04. KISS - "Ladies In Waiting" (50th Anniversary franKENstein DTK Remix)

Happy 50th anniversary to DRESSED TO KILL…released March 18th, 1975.

This album was done very quickly and released shortly before they decided to record the shows that would become Alive! and put them over the top. Most of the songs were hastily written and recorded and often Peter and other members had no idea how the final songs would end up once vocals were added. This is most evident in Peter's drumming. Although many consider this album to include some of Peter's best studio performances, many of the arrangements are sparse with few accents of fills. They even resorted to recording two Wicked leftovers. In addition to that the songs (and the album) are very short with nearly every song following a verse/chorus/verse/chorus/solo (maybe)/chorus to fade pattern. I have attempted to extend some of the arrangements while leaving the main parts of the songs alone. Only the endings have been altered in most cases.

As with all my remixes, the original drums have been blended with custom samples taken mostly from other KISS recordings. This is an attempt to "clean them up" without giving them too much of a "modern" sound. The guitars have been run through an amp modeler to add some overdrive/distortion. Those are blended with the original guitar track to thicken them up without completely changing the overall tone. The bass also has some added grit to simulate Gene's live tone somewhat which fills the songs out more. It is true that every single song has an acoustic guitar mixed VERY quietly under the guitar parts. I was able to separate it, with varying result. These parts are more audible in a few songs, but they are always playing what the distorted guitars are playing so there is nothing really added to the arrangement in most cases. I have used some stereo simulation to widen the background vocals.

You can download the audio files (FLAC/WAV/MP3) and videos for "C'mon And Love Me" and "Rock And Roll All Nite" here...
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