Vintage Kiss Photos Featured In New BookAs a long-time fan of rock and a resident of Enid, Oklahoma, Richard Galbraith has attended countless concerts since the early ‘70s, and documented most of them with this photography. Led Zeppelin, Alice Cooper, the Ramones, the Sex Pistols, and Black Sabbath (among many others) have all passed through the lens of Mr. Galbraith. In his first-ever photo book, ‘Richard Galbraith Photography Presents: KISS,’ the reader is offered a glimpse of almost every single major concert the masked quartet played in Oklahoma from 1976 through 1986. Comprised of nearly 100 never-before-seen pix (in both color and black and white), the book also contains notes and memories of the shows from Richard, from interviews conducted by renowned rock writer Greg Prato. Additionally, many of the photographs in the book are available for individual sale through Richard (as well as more other photos not included in the book).
The shows that are photographed and featured in the book include:
3/8/76 - Tulsa, Oklahoma [Tulsa Assembly Center]
7/26/76 - Kansas City, Missouri [Municipal Auditorium]
1/6/77 - Tulsa, Oklahoma [Tulsa Assembly Center]
1/7/77 - Norman, Oklahoma [Lloyd Noble Center]
11/23/77 - Tulsa, Oklahoma [Tulsa Assembly Center]
10/17/79- Norman, Oklahoma [Lloyd Noble Center]
10/29/79 - Tulsa, Oklahoma [Tulsa Assembly Center]
3/21/83 - Norman, Oklahoma [Lloyd Noble Center]
2/22/86 - Tulsa, Oklahoma [Expo Square Pavilion]
To view sample pages from the book and for ordering info, visit:
http://stores.lulu.com/richardgalbraith
A few words and History of how the project came about:
* I would like to thank Greg Prato for all his time in trying to bring this book together. I met Greg late last year when his Tommy Bolin book project was in the final stages and recently had pictures used for his No Schlock Just Rock book.
I am my own worst critic on photo's that I took. I view my self as a fan that was able to take pictures off and on in the early years never making it to the pro levels or ranks. So when I see all the pro sites and shots out there I feel I have no business showing my old shots of which I just started scanning in 3 years ago.
So I debated back and forth for several months and as the economy took a turn for the worse it seemed to be out of the question after seeing how much a self publish/ print on demand book would cost and to sell. Not having the resources to print in bulk the print on demand was the only option for now if the project was to move forward and become a reality.
I have written a few notes or paragraphs about the shows as I remember them..... and Greg Prato put them into an order that hopefully makes sense as well as an order that the shows took place. I do see the book as more from a fans point of view, I didn't always have the front row or the photo passes and had to do my best to find a spot to take pictures from. So I do have some shots from the front row, some front the pit for a two song limit others from the side...... some from the crowd where everyone is getting into the music and bumping into you.......
I had hoped to include of a few shots of Mark St. John when we met in LA in 86 but as luck would have it the film I found had been damaged somehow and scanning the small prints was not quite good enough. But we had a good time my last night in LA and it was a pleasure to have crossed paths with Mark.
I hope this gives a little insight into how the book came about and like I said I really had that inner battle of moving forward......... but thanks to Greg and others that kept things rolling......
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