In my quest for collecting Kiss Bootlegs for eery tour they have done, I found another fantastic addition to the collection. My local record shop, Hardy Boy Records, has been a goldmine of late for Bootlegs. I have now bought four over the last few months and all for tours I didn’t have (or a collection of Wicked Lester demos – that is another story that will be told later).
The last 2 I bought were actually the same store, so I guess that statement was entirely true. The difference was one was the North American Tour setlist (which will come in the next week or two) and this one is the European leg of that tour with an ever so slightly different setlist.
Before we get to the show and the music, let’s discuss the cover of the album. This album is listed as “For Promotional Use Only” and is a really cheap production. The album jacket is plain white cover with this paper picture of the band that wraps around the back. It is glued down and not going anywhere. But the strange thing is the people on the cover. Now, I get it this the Animalize Tour so you would expect Mark St. John to be on the cover, but there is a problem. This is not one of the 3 shows that Mark actually played on. This has Bruce Kulick playing before he was an official member which would come about two months later.
The show is from October 26, 1984 at the Johanneshov Isstadion in Stockholm, Sweden on the first leg of the tour. The recording if an audience recording actually sounds quite excellent. Not much crowd noise and everyone sounds pretty clear with minor instances where the sound was off a little. This was released a year later in 1985 by a group called Poverty Records at least that’s what it says on the album itself. Continue reading “Kiss – ‘They Only Come Out At Night’ (Bootleg Series) – Album Review”
