March 7 : Tribute
album Buffalo Rock City II" Volume One 1976-1977
Vinyl release *PRE-ORDER AVAILABLE NOW* From :
Taylor Stursa (Buffalo Rock City)
After a long wait, "Buffalo
Rock City II"
is FINALLY coming out on vinyl! Since being released on CD in
November of 2023, fans have been clamoring for it's release on
vinyl. Honestly, what held the album back from being released on
vinyl was that there was so much great material on the CD. Pressing
vinyl is EXPENSIVE and it is very limiting, time wise. You are only
allotted 23 minutes per side and our only options for the releasing
the album on vinyl, were either removing a bunch of songs for a
single vinyl release, or making a double album edition, which would
have been so costly to make, it would have put our price point at a
dollar amount we didn't think fans would want to pay.
So
what we decided to do is release "Buffalo
Rock City II"
into 2 Volumes. But it's not just the songs from the original CD,
we're talking bonus tracks baby! 10 bonus tracks in total.
Volume One 1976-1977 features songs exclusively from "Rock and Roll
Over" and "Love Gun." To properly represent the era this volume
focuses upon, the artwork by Kevin Conrad has been updated to
feature the "Catman" on the cover. There are 6 previously unreleased
bonus tracks (featuring "Hooligan" sung by Ryan Spencer Cook from
the Ace Frehley band), along with 6 tracks from the CD release. All
of the tracks have been mastered specifically for vinyl by
world-renowned mastering engineer Anthony Casuccio.
Volume One is available exclusively online at the
bandcamp
website and will be released on Record Store Day, April 12, 2025.
The vinyl release is a limited edition, as there are only 200 copies
being made available World-Wide.
The featured track you get when pre-ordering (which you can also
download) is "I Want You" featuring vocals by Buffalo's own Nat
Peace (Analog Kids, Call for the Priest).
The wait was definitely worth it and make sure you pre-order Volume
One before it's Sold Out!
February 28 :
ACE FREHLEY Reteams with Producer ALEX SALZMAN for 'Origins Vol. 3'
album From
:
blabbermouth.net
During an appearance on the February 27 episode of SiriusXM's "Trunk
Nation With Eddie Trunk", Ace Frehley confirmed that he is working
on "Origins Vol. 3", the sequel to Ace's 2016 and 2020 collections
of cover songs that inspired the former KISS guitarist. He said (as
transcribed by
blabbermouth.net):
"I decided to reconnect with my old producer Alex Salzman. So, it
won't be me and Steve Brown," referencing the TRIXTER
guitarist/vocalist who helmed Ace's latest solo album, 2024's "10.000
Volts".
"It'll be me and Alex Salzman collaborating on that record since
Alex did 'Origins
Vol. 1'
and 'Origins
Vol. 2'
and we have a formula that we came up with and it seemed to work."
Ace continued: "I was listening to the [first two 'Origins'] records
last night on YouTube in my office on my desk. I have a set of Bose
speakers, and the albums sound just as good as the new album,
'10,000 Volts'. So, I'm gonna go back to my old formula with Alex.
And maybe I'll bring back Steve to do the [next all-original] album
since he's a very, very good songwriter and guitar player and
engineer as well."
Asked if he has decided which songs he will cover on "Origins Vol.
3" yet, including whether he will once again do remakes of some KISS
songs, Ace said: "I haven't decided. I have a list of about 50
songs, so… I really don't wanna give anything away. It's too soon."
Regarding the possibility of "Origins Vol. 3" being released in
2025, Ace said: "I could have it ready [this year]. I can do the
album in a month because I don't have to write the songs. That's the
beauty of the 'Origins' series. I don't write. So, the recording
process is pretty seamless and rapid because all I have to do is
Ace-ify it.
February 22 :
Gene Simmons guests on upcoming The Stylistics album From
:
Kiss Related Recordings On
February 21 Soul veterans
The STYLISTICS
have released their first album
in 17 years, featuring guest appearances from some big Rock names.
The 21-track "Falling in Love With My Girl" includes contributions
from GENE SIMMONS (KISS), Justin Hawkins (The Darkness), Billy Gibbons
(ZZ Top), Ron Wood (Rolling Stones), Steve Lukather (Toto), Shania Twain and others.
Arriving on Feb. 21, 2025 It’s their first album since 2008’s "That
Same Way". Co-founders Airrion Love and Herb Murrell remain in the
band after 56 years, along with Jason Sharp, who joined in 2011.
The Stylistics – ‘Falling in Love With My Girl’ Track and Guest List
01. “Falling In Love With My Girl” – with Justin Hawkins
02. “Who Am I” – with Ron Wood and Jay Graydon
03. “Leave So Soon”
04. “Sad Tomorrows”
05. “Infatuation”
06. “Yes, I Will” – with Shania Twain, Steve Luthaker, Ray Parker
Jr., Nathan East
07. “Jealousy”
08. “Whatever Happened to Our Love” – with Nigel Olsson, Bill
Champlin and The Real Thing
09. “You’ll Live Forever” – with Billy F. Gibbons
10. “Endless Days”
11. “Take Me Back to Rainbows”
12. “Lost and Alone”
13. “Don’t Leave Me Here” – with GENE SIMMONS and Tower of Power
14. “Holy Water”
15. “Rock and a Heartbeat” – with Tower of Power
16. “I Could Never Leave Her” – with Tower of Power
17. “Debbie”
18. “Sonnet 18”
19. “I Get a Feeling”
20. “If I Fail”
21. “Take Me Back to Rainbows” – Operatic Version with Carly Paoli
The album is released as a 2CD set, and aloso available at the
digital platforms like
Spotify.
February 17 :
Russ Ballard - ‘God Gave Rock N’ Roll To You’ AI video 2025 From
:
Kiss Related Recordings / Russ Ballard
After "New York Groove' RUSS BALLARD has shared a AI video for his
new rendition of “God Gave Rock N’ Roll To You”, the song that he
penned that was a hit for both Argent and KISS.
ARGENT recorded the song in 1971 anc released it as a single in
1973. KISS re-wrote / covered the song in 1991 as "God Gave Rock 'n'
Roll to You II" for the soundtrack to 'Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey'.
The track was released as a single in 1991 and appeared on the
band's 1992 album Revenge.
Russ Ballard has a new album on the way thanks to Frontiers Music.
In fact, it is two albums in one. The first disc, "Songs From the
Warehouse", is new music, mostly written during the Covid era.
The second disc is one many people have been asking for for a very
long time; Russ Ballard penned songs that have been hits for other
people, "The Hits Re-wired".
Russ Ballard : "I have an album of new songs, recently written, and
I’m sure a surprise to many…another album - new recordings of songs
I’ve written that were hits for other Artists….Since You’ve Been
Gone (Rainbow, Brian May), I Surrender - (Rainbow), New York Groove
- (Ace Frehley/Kiss), I Know There’s Something Going On - (Frida/Abba),
Can’t Shake Loose (Agnetha Faltscog/Abba), So You Win Again (Hot
Chocolate), Winning (Santana), God Gave RnR To You (Argent & Kiss),
No More The Fool (Elkie Brooks), Free Me (Roger Daltrey) and Liar,
(a hit for Three Dog Night)….The hit songs album is called ‘The Hits
Re-wired‘. The album of new songs I’ve called - ‘Songs from The
Warehouse’."
February 5 :
Russ Ballard - who wrote "New York Groove" - re-recorded the song by
himself for his upcoming 2025 "The Hits-Rewired" album. From
:
Kiss Related Recordings / Russ Ballard
Russ Ballard has a new album on the way thanks to Frontiers Music.
In fact, it is two albums in one. The first disc, "Songs From the
Warehouse", is new music, mostly written during the Covid era.
The second disc is one many people have been asking for for a very
long time; Russ Ballard penned songs that have been hits for other
people, "The Hits Re-wired".
The first (AI) video for this upcoming release is for "New York Groove",
which is out today !!
Stream/Purchase Here:
ffm.to/russballardnygroove. .
February 2 :
New Found BRUCE KULICK / MICHAEL BOLTON demo track From
:
Kiss Related Recordings
/ Julian Gill
/ Bruce Kulick
Last week, Julian Gill of KISSfaq messaged me about a newly
discovered demo song from 1986/1987 called 'Chains of Love' by Bruce
Kulick and Michael Bolton, which neither of us had heard of before.
To verify that this AOR-style demo was legitimate, we both reached
out to Bruce Kulick.
Written by Bruce Kulick, Michael Bolotin, and Desmond Child
"Chains Of Love" started off with a musical track demoed by Bruce on his
home recording equipment with a drum machine track, likely in
late-1986/early-1987. Bruce performed the guitars, including a
gorgeous era-appropriate solo, bass, and keyboards, and then
provided the instrumental track to Michael Bolton. Michael
completed the melody and lyrics with songsmith Desmond Child,
and then recorded a vocal track for the demo. The song wouldn't
be used on Michael's 1987 "The
Hunger"
album or "Soul Provider" in 1989, which did include a
collaboration with Desmond Child (and Diane Warren).
A 3:35
version of the completed demo - Engineered by Ira David Hoch -
surfaced in 2022.
February 2 :
Frehley's Comet Live +1 - The Expanded Edition - vinyl re-release
2025 From
:
fridaymusic.com
"Live+1"
was originally a 1988 EP by the hard rock band
FREHLEY'S COMET
led by former Kiss co-founder Ace Frehley. The super rare extended
play recording was meant to keep the radio programmers and fans
happy until the release of the band's second studio album, "Second
Sighting."
The first four songs were recorded live at the Aragon Ballroom in
Chicago, Illinois, on September 4, 1987. The last song, "Words Are
Not Enough," is a rare version of a demo recording the group made in
1985.
This hard rockin' live masterwork has been out of print for decades,
that is until now.....
Friday Music is very pleased to announce for the first time ever
"Live + 1 - The Expanded Edition" by Ace Frehley and Frehley's
Comet.
Mastered impeccably by Joe Reagoso (Ace Frehley/Alice Cooper/David
Bowie) from the Atlantic Records tapes. "Live +1" is now enhanced
with two more bonus tracks making this a highly collectable LP for
all Ace Frehley and Kiss fans.
Frehley's Comet+1 - The Expanded Edition
(Color Vinyl Burgundy Swirl & Orange Crush /
Bonus Tracks/Gatefold)Vinyl LP (Pre-Order 4/25/25)
Description
Expected 4/25/25
* THE ACE FREHLEY
FRIDAY MUSIC VINYL SERIES CONTINUES!!!
* THE RARE 1988 LIVE FREHLEY'S COMET E.P. IS
NOW A FULL LENGTH ALBUM!!!
* NEWLY DISCOVERED BONUS TRACKS
* FIRST TIME EVER BURGUNDY SWIRL VINYL
* FIRST TIME EVER ORANGE CRUSH VINYL
* STUNNING FIRST TIME GATEFOLD COVER ART
* MASTERED IMPECCABLY BY JOE REAGOSO
With newly discovered live recordings of his classic "Shock Me" and
"Cold Gin", we further enhance your listening experience as we press
this album on a striking super limited edition Burgundy Swirl Vinyl.
As an added bonus, "Live + 1 - The Expanded Edition" will also be
featured in a first time ever gatefold album cover presentation,
featuring a stellar rare inner full color gatefold photo of Ace
Frehley.
TRACKS SIDE 1 ;
- Rip-It-Out
- Breakout
- Shock Me (Bonus Track)
TRACKS SIDE 2 ;
- Cold Gin (Bonus Track)
- Something Moved
- Rocket Ride
- Words Are Not Enough
January 22 :
New Found VINNIE VINCENT 1982 Funky-Disco Recording From
:
Kiss Related Recordings
Recently, someone emailed me about a rare Vinnie Vincent recording I
wasn't aware of. To verify that it's not fake, I did some research
and reached out to Richard Friedman, who co-wrote and recorded the
funky disco track "Keep On Dancin'" with Donald Pantoliano under the
name
THIRD RAIL BAND.
So here's a little surprise for you to check out and listen to:
Vinnie Vincent played an amazing lead guitar solo at the end of the
song, starting at the 5:04 mark.
Between 1980 and early 1982, Vinnie Cusano (a.k.a. Vinnie Vincent)
worked for Richard Friedman at We Buy Guitars in NYC. During that
time, they wrote and recorded the demo
"Back
On the Streets"
and a few other songs.
January 17 :
MARINA V - Symphony & Metal (features Bruce Kulick) From
:
Marina V
Award-winning singer/songwriter Marina V unveils her electrifying
new (digital) single, "Symphony
& Metal",
a powerful anthem blending orchestral grandeur and metal intensity.
The track features an all-star lineup, including guitarist
Bruce Kulick
(KISS), bassist David Ellefson (Megadeth), and renowned composer
Steve Horner (known for Bridgerton), with Marina's husband and
co-writer Nick Baker on drums.
