from Billboard.com’s Jonathan Cohen :

Kiss vocalist/guitarist Paul Stanley has inked with Universal’s New Door imprint for the release of his first solo album since his self-titled 1978 debut (above). “Live To Win” is due Oct. 24; Stanley will support it with a club tour this fall.

“It’s not 1978 anymore,” Stanley told Billboard.com of the album last November. “It’s certainly the same mentality, and certainly I’m a better singer today. My perspective and where I’m at in my life at this point, and what I’ve experienced and seen, brings something else to the table that wasn’t there then. But I still look back on that album as a really great snapshot of who I was and what I was doing then.”

Though I’m sure I am not alone in the Matador family in wishing Paul the best of luck with his new recordings, I do fear that no matter how awesome solo album no. 2 is likely to be, it will pale in comparison with Postpunk Junk’s sadly no-longer-available ‘People Let Me Get This Off My Chest’ zip file, an inspiring collection of P.S.’s patented brand of between-song spiel.

I don’t wish to tell the talented people at Universal how to do their jobs, but I am certain if they were to include ‘People…’ as a bonus CD with initial quantities of Paul’s latest opus, their first week sales would crack four figures.

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