What a great show, i remember someone busted out the glass in the front of the convention center and they couldn't raise the drum platform on "Black Diamond" because the ceiling was too low. Just found out recently that this was part of the Alive album. Thanks for sharing, brings back some pretty good memories....
Kramer said this album was pretty much done in the studio. It does kick ass and you're right....that's all that matters. Listen to Ace's solo....there's no way it could have sounded that clear and precise live.
Wildwood was my first KISS concert! Only "Black Diamond" was used for ALIVE! Everything else on the album was taken fro Detroit, Davenport and I think Toledo (not sure about Toledo). I remember coming out of the hall onto the baordwalk and the smoke that filtered out as well. Some people on the baords were commenting that they thought Convention Hall was on fire... It indeed was!
This is KILLER I was there. I'm from Phila and a buddy of mine had a show house and called me all nuts about KISS being in Wildwood. Hell I even remember getting a flat on the way down on the AC Expressway. WOW!
That's not true, Deuce, Strutter, Got To Choose, Hotter Than Hell, and Firehouse were all recorded as they appear on Alive! at this Wildwood show, which has been proven by bootlegs and Deuce from this show was released for Rock Band 2 , and it is exactly the same as on Alive!
at 0:36, I have an audio recording of Gnee breathing fire at this show, actually, the version of Firehouse came from this show, with no overdubbing, I talked to Eddie Kramer, and I listened to a soundboard of Firehouse from this show, thy are the same. I also have an audience recording of Gene spitting blood at 0:58.
Plus, 1:06 is actually on Alive! at the end of Black Diamond.
Great footage. This is Alive! just before Alive! Those Cobo Hall concerts that followed seem a little over produced. This here is what every KISS fan dreams of. The Alive! show before it caught on.
I know what you're saying .. I saw them in Syracuse in 1975 just a week or so after the Alive! album came out. Probably less than 1,000 people there ... but Kiss played like there were 50,000 ... what a show!! Best Kiss show I ever saw ... loved them in the raw, early days. Rock and roll ....................
The music used on this video IS from Alive! The songs were heavily processed for use on Alive! Alive wasn't very live at all. Ask producer Eddie Cramer. I have a cd made from a cassette tape of the Wildwwod concert. It sounds like crap because of the bad recorder and cheap cassette deck. I traded photos of the concert for a copy. It's cool because I can hear myself yell "Cold Gin!" out prior to the beginning of Cold Gin.
no, i know about the fact that they overdubbed, because i have bootlegs from the cleveland and cobo hall concerts, and they sound nothing like alive. what i meant was, if you listen to alive now, do you remember any of the songs sounding the same back then??
@agr8dj Oh wow! That was U?...Cool!....I always noticed that ever since the album came out and I still wonder whatever happened to the guys holding up the KISS poster on the back of the LP....Has any one heard from them?...Love 2 C what they look like now and would love to know if the poster even still exists!
What a great show, i remember someone busted out the glass in the front of the convention center and they couldn't raise the drum platform on "Black Diamond" because the ceiling was too low. Just found out recently that this was part of the Alive album. Thanks for sharing, brings back some pretty good memories....
charger24242 4 weeks ago
what the hell does peter say there....been wondering for 30 years....I hear "JUST GOT YOU SUCKA- Ooooo" Goodnight
97warlock 2 months ago
ACE IS MINE SO BE QUIET!!
KandiLovesAceFrehley 3 months ago
Are selling any of these pictures ?
1976kissdestroyer 5 months ago
@1976kissdestroyer I'll sell any of these pics. Which ones did you want?
agr8dj 4 months ago
@agr8dj how many pictures is it in total ?
1976kissdestroyer 4 months ago
Kramer said this album was pretty much done in the studio. It does kick ass and you're right....that's all that matters. Listen to Ace's solo....there's no way it could have sounded that clear and precise live.
syxxgunner 6 months ago
wow! i LOVE this kinda stuff, this is the real deal. Very cool. By the fans ,4 the fans!!
kissfan5150 7 months ago
This is SO COOL. THANK YOU! I can't believe you saw this show! Do you remember the setlist?
Alpha7xxx 7 months ago
THANKS FOR SHARING!!!
HeavyMetalHendrix 8 months ago
This is the same track on the Alive lp. At the end of the song he is saying Kiss Loves You and then just vocal noise, not words.
METALIZE1 10 months ago
@METALIZE1 Well actually he is saying "Kiss loves you, Rock and roll!!!"
XVIIDays 6 months ago
My God! Thanks for this I was at that show and my camera took nothing but blanks!
KISS1975 1 year ago
Wildwood was my first KISS concert! Only "Black Diamond" was used for ALIVE! Everything else on the album was taken fro Detroit, Davenport and I think Toledo (not sure about Toledo). I remember coming out of the hall onto the baordwalk and the smoke that filtered out as well. Some people on the baords were commenting that they thought Convention Hall was on fire... It indeed was!
Thanks for sharing your photos!
Kissrockguy 1 year ago
How big was that place? Must have been amazing to be there!!!!
Kudos agr8dj!!!
pat12pack 1 year ago
Excellent pictures, dude. Those were the days. Kiss was my first concert - the Destroyer tour. It changed my life.
rocknjerr 1 year ago
what does peter say at the end?KISS WANTS YOU ROCKNROLL????always wondered since i was a kid wht he says?
letiziaytito 1 year ago
@letiziaytito "Kiss Loves you...Rock and Roll!!!!"
billyballs68 1 year ago
@letiziaytito I always thought he said "Kiss loves you SUCKA-gOODnight"
to this day I STILL dont know what he says there.
97warlock 1 year ago
@letiziaytito It sounds like Peter is saying "KISS LOVES YOU..FARGO...Wa,ah..Oooh
isaiahnaaq 10 months ago
MAGIC
diagreen 1 year ago
magic
iamgerhardrodax 1 year ago
hey,,,at the end of the day ,,,does it really matter.......it sounds great,,,thats the main thing
barclosed 1 year ago
This is KILLER I was there. I'm from Phila and a buddy of mine had a show house and called me all nuts about KISS being in Wildwood. Hell I even remember getting a flat on the way down on the AC Expressway. WOW!
Keyo717 1 year ago
KICK ASS!!!!
acidbluebass 1 year ago
Hehe wow i never thought of that!...but wow what an awesome Ace there...listening to it just Makes my fingers tired!
666Goddammit666 1 year ago
Great photos
deuce1231 2 years ago
AWESOME !!
KISSNYC 2 years ago
dude! your my hero!
chuckman101 2 years ago
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northbeachson 2 years ago
@northbeachson
That's not true, Deuce, Strutter, Got To Choose, Hotter Than Hell, and Firehouse were all recorded as they appear on Alive! at this Wildwood show, which has been proven by bootlegs and Deuce from this show was released for Rock Band 2 , and it is exactly the same as on Alive!
sarcogram720 2 years ago 6
@northbeachson The only thing they did with deuce was make the explosion in the beginning much louder
lrewopf 1 year ago
Thanks so much for sharing those pics, agr8dj - loved the candelabras in the background they used back then...
megaladon73 2 years ago
This has been flagged as spam show
Awesome. Thanks for sharing this
elliotttiki 2 years ago
at 0:36, I have an audio recording of Gnee breathing fire at this show, actually, the version of Firehouse came from this show, with no overdubbing, I talked to Eddie Kramer, and I listened to a soundboard of Firehouse from this show, thy are the same. I also have an audience recording of Gene spitting blood at 0:58.
Plus, 1:06 is actually on Alive! at the end of Black Diamond.
sarcogram720 2 years ago
just i case anyone was wondering, the songs that came from this show on Alive! with minimal editing or overdubbing were
Deuce
Strutter
Got To Choose
Hotter Than Hell
Firehouse
and Black Diamond,
I read it in the book KISSTORY.
sarcogram720 2 years ago
AWESOME!
jvflexx 2 years ago
Great pics!!! Love the ones with Gene playing his Gibson Ripper bass.. There's not to many of Theo's pics around...
BassCrazyGriffinXII 3 years ago
yeah, i wish they still made the rippers
sarcogram720 2 years ago
Gibson Grabber Bass
kevykev38 2 years ago
sorry its a Ripper bass
kevykev38 2 years ago
great post thanks man !
sabace 3 years ago
Poor quality or not, these pictures are fabulous!
deuce1231 3 years ago
Great footage. This is Alive! just before Alive! Those Cobo Hall concerts that followed seem a little over produced. This here is what every KISS fan dreams of. The Alive! show before it caught on.
jacintho10 3 years ago
I know what you're saying .. I saw them in Syracuse in 1975 just a week or so after the Alive! album came out. Probably less than 1,000 people there ... but Kiss played like there were 50,000 ... what a show!! Best Kiss show I ever saw ... loved them in the raw, early days. Rock and roll ....................
lespaulstandar 2 years ago
The music used on this video IS from Alive! The songs were heavily processed for use on Alive! Alive wasn't very live at all. Ask producer Eddie Cramer. I have a cd made from a cassette tape of the Wildwwod concert. It sounds like crap because of the bad recorder and cheap cassette deck. I traded photos of the concert for a copy. It's cool because I can hear myself yell "Cold Gin!" out prior to the beginning of Cold Gin.
agr8dj 3 years ago
no, i know about the fact that they overdubbed, because i have bootlegs from the cleveland and cobo hall concerts, and they sound nothing like alive. what i meant was, if you listen to alive now, do you remember any of the songs sounding the same back then??
T2TD 3 years ago
No, not really.
agr8dj 3 years ago
crowd noise and stage banter might be the only things "live' about "KISS ALIVE"
kissed61 3 years ago
actually most of the the onstage banter was done in the studio as well. Have you seen the making of KISS alive!?
It's quite revealing.
drummerkid71 3 years ago
@agr8dj I have the show on audio!
MIssStrutter 1 year ago
@MIssStrutter
me too ... but it's from a tape deck copied to a cd. poor quality. How does your audio sound?
agr8dj 11 months ago
@agr8dj the same
agr8dj 4 months ago
@agr8dj who really gives a shit if it wasn't all live...the album kicks ass, and that's all that matters!
RNH31214 6 months ago
@agr8dj Oh wow! That was U?...Cool!....I always noticed that ever since the album came out and I still wonder whatever happened to the guys holding up the KISS poster on the back of the LP....Has any one heard from them?...Love 2 C what they look like now and would love to know if the poster even still exists!
MrMedusaLvamp 5 months ago
if you listen to the songs that recorded here, and then listen to them on alive, do they sound any different?
T2TD 3 years ago
Well done Jeff! Great pics and vid - thanks for posting.
funchase 3 years ago