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Offered Here: KISS 1975 Lot of 2 BW Contact Sheets & Partial Negatives of KISS With The Cadillac, MI Fire Department With Transfer Rights
Item Details: From the private collection of acclaimed rock photographer Waring Abbott, this historic lot captures KISS during their legendary stop in Cadillac, Michigan, on October 9, 1975. The lot features two rare black-and-white contact sheets containing 68 total frames along with only 11 cut negatives and no full negative sheets. The contact sheets include iconic candid moments with the local fire department. As authentic production artifacts, these working documents are in good condition and display genuine rock-and-roll history, including handwriting, grease pencil markings, folds, hole punches, edge and corner wear, along with common signs of age.
Provenance / Authenticity: The items in this lot are sourced directly from the personal archives of renowned photojournalist Waring Abbott. Abbott’s iconic imagery has graced the pages of Time, Newsweek, People, Rolling Stone, and countless foreign publications, alongside legendary album covers and photo spreads for KISS, Led Zeppelin, Lou Reed, and Bob Dylan and others.
In October 1975 KISS visited Cadillac, Michigan, after the local high school football team, which had been inspired by the band's music, turned around its season, and the town welcomed them with a parade, a concert in the high school gymnasium, and civic honors. The visit came just weeks after the September 1975 release of the double album Alive!, which became the group's commercial breakthrough. The Cadillac event is remembered as an early example of the close bond between KISS and its fans, a relationship that later grew into the organized KISS Army fan following.
Condition: Good with handwriting, grease pencil marks, folds, punched holes, cuts, edge and corner wear, along with common signs of age. This lot includes only partial negatives and not every frame from the contact sheet has a corresponding negative. Only 11 cut negative frames are included in this lot.
SKU: WBB1040