Album Discography Alive II
ALIVE II
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Release Details
Casablanca NBLP-7076 (US, 11/28/77)
Casablanca/PolyGram 822-781-1/2/4 (US Reissue 7/85, CD, 7/7/87)
Mercury 532-382-2/4 (US Remaster, 8/12/97, inc. tattoos & booklet reprint)
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Tracks
A0. Introduction
A1. Detroit Rock City (3:58) - Stanley/Ezrin MP3 LYRICS
A2. King Of The Night Time World (3:06) - Fowley/Anthony/Stanley/Ezrin MP3 LYRICS
A3. Ladies Room (3:11) - Simmons MP3 LYRICS
A4. Makin' Love (3:13) - Stanley/Delaney MP3 LYRICS
A5. Love Gun (3:34) - Stanley MP3 LYRICS
B1. Calling Dr. Love (3:32) - Simmons MP3 LYRICS
B2. Christine Sixteen (2:45) - Simmons MP3 LYRICS
B3. Shock Me (5:51) - Frehley MP3 LYRICS
B4. Hard Luck Woman (3:06) - Stanley MP3 LYRICS
B5. Tomorrow And Tonight (3:20) - Stanley MP3 LYRICS
C1. I Stole Your Love (3:36) - Stanley MP3 LYRICS
C2. Beth (2:24) - Criss/Penridge/Ezrin MP3 LYRICS
C3. God Of Thunder (5:16) - Stanley MP3 LYRICS
C4. I Want You (4:14) - Stanley MP3 LYRICS
C5. Shout It Out Loud (3:37) - Simmons/Stanley/Ezrin MP3 LYRICS
D1. All American Man (3:13) - Stanley/Delaney MP3 LYRICS
D2. Rockin' In The U.S.A. (2:44) - Simmons MP3 LYRICS
D3. Larger Than Life (3:55) - Simmons MP3 LYRICS
D4. Rocket Ride (4:07) - Frehley/Delaney MP3 LYRICS
D5. Any Way You Want It (2:33) - Clark MP3 LYRICS
Album Details
Produced by Eddie Kramer and KISS. Tracks 12.12-12.27 recorded live at The Forum, Los Angeles, CA, August 26 - 28, 1977 & Budokan Hall, Tokyo, Japan, April 1977. Tracks 12.28-12.32, recorded at Capital Theatre, Passaic, NJ, and Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY, September 1977. Engineered by Eddie Kramer and Corky Stasiak. Mixed by Eddie Kramer and Neil Dorfsman at Electric Lady Studios.
Players
Gene Simmons - Bass/lead vocals on A3, B1, B2, C3, C5, D2 & D3/rhythm guitar on D3/backing vocals
Paul Stanley - Rhythm & lead guitar/lead vocals on A1, A2, A4, A5, B5, C1, C4, C5, D1 & D5/backing vocals
Peter Criss - Drums/lead vocals on B4 & C2/backing vocals
Ace Frehley - Lead & rhythm guitar/all guitars on D4/Bass on 19/lead vocals on B3 & D4/backing vocals
Bob Kulick - Lead & rhythm guitars on D1-D3.
Ed Balandas - The introduction "Voice".
Multimedia
Kiss Album Focus - Alive 2
Alive II Tour
Center-rings: UK "Love Gun" Style | US 1st Issue
UK Alive II Red Vinyl Album
USA Gatefold; Inner Dust Sleeve: Front | Back
Tattoo Sheet: Front | Back
Merchandise form: Page 1 | 2
Evolution Of KISS: Page 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8
New Zealand "Dynasty" Alive II Center-ring
The United States version of the rear cover song credit misprint. This issue was probably not a "promo," as long believed, as copies have been reported first-hand as being found in "cut-out" bins at the time...
The Mexican version of the rear cover song credit misprint. Interestingly, this version is identified as a PolyGram release due to the "LPR" call letters in the top right of the cover - the original release of the album was via Gamma Records, so it is unknown whether the original issue had the same misprint or the sort of quantities of albums this affected...