.
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Coming after The Wall he probably thought he was indestructible. Lol.
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LOL. Good point.
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You might have a collectors item with that. Any different thing like that could be worth something…it’s fun to have.
The only weird thing I ever had was a Led Zeppelin single…with The Crunge and D’yer Maker with the labels wrong. I grew up thinking D’yer Maker was called The Crunge.
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Wait until Thursday post. It is something that I have heard described that if you are a Kiss collector, you have to have this. And I do.
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I love collectibles of any kind…especially the 70s…
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