THE SINGLES
Australian "I" b/w "The Oath" (Casablanca/PolyGram 6000-717). This single includes an edited version of "I" with "Got the balls to stand" changed to "Got the guts to stand". This was the first proper Australian single to feature a picture sleeve, though this one is cheaply manufactured...
Australian "A World Without Heroes" b/w "Dark Light" (Casablanca/PolyGram 6000-769). This single was quickly withdrawn following its release, making it hard to find, though this was standard practice in Australia. It did not come with a picture sleeve...
Austrian single with the same cover on both sides (Casablanca/Phonogram 6000-717)...
Austrian single (Casablanca/Phonogram 6000-769)...
Canadian "A World Without Heroes" b/w "Dark Light" single (Casablanca/PolyGram NB-2343X). This did not come with a picture sleeve...
French single (Casablanca/Phonogram 6000-717)...
German single (Casablanca/Phonogram 6000-717)...
Dutch single (Casablanca/Phonogram 6000-717)...
Dutch single (Casablanca/Phonogram 6000-769). One of the rarest KISS picture sleeve singles...
Italian single (Casablanca/Phonogram 6000-717). Italy also issued this as a promotional single with a non-KISS artist on the B-side. Additionally, "The Oath" (5000-606) and "Only You" (5000-611) were released promotionally, also with non-KISS artist on the B-sides. During early 1982 some copies of the single came with a special "San Remo" picture sleeve to commemorate KISS' satellite appearance at the music festival...
Japanese "I" b/w "Just A Boy" single (Polystar/Casablanca 7S-46)...
Japanese "The Oath" b/w "Escape From The Island" single (Polystar/Casablanca 7S-54). "Escape From The Island" wasn't included on Japanese pressings of "The Elder," though it would be included on 1982's "KISS Killers"...
UK 7" picture disc...