Description
Double album on yellow vinyls. Limited 100 copies
April 16th was the first date on Kiss Japanese leg of their Crazy Nights tour. This was the first Kiss show since the Alive II tour in 1978. The band started their tour in Nagoya and did four more shows, Osaka on the 18th of April, where this album is recorded and after that came three shows in Tokyo. This tour was Eric Carr’s only trip to Japan and its a shame really that there arent no official Alive part something album with the line-up of Eric Carr and Bruce Kulick. The band had to scale down their stage show for the shows outside of Usa. It was simply made up of a bunch of amplifiers, Eric’s enormous drum kit, and some stage lights. Nothing more, nothing less. There was however, a great deal more pyrotechnics used in Japan, than in the U.S.. Otherwise the show was exactly the same, except a few minor alterations in the setlist. Something new was Bruce playing keyboards during “Reason To Live”, the first and (so far) only time such a thing was attempted by Kiss. But Bruce wasn’t the only one who played keyboards during the Crazy Nights shows. In fact KISS were in reality a five piece on this tour, as they had a keyboard player “enhancing” the sound. The keyboard player was Gary Corbett, who was hidden behind the curtains, so that the audience couldn’t see him. The show opened with the humming sound introduced on the Asylum tour, coming out through the speakers as the house lights went down. Search lights would turned on, and search around the hall, while the band entered the stage. The band was introduced and they would launch into Love Gun, the first and only time that song was ever used as an opener. Again on this tour Eric would join Bruce on stage during his guitar solo (usually before Crazy Crazy Nights), and play some bars with him. Bruce would then leave the stage, and leave Eric to do his drum solo. Eric would also join Gene on stage for the bass solo, before I Love It Loud. The live set here draws material from across Kiss’ entire career to date – from the eponymous debut album come no less than three mighty tracks: Cold Gin, Black Diamond and Strutter. More 70s are performed like the perennial live favourite Rock And Roll All Nite. Shout It Out Loud and the closing Detroit Rock City to name a few. The moving into the next decade, you have tracks like War Machine, I Love It Loud; Lick It Up, Fits Like A Glove and Heavens On Fire, There are also several tracks performed from the new album at the time, Crazy Nights, besides the title track we have Bang Bang You, No No No and Reason To Live. Its the newer tracks that really stands out as they arent on any of the bands regular Alive releases. The 70s songs are the standards that the band has played for four decades now but its still nice to hear as its a high energy laced performance with both Eric Carr and Bruce Kulick in the line-up
Track list:
1. Look Wot You Dun To Me
2. Introduction
3. Love Gun
4. Cold Gin
5. Bang Bang You
6. Calling Dr Love
7. Fits Like A Glove
8. Crazy Crazy Nights
9. No, No, No
10. Reason To Live
11. Heaven’s On Fire
12. War Machine
13. Tears Are Falling
14. I Love It Loud
15. Lick It Up
16. Black Diamond
17. I Was Made For Loving You
18. Shout It Out Loud
19. Strutter
20. Rock And Roll All Night
21. Detroit Rock City