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List Price: $195.98 | | Label: Island / Mercury
Salesrank: 186137
Released: November 20, 2001 |
| Our Price: $184.99 |
| Used Price: $124.99 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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Kiss Deluxe Limited Edition Track Listing:
Disc 1:
1. Strutter (demo)
2. Deuce (demo)
3. Keep Me Waiting - Wicked Lester
4. She - Wicked Lester
5. Love Her All I Can - Wicked Lester
6. Let Me Know (Bell Sound Studios demo)
7. 100,000 Years (Bell Sound Studios demo)
8. Stop, Look To Listen (Paul Stanley demo)
9. Leeta (Gene Simmons demo)
10. Let Me go, Rock 'N' Roll (Bell Sound Studios demo)
11. Acrobat (Live at The Daisy)
12. Firehouse (Bell Sound Studios demo)
13. Nothin' to Lose
14. Black Diamond
15. Hotter Than Hell
16. Strange Ways
17. Parasite
18. Goin' Blind
19. Anything For My Baby
20. Ladies In Waiting
21. Rock and Roll All Nite
Disc 2:
1. C'mon And Love Me (Live)
2. Rock Bottom (Live)
3. Cold Gin (Live)
4. Watchin' You (Live)
5. Doncha Hesitate (demo)
6. Mad Dog (demo)
7. God of Thunder (demo)
8. Great Expectations
9. Beth
10. Do You Love Me
11. Bad, Bad Lovin' (demo)
12. Calling Dr. Love
13. Mr. Speed (demo)
14. Christine Sixteen
15. Hard Luck Woman
16. Shock Me
17. I Stole Your Love
18. I Want You (Soundcheck recording)
19. Love Gun (demo)
20. Love Is Blind (demo)
Disc 3:
1. Detroit Rock City
2. King of the Night Time World (Live)
3. Larger Than Life
4. Rocket Ride
5. Tonight You Belong To Me
6. New York Groove
7. Radioactive (demo)
8. Don't You Let Me Down
9. I Was Made For Lovin' You
10. Sure Know Something
11. Shandi
12. You're All That I Want, You're All That I Need (demo)
13. Talk To Me (Live)
14. A World Without Heroes
15. The Oath
16. Nowhere To Run
17. Creatures Of The Night
18. War Machine
19. I Love It Loud
Disc 4:
1. Lick It Up
2. All Hell's Breaking Loose
3. Heaven's On Fire
4. Get All You Can Take
5. Thrills In The Night
6. Tears Are Falling
7. Uh! All Night
8. Time Traveller (demo)
9. Hell Or High Water
10. Crazy, Crazy Nights
11. Reason To Live
12. Let's Put The X In Sex
13. Hide Your Heart
14. Ain't That Peculiar (demo)
15. Silver Spoon
16. Forever (single version)
Editorial Review:
Set aside the makeup, pyrotechnics, and coffin sales, and all that's left of "the hottest band in the world" is the music. Fortunately, in the case of for Kiss, the music is their strongest suit. This five-CD box set blends previously released recordings, demos, and unreleased live material. Rarities come in large part from the band's halcyon makeup period and include unheard songs from an assortment of demos. Among the curios are the Wicked Lester versions of "She" and "Love Her All I Can," replete with horn kicks and hand percussion. No less intriguing is the previously unreleased Destroyer-era, Slade-inspired stomper "Doncha Hesitate" and Paul Stanley's disco-influenced "God of Thunder." Other demos give insight into the band's proclivity for cannibalizing early material for portions of soon-to-be hits. Though most fans recognize the 1970s as Kiss's heyday, the 1980s material such as Creatures of the Night's "War Machine" and Asylum's "Tears Are Falling" holds up surprisingly well. The fifth CD, which consists of 1990s output, falls flat, though some sparks are rekindled with the rewrite of Argent's "God Gave Rock & Roll to You." The box includes a thick, full-color booklet with rare photos and insightful song-by-song commentary from the band. --Kelly Minnis
Kiss Deluxe Limited Edition Reviews:
Amazing sound, OK rare tracks 
2008-06-20 - All praise for the box set goes to the amazing re-mastering of the tracks on the album, KISS never sounded so great on disc. But there's more...
Included are some rare tracks that make the set worth having, these are:
-"Acrobat": Which captures the raw, early KISS energy and attitude.
-"Dontcha' Hesitate": Right off of Dressed to Kill, funky bass and classic harmonies make this a lost classic.
-"God of Thunder": Paul's version of the song deserves to be re-recorded and put on an album, it's much more rockin' than the Destroyer track.
-"It's My Life": Great Gene and Ace track that should have replaced "Dreamin'" on Psycho Circus.
Though the other demo tracks and pre-KISS recordings are interesting, they are nothing you want to listen to more than once.
But interesting or not, all the tracks are LOUD and crisp. It's a shame that the Re-masters of the KISS catalog did not receive this type of treatment, because it really elevates the level of pleasure you get from listening to the songs.
I wouldn't call the set a must have, most KISS fans already have every album and have heard a lot of the demos in bootleg form, so all you're really paying for is improved sound quality.
The deluxe edition (which I bought) is also an excess item, as the case is cumbersome and hard to find a spot for. The commentary book is pretty nice, but without commentary from all 4 members it loses a little magic.
Very much for completists, but your not missing anything without it.
Excellent Package; But more rarities are needed.. 
2007-06-08 - This earns 5 stars for the packaging, and for the unreleased gems, "Doncha Hesitate" and "It's My Life". I've heard people complaining about the inclusion of greatest hits on here...but for the first box set, they have to do that. It has to be an overview. I just wish, again, that more demos, unreleased songs and rarities were included. The sound quality is excellent - even improved over the remasters of the late 90's. I would love to see a volume 2, and even throw in old shows from the 70's complete and cleaned up and remastered. That would be great!
Disc 5 is the worst disc here. I don't know why they put things from unplugged on here. I can't believe "Jungle" isn't on there.
My First Purchase
2007-01-12 - It went a lot better than I had thought, a lot better !!!
I am very pleased with my purchase and would not hesitate to do it again.
I would rather rarities,rather than same old versions.
2006-09-11 - This collection starts off real well with some rare recordings.
My problem is why do they constantly re-release the same old songs over and over again?
Thos Wicked Lester recordings are realy good to listen to,but probably strictly for Kiss fans only.They were trying to sound like bands who were around at that time,and hadnt developed that Kiss sound.But i enjoyed listening to them.
The rest of the 1st Cd goes into the normal album versions,with no variations,and i think that stinks.
Cd 2 starts off with re-releases from Alive 1.Then we have a few rarities,some demos.I like to hear the variations,after all i already have the album versions,so why do i need them again?
The rest of the Cd is a mixture of normal versions and demo's.
Disk 3 gets a bit more disappointing with far fewer alternate versions, 2 demo's only and one live version of Talk To Me.
Disk 4 has got 2 unreleased songs,but no demo's.
Disk 5 has a demo of domino,and 2 songs not released on Kiss albums.
Dont get me wrong this collection has some excellent Kiss songs on it.There is one hell of alot of music here.
But im a Kiss fan of almost 30 years,and i know all their songs.
For new fans this should be a real treat,but i would much rather have alot more rare recordings,demos etc.I believe there is much more out there.
I know songs like Lick It Up are great songs,but how many times do i have to have it?
I realy miss the days when we used to love getting a new album or Cd,and listening to the new songs.Also it was interesting to see how new songs would fit into the next stage show.
Those were the days my friend,i thought they would never end,but for now it seems they have.
Kiss delux set
2006-03-09 - Hello fans, I bought the less expensive set when these items were first relesed. But Amazon had a great price on the deluxe set that I could not pass on having it in my collection. THANKS AMAZON! Mark
