Description
Thick 4 lp box with 2 purple vinyls and two pink vinyls as well as a 4-page booklet and numbered certificate. Limited 250 numbered copies
Kiss releases ‘Creatures Of The Night’ on the 25th of October 1982 and by the same time lead guitarist Ace Frehley decides to leave the band to pursue a solo career. Frehley is replaced by Vinnie Vincent in time for the Kiss ‘10th Anniversary Tour’. Vincent is given the character of an Egyptian ankh warrior. Just like Criss with Unmasked, Frehley had not played a note on Creatures.(although rumors say otherwise). The ‘10th Anniversary Tour’ was the second tour with new drummer Eric Carr but his first tour that took him through United States. It was of course the first tour with Vinnie The Wiz Vincent. The groups lucrative record contract with Polygram required Kiss to be composed of founders Gene Simmons (bass), Paul Stanley (singer/guitarist)- and Frehley. The release did not say Frehley had quit, but instead stated Frehley was too injured from a recent car crash to tour, but might make appearances onstage when able. The band used group photos containing Ace Frehley for the tour’s press kits and ad material during early dates; these were used by promoters for advertising, so many fans did not realize Frehley was replaced until they came to the venues. Before Vincent was announced, new photos were taken and later dates featured the band with Vincent in show ads. The tour was billed as their “Tenth Anniversary Tour” and silver was used in tour promotion and for the guitar pick and drum stick signatures in keeping with a ‘silver anniversary’ theme. The band sold tee shirts, jerseys, black baseball caps, and pins at their concession stands. The tour program was not available for sale until mid-February, shortly before the tour ended; making it one of the rarest Kiss programs and very sought after by fans of a certain age. The tour started out on the 29th of December 1982 and it ended on the 3rd of April in 1983 a tour that took them through Canada and Usa only. However attendance during this North America tour was abysmal; even though the band had returned to its signature hard rock after several years of pop and disco-influenced music, very few people showed up at the concerts on the tour. Co-frontman Paul Stanley recalled a show in Lexington, Kentucky (on the 6th of January) where he threw a pick that went over the entire audience of 2,500 and hit the floor. The announced gig at Civic Center in Providence on the 23rd of January was cancelled due to poor ticket sales (less than 2000 tickets sold). The band decided to cancel the rest of their touring plans but instead they were offered 3 dates in Brazil in June, where they played to the biggest crowds of their career. The third and last gig in Brazil was at the Morumbi Stadium in Sao Paulo on the 25th of June would be the last time Kiss would perform with make-up until the Reunion tour in 1996. Anyone that saw the band in December of 1982 was in for some special shows as two tracks from ‘Creatures Of The Night’ were performed live. ‘Rock And Roll Hell’ was dropped after just two shows and ‘Keep Me Comin’ was dropped after a few shows. At the beginning of the tour the whole band sang the chant that opened and closed their new, main single ‘I Love It Loud’ but by the middle of the tour this was changed and only Simmons sang it. This box set features two never before circulated recordings from the January part of the tour; 1st of January 1983 at the Hulman University in Terre Haute and a show from Municipal Auditorium in Nashville on the 30th of January 1983
Track list:
Lp 1 and 2: Terre Haute 1st of January
1. Creatures Of The Night
2. Destroit Rock City
3. Calling Dr Love
4. Firehouse
5. I Want You
6. Guitar Solo – Vinnie Vincent
7. I Love It Loud
8. Cold Gin
9. Bass Solo – Gene Simmons
10. God Of Thunder
11. Guitar Solo – Paul Stanley
12. Love Gun
13. Drum Solo – Eric Carr
14. War Machine
15. I Still Love You
16. Shout It Out Loud
17. Black Diamond
18. Strutter
19. Rock And Roll All Nite
Lp 3 and 4: Nashville 30th of January
1. Creatures Of The Night
2. Destroit Rock City
3. Cold Gin
4. Calling Dr Love
5. Guitar Solo – Paul Stanley
6. I Want You
7. Guitar Solo – Vinnie Vincent
8. I Love It Loud
9. Firehouse
10. I Want You
11. Guitar Solo – Vinnie Vincent
12. I Love It Loud
13. Drum Solo – Eric Carr
14. War Machine
15. Love Gun
16. Bass Solo – Gene Simmons
17. God Of Thunder
18. I Still Love You
19. Shout It Out Loud
20. Black Diamond
18. Strutter
19. Rock And Roll All Nite