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Audience 8.0 - You are probably wondering why I am including low rated recordings here, especially Kiss…well you may have a point but here’s the thing: This site is for ALL collectors, and the reason this show is listed here is because it circulated for years in unlistenable quality (below 7.0), but thanks to modern technology it is now listenable. It’s from perhaps one of their best tours, musically speaking, and needed an upgrade so bad! So, for the casual fan I would say pass, but for the Kiss collector who knows how bad this show sounded and wants to throw away that old CD, I would recommend this 2020 re-master. Still kind of rough but there is now music here instead of an insufferable wall of distortion. I am not 100% sure but I think the big thing about this show among collectors was the inclusion of the song “Move On” to the set list, perhaps only performed this one time. KISS 1979-08-01 Providence RI 01 Let Me Go, Rock & Roll 02 Move On 03 Calling Dr. Love 04 Firehouse 05 New York Groove 06 I Was Made For Loving You 07 Christeen Sixteen 08 2000 Man 09 God Of Thunder 10 Shout It Out Loud 11 Detroit Rock City 12 Beth 13 Rock & Roll All Nite (7/31/79) 14 Robert Klein Show (4.12.79 Part 1) 15 Robert Klein Show (4.12.79 Part 2) -
Audience 8.6 - Fantastic audience recording, feels like you are right there! My favorite kind of live tape, a solid 8.6 in sound, atmosphere, energy. More like this please! -
Audience 9.3 - I am hesitant to call this a radio broadcast but this obviously was professionally recorded, but the recording might not necessarily be through the board hence “audience” tape. Great sound! Kiss L'Olympia Theatre Paris, France May 22, 1978 1. -Intro 2. -Duece 3. -Strutter 4. -Flaming Youth 5. -Hotter Than Hell 6. -Firehouse 7. -She 8. -Ace Solo 9. -Nothing To Lose 10. -Shout It Out Loud 11. -Gene Solo 12. -100,000 Years 13. -Peter Solo 14. -Black Diamond 15. -Detroit Rock City 16. -Rock 'N Roll All Nite 17. -Let Me Go, Rock And Roll 18. -Detroit Rock City -
Audience 7.2 - A little rough and some hiss but it’s alright, it’s all pretty tight, it’s outtasight! -
Audience 8.7 - Do not be put off by the rating! This is a very strong 8.7 verging closer to 8.8. Why do I stress that? Because it has a lot going for it, the only black mark I hold against it is due to the lack of distinction between guitars and Paul being pushed back in the sound mix. That being said, it’s more the “mix” of the guitars that leads me to say that, not that you can’t pick each one up. I think I am just being picky though. Kiss Jai-Alai Fronton Miami, FL. 3-21-1976 01 Intro 02 Deuce 03 Strutter 04 C´mon And Love Me 05 Hotter Than Hell 06 Firehouse 07 She 08 Ace Solo 09 Parasite 10 Nothin´ To Lose 11 Shout It Out Loud 12 Gene Solo 13 100.000 Years 14 Peter Solo - 100.000 Years 15 Black Diamond 16 Cold Gin 17 Rock And Roll All Nite 18 Let Me Go, Rock And Roll -
Soundboard 8.8 - A little bit of dust and grease over the old tape but the music comes through relatively unscathed and makes for a great blast from the past. Kiss Long Beach, CA Long Beach Auditorium May 31, 1974 Other act(s): Savoy Brown (HL), Manfred Mann's Earth Band 1. Deuce 2. Nothin' To Lose 3. She 4. Firehouse 5. Strutter 6. 100,000 Years 7. Black Diamond -
Soundboard - about a 7.4 rating. Vocals very prominent in the mix. -
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Audience 8.7 - This recording makes the band sound like they are in a smaller venue, when I know they aren’t. -
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Soundboard 8.6 - Very loud and right in your face board tape. -
PRO STUDIO 9.3 - One of the best I have come across, a great selection of tracks and some I’d never heard before. Excellent! -
Studio 9.5 - A really detailed, complete set which contains just about everything you ever wanted to hear regarding the pre-Kiss band Wicked Lester. Is it necessary? I mean, there’s a lot of repetition here, but I have to say it is kind of necessary when you call something complete, you should provide that to the collector and this set does. Quality is great.
Kiss - Complete Wicked Lester Sessions 1971/1972 Disc 1 Electric Lady Studios 18th November 1971 01. Too Many Mondays [0:03:40.20] 02. Love Her All I Can [0:02:35.44] 03. Sweet Ophelia [0:03:06.03] 04. Molly [0:02:32.12] 05. Keep Me Waiting [0:03:22.04] 06. She [0:03:06.41] 07. What Happened In The Darkness [0:03:10.26] 08. We Want To Shout It Out Loud [0:02:46.01] 09. When The Bell Rings [0:03:24.04] 10. Simple Type [0:02:40.24] 11. She (Take 2) [0:03:05.20] 12. Molly (Take 2) [0:02:33.30] 13. We Want To Shout It Out Loud (Take 2) [0:02:43.42] 14. Too Many Mondays (Take 2) [0:03:41.08] Electric Lady Studios August 1972 Sessions 1 15. Keep Me Waiting [0:03:28.12] 16. Love Her All I Can [0:02:40.72] 17. Molly [0:02:28.52] 18. She [0:03:07.43] 19. Simple Type [0:02:37.73] 20. Sweet Ophelia [0:03:09.74] 21. Too Many Mondays [0:04:04.34] 22. When The Bell Rings [0:03:10.62] 23. Molly (Take 2) [0:02:25.12] 24. Too Many Mondays (Take 2) [0:03:59.13] Disc 2 Electric Lady Studios August 1972 Sessions 2 01. We Want To Shout It Out Loud [0:02:43.14] 02. Keep Me Waiting [0:03:10.30] 03. Love Her All I Can [0:02:35.30] 04. Molly [0:02:29.52] 05. She [0:03:03.47] 06. Simple Type [0:02:42.23] 07. Sweet Ophelia [0:03:01.64] 08. Too Many Mondays [0:03:38.14] 09. What Happens In The Darkness [0:03:07.52] Final Album Reel 1972 10. When The Bell Rings [0:03:17.70] 11. Keep Me Waiting [0:03:23.47] 12. Molly [0:02:33.26] 13. Sweet Ophelia [0:03:06.24] 14. Simple Type [0:02:43.25] 15. Too Many Mondays [0:03:44.10] 16. Love Her All I Can [0:02:35.54] 17. When The Bell Rings [0:03:25.10] 18. She [0:03:07.56] 19. What Happens In The Darkness [0:03:10.60] 20. We Want To Shout It Out Loud [0:02:49.33] 21. Long, Long Road [0:04:18.67] Disc 3 Electric Lady Studios Spring 1972 Sessions 01. Keep Me Waiting [0:03:25.42] 02. Long, Long Road [0:04:20.25] 03. Love Her All I Can [0:02:54.69] 04. She [0:03:09.45] 05. Simple Type [0:02:48.22] 06. Sweet Ophelia [0:03:16.64] 07. We Want To Shout It Out Loud [0:03:10.00] 08. What Happened In The Darkness [0:03:14.67] 09. When The Bell Rings [0:03:11.09] 10. Simple Type (Take 2) [0:02:49.44]
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Audience 8.7 to 9.0 (range) - All pretty darn good. Classic early Kiss, and very interesting at times especially when they do the groove rock numbers. Wish they did that more. -
Soundboard 8.6 - Very clear, with occasional wow and flutter but the atmosphere is intact and the history is undeniable. A certain must for any Kiss fan! -
A mix of various sources but I find overall quality to be very good to excellent. In fact, it's strange but there are better sounding tapes from '75 than there are for the following year. You'd think audio quality would get better each subsequent year...alas one only need to listen to most of the 1980's audience tapes to know that is simply not the case. KISS 1975 Tour Canister Disc 1: Location: Beacon Theater, New York City, New York, U.S.A. Date: March 21, 1975 1-01 Deuce 1-02 Strutter 1-03 Got To Choose 1-04 Hotter Than Hell 1-05 Firehouse 1-06 She - Guitar Solo 1-07 Nothin' To Lose 1-08 Parasite - Bass Solo 1-09 100,000 Years - Drum Solo 1-10 Black Diamond 1-11 C'mon And Love Me 1-12 Let Me Go, Rock And Roll Disc 2 Orpheum Theatre Boston, MA May 11th 1975 1 -Tune Up - Intro 2 -Deuce 3 -Strutter 4 -Hotter Than Hell 5 -Firehouse 6 -She 7 -Guitar Solo 8 -C'Mon And Love Me 9 -Bass Fart 10 -100,000 Years 11 -Drum Solo 12 -100,000 Years (reprise) 13 -Black Diamond 14 -Rock And Roll All Nite 15 -Goodnight Boston Disc 3 Tulsa, Oklahoma Assembly Center 1975-06-13 1. -Deuce 2. -Strutter 3. -Got To Choose 4. -Hotter Than Hell 5. -Firehouse 6. -She 7. -Ace Solo 8. -C'mon And Love Me 9. -100.000 Years 10. -Peter Solo 11. -Black Diamond 12. -Cold Gin 13. -Rock & Roll All Nite Disc 4 1975-07-23 Wildwood, NJ Tracks 11-14 Larrabee Studios January 1975 1. -Deuce 2. -Strutter 3. -Got to Choose 4. -She 5. -Nothin' to Lose 6. -C'mon and Love Me 7. -100,000 Years - Drum Solo 8. -Parasite 9. -Cold Gin 10. -Let Me Go, Rock 'N' Roll 11. -Burning Up With Fever 12. -Anything For My Baby 13. -Rock And Roll All Nite 14. -Mistake Disc 5 Civic Center Providence, RI. USA August 8 1975 1 -Deuce 2 -Strutter 3 -Hotter Than Hell 4 -Firehouse 5 -She 6 -C'mon And Love Me 7 -Solo Gene Simmons - 100,000 Years 8 -Solo Peter Criss - 100,000 Years 9 -Black Diamond 10 -Cold Gin 11 -Rock And Roll All Nite Disc 6 Calderone Concert Hall Hempstead, NY 8-23-1975 1 -Deuce 2 -Strutter 3 -Got To Choose 4 -Hotter Than Hell 5 -Firehouse 6 -She - Ace Solo 7 -Nothin' To Lose 8 -C'mon And Love Me 9 -100,000 Years - Peter Solo 10 -Black Diamond 11 -Cold Gin Disc 7 Hempstead Cont'd Tracks 3-17 Magna Graphics Studio August 1975 1 -Rock And Roll All Nite 2 -Let Me Go, Rock 'N' Roll 3. Doncha Hesitate 4. God Of Thunder [Paul on the vocals] 5. It Ain't The Smoke That Burns Ya 6. Detroit Rock City 7. Love Is Alright 8. Bad, Bad Lovin' 9. Man of 1,000 Faces 10. Don't Want Your Romance 11. Burning Up With Fever 12. Rock And Rolls Royce 13. Mad Dog 14. Night Fly 15. I'm A Star 16. Howling For Your Love 17. True Confessions Disc 8 Tower Theater Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, USA Friday October 3rd, 1975 01 -Deuce 02 -Strutter 03 -Got To Choose 04 -Hotter Than Hell 05 -Firehouse 06 -She - Ace solo 07 -Nothin' To Lose 08 -C'mon And Love Me 09 -Gene solo - 100,000 Years - Peter solo 10 -Black Diamond 11 -Cold Gin Disc 9 Upper Darby Cont'd Tracks 3-12 The Roxy Theatre, Northampton, Pennsylvania March 19th, 1975 1 -Rock And Roll All Nite 2 -Let Me Go, Rock 'N Roll 3 -Deuce 4 -Strutter 5 -Got To Choose 6 -Hotter Than Hell 7 -Firehouse 8 -She 9 -Nothin' To Lose 10 -Parasite 11 -100,000 Years 12 -Black Diamond Disc 10 Northampton cont'd Tracks 4-12 National Guard Armory, Rockford, Illinois November 15th, 1975 1 -C'mon And Love Me 2 -Let Me Go, Rock 'N Roll 3 -Cold Gin 4 -Deuce 5 -Strutter 6 -Got To Choose 7 -Hotter Than Hell 8 -Firehouse 9 -She 10 -Ladies In Waiting - Nothin To Lose 11 -100,000 Years 12 -Black Diamond Disc 11 Rockford cont'd Tracks 3-5 Capitol Centre , Largo, Maryland November 30th, 1975 Tracks 6-10 Produced and engineered by Dave Wittman and Eddie Kramer. Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY, March 13, 1973 1. -Cold Gin 2. -Rock And Roll All Nite 3 -Cold Gin 4 -Rock And Roll All Nite 5 -Let Me Go Rock 'n' Roll 6 -Deuce 7 -Cold Gin 8 -Strutter 9 -Watchin You 10 -Black Diamond -
Soundboard 8.9 - Hard to find anything to complain about when it comes to listening to vintage Kiss board tapes, that is, if you are like me and grew up with Kiss. Believe it or not, Kiss displayed very competent musicianship back in these days.