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Black Diamond 2: The Illustrated Collector's Guide to Kiss

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The Black Diamond 2 book, while it is definately good to use as a cross reference with other price guides or collectible books, I have found a disturbing amount of errors in facts, not to mention bad editing and spell checking. I further believe that the author is one of the biggest hypocrates around. He reviews books in his book section and basically slams the KISS Collectibles Identification And Price Guide book put out in 1993 by Karen and John Lesniewski. He claims that it is a bad identification book because the photos are in black and white and are blurry. I have used this book extensively and found it to be super helpful. The pictures are clear and there is an eight page color section with only photos. I have found the black and white photos to be as clear and consise, if not clearer in this book than in the Black Diamond 2 book. The last thing I could say is how can you trust the information in Black Diamond 2 when the last page of the book is filled with corrections from Black Diamond 1. He didn't even know that Ace was from the Bronx!!!!

Very little readable material. Just a bunch of dates and lists of people. Disappointed to say the least.

Definately the best KISS collector's book on the market. Actually, it's the only one worth owning anymore. I began using it immediately and saved myself the heartache of paying first printing prices for a second printing of an album.

Even though the pictures are all black & white, they're clear and perfect. It covers all KISS memorabilia, as well as merchandise associated with each member, both before and after their respective association with KISS. From bubble gum to bootlegs, you name it and it's here. Make no mistake: this is not a pricing guide. It is a history of the memorabilia and insanity which surrounds and documents the hottest band in the land.

Dale has once again given the KISS Army a Black Diamond - a definate jewel in the current rut of material flooding the market. If you collect KISS memorabilia, you absolutely must have this book. Oh - and look for the quote from me on the back of the book!

This book has some interesting information in it that I've never came across anywhere else. It's not very well written though. It seemed like a self published book. The organization looks very chaotic in some places and I found many places where wrong words were used or words were misspelled. I can't imagine a reputatable publisher would send the book out like this but I could see someone self publishing it. I personally don't have a problem with all the mistakes. I kind of found it interesting finding them all. Sometimes mistakes cause the writer to seem like she's not really making a point. There was one part where she pointed out that the song Rock and Roll All Nite was spelled differently on a lable (I think). She stated (Rock and Roll All Nite) was misspelled Rock and Roll All Nite. I came across this mistake more than once. I found myself trying to figure out what the difference was when both the correct and suppossedly misspelled song titles were exactly the same. This book is kind of a book version of outsider art. It might not be professionally or skillfully executed but that doesn't mean it hasn't got something to offer. This book has some good stuff in it but you have to get past what I consider an unprofessional presentation.

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