8.Don't Let The Blues Surround You (Lips Demo - Peter Criss 1970-1972)
Lips demo
Original Recording: 1970 - 1972 Produced by: ???
01 Beck (1970 - 1971) (2:22) Penridge / Criss 02 Baby Driver (1971 - 1972) (0:00) Criss / Penridge 03 Don't You Let Me Down (short version 1972) (0:00) Criss / Penridge 04 Don't You Let Me Down (original version 1972) (0:00) Criss / Penridge 05 Dirty Livin' (1972) (0:00) Criss / Penridge 06 You're My Woman (1972) (0:00) unknown 07 Don't You Let Me Down (1970 - 1972) (3:28) Criss / Penridge 08 Don't Let The Blues Surround You (1970 - 72) (3:45) unknown 09 Hooked On Rock and Roll (1970 - 1972) (3:18) Penridge/ Criss 10 I'm Gonna Love You (1972) (2:49) Criss / Penridge 11 The Kind Of Sugar Papa Likes (1972) (2:39) Criss / Penridge
Track 08 : also known as "Love, Love, Love"
Band-line up : Peter Criss (vocals, drums, percussion) Michael Benvenga (bass, vocals) Stan Penridge (guitar, vocals)
additional musicians : John Amato (rhythm guitar on tracks 02 - 06)
NOTES : Tracks 02 - 06 : session recording, recorded at RCA studios, February 22, 1972. Tracks 07 - 11 : recorded at Bell Sound Studios, NYC (paid by Kama Sutra Records).
All versions listed are very different to Peter Criss 1978 solo album release.
Lips was born the night Chelsea died, when the trio performed at the Yellow Front Saloon in Fort Lee, NJ when Shepley and Brand were late. While the material they would develop was similar to the material Chelsea had done, several later KISS songs were born in this period. When he saw that the band was going nowhere, Michael Benvenga, quit early 1972 going on to do session work before marrying in 1975. He would pass away in 1977, aged 28. The band would do one demo recording with session guitarist John Amato assisting.