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(HCRD 8651) released 1996 by Hudson Canyon
Records
LABEL :
USA / Portugal : Hudson Canyon
Records -
compact disc - HCRD 8651
musicians (except
on track 03 and 09) :
Marty Joe Kupersmith (lead
vocals, rhythm guitar)
Michael Utley (keyboards, synthesizers)
J. Eric Johnson (synthesizers and B3 on track 04 and 07)
Rick Shlosser (drums)
Cliff Hugo (bass)
Armanda Campeon (bass on track 02 and 06)
Jumpin' Jack Sherman (lead guitar)
Elliot Randall (lead guitar on track 04 and 07)
Doug Hamblin (lead guitar on track 02 and 05)
Lon Price (sax)
Timothy B. Schmit (background vocals)
Annie Stocking (background vocals)
Chuck Negron (background vocals)
Thomas Jeffersn Kaye (background vocals)
musicians (on
track 03 and 09) :
Marty Joe Kupersmith (lead and
background vocals, rhythm guitar, lead guitar)
J. Eric Johnson (keyboards)
Nelson Otis Williams Jr. (drums)
John Licata (bass)
Elliot Randall (lead guitar on track 03)
Jimmy Calvert (lead guitar)
Andrew Lloyd (percussion on track 03)
Snooky and Tish (background vocals)
Jim Reeves (background vocals)
NOTES :
Produced by by Thomas Jefferson
Kaye (except track 03 and 09).
Track 03 and 09 : Produced by Marty Joe Kupersmith.
Produced at Fidelity Records, L.A. (except track 03 and 09).
Track 03 and 09 : Produced at Reeves Sound, White Plains, N.Y.
Engineered by Cliff Zellman (except track 03, 05 and 09).
Track 05 : Engineered by Dave Lopez.
Track 03 and 09 : Engineered bi Jimmy Reeves.
Arranged by Michael Utley (except track 03 and 09).
Track 03 and 09 : Arranged by Marty Joe Kupersmith.
Executive Producer : John Matarozzo.
Extra NOTES
(by Julian Gill / Jelle Jansen) :
"You Make It Hard For Me" has long been known as a title of a song that Ace
Frehley wrote with Sebastian Bach prior to the start of the KISS
"Psycho
Circus" sessions.
The song was demoed by Ace Frehley, Sebastian Bach, Richie Scarlett, and Anton Fig.
At the time it was apparently close to making the album, but was eventually cut. According to Sebastian, "I talked to Gene Simmons and I asked him what happened and he said he didn't want any songs about sex on the new record because he had done so many songs like that" (ballbustermusic). As the title would suggest, there is some sexual innuendo reminiscent to KISS' own "(You Make Me) Rock Hard" from the "Smashes, Thrashes, and Hits" album released in 1988, though the lyrics (see below) are a bit more direct. It is also ironic to hear the suggestion that Gene didn't want the song on the album for sexual reasons (especially when fans were being sold the line that producer Bruce Fairbairn was in ultimate control of what was recorded for the
album, but that's another aside)...
At the time it was easy to accept Sebastian's comment blaming
Gene for the lack of the song's inclusion on the album. It was
known that a lot of music had been written and had not made the
album, not just Ace's material.
The copyright registration for a song with the title "You Make It Hard For Me"
is credited to Ace Frehley and Marty Kupersmith. Marty had been a member of Jay & The Americans (a band with ties to Paul Stanley's Uncle Joe band) and had written
"We
Got Your Rock" in 1983 - it soon found itself to Ace and turned up on his first post-KISS solo album.
From the Frehley/Kupersmith copyright it was noted that the song was written in 1985. Marty had copy-written the song (PAu-1-829-029) in early 1994 - correctly noting Ace's co-writing contribution. So, it would seem that the 1998 song borrowed at least the title from the 1985 composition. Additionally, Marty had released his version of the song on his
1996 album, "It'll Come To You" This release of the song could go some way to explaining the song's absence from "Psycho Circus" and further Ace
Frehley interest.
The demo recording of the song with Ace Frehley, Sebastian Bach,
Richie Scarlett, and Anton Fig, is described in Sebastian Bach's
book "18 And Life On Skid Row" (Chapter's 12 and 15). In 2009
the song ended up on Ace Frehley's "Anomaly"
album with new lyrics entitled "Foxy
& Free". According to Sebastian
Bach, the 2009 version of the song is the same as the way they
recorded it halfway the 90's ..., but without the co-writing
credits for Bach.
Finally, the original demo of "You Make It Hard For Me" is
released in 2017, as one of the bonus tracks on the "Anomaly
DeLuxe Edition".
You Make It Hard for Me
(lyrics -
MARTY JOE KUPERSMITH
version)
[Verse]
You look so good, you get me hot
I would if I could, take everything you got
You got a funky butt, long legs too
You kinda look like a slut
You make me come too soon
Lovin' you is easy, easy as can be
But when we're alone girl...
[Chorus]
You make it hard for me
You make it hard for me
You make it hard for me
You make it hard for me
Don't know which way to go
You make it hard for me
[Verse]
A little bit nasty, a little bit nice
Like leather and satin, fire and ice
One thing for certain; I'll be your slave
You've got what it takes, baby
To raise the dead from the grave
Lovin' you is easy, easy as can be
But when we're alone girl... (Whoa)
[Chorus]
Don't know which way to go
You make it hard for me
[Guitar Break]
Let's go!
[Guitar Solo]
Lovin' you is easy, easy as can be
But when we're alone girl... (Whoa)
[Chorus]
So hard...
You're such a good little girl
To this bad little guy
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