You wanted the best, prepare to get even more of the best: Kiss have announced a massive 50th anniversary reissue of their classic Alive! stocked with nearly 90 unreleased tracks.
The Alive! 50th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition, out November 21, features the band’s 1975 live album newly remastered from the original tapes as well as two more complete and unreleased concerts from July 1975 — from Davenport, Iowa’s RKO Orpheum Theater and Wildwood, New Jersey’s Convention Hall — plus a rehearsal from the Iowa gig and some live recordings from a Cleveland Music Hall gig in June 1975.
“For the Super Deluxe box sets, Eddie Kramer has completed new mixes of these particular gigs, revisiting the original multi-track analog tapes and preserving the raw integrity of the performances with no overdubs,” the press release shares. Alive! previously landed at Number Six on Rolling Stone‘s list of the 50 Greatest Live Albums of All Time.
Ahead of the reissue’s arrival, Kiss have shared the unreleased recording of “C’mon And Love Me” from the Davenport, Iowa show:
Both the Davenport and Wildwood shows also featured tracks dedicated to “Ace Frehley Guitar Solo,” spotlighting the late guitarist’s work on the Dressed to Kill Tour.
In addition to all the unreleased music, the Alive! Super Deluxe editions come packed with reproduction ephemera from the era, including “a reprint of the Alive! 1975 Press Kit, photos, a tour program, a T-shirt iron-on, backstage passes, ticket stubs, posters, an album cover lenticular, four double-sided coasters, four guitar picks, a bumper sticker, an Alive! die-cut double-sided mobile, and more.”
The limited edition set of only 1,000 copies is also accompanied by an archival hardcover book documenting the Dressed to Kill Tour and Gotham Rock City News Volume 4 newspaper featuring a track-by-track interview with Kramer breaking down the majority of songs.
The Alive! reissue, available to preorder now via the Kiss shop, comes in a variety of formats, including 4CD/1Blu-ray, 8LP/1Blu-Ray, Deluxe Picture Disc Vinyl, Premium Color Vinyl, and more.
Kiss Alive! 50th Anniversary Super Deluxe 4-CD + Blu-Ray Track List:
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
* Previously unreleased
