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MUSIC FROM "THE ELDER"

Release Details:
Casablanca/PolyGram 6302-163 (Australia, 11/81)
Casablanca/Phonogram 6302-163 (Europe, 11/81)
Phonogram PIC6302-163 (Holland, 1981 - Picture Disc)
Casablanca/Polystar 28S-23 (Japan, 1981 - Gatefold Cover)
Polystar R00C-2023 (Japan, 1984)
Polystar P33C-20011 (Japan, 1988 - CD Reissue)
Mercury PHCR-6112 (Japan, 1997 - CD Remaster)
Mercury PHCR-94052 (Japan, 9/19/1998 - Reissue)
Universal/Mercury UICY-3851 (Japan, 6/9/05 - Reissue)
Universal Music UICY-6425 (Japan, 9/27/06 - Reissue)
Casablanca STAR-6001 (South Africa, Gatefold)
Casablanca NBLP-7261 (US, 11/10/81)
Casablanca/PolyGram 6480-071 (US Export)
Casablanca/PolyGram 824-153-2 (US CD Reissue, 5/23/89)
Mercury 532-390-2/4 (Int. Remaster, 10/7/97)
RIAA: n/a
Album Gatefold
Original US Issue Plastic Inner Dust Sleeve
US Issue Lyric Inner Dust Sleeve: Front | Back
Original US Lyric Insert Sheet Page 1 | Page 2
Original US Picture Center-ring
Original US Rear Cover Credits Type I | Type 2
Turkish alternate Elder Cover
Japanese Sticker Insert


Tracks:
US/European Version:
  A1. The Oath ··· (4:32) - Stanley/Ezrin/Powers        
  A2. Fanfare ··· (1:22) - Ezrin/Stanley        
  A3. Just A Boy ··· (2:30) - Stanley/Ezrin        
  A4. Dark Light ··· (4:12) - Frehley/Fig/Reed/Simmons        
  A5. Only You ··· (4:19) - Simmons        
  A6. Under The Rose ··· (4:49) - Carr/Simmons        
  B1. A World Without Heroes ··· (2:40) - Stanley/Ezrin/Reed/Simmons        
  B2. Mr. Blackwell ··· (4:53) - Simmons/Reed        
  B3. Escape From The Island ··· (2:50) - Frehley/Ezrin/Carr        
  B4. Odyssey ··· (5:36) - Powers        
  B5. I ··· (3:52) - Simmons/Ezrin        



Japanese Version:
  A1. Fanfare ··· (1:22) - Ezrin/Stanley
  A2. Just A Boy ··· (2:36) - Stanley/Ezrin
  A3. Odyssey ··· (5:28) - Powers
  A4. Only You ··· (4:15) - Simmons
  A5. Under The Rose ··· (4:52) - Carr/Simmons
  B1. Dark Light ··· (4:17) - Frehley/Fig/Reed/Simmons
  B2. A World Without Heroes ··· (2:43) - Stanley/Ezrin/Reed/Simmons
  B3. The Oath ··· (4:31) - Stanley/Ezrin/Powers
  B4. Mr. Blackwell ··· (4:53) - Simmons/Reed
  B5. I ··· (3:53) - Simmons/Ezrin

International Remaster Version:
  01. Fanfare ··· (1:22) - Ezrin/Stanley
  02. Just A Boy ··· (2:30) - Stanley/Ezrin
  03. Odyssey ··· (5:36) - Powers
  04. Only You ··· (4:19) - Simmons
  05. Under The Rose ··· (4:49) - Carr/Simmons
  06. Dark Light ··· (4:12) - Frehley/Fig/Reed/Simmons
  07. A World Without Heroes ··· (2:40) - Stanley/Ezrin/Reed/Simmons
  08. The Oath ··· (4:32) - Stanley/Ezrin/Powers
  09. Mr. Blackwell ··· (4:53) - Simmons/Reed
  10. Escape From The Island ··· (2:50) - Frehley/Ezrin/Carr
  11. I ··· (3:52) - Simmons/Ezrin

Album Notes:
Produced by Bob Ezrin.
Associate producer Brian Christian.
Recorded at Ace In The Hole Studio, CT, March - July 1981, A & R Studios, New York City, NY, May 1981, Record Plant Studios, New York City, NY, May, July - September 1981, Ezrin Farm Studio & Sounds Interchange, Toronto, Canada, March & May 1981.
Recorded by Brian Christian, Rick Hart, Robert Hrycyna and David Brown.
Additional Engineering by Rob Freeman, Corky Stasiak and Kevin Doyle.
Mixed at Manta Sound Studio, Toronto, Canada.

Japanese issue features paper-slip cover with band photo (same as the Oath single cover). There are two versions of the US cover, one with the intended (and Japanese) running order excluding "Escape From The Island", and the other with the US Track order. Another one of the biggest KISS vinyl rarities selling for ever increasing amounts of money is the Turkish alternate Elder Cover released on Dallas records.

Players:
· Paul Stanley ··· Lead guitar/rhythm guitar/bass/lead vocals on 2, 3, & 8.
· Eric Carr ··· Drums on 2, 4-10/back-up vocals.
· Gene Simmons ··· Bass/lead vocals on 4, 5, 7, 9, & 11/guitar.
· Ace Frehley ··· Lead buitar/rhythm Guitar/lead vocals on 06/Bass on 06.
· Bob Ezrin ··· Bass on 8 & 10/keyboards/percussion.
· Allan Schwartzberg ··· Drums on 03 & 11.