Description

Double album on green vinyls with gatefold cover, poster and booklet

Kiss released the landmark Destroyer record in March of 1976 and the tour to support the record was relatively short and consisted of a two month tour that started in July and was made up of 35 dates and this album is recorded at Richfield Coliseum in Cleveland on the 3rd of September which was towards the end of the tour. The concert begins with the great opening combo of Detroit Rock City and King Of The Night Time World, just as they do on the Destroyer album. The band play in a tight but loose fashion and fully believe the importance of a concert being visual as much as an audio experience. Paul greets the audience Alright Cleveland… before launching into the rollicking Let Me Go, Rock And Roll.The middle section of the show flows effortlessly, the classics start with Strutter (interesting to hear the song mid set) and Paul uses his Going to be a HOT Night… rap before Hotter Than Hell that interesting enough leads into Nothin To Lose. The songs raunchy lyrics are beautifully sung by Gene and Peter, again vocals are of great importance to Kiss. Cold Gin is next complete with a Paul rap about feeling High and Hitting the bottle and the crowd is very vocal and you can clearly hear them shout Cold Gin. The song leads into a great solo by Ace, his playing is fluent and employs a variety of effect that give him the spaced out sound. The new songs from Destroyer are very strong live, the anthem Shout It Out Loud leads to a great Do You Love Me, again displaying the use of vocal interplay the band perfected and lastly God Of Thunder a perfect Gene song and set highlight thanks to the blood spewing Demon. Deuce light a fire under the crowds ass, a song for me that deserves its place in every Kiss concert. Paul talks about how Cleveland has always been good to Kiss (part of the Alive record was recorded there) and talks about getting the place so hot they call out the Firehouse. Black Diamond finishes the show in typical fashion.

Track list:
1. Intro
2. Detroit Rock City
3. King Of The Night Time World
4. Let Me Go, Rock ‘N’ Roll
5. Strutter
6. Hotter Than Hell
7. Nothin To Lose
8. Cold Gin
9. Ace Frehley Guitar Solo
10. Shout It Loud
11. Do You Love Me?
12. Gene Simmons Bass Solo
13. God Of Thunder
14. Peter Criss Drum Solo
15. Rock And Roll All Nite
16. Deuce
17. Firehouse
18. Black Diamond