This episode we are going to show-off the Kiss 40th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition Box Set for their album ‘Creatures of the Night’. With talk of two new box sets this year from Kiss, I figured why not show-off the two that I have so this episode will be talking the second one they released. It is jammed pack with goodness. Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley have been paying attention to other band’s box sets and now they know how to put one of these together and it is stellar…mostly. We walk through each CD that comes with it (there are 5), a Blu Ray, a hard back book and so much more. An album that came out March 15, 1976 when I wasn’t even 8 years old, but I remember it and still love the album today.
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2 Loud 2 Old Music 
Such a great album. I remember when it was new the heaviness knocked me on my heels.
Woah! Kiss IS a metal band.
“See Benny? I told you mate!”
Sorry just reliving an argument from the 80’s 🙂
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LOL!! Yeah, they really cranked it up a notch! Too bad this album got overlooked by the public back in the day.
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It is a great album and it contains my all time favourite KISS song, “I Love It Loud.”
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I really like the ballad I Still Love You, but this album has so many good songs.
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NEVER BEFORE POSTED! 2LOUD2OLD EXCLUSIVE! Here is my review of the 5.1 mix.
5.1 mix
Opening scene in the car is vibrant in 3D. “Detroit Rock City” itself has volume. The vocals truly surround, with piano behind and bass up front. Meanwhile, the car engine races around you. Surprisingly the dual guitar solo is mostly in the rear channels. When it begins, “King of the Night Time World” sounds flat by comparison. “God of Thunder” works well in 5.1, with those ominous demonic sounds (actually kids playing with walkie-talkies) constantly crawling up your back. There’s a lot of swirling going on. With the separation of sounds into different channels you can really focus on and notice parts you never heard before. “Great Expectations” does well with the space afforded by 5.1 surround and sounds less cramped. This is one of the better songs in this format.
I wanted to know what they would do with the calliope in “Flaming Youth”. It’s seated nicely in the mix and not used in a gimmicky way. Gene’s opening “Ahhhhhh…” on “Sweet Pain” is however, and goes around the room like a bad fart. I love the way the backing vocals punch out of the back channels. “Sweet Pain” is one of the better mixes, as is “Shout It Out Loud”. Nice to really hear that separation on the backing vocals. The chorus is really thick, though the solo could use more volume.
The thing you don’t really to hear is how good “Beth” is in 5.1. I know, I know. You never needed to hear “Beth” again. Well, the 5.1 surround mix is to “Beth” as is stripping old paint off a piece of classic furniture. Fresh. Clean. More sparse than you’d expect.
Finally “Do You Love Me” is kind of boring, laying bare that there really isn’t much to the song. But that swirling “Rock and Roll Party” unlisted outro is fun in 5.1. You really feel in the middle it all.
But that’s not really “finally” as there are still two bonus tracks. The acoustic version is “Beth” is first, with the piano in front and guitar behind. Sort of makes you feel like you’re in the middle of the room while they record. Really nice guitar work too by Dick Wagner. “Sweet Pain” is the other bonus track with the alternate guitar solo. Still one of the better songs in 5.1.
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Ha! You better post this on your site or no one will see it LOL!!
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I have 4 CDs to write up, this has been in drafts since 2022. It’s yours now!
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