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 KISS

 ALIVE III

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1993

Alive III is a live album released by the American  hard rock band Kiss in 1993, and certified gold in 1994.

The recording of Alive III took place over multiple dates (in Cleveland, Detroit and Indianapolis) during the band's 1992 tour in support of Revenge. It was the first live album the band had released since 1977's Alive II, and the first live recordings released since 1985's "Animalize Live Uncensored" concert film.

The recording of "I Was Made For Loving You", was actually recorded at one of the bands' soundchecks, but had the crowd overdubbed in the song to make it appear as if it is "live" which led to speculation that many other songs on "Alive III" could be overdubbed. Additionally, the fact that keyboardist Derek Sherinian appears on Alive III leads to much speculation that the band faked vocal parts on stage, specifically Gene Simmons, as he had done so on the "Hot In The Shade" tour in 1990. (This is evidenced by unmixed bootleg videos from two of the Auburn Hills concerts.) The band has been very secretive about having side keyboard players on possibly many of their tours through the 80's and early 90's. Kiss fans are no stranger to the fact that some of Alive! and Alive II had certain parts doctored in the studio, and that some of the songs are not even recorded "live" in concert but at Electric Lady Studios with Eddie Kramer.

One prime example of editing is the song "I Just Wanna", because the live version had Paul and the audience singing "I Just Wanna Fuck". In order to avoid a Mature Audiences label, they edited to the tamer "I Just Wanna Fuh", but the change is pretty noticeable.

The album also has other differences compared to its two predecessors, such as being the only live Kiss album released during the group's non-makeup era excluding Kiss Unplugged, released later in 1996. During the recording of Alive II, Kiss did not want to duplicate songs from Alive!, although some songs from Alive III are duplicate songs from their previous live albums. For example, "Rock And Roll All Night" was performed on Alive! and again on Alive III, but was not featured on Alive II. Lastly, it's the first Kiss live album to feature a different line-up to the first two featured the same line-up.

The liner notes of Alive III include a family tree showing the various Kiss lineups from 1973-1993, as well as bands that the then-current and former members of Kiss were in. It was designed by the band's Japanese fan club. Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi, for whom Singer drummed 1986-87, is misnamed Tommy.

The re-release of Alive III (as part of the Kiss Alive! 1975-2000 box set) contains an additional track, "Take It Off", thus matching the original international CD and US vinyl versions of the album.

Alive III was certified Gold by the RIAA on October 27, 1994.
 

YEAR: 1993

LABEL: MERCURY RECORDS

BARCODE: ME 1451 0 TP

PRINTED IN THE U.K.

Vinyl Condition : EX+

Sleeve Condition : EX+

MY VINYL RECORD GRADING TABLE:

• SEALED / Never Opened or Never Played
• MINT / Flawless
• NEAR MINT / Almost Flawless
• NEAR MINT MINUS / Almost Flawless With A Few Minor Light Scratches &/Or A Few Light Minor Surface Marks
• EXCELLENT PLUS / Minor Paper Scratches &/Or Minor Surface Marks
• EXCELLENT / Almost Excellent Plus
• VERY GOOD PLUS / Light Paper Scratches &/Or Light Surface Marks / Sounds & Plays Excellent
• VERY GOOD / Scratches, Surface Marks, Scuff Marks &/Or Maybe Pops But Plays Excellent
• GOOD / Many Scratches &/Or Many Surface Marks But Plays Excellent
• GOOD MINUS / Pretty Rough But Still Plays Well

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