KISS
 
 
 
Single
12"
Label:
China Records/Polydor 
Catalogue Numbers:
871 039-1  CHINX 11
Disc Catalogue Number:
871 039-1
Audio:
Stereo
Speed:
45 RPM
Release Date:
20th October 1988
Countries:
Europe
1988
China Records Ltd.
© 1988
China Records Ltd.
Original Sound Recording
made by
China Records Ltd.
Made in West Germany
by PDO for PolyGram
Marketed & Distributed by
Polydor Ltd.
Barcode:
0 42287 10391 5
Label Code (LC):
0309
Distribution Code:
POL 122
Rights Societies:
BIEM/STEMRA


 
 
Details

A1.  KISS (The Battery Mix) (featuring Tom Jones) [8:17]
B1.  KISS (7" Version) (featuring Tom Jones) [3:30]
B2.  E.F.L. [5:15]
 
Composed by Prince • Published by Warner Bros. Music Ltd./Controversy Music.
except B2. Composed by Dudley/Jeczalik • Published by Warner Bros. Music Ltd./Copyright Control
 
Arranged and produced by The Art of Noise
 
A1. Mixed by Nigel Green
 
A1, B1  1988 China Records Ltd.  B2.  1987 China Records Ltd. 
 
Special thanks to David Kershenbaum without whom...
Tom Jones appears courtesy of Jive Records
 
Design: Ryan Art
Photography: Colour, Paul Wakefield  B/W, Anna Hodgson
 
Kiss features excerpts from:
1. Close (To The Edit)  2. Moments In Love  3. Paranoimia  4. Dragnet  5.Peter Gunn
1 & 2. Composed by Dudley/Horn/Jeczalik/Langan/Morley.
Published Perfect Songs Ltd./Unforgettable Songs Ltd.
3. Composed by Dudley/Jeczalik/Langan • Published by Warner Bros. Music Ltd./Perfect Songs Ltd.
4. Composed by Schumann • Published by Carlin Music Corp.
5. Composed by Mancini • Published by B.M.G. Music Publishing Ltd.

Label Details and Known Matrix Numbers


871 039-1 S 1  320
871 039-1 S 2  320

Front and Back Cover
 
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