Kiss Boxed Set Due In November

NY (Top40 Charts) - Kiss fans, get your holiday gift lists ready - the band's long-awaited boxed set comes out in the fall. Originally planned for release in time for Halloween, the four-CD, 80-song set is due November 6 from Mercury Records. It will feature rarities including music from Wicked Lester, the pre-Kiss band that featured Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, and Peter Criss, as well as a live take of "Firehouse" and demo recordings of "Deuce" and "Strutter," all of which were featured in their final versions on Kiss's self-titled debut in 1974.

The track list, which is still being firmed up, covers the band's entire history, although it was unclear at press time how the discs would be laid out. In addition, discussions have been held to make the actual box that house the collection different from that of any other retrospective, although none of the Kiss spokespeople would say what the surprise will be.