Most KISS albums are pretty beat up, so if you just want a copy you can score a scratched up one for 5-10 bucks. I spent hours as a kid staring at that gatefold, imagining I was there. were culled from a performance at Detroit's Cobo Hall during the Dressed To Kill tour, with a few others coming from a … I put the Ace tattoos on a faux leather hat I used to wear. I was an Ace kid so my choice cut was “Rocket Ride,” but Gene’s creepy “Larger Than Life” was good for some elementary school dirty giggles. My first big ‘arena’ show. awesome review dude and keep it up. maybe but it’s still true they didn”t have enough new material for a double live album. Based on there music post 79 they would never have made the hall of fame, hence why the HOF declined to induct later members. I lost interest around the time Van Halen came out. Rock and Roll Over was a solid rock album without all the crap. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. 0 bids. Woolworth’s, who was always cheaper, didn’t have it in stock so I had to pay extra and bought it at the other. I think I cut up the booklet and attached the photos to the posters in my bedroom. Comment Report abuse. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. I totally absolutely agree. I had the album and saw the tour. As for the studio songs, on the vinyl album it was on a separate side, so I guess it didn't break the "feel" of the live show that much. Now they are just a really good marketing machine/ fourth of July party. Yiruma is a pianist and composer from South Korea. Alive! But the real prize was the sheet of watercolor tattoos, which every true KISS fan immediately rubbed all over his arms. was KISS’s breakthrough LP, catapulting them from obscurity to massive success. His alma mater, King's College London, England helped him gain European popularity and recognition. Picking out the best drum tracks was the first step. I’m still looking for the original inserts too !! ( Log Out / Album Rating: 4.0Whoo, I remember this album fondly. Still do. Some played the role of curator, maintaining their albums just as they purchased them: Every KISS album came with an insert inviting the lucky purchaser to buy more crap, and more importantly join the KISS Army. You won’t get any argument from me that the band’s songs are simple and their lyrics sophomoric. I have not own a Kiss album since Ace and Peter left. However, I still love Ace’s guitar solo from Shock Me. I have no idea what happened to the rest. it wasn’t as good as Alive! Love gun was a good record too. Kiss - Alive! Details. FREE Shipping on orders over $25.00. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Happy hunting. Like its predecessor, 1975’s Alive!, everything about this album is sweetened. Only 3 left in stock - order soon. Read more. Both albums capture a perfect 1970’s hard rocking sound and have the same drive and feel. Change ). For about 5-6 years kiss really was as big or the biggest act in rock. Even the inner sleeves were covered with artwork, and to Paul Stanley’s point that photo captures the spirit of a KISS show perfectly. Unsere Redakteure begrüßen Sie als Leser zum großen Produktvergleich. But listen: If you think it’s all abut the music, then you weren’t ten years-old in 1977. I played the hell out of that album, over and over again. What was that? On the other hand, it was stuffed with photos so I wasn’t complaining. ( Log Out / It peaked on the Billboard 200 charts at No. Alive II included an album-sized booklet entitled “The Evolution of KISS,” which seems like overkill for a band that hadn’t even celebrated its fourth birthday. Once … Bands: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z. R. Wordsworth. I’ve seen KISS only twice, but with all four original members. It had nothing to do with there not being enough material for 4 sides live. (which is probably true, given the mistakes), but they cranked the crowd level so high it's almost laughable (especially on Tomorrow and tonight). That was it, I was done with them after that. They definitely DID have enough material recorded, but if you read it again it says they hadn’t incorporated enough of the new music into their LIVE SHOW to do a fourth side. You may have evaded me for over 30 years, but the war isn’t over yet! $3.33 shipping. but it was all downhill from alive 2 on.. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. musicsmith maybe? Kiss - Rock And Roll Over - 1976 US 1st Press NBLP 7037 (VG) With Sticker Insert. FREE Shipping on orders over $25.00. So when Eddie Kramer agreed to come out on tour with two trucks to record us, we were exstatic. I’ve been to an insane number of shows in my life, and for sheer joy and entertainment, nothing beats a KISS show, and the entire Alive II package (except side 4) captures that. Kostenlose Lieferung für viele Artikel! in my town that’s what it was…. "-Peter Criss, Makeup to Breakup, p. 107 "Alive was crafted to sound like it was recorded in one night at Cobo Hall in Detroit, but we actually recorded a bunch of shows. Only 20 left in stock (more on the way). Kiss lost alive 2 - Die qualitativsten Kiss lost alive 2 ausführlich verglichen Welche Punkte es vor dem Kauf Ihres Kiss lost alive 2 zu untersuchen gibt! All of my inserts are long gone. My best friend and I shared dressed to kill in 1975 since we were 7 and owned one record player between us, He was killed at 24 and never saw the reunion, It pains me but this stuff is my connection to him, All the kiss albums in the 70s were our holy grail, Especially the originals!!! Anyway, 1977 was KISS’s peak year, and nothing captures their magical combination of hype, gimmicks, and big dumb rock better than Alive II. 23 people found this helpful. I remember being disappointed with this record. If that sounds like a lot of product, consider this: In 1978, Casablanca jammed another six KISS-branded albums into the bins. No love for the Kiss reviews!? There were two stores that carried music at the mall – Woolworth’s and a music-only store whose name I can’t remember. Throw Beck Thursday: That Time I Met ‘Peter Criss’, On My Turntable: Dog Fashion Disco – Sweet Nothings, Watch as Kiss Defy City Pyro Ban By Setting Off All Their Explosives in Just 30 Seconds, From the Stacks: Cheech and Chong, ‘Big Bambu’ (With Extras) – Why It Matters, From The Stacks: The Beatles, 'White Album' (White Vinyl), From the Stacks: The Beatles - White Album (With Inserts), From the Stacks: Jimmy Page - 'Lucifer Rising', From the Stacks: The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers, Deep Cuts: Songs for the Seafood Lover in You. His logic is this: The goal wasn’t to capture a KISS show, but to capture the sensation of a KISS show. Finden Sie Top-Angebote für KISS ALIVE 85 Blue Vinyl 2 Record Set + Tourbook + Stickerbogen bei eBay. Though I actually like Alive 3 the most of their live albums. 0 bids. Kiss, a band built almost entirely around an image, offers the latest proof of this maxim. KISS RECORD - LOVE GUN. Details. “Shock Me”. The concert consists of three acts.