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KISS ALIVE!

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Release Details

Casablanca NBLP-7020 (US, 9/10/75)
Casablanca/PolyGram 822-780-1/4 (US, 7/85 - Reissue)
Casablanca/PolyGram 822-780-2 (US, 7/87 - CD Reissue)
Mercury 532-377-2/4 (US Remaster, 7/15/97, includes booklet reprint)
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Tracks

A0. Introduction
A1. Deuce (3:32) - Simmons MP3 LYRICS
A2. Strutter (3:12) - Simmons/Stanley MP3 LYRICS
A3. Got To Choose (3:35) - Stanley MP3 LYRICS
A4. Hotter Than Hell (3:11) - Stanley MP3 LYRICS
A5. Firehouse (3:42) - Stanley MP3 LYRICS
B1. Nothin' To Lose (3:23) - Simmons MP3 LYRICS
B2. C'mon And Love Me (2:52) - Stanley MP3 LYRICS
B3. Parasite (3:21) - Frehley MP3 LYRICS
B4. She (6:42) - Simmons/Coronel MP3 LYRICS
C1. Watchin' You (3:37) - Simmons MP3 LYRICS
C2. 100,000 Years (11:52) - Simmons/Stanley MP3 LYRICS
C3. Black Diamond (5:21) - Stanley MP3 LYRICS
D1. Rock Bottom (3:08) - Frehley/Stanley MP3 LYRICS
D2. Cold Gin (5:21) - Frehley MP3 LYRICS
D3. Rock And Roll All Nite (3:37) - Simmons/Stanley MP3 LYRICS
D4. Let Me Go, Rock 'N Roll (5:09) - Simmons/Stanley MP3 LYRICS

Album Details

Produced, engineered, and mixed by Eddie Kramer, assisted by Neal Teeman. Recorded live during the “Dressed To Kill” tour. Overdubbed and mixed at Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY, in late July / early August 1975. The concerts recorded for use on the album included: Cobo Arena, Detroit, MI on May 16; Music Hall, Cleveland, OH, on June 21; two nearly sold-out shows at the Orpheum Theatre in Davenport, IA, on July 20; and the sold-out Convention Center in Wildwood, NJ, on July 23 (Gooch, Suhs – KISS Alive Forever).

Multimedia

Kiss Album Focus - Alive
Alive! Tour: 1975/1976

US Gatefold | Generic Dust Sleeve
Booklet: Page 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8
Alive! Promotional Issue (1976)
Center-Rings: "Bogart" (1975) | "Bogart" Reissue | "Casbah" Reissue
Argentine Cover Scans: Part 1 | Part 2
Chilean Part 2 Cover Scan
Chinese Center-ring

King Biscuit Alive 75
When Cadillac Was Kissed 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...

Chart Action

RIAA/Sales

USA: "Alive!" was Kiss first RIAA certification, attain Gold on 12/4/1975. Even with the band being presented RIAA Platinum awards in January 1976, the album has never been recertified. It has sold over 258,000 (2/07) copies since the SoundScan era commenced in 1991.

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