2006
Please NOTE: It has been suggested that this box, though not the CD contents, is an UNOFFICIAL item. One of KISSFAQ message board posters reports an email from a Japanese Record store that states: "The box set is not an official release. A certain CD shop makes a box and put the official CDs into it and sell it as a box set. Therefore we don't sell it as it is not the official one" (Thanks Casaboontha). However, it is known that the 500 copies were produced by Disk Union for non-Export domestic use as a promo item for customers purchasing the whole release set...
Just like the original "Double Platinum," foil-covered and embosed. The heavy-gauge cardboard construction is quality and solid. The box dimensions" 5.875x5.875x3.125". Out slides the CD container. Even with the extra "Destroyer" gatefold theres room for a few additional CDs...
The construction detailed. Note the contents printed on the side of the box...
The new "Summer School Of Rock" CDs & obis. The silver obis nicely complement the box. The downside is that this series of CD sell for more in Japan than usual, ¥2100+ for a single CD versus the normal ¥14-1700. That translates into a few dollars difference for each title...
The minature reproduction obis from the 1970s. Let's see if I can get this right:
Top row: "Originals II," "Rock And Roll Over" expanded, "Originals," "Alive II," and "Double Platinum."
Bottom row: "Love Gun," "KISS," "Dressed To Kill" (SWX), "Hotter Than Hell," "Dynasty," "Alive!" (SJET), "Destroyer," and "Rock And Roll Over."
The uncut "Originals" packaging. It's not the heaviest gauge cardboard, so it'd make more of a cover rap really. It also omits the original Japanese release code and details...
The uncut "Originals II" packaging. It's not the heaviest gauge cardboard, so it'd make more of a cover rap really. It also omits the original Japanese release code and details...
"KISS" & "Hotter Than Hell" releases. Single card sleeves with lyric/bio inserts. The "KISS" cover is a repro of the NB-9001 issue without "Kissin' Time" credited on the rear cover...
"Dressed To Kill" release. Single card sleeve with repro embossed cover and lyric/bio insert...
"Alive!" release. Gatefold card sleeve with repro 8-page booklet and lyric/bio insert...
The standard "Destroyer" release. Single card sleeve with repro original inner dust sleeve and lyric/bio insert...
"Rock And Roll Over." Single card sleeve with repro original inner dust sleeve, sticker, and lyric/bio insert...
"Love Gun" release. Single card sleeve with repro original inner dust sleeve, pop-gun, and lyric/bio insert...
"Alive II" release. Gatefold sleeve with repro original inner dust sleeves, booklet, tattoo sheet, and lyric/bio insert...
"Double Platinum" release. Single card sleeve with repro original foil cover, mini-award, and lyric/bio insert...
"Dynasty" release. Single card sleeve with repro original inner dust sleeve, fold-out poster, and lyric/bio insert...