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Finally all of our VHS tapes on DVD!, October 5, 2006
This review is from: Kiss - Kissology - Volume 1 (1974-1977) (DVD)
If you are a big KISS fan like myself, then you probably have seen 95% of what this DVD has to offer. I've researched the DVD tracks on this disc and this is what I found:
Disc One Track Listing
Long Beach, CA
2/17/74
"Acrobat"
(previously unreleased track)
ABC "In Concert"
3/29/74
"Nothing to Love"
"Firehouse"
"Black Diamond"
The Mike Douglas Show
4/29/74
Interview
"Firehouse"
Winterland - San Francisco, CA
1/31/75
"Deuce"
"Strutter"
"Got to Choose"
"Hotter than Hell"
"Firehouse"
"Watchin' You"
"Nothin' to Lose"
"Parasite"
"100,000 Years"
"Black Diamond"
"Cold Gin"
"Let Me Go, Rock 'n' Roll"
"The Midnight Special"
4/1/75
"She"
"Black Diamond"
Kiss Alive Promo Clips 1975
"Come On and Love Me"
"Rock and Roll All Night"
Documentary: Cadillace, Michigan October 1975
Cobo Hall Detroit, MI
1/26/76
"Deuce"
"Strutter"
"C'mon and Love Me"
"Hotter than Hell"
"Firehouse"
"She"
"Parasite"
"Nothin' To Lose"
"100,000 Years"
"Black Diamond"
"Cold Gin"
"Rock $ Roll All Nite"
"Let Me Go, Rock 'n' Roll"
Disc Two Track Listing
"So It Goes"
Interview
"Black Diamond"
The Paul Lynde Halloween Special
10/29/76
Interview
"King of the Night Time World"
Budokan Hall - Tokyo, Japan
4/2/77
"Detroit Rock City"
"Take Me"
"Let Me Go, Rock 'n' Roll"
"Ladies Room"
"Firehouse"
"Makin' Love"
"I Want You"
"Cold Gin"
"Do You Love Me?"
"Nothin' to Lose"
"God of Thunder"
"Rock & Roll All Nite"
"Shout it Out Loud"
"Beth"
"Black Diamond"
Don Kirshner's "Rock Concert"
5/28/77
"Hard Luck Woman"
"Love Em & Leave Em"
"I Want You"
The Summit - Houston, TX
9/2/77
"I Stole Your Love"
"Take Me"
"Ladies Room"
"Firehouse"
"Love Gun"
"Hooligan"
"Makin' Love"
"Christine Sixteen"
"Shock Me"
"I Want You"
"Calling Dr. Love"
"Shout It Out Loud"
"God of Thunder"
"Rock & Roll All Nite"
"Detroit Rock City"
"Beth"
"Black Diamond"
I have and seen most of this footage before. Supposedly there will be lots of extras thrown in as well.
If you haven't seen any of this footage you will be blown away. The Midnight Special footage of "She" is the best. The Houston concert is great too. Love Peter on "Hooligan". The Don Kirshner's is ok. "Love em' Leave em'" rocks although lip synced. I just hope these are all full versions and not cut like previous videos.
A MUST BUY!
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Detailed Review - And Bonus Disc Question, October 31, 2006
This review is from: Kiss - Kissology - Volume 1 (1974-1977) (DVD)
6 hours of hedonistic KISS on video for around 20 bucks? You can't go wrong. For the die-hards - yes, there are a few Pro Shot videos that they left out of the two-disc set (Houston 8/13/76, Anaheim 8/20/76 and Houston 9/1/77) - but the footage that is on here (and boy is this thing jam packed) is for the most part super.
I've been collecting KISS video for over 25 years, and I have gone through many different versions and varying quality copies of the footage on this set, and here is my take:
2/17/94 Long Beach: Old 8mm slient footage of the song "Acrobat". Quality is about the same as the footage that has been in bootleg trading circles for the last few years. This is only a portion of the source tape. The silent footage has had an audio track from 4/17/74 Memphis dubbed in.
4/29/74 Mike Douglas Show: Outstanding quality of the Gene Simmons interview and "Firehouse", probably culled from the shows' master reels. My question is why was some of the interview portion cut out? Only 1 minute folks. They could have kept the "kissing contest" in.
1/31/75 San Francisco: Outstanding quality of the entire show (minus the ending which does not exist). The copies that have been circulating in bootleg trading trading circles are generally excellent, and they have some slow-motion video spliced over the damaged parts of the tape. This release looks untouched (and thats a good thing!), with a few warts left in. Superb audio. Only complaint is that the first 30 seconds of the video are cut out. We don't miss any music, but why not just let the reel go from the beginning?
4/1/75 Midnight Special: Great performances of "She" and "Black Diamond", but the quality could be better. I've seen cleaner copies on bootleg.
1975 Promo Clips: Perfect quality of the promotional videos "C'Mon And Love Me" and "Rock And Roll All Nite". Sounds like the remastered audio of the studio tracks from Dressed to Kill have been used.
10/75 Cadillac, MI: Great stuff. This footage has existed in bootleg circles for years and is generally decent, but this is hands down better. And the brief live footage from the Cadillac concert is a welcome site!
1/26/76 Detroit: Performance wise, as good as it gets. Entire show. The audio sounds great, and the video quality is very clean. There are a few glitches, but they are presumably on the master tape. Only complaint is that the first 45 seconds and the last 10 seconds of the video are cut out. We don't miss any music, but why not just let the reel go from end to end?
8/21/76 'So It Goes TV': Great quality, nice documentary piece. Better than all circulating versions in trading circles.
10/29/76 Paul Lynde Halloween Special: Decent quality, but two songs are missing ("Detroit Rock City" and "Beth") from the broadcast, and they do exist. Where are they? Only 6 minutes folks. They could have kept the songs in.
4/2/77 Tokyo: Full concert. Very nice. This one cleaned up well.
5/28/77 Don Kirschner's Rock: Great quality of the lip-synched performances of "I Want You", "Love 'Em, Leave 'Em" and "Hard Luck Woman".
9/2/77 Houston: Over the years, this probably has been the widest circulated Kiss concert video in trading circles. A few songs taken from this perfomance have already been officially released on Kiss Exposed. Many of the bootlegs in circulation have been lightened; this copy looks like it has been left as it was filmed be the in-house crew at the Summit. It's a bit dark at times, but generally fantastic. Only complaint is that the first 60 seconds and the last 3 complilation minutes of the video are cut out. We don't miss any music, but why not just let the reel go from end to end? Also, if you have this show on bootleg, the master tape has still shots from the performance in between the songs. On this release, the choice was made to forgo the still shots and fade to black in between the songs.
Bonus discs: 1/25/76 Detroit is complete (no encores - they don't exist on tape) and is available at Best Buy. The 12/20/77 Landover is close to complete (12 songs) and is available at Wal Mart. The 2/18/77 New York is only half the show, and is available at most music retailers. Why the hack job on the 2/18/77 is beyond me. I bought the set with 1/25/76 bonus disc, and the quality is very good. But the bonus disc has no menus or chapter points/song points.
Can anyone corroborate if their bonus disc(s) have menus and chapter points?
Geez folks, they could have taken the hour required to make menus and chapter points on the bonus discs!
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