Unboxing the KISS 1978 Solo Album 40th Anniversary Box Set - In My Head Unboxing Episode
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- Join me as I unbox my KISS 1978 Solo Album 40th Anniversary Box Set. I talk about the box set itself and share memories and thoughts.
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I’ve got Ace's as a picture disc and he signed it for me in London in 1988, it’s awesome :)
Ace rules
That's a fuckin' heirloom there brother! Cheers!
I'm sure I'm not the only one, but I still have the 4 original albums from when they first came out. Over the last 40+ years my album collection has ebbed and waned, but I've made sure to hang on to these four.
I’m with you. Paul’s has continued to grow on me too. It’s almost the equal to Aces. It’s catching up fast.
Great box set
great job, thx 4 showin' the posters too, i didn't get these as a kid, but now at least i know what they looked like back in the days. What an incredible band.
Cool! I Got Em C- Cassettes And Two Cassettes Were Opening Left Handed! 🙃.
I Love All The Albums. Back Then Paul's Was My Most Favourite And Then Ace' And Then Peter's And Gene's. Fan Since 1976.
🤘😝🤘
Thanks for sharing this. I can feel your excitement.
Great box set.
I got a promo of Pauls album, still in shrink with the poster and the merchandise order sheet...
man, that's great, what a great gift. You're taking me back to when these albums came out. I was 16 back then. Thanks for sharing and rock on!
thank you for watching
Lets be honest this takes us back to when we were young.
Uh...yup.
It totally does. Thanks for watching
I enjoyed that
Thanks for taking the time
Thank you so much for showing this, I just ordered mine I am so excited to get it, all I can say Kiss is absolutely amazing!!💖💖💖💖
KISS is the Best!
Happy bday to you! These are great! My cousin Ron got this set too and he said its awesome! I found my solo copies the old fashioned way! Record bin hunting!
I have the ones from 1978 complete with posters and order forms. I need to make a video going though my KISS record collection.
@@InMyHead I am missing all posters 🙁 but Ace's poster (because I got his new!)
Takes me back to.the good old days i got all of them for chirst mas in 78 i was 13 i loved them all but petter was my favret ❤😂🎉
Dude, I would frame those album covers, and those posters!
40 years Damn I remember buying those when they came out in Brighton Michigan @ Music box record store in the mall.
Happy for you and happy birthday . Great gift .
This was cool. Thanks. And happy belated birthday
thanks Jay
Awesome box set of the 1978 solos ,!
Thank you. I love it. They did a really good job on it. I still would like to have these in more of a box set style of how they did with Destroyer and Creatures though. Thanks for watching!
Wow!! Those look amazing! Awesome gift from your wife. I really want to get these now!
They have dropped from 199 to 149
Excelente! Saludos desde Bahía Blanca,Argentina.
I had Ace's and Paul's (and I think I still do) and wore those grooves out!
Man, that is SUPER pretty! Thank you for sharing this. This was fun,. Felt like Christmas LOL. Good score man. NEW MISSION....The hunt for a Gene with a Cherokee sticker has begun!!
i've never mentioned the bumper sticker, but every time i find a gene solo album in the wild I flip it over looking for that sticker.
Great package 👍
What a wonderful experience. Amazing.thanks a lot.i am excited. I want this so bad. The prize does not matter. Very nice video.I am 54 years old. Greetings from Germany.
thanks for watching all the way in Germany. I love my international viewers too!
Wow that was so interesting and fantastic I’m 53 and this is the same error that I love and kisses well great channel!!!!!!!!
Thank you. Thanks for watching
Man!! Wish i had this!! Really enjoyed this !!
I wanted to buy that one so badly, now I'm finally sold. Thanks, fella :)
THE THICC SCALE! WHY AM I JUST SEEING THIS??????? GREAT VIDEO BRANT
Haha Russ whenever I borrow the Thicc scale from you guys I try to mention you I have not opened it yet will open it for the track versus track video between raro and love gun
Wow Amazing ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Great stuff! I've got the four original picture discs. So beautiful together.
Fantastic video , Brant. Happy Belated Birthday🤘🏻
thank you Mick
@@InMyHead
You are welcome, Brant
Thank you so much for sharing. So awesome 🤘🏻
Happy belated birthday, brother! Those pics would be great signed with color coordinated pens for each member. Then you could frame them.
Happy belated birthday! That's a great present! I need to pick that up myself. Those look like some of the best pressings to date.
They are nice. i had a few complaints, but I still love it.
Man that’s super cool I love that... I try not to buy stuff on line but I did get 1984 buy Van Halen I’m mad at my self I didn’t already have it... I may have to pick that up it’d be a good piece of my collection of KISS have a good week and stay safe.
THIS IS BEAUTIFUL!!! HAPPY LATE BIRTHDAY BRANT.....
Hi,this is great, I’m going to try to find this box set..
Phenomenal gift! What’s so funny is last night I actually ordered this set from the Sound of Vinyl after seeing they had a 30% off coupon, and I just couldn’t resist getting it after seeing how much it would cost after applying the coupon. I believe I wished you Happy Birthday on Twitter, but just in case I didn’t, Happy Late Birthday!
Thank you Sam glad you picked these up
God, this makes me feel old.
I bought all 4 albums when originally issued in the picture disc versions.
Awesome love that box set. I'm jealous sir!
Thanks for Watching!
Back in ‘78 I had Gene’s and Ace’s. never got the other two.
Nostalgia overload :)
Nice Score! Watched your stuff for a while and always enjoy it. Finally SUBSCRIBED. Started when you have those Paul lip synced videos. I got a couple of those Tangerine Aqua Love Gun’s from Walmart yesterday. Got one is a frame that displays the album cover and record album. The other I will leave it unsealed. Keep Up The Good Work!
I'll be opening mine in the upcoming RARO vs Love Gun track versus track video
Very cool.
Wow! That is damn cool.
That awesome man I’m planning on getting the box set of the solo albums for me my favourite one of the solo album is Ace Frehley 🤘🤘🤘
For some unknown reason, I was gifted Gene's for Christmas '78 by my auntie...absolutely wretched, but it was a prized possession of mine for years nonetheless. Kiss Army 4 Life!
Thanks for watching
That is one awesome box set.
Thanks man
An excellent video about a beautiful product containing (let's face it) pretty bad music! Thumbs up!
I completely forgot that Ace had his signature on the back when the others didn’t.
The solos should have been released like this back in ‘78. Would have cost about $22 and could have been HUGE.
If only their marketing team at Casablanca wasn’t at the time more interested in wasting their time and budget on Donna Summer and cocaine.
KISS are legends. :D
Great stuff i have the original 4
Gorgeous set man!👍🏼 I cannot believe they didn't even wrap a sheet of bubble wrap around it! Wtf..?!🤬
i know right, i mean hell.
"Beautiful Object"
Tbh, out of all solo albums, Pauls is my favorite
Speaking of frames for the posters you could have the frame cut to fit the edge of each and fit into each other like the way the posters connect
Hands down Ace frehley number one !! 🤘👍🥁💯⚡⚡
I am a big Kiss fan but I don't collect most of the stuff they make. I have better things to do with my money because I own a custom guitar business and I just don't have the desire to collect the stuff but I do enjoy knowing about it and seeing it.
Really nice! Not to be not picky but , I would have loved to see Paul's a darker purple and Ace's a darker blue.
Your right from our end, looking at Ace's it looks like Tar Heel Blue. But I love the way they recreated everything but with better quality. Smashing!
Also, the video made me look into my original Peter Criss album for exactly, the credits page, poster and the cool order form. Hot Dawg!
Awesome yeah my original 1978 copies have those too, i'm going to be making a video showing my collection.
Hey Brant i aplogise if i offended you.big misunderstanding..i like your show .
Oh man! This was great......I was a bit put off by the price and didn't buy it because of that......but seeing it now for what it is.....I absolutely love it. That's what I want for Christmas next year......even if I have to buy it myself. That is awesome!!!! Thank you for sharing this!!!! Can you do a vid of you playing your fave tracks from each of these colored vinyls.....would love to hear what they sound like. Your wife is so cool for getting this for you......and so patient of you for waiting to open them for us!!!! Talk to you soon!
It has actually dropped from 199 to 149 so now might be the time to pick it up.
@@InMyHead hmmmm...where at sound of vinyl?
The prints look darker than the album cover. Ace's print looks very dark. Every time I see a photo of Ace's cover, the blue look a bit different, like if it was the most difficult color of the four albums to reproduce. I bought an original 78 canadian Ace solo they other day. The cover was mate. Strange because I always thought that my original - wich I don't hav anymore) was glossy (canadian). Thanks for that video. Love it. Looking forward to by the boxset.
I bought this set a while back. When I opened mine, Ace's album was on top, followed by Peter, then Paul. Gene was last. Lol
Oh, so best to worst. Cool...
Genes album was the album of the year.
All I can say is that is Bad Ass !
Just got this for $89 from Sound of Vinyl :D
Whoa 😲 That is an Amazing deal! This box set goes for $258 bucks now on Amazon.
Hay que comprar esta joya saludos de kiss army chile 🤘☠️
ACE FOREVER !!!!!!!!!!
200 bucks LOL I got the solo albums when they came out. Been a fan since 1975 Alive was my first album. They got enough money from me till they actually put out a product thats worth while. How bout an Alive box set with a bonus of the complete shows they recorded.
I was rewatching your episode on a newer TV that is more geared towards you know resolution of a clear looking at different things and if you look at your electric blue Ace freely album at a slant you said about the swirls on Paul Stanley's album there is planets it looks like if there's Saturn and a moon and a star in the end grain of the album you might want to check that out but I see that whenever you hold it at a slant.
While the Ace poster only has three portraits, his pin-up figure is disproportionately larger than the other 3. My guess is David Byrd (the artist) saw his larger scale as a way to compensate for this particular shortcoming. Also, if you look at Ace’s portrait illustration with the smoking guitar, it actually takes up the same amount of space as the double Gene, Paul and Peter sections. Now throw in the planet Saturn to complete the composition and there you go. Plus he’s the bookend piece of the mural so I’m sure his placement was also a factor.
I’m an illustration major so I’m able to figure out the process that went into this.
where do you get these box sets that we have been seeing here on you tube? theres box sets for the elder and box sets for bootlegs that were already released on cd? ive been trying to find out and have gotten no reply yet.
I couldn't help but notice that the font used for the band members names on the covers is different from the originals. I can't really make out the smaller print's font.
the swirls are'nt on Primary colors (gene &Ace) specialty colors have the swirls.
The packaging issue was probably the postal service’s fault. I’ve had nothing but good luck with that company.
I had Gene's solo album and couldn't get into it. Radio Active was definitely a good song, but had to sit through "The Omen" type intro to get there. And, what was Bob Seger's actual contribution to the album? He's supposedly on Radio Active, but I can't hear his voice.
Just got the Box set signed By Gene Simmons..so Jacked
Solid set, never was overly impressed with the solo albums though especially Gene's it was the worst of the four followed by Peter Criss. Ace's was always the best but honestly after two tracks it fades away too, Paul's was second in my book. Eitherway this set's price is all over the map. Just had a guy try to screw me into paying $400 for it ha, pass you can by it brand new for 1/2 that price if not less. People need to be more honest and upfront sad how during these times people are trying to screw one another.
"speeding back to my baby/and I don't mean maybe"...Who needs Lennon/McCartney when ya got Frehley?
Damn... Is there anyway to get those prints you show toward the end of the video? It looks like they were printed are very high quality photo paper.
They are very high quality and its almost like they are plastic coated paper
Wh4en KISS did the best pf the Solo Records that image would make a great CD picture disc.
Hey man i still have the plastic bag the solo lps came in from 78
The posters in the original solo albums that I purchased in 1978 where not "keyed". They were straight edged. Still have them.
Mine were keyed, i still have some from 1978 that I will be showing in a video soon.
@@InMyHead that's so strange. I could send you a pic if you'd like. Maybe it was only the Canadian versions 🤷♂️
@@granthoule it might have been being the Canadian versions
@@InMyHead In Canada they were straight edged.
@@granthoule Yes. In Canada they were straight edged.
I'd be mad if that was mine and I pulled out the Ace album to find the corner bent like that
i know, man it's hard to get new vinyl in good shape these days. the scuffing on the covers had be a little bent too.
@@InMyHead Agreed! It is really hard to get vinyl in good shape these days. It seems like there is always some kind of flaw. If not bent corners, then warped and off-center records. Another thing I see a lot of lately is spots of non fill (dimples) on the vinyl. It’s Frustrating 🤦🏻♂️
I watch all these unboxing of these awesome box sets but I can't seem to find them anywhere like eBay and Amazon etc I just can't find any of them and really want some if you could help me out....
Search KISS solo album box set on ebay. There are several on there with inflated prices, but that is about the only way to get them now.
I still think Pauls was a Kizz sounding Album Very good he was the sound of Kizz after all doing most vocals..Aces was my most played and only subsequently a Kizz sounding album
With no major reference points besides Rocket Ride all Ace ( Dunno who drummed dont think Peter?) and Shock me to a lesser degree as Paul n Gene played Rythym n Bass I think was okay
Aces wasnt kizz sounding THEN but musically probably better Heavier
.. vocally pretty good I Love In Need of Love, that really blew my mind the heavyness
Gene and Peters have there moments My Mum loveddd Peters
Even although Peters is seen as un Kizz like he did sing Hard Luck Woman and Beth ikn same Genre as most of his
Genes was too soft I thought but still his chance to Indulge his own thing
I love ..See you Tonite
Did he say dang? Omfg!!!
They pressed a million of each solo LP in 1978 and only 2 million sold in total the rest were returned and now they repress them?
when the quality of the presentation exceeds the quality of the contents... the solo albums killed my love for Kiss, Dynasty was the final blow.
$350 and they couldn’t provide any unreleased material, radio spots or alternate takes? The LPs look cool, but shouldn’t they be the same color as on the covers? The slipmat and posters are tremendously cool, but this is another cash grab that I will pass on. But you have a wonderful wife, and happy belated birthday.
Actually Melvins did a tribute to the KISS solo albums with similar covers,gatefolds,etc....Google it
You know, lots of bands from the 70s had all the members with solo albums, they just did not market to Kids.
Im trying to think...please give names
Now I don’t own genes solo album and I was about to buy it but after seeing this I’m gonna wait to buy this box set. Because this looks great but genes poster the way it’s folded up really gets me mad and Brent I drink the blue kool aid too!
Очень люблю альбом peter criss , кто бы что не говорил
melvins also released solo albums 🤔
All on the same day in a collaborative effort?
You have a good wife.
It is the green and purple plastic syndrome ...eventually will become brittle
I won't buy this set because they weren't great. The hype for the 1978 solo albums were greater than the music. I felt the 40th anniversary edition should have had outtakes, extra songs and such from the solo albums.
Tell your wife she's a great person.
Every penny worth $200.
Swirls!
Oh no. I believe it's sold out😢😑😭😔. My life is ruined
Available from the US site of sound of vinyl thesoundofvinyl.us/products/kiss-solo-albums-4lp-box-set?variant=32075360632925
Ace gene paul peter