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Live at Metro Center, Rockford, IL, USA 31st December 1982
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The first tour “CREATURES OF THE NIGHT Tour” with Vinnie Vincent. The shock sound board sound source is also newly discovered! Three titles that will shock collectors around the world will be released at the same time!!
This work is the second of three simultaneous releases. It is a super powerful stereo sound board recording of “December 31, 1982 Rockford performance”. First, let’s look back at the overall picture of “CREATURES OF THE NIGHT Tour” and grasp the position of each of the three titles.
● 1982
《“CREATURES OF THE NIGHT” released on October 13》
・December 29-31: North America #1a (3 performances) ← Coco
● 1983
・January 1-February 4: North America #1b (23 performances)
・ February 1-March 1: North America # 2 (12 performances)
・ March 9-April 3: North America # 3 (15 performances) ← * EL PASO 1983
・ June 18-25: South America (3 performances)
《Production of “LICK IT UP” started in July》
This is the 1982/1983 KISS. Since the previous “UNMASKED Tour 1980” was centered on Europe / Oceania, it was the first full-scale US tour in three years since “DYNASTY Tour 1979”. The Rockford performance of this work was excavated from the same “North America # 1a” as the sister work “SIOUX CITY 1982 SOUNDBOARD (Zodiac 529)”. Let’s zoom in on the schedule.
-Details of North America #1a
・December 29: Bismarck Performance
・December 30 “SIOUX CITY 1982 SOUNDBOARD”
・December 31: Rockford performance ← ★This work★
In this way, this work is the third performance of the “CREATURES OF THE NIGHT Tour”. It is the day after “SIOUX CITY 1982 SOUNDBOARD”, and it is a soundboard album that will be a sister work. Moreover, it is suitable to call not only the position but also the sound as a sister. It is clearly recorded directly from the mix house, and there is no official live work or FM broadcast treatment. The unprocessed performance sound for spitting out from the on-site PA flows out with the core exposed, and it is furiously vivid. There is no completion or production that reproduces the concert scene, but it is not a drawback even if it is a good point for a soundboard maniac who is worn out. The strong sense of synchronization that makes the skull look like an amplifier is a real thrill that can never be experienced even in the official work, and this work is a transcendental sound board that corresponds to the highest quality.
Such quality is also very similar to “SIOUX CITY 1982 SOUNDBOARD”, but there is one big difference. It is “complementary with audience recording”. Currently, it is a 100% pure sound board that is shaking collectors all over the world, but there is a cut like AB face inversion in part, probably because the source is a 90-minute tape, and the last two songs “Rock And Roll All Nite” and “Detroit rock City” were missing recordings. In this work, the missing part is patched with the finest audience recording “NEW YEARS EVE (Shades 857)”. It is finished as a full live album where you can fully experience the day. As a matter of fact, there was a similar cut in the sister work “SIOUX CITY 1982 SOUNDBOARD”, but unfortunately the quality was not enough to connect the audience recording on the day. In that respect, “NEW YEARS EVE” is an on-name recording that is called “just like a sound board”, so we were able to realize the complete form of the show.
Finally, let’s sort out what the full show is like.
● CREATURES OF THE NIGHT (5 songs)
・Creatures of the Night／I Love It Loud／War Machine／Rock and Roll Hell（★）／I Still Love You
70’s Classics (11 songs)
・KISS: Strutter/Firehouse/Cold Gin/Black Diamond
・DESTROYER: Shout It Out Loud/God Of Thunder/Detroit Rock City (*)
・Others: Rock And Roll All Nite (*) / Calling Dr. Love / I Want You / Love Gun
* Note: Songs marked with an asterisk (*) were complemented by audience recordings. The “★” mark is a super rare song only at the beginning of the tour.
“Keep Me Comin'”, one of the two super rare songs on “SIOUX CITY 1982 SOUNDBOARD” the day before, was dropped from the set, so the rarity level has dropped a step, but even so, “Rock and Roll Hell” is a big one. stomach. This work also disappears from the set at the end, and the next one to be played is a rare song 34 years after the current formation. And what is better than “SIOUX CITY 1982 SOUNDBOARD” is the experience of a full show. The last two songs are audience recordings, so I can’t say that there is no discomfort, but the real pleasure of being able to enjoy the full show that Vinnie Vincent rampages right after joining with super-superb quality is hard to replace with anything.
“SIOUX CITY 1982 SOUNDBOARD”, where you can listen to two super rare songs, or this work, where you can enjoy a full show? No, no matter how you look at it, you have no choice but to listen to both of them. Please enjoy it to your heart’s content with the permanent preservation press 2CD.
* Super strong stereo sound board recording of “December 31, 1982 Rockford performance”, the third performance after joining Vinnie Vincent. A complete version that is the highest peak of the mix table direct connection system, and the last two songs of the recording omission are also stored with the best audience. The extremely rare song “Rock and Roll Hell” is also a super direct album where a delicious full show is poured into the brain.
Zodiac 530
