KISS: Destroyer (1976) 4CD + Blu-ray Audio Super Deluxe Edition - November 19th, 2021

[Max Solo]

KISS: Destroyer Blu-ray

KISS: Destroyer Blu-ray

I’ve wondered when KISS would get in the deluxe game.

I just wasn’t sure if they would put out a half assed set or something nice.

This looks nice.

https://www.udiscovermusic.com/news/...-fwUIi5lJZLnyQ

[McCrutchy]

Universal Music will release a 4CD / Blu-ray Audio Super Deluxe Edition of KISS' studio album Destroyer (1976) on November 19th, 2021.

Destroyer 45th Super Deluxe annihilates your senses with 4CDs, a first-ever Dolby Atmos & 5.1 Surround Blu-ray Audio disc mixed by Steven Wilson, 68-page hardcover book with unreleased photos & extensive liner notes. Featuring 73 total tracks – with 48 tracks unreleased – DESTROYER has been newly remastered at Abbey Road Mastering Studios.

[Show spoiler]Bonus audio includes the brand new “Beth (Acoustic Mix),” loads of single edits, demos, early versions & outtakes like “Ain’t None Of Your Business” plus the 5/22/76 L’Olympia in Paris concert.

A wealth of exclusive collectibles include…Replica 1976 KISS Army Kit complete with the original folder and following items:

KISS Army newsletter Volume 1 – No 2 announcing Destroyer
Two 8×10 Destroyer Press Photos
Discography Sheet
Gene, Paul, Ace & Peter Bio Sheet
KISS Army Member Certificate
KISS Army Membership Card
Bonus items not originally in the KISS Army Kit include that will be featured in it:

KISS Iron-on
KISS Army Sticker
“Detroit Rock City” Bumper Sticker
Destroyer Cover Sticker
KISS on Westminster Bridge UK Poster – 11×17
4 brand new 8×10 Band Member Photos
Destroyer Foil Flyer
Destroyer Canadian Flyer
Four Band Member Trading Cards
Even more kollectibles:

KISS Over New York Skyline Poster – 16×24
KISS Halloween 1976 Concert Poster – 16×24
Two Destroyer Tour Stage Blueprints on Transparent Vellum
Destroyer 1976 Replica Tour Program
Gotham Rock City News Volume 1 Newspaper – A Track-By-Track Interview
Hardcover Book

68-pages Overflowing with unreleased photos, imagery, and the most detailed retrospective on the writing, production, tours and promotional stories for Destroyer.

Disc 1

1. Detroit Rock City (Remastered)
2. King of The Night Time World (Remastered)
3. God of Thunder (Remastered)
4. Great Expectations (Remastered)
5. Flaming Youth (Remastered)
6. Sweet Pain (Remastered)
7. Shout It Out Loud (Remastered)
8. Beth (Remastered)
9. Do You Love Me? (Remastered)

Disc 2 (*Previously Unreleased)

1. Doncha Hesitate (Paul Stanley Demo)
2. God Of Thunder And Rock And Roll (Paul Stanley Demo)
3. It’s The Fire (Paul Stanley Demo)*
4. Detroit Rock City (Paul Stanley Demo)*
5. Love Is Alright (Paul Stanley Demo)*
6. Bad, Bad Lovin’ (Gene Simmons Demo)
7. Man Of A Thousand Faces (Gene Simmons Demo)
8. I Don’t Want No Romance (Gene Simmons Demo)*
9. Burnin’ Up With Fever (Gene Simmons Demo)*
10. Rock N’ Rolls Royce (Gene Simmons Demo)*
11. Mad Dog (Gene Simmons Demo)
12. Night Boy (Gene Simmons Demo)*
13. Star (Gene Simmons Demo)*
14. Howlin’ For Your Love (Gene Simmons Demo)*
15. True Confessions (Gene Simmons Demo)

Disc 3 (*Previously Unreleased)

1. Beth (Acoustic Mix)*
2. Shout It Out Loud (Single Edit)
3. Flaming Youth (Single Edit)
4. Detroit Rock City (Single Edit)
5. Shout It Out Loud (Mono Single Edit)
6. Flaming Youth (Mono Single Edit)
7. Detroit Rock City (Mono Single Edit)
8. Beth (Mono)
9. King Of The Night Time World (Live Rehearsal Instrumental)*
10. Do You Love Me? (Mono Instrumental)*
11. God Of Thunder (Early Instrumental Mix)*
12. Ain’t None Of Your Business (Instrumental)*
13. Detroit Rock City (Instrumental)*
14. King Of The Night Time World (Alternate Mix)*
15. Great Expectations (Early Version)*
16. Flaming Youth (Early Version)*
17. Do You Love Me? (Early Version)*
18. Shout It Out Loud (Alternate Mix)*
19. Ain’t None Of Your Business (Outtake)*
20. Beth (Take 6 – Instrumental)*
21. Beth (Instrumental)*
22. Do You Love Me? (Alternate Mix)*

Disc 4 (*Previously Unreleased)

1. Deuce (Live in Paris – L’Olympia – 22 May, 1976)*
2. Strutter (Live in Paris – L’Olympia – 22 May, 1976)*
3. Flaming Youth (Live in Paris – L’Olympia – 22 May, 1976)*
4. Hotter Than Hell (Live in Paris – L’Olympia – 22 May, 1976)*
5. Firehouse (Live in Paris – L’Olympia – 22 May, 1976)*
6. She / Ace Frehley Guitar Solo (Live in Paris – L’Olympia – 22 May, 1976)*
7. Nothin' To Lose (Live in Paris – L’Olympia – 22 May, 1976)*
8. Shout It Out Loud / Gene Simmons Bass Solo (Live in Paris – L’Olympia – 22 May, 1976)*
9. 100,000 Years / Peter Criss Drum Solo (Live in Paris – L’Olympia – 22 May, 1976)*
10. Black Diamond (Live in Paris – L’Olympia – 22 May, 1976)*
11. Detroit Rock City (Live in Paris – L’Olympia – 22 May, 1976)*
12. Rock and Roll All Nite (Live in Paris – L’Olympia – 22 May, 1976)*

Blu-ray Audio:

1. Detroit Rock City
2. King Of The Night Time World
3. God Of Thunder
4. Great Expectations
5. Flaming Youth
6. Sweet Pain
7. Shout It Out Loud
8. Beth
9. Do You Love Me?
10. Beth (Acoustic)
11. Sweet Pain (Original Guitar Solo)

https://shopkissonline.com/collectio...xe-4cd-blu-ray

[Scarriere]

Holy smokes!
That set looks completely wicked!

I haven't heard that album in decades.
I played it a lot when I was a kid. It was one of the first that got me into music, maybe around 8 years old or so.

I'd like to get this. I hope that it's not crazy expensive!

edit
And Steven Wilson mixed it? WOW!
He's a big deal right?

[hagios]

Originally Posted by Scarriere

Holy smokes!
That set looks completely wicked!

I haven't heard that album in decades.
I played it a lot when I was a kid. It was one of the first that got me into music, maybe around 8 years old or so.

I'd like to get this. I hope that it's not crazy expensive!

$200

[Scarriere]

Originally Posted by hagios

$200

Holy shit!

I better listen to the album again. I don't know about paying that kind of moola for the Blu-ray Audio that's really, the only thing I want.

[Americo]

Damn. That Steven Wilson sure is a busy man.

[sandman slim]

Originally Posted by hagios

$200

Also available as a 2CD edition. Loses the Blu-ray & all the stuff, but damn, $180 cheaper.

[Max Solo]

I have too much stress in my life, so I just ordered this from KISS online

I don’t want to wait and see if it gets listed on Amazon. This way I don’t have to keep checking etc…

[The Sovereign]

Originally Posted by sandman slim

Also available as a 2CD edition. Loses the Blu-ray & all the stuff, but damn, $180 cheaper.

That’ll be the one for me.

[tasker]

Cannot put into words how excited i was when i saw the email, absolutely ordering the big set, hopefully more to follow and i so cannot wait until they get to the Elder

Yes i like it get over it.

Annoying bit is up to £135 there are no taxes and at present it is equal to ??? £146 bugger, need a UK release

[Ray O. Blu]

Once again, I’d love to get the Blu-ray Audio disc for the new 5.1 mix.
I just don’t need any more giant box sets taking up space.
It seems like if they made the surround sound disc available separately, a lot of people would buy it.
Are they afraid that the box set would lose sales if they went that route?
Because if they don’t sell the 5.1 separately, they lost my money.

[Texansfan26]

I’m waiting to see if it goes up for preorder on Bullmoose or Deep Discount but I gotta admit that I’m getting tired checking several times daily if it’s up for po.

It’s strange it’s not available to preorder elsewhere. I wonder if it’s exclusive to Kissonline?

[bigshot]

I refuse to buy boat anchors just to get a blu-ray disk any more.

[McCrutchy]

Now up at Amazon.com:

[Texansfan26]

Read it would go up for PO at other places on October 1st. Well it did, so I went ahead and preordered it at Bullmoose. No tax, free shipping and $20 bucks cheaper make this a winner for me.

[buck135]

Originally Posted by hagios

$200

If there is one thing I know, it's that Kiss needs money.

[Lemmy Lugosi]

I'm still debating this one.... but I had all that KISS Army stuff the first time around. It sure would be cool to have some of it again ....even if only replicas!

[bongozoid]

Pretty cool set!
Really wish it had some live video footage, though.

I would love for them to do something similar with other albums - particularly the pre-Alive! era - but sadly this is the only album they ever really focus on.

[Deciazulado]

Well if it's a resounding success, it could lead to more?

[McCrutchy]

The domestic Japanese plans have just been announced and...nothing.

All there will be is a domestic Japanese 2xCD release ("featuring" the SHM-CD "format") with an identical tracklist to the Western 2xCD release. Everything else is imports and the SDE with the Blu-ray will be imported and sold exclusively in the Universal Music Store in Japan:

https://www.universal-music.co.jp/kiss/news/2021-10-05/

I was hoping for bonus tracks, a CD/Blu-ray edition and/or another SACD edition to go with the SHM-SACD from 2010/2014.