Description
White vinyl with printed innersleeve
Kiss released their third album Dressed To Kill in March of 1975 and it fared slightly better commercially than Hotter Than Hell but a few months later Casablanca was almost bankrupt and something had to be done. Kiss was drawing bigger and bigger audience at their live shows and the band wanted to to express the excitement felt at its concerts with its first live album. Compiled from concerts recorded between May and July in Wildwood, New Jersey, Detroit and Cleveland, and released on September 10, 1975, Alive! achieved Gold status and spawned Kiss’s first top 40 single: a live version of Rock and Roll All Nite. The success not only saved Casablanca but ti was also a big turning point for the band as this now was rise to prominence. Two more highly successful studio albums were released in less than a year: Rock and Roll Over (November 11, 1976) and Love Gun (June 30, 1977). A second live album, Alive II, was released on October 14, 1977. All three albums were certified Platinum soon after their release. Between 1976 and 1978, Kiss earned $17.7 million from record royalties and music publishing. A 1977 Gallup poll named Kiss the most popular band in America. In Japan, Kiss performed five sold-out shows at Tokyo’s Budokan Hall, breaking the previous record of four set by the Beatles. The first Kiss compilation album, Double Platinum, was issued on April 2, 1978. During this period, Kiss merchandise became a substantial source of income for the group. Some of the products released included a pair of comic books issued by Marvel (the first contained ink mixed with actual blood donated by the group), a pinball machine, dolls, “Kiss Your Face Makeup” kits, Halloween masks, board games, lunch boxes, trading cards and many other pieces of memorabilia. Membership in the Kiss Army, the band’s fan club, was in the six figures. Between 1977 and 1979, worldwide merchandise sales (in-store and on tour) reached an estimated $100 million. These years were truly the highlights of the bands career. This album features 7 tracks recorded during different periods during these years.
Track list:
1. Room Service-Fremd High School Gymnasium, Palatine, Illnois 19/4-1975
2. Love Theme From Kiss-Bayou Theatre, Georgetown, Washington DC 25/3-1974
3. You´re Much Too Young-Lafayettes Music Room, Memphis TN 2/12-1976
4. Strutter/Hard Luck Woman-Mid South Coliseum, Memphis, TN 2/12-1976
5. Ladies In Waiting-National Guard Armory, Rockford, Illnois 15/11-1975
6. Watchin You/ Peter Solo/Flaming Youth-Roosevelt Stadium, Jersey City, Jersey 10/7-1976
7. Deuce-Roberts Municipal Stadium, Evansville, Indiana 23/1-1978