Kiss The Stone

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Kiss The Stone Records (KTS) was one of the most famous bootleg recording companies from the 90's, which released unofficial live recordings of most pop-rock artists from the period.

The company was based in Italy, where the law allowed the company to market bootlegs as long as it placed royalties for the artists in an escrow .
Most artists wouldn't bother collecting, either because they didn't want to legitimize the bootlegs or because tracking down escrow s in a foreign country was more trouble than it was worth.
Kiss The stone was run by the producer Gabs (2)".

The label also had offshoots - Tecnograph, with in-house photographers and designers.

Now defunct, the label was known to reissue their most selling titles over their years of activity.

Parent Label:

CD Music Co. srl.

Sublabels:

Yellow Dog Records (5)

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web.archive.org , u2wkbt.net

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  • davjo415's avatar
    davjo415
    Hello,

    I’m looking for bootlegs with Grateful Dead on the KTS/Kiss The stone label.
    I’m interested in the concerts from the 80s and 90s. Since I live in Sweden I prefer buying from European countries. If you have one/some to sell send me a message.

    Regards, David
    • subwave's avatar
      subwave
      Beside TSP for me the best label for great quality live recordings, cool graphics too.
      I have some in my collection, but some recordings I'm still looking for.
      • novastar's avatar
        novastar
        doors matrix tapes....legendary release that days...and one of the most beautiful designs ever..still today
        • FunkyBeak's avatar
          FunkyBeak
          Looks like they've finally blocked everything on this label...wondered what took them so long.

          I had 2 of the Madonna sets and the sound quality was pretty good as far as concert bootlegs go...but the real strength of these releases was the packaging. The presentation and artwork inside was phenomenally good...nothing about it felt cheap.