Description

A beautiful box set featuring 4 different picture discs in their individual innersleeves, a massive 76 page book, a large poster, cut out paper dolls, five postcards, 3 guitar picks and a record divider

The Return Of Kiss was one of the biggest tours the band ever did when it came to stage set. The band had planned the most spectacular show anyone ever had been able to take on the road. At the same time the band saw a decline in audience for the first time in their career. The tour (with New England as support act, a band that Paul Stanley were producing) started in June of 1979 and it was a mammoth 80-date arena tour, which, with a reported production cost of $2.2 million, not including salaries, is the biggest such musical show on record. But as shows began to be cancelled it was clear that even a successful tour would have a difficult time breaking even with staffing and hotel bills in excess of $30,000 per week. The band also included a track from each of the four solo albums; Simmons performed Radioactive, Criss performed Tossin And Turnin, Frehley performed New York Groove and Stanley performed Move On. But only after a month into the tour the tracks by Simmons and Criss had been replaced with more familiar Kiss songs. The Second Royal Highness box set features two shows from the Autumn of 1979, Alamo Saints Hemisfair Arena in San Antonio on the 19th of October and Americas Finest Sports Arena in San Diego on the 29th of November. When the tour was over it was clear that KISS had over-estimated the drawing power of their Return. By the time the band came off the road the true cost of the tour was yet to be realized with the departure of Peter Criss. He had simply deteriorated during the tour, and while things would not come to a head until the following year the damage had been done.

Track list:
1. King Of the Night Time World-San Antonio
2. Let Me go, Rock And Roll-San Antonio
3. Move On-San Antonio
4. Calling Dr. Love-San Antonio
5. Firehouse-San Antonio
6. New York Groove-San Antonio
7. I Was Made for Lovin’ You-San Antonio
8. Christine Sixteen-San Antonio
9. 2,000 Man-San Antonio
10. Ace Frehley-guitar solo-San Antonio
11. Loev Gun-San Antonio
12. God Of Thunder-San Antonio
13. Shout It Out Loud-San Antonio
14. Black Diamond-San Antonio
15. Detroit Rock City-San Antonio
16. Beth-San Antonio
17. Rock And Roll All Nite-San Antonio
18. King Of the Night Time World-San Diego
19. Let Me go, Rock And Roll-San Diego
20. Move On-San Diego
21. Calling Dr. Love-San Diego
22. Firehouse-San Diego
23. New York Groove-San Diego
24. I Was Made For Lovin You-San Diego
25. Christine Sixteen-San Diego
26. 2,000 Man-San Diego
27. Ace Frehley-guitar solo-San Diego
28. Love Gun-San Diego
29. God Of Thunder-San Diego
30. Shout It Out Loud-San Diego
31. Black Diamond-San Diego
32. Detroit Rock City-San Diego
33. Beth-San Diego
34. Rock And Roll All Nite-San Diego