Alive! 50th Anniversary Super Deluxe 4CD + Blu-ray Audio
Alive! turns 50 – a golden jubilee for the iconic live album that catapulted KISS’s popularity and revolutionized live albums for the music industry from end-of-career obscurity into career-defining mainstream success. Often revered as one of the greatest live albums ever by countless music journalists, Alive! is celebrated with a Super Deluxe 4-CD + Blu-ray Audio boxset showcasing 120 total tracks amplified with 88 unreleased tracks. CD 1 features the original album on one-disc for the first-time ever, newly remastered by Bernie Grundman from the original 1975 stereo analog master tapes. Two full-length concerts fill-up CDs 2 & 3 from the 1975 Dressed To Kill Tour – RKO Orpheum Theatre in Davenport, Iowa on July 20, Second Show and Wildwood Convention Hall in Wildwood, New Jersey on July 23 – are newly mixed by legendary producer & engineer Eddie Kramer from the original multi-track analog tapes as KISS performed in 1975 – no overdubs. Bonus tracks on CD 4 include five rehearsal tracks at the Davenport gig including an impromptu jam and an additional six songs from Cleveland Music Hall, Cleveland, Ohio on June 21, 1975 – all newly mixed by Eddie Kramer from the original multi-tracks. The Blu-ray Audio disc features Alive! newly mixed by Eddie Kramer from the original album multi-track analog tapes in Dolby Atmos and Dolby TrueHD 5.1 surround along with the newly remastered stereo in 192kHz 24-bit and 96kHz 24-bit PCM stereo set to a brand-new visualizer featuring unreleased photos and tape box imagery.
The Super Deluxe explodes further with an extensive array of bonus kollectibles including:
100-page Hardcover Book with extensive liner notes by Ken Sharp featuring new interviews from Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons and many notable Alive!-era KISS team members plus tons of unreleased photos and rare imagery.
Alive! 1975 Press Kit featuring
Press Release
Four Black & White Glossy Photos 7.5”x10”
Marketing Slick Sheet
Alive! Tour Program
Alive! Back Cover Fan Banner Poster
Album Cover Lenticular
T-shirt Iron-on
Four Live Color Glossy Photos
Peter Criss Drum Head Litho
Wildwood Concert Poster 20”x28”
Cleveland Concert Mini-Poster 10”x17”
Cobo Arena Concert Main Floor Ticket Stub
Wildwood Concert Ticket Stub
Cleveland Concert Ticket Stub
Cobo Arena Concert Backstage Pass
New Year’s Eve – Nassau Backstage Pass
Four Double-Sided Coasters
Four Guitar Picks
Bumper Sticker 8”x2.5”
Alive! Die-Cut Double-Sided Mobile
Gotham Rock City News Volume 4 Newspaper – Track-by-Track interview with Eddie Kramer of nearly all tracks appearing on the collection
ALIVE! (REMASTERED)
CD ONE:
1. Deuce
2. Strutter
3. Got To Choose
4. Hotter Than Hell
5. Firehouse
6. Nothin’ To Lose
7. C’mon And Love Me
8. Parasite
9. She
10. Watchin’ You
11. 100,000 Years
12. Black Diamond
13. Rock Bottom
14. Cold Gin
15. Rock And Roll All Nite
16. Let Me Go, Rock ‘N Roll
LIVE IN DAVENPORT, IOWA – RKO ORPHEUM THEATRE – JULY 20, 1975 – SECOND SHOW*
CD TWO:
1. Deuce
2. Strutter
3. Got To Choose
4. Hotter Than Hell
5. Firehouse
6. She
7. Ace Frehley Guitar Solo
8. Nothin’ To Lose
9. C’mon And Love Me
10. 100,000 years
11. Peter Criss Drum Solo / 100,000 Years
12. Black Diamond
13. Cold Gin
14. Let Me Go, Rock ‘N Roll
LIVE IN WILDWOOD, NEW JERSEY – WILDWOOD CONVENTION HALL – JULY 23, 1975*
CD THREE:
1. Deuce
2. Strutter
3. Got To Choose
4. Hotter Than Hell
5. Firehouse
6. She
7. Ace Frehley Guitar Solo
8. Nothin’ To Lose
9. C’mon And Love Me
10. 100,000 years
11. Peter Criss Drum Solo / 100,000 Years
12. Parasite
13. Black Diamond
14. Cold Gin
15. Let Me Go, Rock ‘N Roll
BONUS LIVE
CD FOUR:
REHEARSALS – LIVE IN DAVENPORT, IOWA – RKO ORPHEUM THEATRE – JULY 20, 1975*
1. KISS Jam
2. Room Service
3. Strange Ways
4. Rock Bottom
5. Watchin’ You
LIVE IN CLEVELAND, OHIO – CLEVELAND MUSIC HALL – JUNE 21, 1975*
6. She
7. Ace Frehley Guitar Solo
8. Nothin’ To Lose
9. C’mon And Love Me
10. 100,000 Years
11. Peter Criss Drum Solo / 100,000 Years
BLU-RAY AUDIO – ALIVE!:
DISC FIVE:
[Dolby Atmos* / Dolby True HD 5.1* / 192kHz 24-bit & 96kHz 24-bit PCM Stereo]
1. Deuce
2. Strutter
3. Got To Choose
4. Hotter Than Hell
5. Firehouse
6. Nothin’ To Lose
7. C’mon And Love Me
8. Parasite
9. She
10. Watchin’ You
11. 100,000 Years
12. Black Diamond
13. Rock Bottom
14. Cold Gin
15. Rock And Roll All Nite
16. Let Me Go, Rock ‘N Roll
Blu-ray Audio Specs:
Approx Run Time: 312 mins
Audio: 48kHz 24-bit Dolby Atmos / 96kHz 24-bit Dolby TrueHD 5.1 /
192kHz 24-bit PCM Stereo / 96kHz 24-bit PCM Stereo
Picture: 1080p / 16:9 Widescreen
* Previously unreleased
A Dolby Atmos compatible sound system is required to playback the Dolby Atmos content. Please ensure your Blu-ray player firmware is up to date or certain aspects of this Blu-ray disc may not playback properly. Please consult your Blu-ray player manual and/or manufacturer for firmware update options and process. Dolby Atmos technical specs require volume levels of content to be presented lower than most audio streams are experienced on Blu-ray discs, so all audio streams’ volumes have been matched – but that’s what volume knobs are for, so crank it up!