THE RETURN OF KISS TOURBOOKS
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THE RETURN OF KISS v1
1979
According to KISS collector, Shawn Fox: " The story behind this tourbook is that it was printed first and was to be the Official DYNASTY tourbook. After a few hundred or so were pressed someone, whether Bill Aucoin or Kiss etc, decided to change the cover to the more common one we all know. That tourbook (the one with the DYNASTY cover) was sold at the first couple shows of the DYNASTY tour and sold out faster than expected. So these original books were sent down to the Savannah show as temporary replacements until the next batch of regular DYNASTY tourbooks were shipped in. The RETURN OF KISS book was only available at the Savannah show and possible the Columbia,SC show as well.There is a photo that exists of the merch stand from Savannah that shows the book for sale. Any other stories you hear about the book are false as the book was never reprinted and was never available anywhere else. " A recent copy went on eBay for around $10,000. Watch out bootlegs about, though... ★★★★★★★★★★ ★★★★★ ★★★★★ ★★★★★
Thanks to Shawn Fox for the info!
THE RETURN OF KISS v2
1979
Version 2 of this 20-page book (with new DYNASTY album artwork) had a few variants of it's own, with different advertisements appearing in different books. The third version has more tour pics and extra pages. ★★★★★
Take a look at all three versions here
1979
According to KISS collector, Shawn Fox: " The story behind this tourbook is that it was printed first and was to be the Official DYNASTY tourbook. After a few hundred or so were pressed someone, whether Bill Aucoin or Kiss etc, decided to change the cover to the more common one we all know. That tourbook (the one with the DYNASTY cover) was sold at the first couple shows of the DYNASTY tour and sold out faster than expected. So these original books were sent down to the Savannah show as temporary replacements until the next batch of regular DYNASTY tourbooks were shipped in. The RETURN OF KISS book was only available at the Savannah show and possible the Columbia,SC show as well.There is a photo that exists of the merch stand from Savannah that shows the book for sale. Any other stories you hear about the book are false as the book was never reprinted and was never available anywhere else. " A recent copy went on eBay for around $10,000. Watch out bootlegs about, though... ★★★★★★★★★★ ★★★★★ ★★★★★ ★★★★★
Thanks to Shawn Fox for the info!
THE RETURN OF KISS v2
1979
Version 2 of this 20-page book (with new DYNASTY album artwork) had a few variants of it's own, with different advertisements appearing in different books. The third version has more tour pics and extra pages. ★★★★★
Take a look at all three versions here