1973 - 1979






  



PRE-KISS TOUR

LOFT REHEARSALS 5/73 (1 CD) A

AMITYVILLE, NY 6/16/73 (1 CD) A

QUEENS. NY 12/22/73 (1 CD) B+

KISS TOUR

WASHINGTON, D.C. 3/25/74 (1 CD, 2ND SHOW OF THE NIGHT) B+

CLEVELAND, OH 4/1/74 (1 CD) A+

DETROIT, MI 4/7/74 (1 CD) A

MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE 4/18/74 (1 CD) B-

CHARLOTTE, NC 4/21/74 (1 CD, 2ND SHOW) B+

LONG BEACH, CA 5/31/74 (1 CD) A

BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA 7/16/74 (1 CD) A

SOUTH BEND, INDIANA 8/4/74 (1 CD) B+

HOTTER THAN HELL TOUR

HAMMOND, INDIANA 10/18/74 (1 CD, INCOMPLETE SHOW) A

EAST LANSING, MI 10/21/74 (1 CD) A+

SAN FRANCISCO, CA 1/31/75 (1 CD) A

DRESSED TO KILL TOUR

PALENTINE, ILLIONOIS 4/19/75 (includes soundcheck - 1 CD) C-

PHILADELPHIA, PA 5/3/75 (1 CD) C

BOSTON, MA 5/11/75 (1 CD) D

LONG BEACH, CA 5/31/75 (2 CD) A-

TULSA, OK 6/13/75 (1 CD) A+

CLEVELAND, OH 6/21/75 (1 CD) A+

PROVIDENCE, RI 8/8/75 (1 CD) A

HEMPSTEAD, NY 8/23/75 (1 CD) C+

ALIVE OUTTAKES (8 SONGS, 1 CD) A+

ALIVE! TOUR

ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS 11/15/75 (1 CD) C-

UNIONDALE, NY 12/31/75 (venue & date may be wrong) C-

DETROIT, MI 1/25/76 (1 CD) A

MIAMI, FLORIDA 3/21/76 (1 CD) A-

DESTROYER TOUR

PARIS, FRANCE 5/22/76 (1 CD) A

HAMMERSMITH, LONDON 5/16/76 (1 CD) B

AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND 5/23/76 (1 CD) B-

KOBENHAVEN, DENMARK 5/29/76 (1 CD) C-

LUND, SWEDEN 5/30/76 (1 CD) C 

JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY 07/10/1976 (1 CD) A

ST. LOUIS, MO 7/28/76 (1 CD) B-

HOUSTON, TEXAS 8/13/76 (1 CD, FULL SHOW) A

ANAHEIM, CA 8/20/76 (1 CD) B-

CLEVELAND, OH 9/3/76 (1 CD) A+

TORONTO, CANADA 9/6/76 (1 CD) A+

ROCK AND ROLL OVER TOUR

ROCK AND ROLL OVER TOUR REHEARSALS (1 CD) B-

DETROIT, MI 1/29/77 (1 CD) A+

NEW YORK, NY 02/18/1977 (1 CD) A

JOHNSON CITY, TN 2/26/77 (1 CD) B-

LEXINGTON, KY 3/5/77 (1 CD) C-

OSAKA, JAPAN 3/25/77 (1 CD) C+

KYOTO, JAPAN 3/26/77 (1 CD) B

TOKYO, JAPAN 4/2/77 (1 CD) A+

THE LOST ALIVE II (1 CD) A++

LOVE GUN TOUR

SAN FRANCISCO, CA 8/16/77 (1 CD) A-

LOS ANGELES, CA 8/25/77 (1 CD) C+

HOUSTON, TEXAS 9/1/77 (1 CD) A-

HOUSTON, TEXAS 9/2/77 (1 CD) A

ALIVE II TOUR

LARGO, MARYLAND 12/20/77 (1 CD, PARTIAL SHOW) A+

SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTES 1/27/78 (2 CD) B+

PROVIDENCE, RI 2/2/78 (1 CD) C-

BUDOKAN, JAPAN 3/28/78 (2 CD) B+

DYNASTY TOUR

LAKELAND, FL (DRESS REHEARSALS) 6/14/79 (2 CD) A-

LANDOVER, MARYLAND 7/7/79 (1 CD) A

M.S.G. NEW YORK 07/25/79 (2 CD) B

PROVIDENCE, R.I. 7/31/79 (2 CD) B-

MONTREAL, CANADA 8/6/79 (1 CD, 2 second gaps)

FRESNO, CA 11/24/79 (1 CD) A-



 

 



 



"It captured the live insanity, the adrenalin, it captured the audience's vibes with our vibes."

- Peter Criss, on discussing the 1975 album, ALIVE!



 

"The stage is A Holy Place, you do not get up there and degrade it. If I'm paying as much to see a rock 'n' roll band onstage as I would for one of their records I'm damned if I'm gonna sit there and see someone plug into a cheap little amp and have no regard for their appearance."

- Gene Simmons, NME, 1978



 

"Bill [Aucoin] and Neil [Bogart] were the real geniuses ... I think it was really the management that was responsible for making the band happen."

 - Ace Frehley



 

"We're children of the last generation of rock. All my idols, the Stones, Who, Move and the Kinks had a profound influence on my outlook on the world."

- Paul Stanley, Melody Maker, 1975