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KISS ALIVE IV (**CANCELLED)

Release Details:
Mercury/PolyGram (USA, anticipated 2000-02)
Mercury/Phonogram (Japan, anticipated 2000-02)
RIAA: n/a

Tracks:
  01. Psycho Circus ··· (5:33) - Stanley/Cuomo
  02. Shout It Out Loud ··· (3:16) - Simmons/Stanley/Ezrin
  03. Deuce ··· (3:45) - Simmons
  04. Heaven's On Fire ··· (4:14) - Stanley/Child
  05. Into The Void ··· (4:25) - Frehley/Cochran
  06. Firehouse ··· (3:59) - Stanley
  07. Do You Love Me? ··· (3:54) - Stanley/Ezrin/Fowley
  08. Let Me Go, Rock 'N' Roll ··· (5:16) - Simmons/Stanley
  09. I Love It Loud ··· (3:24) - Cusano/Simmons
  10. Lick It Up ··· (4:39) - Stanley/Vincent
  11. 100,000 Years ··· (5:47) - Simmons/Stanley
  12. Love Gun ··· (4:17) - Stanley
  13. Black Diamond ··· (5:28) - Stanley
  14. Beth ··· (2:42) - Criss/Penridge/Ezrin
  15. Rock and Roll All Nite ··· (5:40) - Simmons/Stanley
  16. 2000 Man* ··· (5:30) - Jagger/Richards
  17. God Of Thunder* ··· (4:55) - Stanley
  18. Detroit Rock City* ··· (4:58) - Stanley/Ezrin

Album Notes:
Produced by KISS.
Recorded at BC Place, Vancouver, BC, Canada, December 31, 1999/2000.
Recorded by Pete McCabe.
Mixed by James "Jimbo" Barton, assisted by Patrick Thrasher, at Encore Studios, Burbank, CA.

The status of KISS Alive 4 was very much in flux. The album was originally announced in late 1999. While numerous shows were recorded for the album, notably the New Year's Show in Vancouver, the album was apparently not even mixed and delivered to the band's label. Rumors suggested that the delay was due to issues arising out of the merger between KISS' label, Universal Music Group, by the European Vivendi conglomorate, which resulted in KISS being moved to the Def Jam label. Gene, allegedly, did not like that, so politics and business put the album on hold indefinately. Other rumors suggested that the album was rejected by the label. Paul even commented in April 2000, "We missed our deadline and we're still in midst of it" (KISS Online). The album was eventually released as part of the "Alive Box" in 2006, wiht the *Japanese bonus tracks being used for Best Buy and iTunes editions of the albums. Some print ads for the album even indicated that "Hard Luck Woman" would be included on the album!