Product Details

• Actors: Kiss
• Format: AC-3, Best of, Box set, Color, Dolby, DVD, Enhanced, Limited Edition, Live, Restored, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 2
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: VH1 Classics
• DVD Release Date: October 31, 2006
• Run Time: 379 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (122 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000IOM0YM
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #46,565 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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As KISSology - Vol. 1 (1974-1977) announces loudly, all the chutzpah and bombast that made KISS so huge--the fire-breathing, the blood-dripping, the kabuki-mask make-up and platform shoes, the synchronized head-bobs--were in place from the very beginning. KISS's 1974 concert in San Francisco is virtually identical to their 1977 concerts in Japan and Houston, at the peak of their popularity. For hardcore fans, this opportunity to bask in the nuances of five performances of "Black Diamond" and six performances of "Firehouse" is essential viewing, but for the less committed the pleasures of KISSology lie in the bizarre collisions pop culture is heir to: Gene Simmons, in full costume, declaring himself "evil incarnate" on The Mike Douglas Show; Margaret Hamilton, done up in her Wizard of Oz Wicked Witch of the West garb, introducing KISS to the ever-cackling Paul Lynde on Lynde's 1976 Halloween special (the footage from this special doesn't include the tender ballad "Beth", undoubtedly due to the estrangement of drummer Peter Criss, who sang the band's highest charting U.S. single); and the truly surreal incident where KISS went to Cadillac, Michigan, and had breakfast with the entire city council wearing full KISS makeup before the band made a spectacular exit by helicopter. Rock & roll is full of strange phenomena, but KISS is one of the most inexplicable: An adolescent fever dream of superheroic hedonism that somehow achieved world-wide stardom and kept its career alive for over 30 years. KISS started as a deliberate cartoon, became a bad joke, and have re-emerged as a fond memory, still cranking out pyrotechnic spectacle. Three volumes of KISSology is probably excessive, but why stop the excess now? --Bret Fetzer

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82 of 91 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally all of our VHS tapes on DVD!, October 5, 2006

By	Jason L. Baucom "frodisman" (Sunrise, Florida United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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!

25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars BONUS DISC CONFUSION, October 23, 2006

By	JOHNLOCKE "Soul Of The Sunset" (NY) - See all my reviews

OK:
Here goes:
I personally called Fontana distribution and spoke with an account manager to finally clear this mess up.
YES, it is true. WALMART will have the bonus disc of 1977 LARGO and BEST BUY will have the 1st night of the COBO HALL 76 and all other retailers including AMAZON will have the bonus disc of MADISON SQUARE GARDEN 1977. The bonus discs DO NOT have the complete shows on them. They will contain 7 to 12 songs each. I have been in contact with some folks that have advance copies of this long awaited release and they assure me that it will be worth the wait. I was also able to get some unconfirmed "GOSSIP" regarding the next 2 volumes. There is a possibility that volume 2 will contain a FULL show from the CREATURES OF THE NIGHT tour with Vinnie Vincent. It is from New Orleans in 1983. I repeat::: I am NOT able to confirm this. Only time will tell. I hope this clears up all the confusion.
ROCK FORWARD;-)

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Detailed Review - And Bonus Disc Question, October 31, 2006

By	Spider-Web (Foxboro, MA) - See all my reviews

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!