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the only problem with it is it should have been released with all concerts complete and all bonus disks included. this is live kiss footage. i will not take off of the rating of the material included because of footage not included. different concerts from different periods. all footage is this set is great. also this 2nd set covers too long of a time period and just glosses over CREATURES,LICK IT UP, ANIMALIZE ,AND ASYLUM period. this period should have been a set all it's own.
Since I never go after bootlegs or rarities, even from the bands I like most, most of the material here was a first for me, so I think the price was fair.It's a package clearly made with care. I enjoyed it a lot.
In between these two short films is the KISS movie. The first disc begins with a filmmaker talking about KISS in a way that isn't true to KISS. It also skips the beginning of "God of Thunder," but it shows Eric Carr's killer drum solo. However, the music is an important aspect.
However, it shows how KISS were not big in their own country, but people had been waiting years to see them, and although it wasn't their line-up with Peter Criss and Ace Frehley, it shows how they were worth the wait. There's also an excerpt from an interview KISS did with Tom Snyder, and it's a little bit disappointing to not see the second half of it. However, it's fine that way. This was when KISS were going through several serious changes. The DVD ends with the tour where KISS really realized their importance, and entered the stage, truly proud of their legacy. I feel that the film quality wasn't that good, and I'm guessing that they replaced some of the footage.
After the big Australian show, it shows KISS doing songs from the Elder on a TV show, and later, a promotional film for "I Love it Loud," their single from Creatures of the Night.The second disc begins with them on their Creatures of the Night tour. It's only about twenty minutes of the show.
This tour was also their big comeback tour, yet it was sadly the last one with Eric Carr, who died of cancer. It claims that the music is secondary to everything else, but the honesty is that the show is much more important to KISS than for most artists.
This is followed by KISS first showing their true faces, and then their first unmasked show, promoted as a masked show because they hadn't planned on unmasking when scheduling the show. The movie was an okay film, but if you want a KISS movie, see Detroit Rock City, which is not really a KISS movie, but it's still good.The second disc begins with the loss of Peter Criss, and the addition of Eric Carr.
This was when KISS were starting to go down as a band, but the film of their performance in Australia, during the tour where they were really treated like royalty was very special. After that is excerpts from a later tour, which wasn't the biggest tour.
The DVD ends with a special tribute to Eric Carr.Volume three picks up from where this one leaves off.
I am from europe and i was waiting 3 weeks for the delivery. I am a bit disappointed that Kiss releases a bunch of concerts with such an awful sound quality. The box and the package is OK but Kiss should be more respectful with the customers and the fans. This should have been brought back to the studio and the sound needed to be mixed again. These concerts sound really poor. I won't buy the other 3 packages, not even for 1 $. Gene has to think over.
Nice booklet & bonus reproduction of the launch ticket for the movie. Disc One features the Kiss movie "Attack of the Phantoms" which is it's DVD premiere. Kissology 2 78-91 The 3 disc collection with the bonus DVD of Budokan Hall, Japan concert footage from 88. the really neat stuff that Kiss has always rewarded it's fans with. Disc 2 covers Peter leaving the band before the Australian tour and features the Australian invasion of Kiss with great Australian concert footage from Sydney. Disc 3 features concert footage of Brazil, Philly & Detroit. All the favorite songs from the Dynasty / Unmasked period. with great concert footage of all the classics.A must for all Kiss fans.
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