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Blue vinyl with poster. Limited 100 copies

This was Kiss first visit to Europe in four years. The summer of 1988 saw the band doing shows in support of the Crazy Nights album, some headlining shows and some shows as part of the Monsters Of Rock package that featured headliners Iron Maiden as well as David Lee Roth and Anthrax as well as a couple others. One of those dates, the one at Willem II Stadum in Tilburg, Holland on the 4th of September 1988 are featured on this disc. On the Monsters Of Rock tour the band got a 60 minute slot to get their music across, needless to say Kiss is up for the test, one only has to listen to Paul telling the crowd just prior to the opening of Deuce that they are there to kick some ass. The recording is an audience source and for being in an outdoor stadium the sound does move around a bit but the music is well balanced and has some balls to it. It is a bit distant but the atmosphere is perfectly captured, as expected in crowds of this size there is some chatter that can be heard but does not really interfere. The band hit it from the words go, Deuce is up first and is a proven opening song, Bruce is more than comfortable in his role and delivers a great solo. Paul salutes 35 fucking thousand people and leads the band into Love Gun, always curious to hear the song so early in the set but it works. Paul gets into a bit of Led Zeppelin in the form of Heartbreaker and Whole Lotta Love as a prelude to Fits Like A Glove. The tempo is not as fast as the 83 and 84 versions found on this set, and it’s for the better. The audience does not seem interested in helping Paul with the falsetto intro for Heaven’s On Fire again, you can hear a pin drop in the stadium. The band go old school for Cold Gin and the mid set Black Diamond that is a bit abbreviated (I guess mid set is better than not at all). Perhaps the audience are really high cause Paul seems like he constantly has to get their attention, just listen to the intro to Cold Gin, once they awaken they are fine. No No No is high energy but just does not sound like KISS, Crazy Crazy Nights follows, thankfully that is all that is played from the record. Tears Are Falling gets the audience going again and Paul’s intro to I Love It Loud sounds like rap! With the audience fully awake the band finishes with a strong run of Klassics with Strutter leading the charge. Shout It Out Loud and Rock And Roll All Nite keep the party going and Detroit Rock City finishes the main set in fine fashion. Interesting concert to listen to, it takes a while but the band win the audience over and by the time they play Rock And Roll All Nite, the audience is singing along.

Track list:
1. Deuce
2. Love Gun
3. Fits Like A Glove
4. Heavens On Fire
5. Cold Gin
6. Black Diamond
7. No No No
8. Crazy Crazy Nights
9. Tears Are Falling
10. I Love It Loud
11. Strutter
12. Shout It Out Loud
13. Rock And Roll All Nite
14. Detroit Rock City