Kiss/Rare History 1974-1976

Following the death of founding KISS guitarist Ace Frehley in October 2025, this ultimate compilation, featuring 2 hours and 40 minutes of rare footage, all mastered and compiled by an international KISS expert using state-of-the-art equipment, spanning the band’s 1974 debut, through their 1976 climax, “DESTROYER.” While the quality of the footage varies due to aging, it includes pro-shot footage from their 1974 debut, master reel versions of legendary TV shows, and even 16mm footage, making this a unique and unique compilation of footage often too short to be released on its own. This comprehensive compilation offers a diverse archive of footage that is unlike any other video release. Disc 1 : 1. Academy Of Music, New York City : 26th January 1974 (This is a legendary concert and an appropriate opener for this DVD. It is the second of two shows that Paul Stanley wore his infamous “Bandit” make-up instead of his famous star. It is the only footage available of him wearing this. it is the first ever KISS television performance of a blistering live set!) 2. Nothin’ To Lose 3. Firehouse 4. Black Diamond 5. KSHE FM Kyte Fly, Aviation Field, Forest Park, St Louis: 31st March 1974 (This is the biggest crowd ever played to (so not the Brazilian 1983 shows!) and it was this early in their career that they played in front of 100.000 people in St. Louis at the Kite 6. Deuce 7. Strutter 8. She 9. Firehouse 10. Nothin’ To Lose 11. Cold Gin 12. 100,000 Years 13. Black Diamond 14. Acrobat / You’re Much Too Young [Mike Douglas Show : 12th April 1974] (Off master reel TV Broadcast with a hilarious interview of Gene in his ultimate demon bat personification, the Guinness Records Book winners of the longest KISS and a blistering performance of Firehouse!) 15. Interview Gene Simmons 16. Firehouse 17. Hotter Than Hell Promo Fraser, Hockeyland Arena : 14th May 1974 (The promotional film for the second album, shot in Fraser Michigan. This has rare footage of KISS’s famous logo ON stage instead of behind the drums) 18. Sunshine In Concert Hall, Asbury Park, NJ: 17th June 1974 (A superb 8mm reel with audio of the headline show as headliners Eleventh House backed out last minute. Again, due to the size of the venue the KISS logo is on stage.) 19. Boogie Dance Show, Victory Theater, Toronto : 14th September 1974 (KISS on tour in Canada, captured by a Toronto TV station. Off master reel with great footage of the atmosphere, KISS on stage and back stage.) 20. Hotter Than Hell U.S. TV Spot NBC’s Midnight Special Burbank, CA 1st April 1975 (Three songs of the 4 are here as the reels with the NOT BROADCASTED C’Mon & Love Me were apperently erased. Superb quality of this legendary performance of KISS in their Hotter Than Hell era costumes at Burt Sugarman’s Midnight Special.) 21. Deuce 22. She 23. Black Diamond Disc 2 : 1. Riverside Theater, Milwaukee : 6th May 1975 (Superb live footage from the 8mm master with sound of a very early Dressed To Kill performance.) [Michigan Palace, Detroit : 15th May 1975] (The legendary promo videos in their original form shot the day before the Alive! performance at Cobo Hall.) 2. C’mon And Love Me 3. Rock And Roll All Nite 4. Rock And Roll All Nite (Gene Cam) Full performance of Outtakes of just the Gene camera. [Commercial & Promo Videos of 16 MM Master] (The TV Commercial for the KISS Alive album plus slightly different versions of the promotional videos of C’mon & Love Me and Rock and Roll All Night directly directly from the 16 MM reel.) 5. Alive! Album Commercial 6. C’mon And Love Me 16mm Master 7. Rock And Roll All Nite 16mm Master [Paramount Theater, Portland : 24th May 1975 (Unreleased Pro Shot)] (16MM master footage, professional shot for television with a great interview at the end and some audio outtakes by the presenter of the show.) 8. Pre-show 9. Strutter 10. Got To Choose 11. 100,000 Years 12. Interview 13. Mainline 14. Firehouse 15. Deuce 16. Interview 17. Cadillac High School Gym Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale : 31st December 1975] (Exactly 2 years after their debut gig supporting Blue Oyster Cult, KISS headlines and BoC supports KISS at a sold out Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale on New Years Eve 1975. Amazing footage of the countdown to 1976 and then KISS blasting Off the new year. Absolutely spectacular footage directly off the master. C’mon And Love Me 22. Hotter Than Hell 23. Firehouse 24. She / Ace Solo 25. 100,000 Years26. Alive! Rock Steady Promo Film Detroit : January 1976 (KISS headlined Cobohall for three sold out nights on January 25, 26 and 27 1976. Rock Steady decided to film the performances but only used the footage to produce a KISS Alive! promo film. Something they would later do for Alive II aswell as Dynasty. Master source including end credits) 27. Civic Center, Springfield : 28th March 1976 (Final Alive! show) (This is a master reel of footage shot at the final Alive! Tour show. On April 11 the band will pick up touring under the Destroyer banner with the same set and costumes though.) [So It Goes Granada TV : August 21 1976] (KISS tours Europe for the first time and Granada TV captures amazing footage at their first European show at Manchester’s Free Trade hall on May 13. Interviewed by Tony Wilson the band make it quite a spectacle.) 28. Interview 29. Free Trade Hall, Manchester : 13th May 1976 30. SDR Abendschau Rosengarten, Mannheim, Germany : 18th May 1976 (Kiss on the Sud Deutsche Rundfunk evening news with superb live footage in Germany 1976) 31. L’Olympia, France, Paris : 32 Szene 76, Circus Krone, Munich, Germany : 3rd June 1976 (Off Master pro shot of KISS in Munich on one of the last shows of their European Destroyer Tour. After this the band will start rehearsing and embark on their US stadium tour) ALL PRO-SHOT COLOR NTSC Approx.160min