Set for release on November 18th is Kiss‘ “Creatures Of The Night – 40th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition.” The 103-track collection features 75 previously unreleased. The set features a newly remastered original album with two discs featuring 34 demos, rarities & outtakes including unreleased gems like “Deadly Weapon (Penny Lane Demo),” “Not For The Innocent (Demo)” and “Betrayed (Outtake).”
Discs Four and Five highlight 26 soundboard live recordings from the Creatures ’82/’83 Tour and seven rare tour sound effects, all recorded and archived by the Creatures tour sound engineer Harry Witz. The Blu-ray Audio disc showcases a first-ever Atmos and 5.1 surround mix plus the high-resolution newly remastered 1982 stereo mix of the original album.
Creatures Of The Night was released on October 13th, 1982. Although Ace Frehley is pictured on the album’s cover and is listed in the credits, he did not play on the album and had been replaced by Vinnie Vincent.
The album, a longtime fan favorite for its return-to-form songwriting and hardness, peaked at Number 45 on the Billboard 200. Creatures Of The Night was the band’s final release for Casablanca and their last to be released while still wearing makeup until 1998’s Psycho Circus.
According to the press release “The Super Deluxe explodes further with an extensive array of bonus ‘kollectibles’ including“:
- 80-page Hardcover Book with Extensive Liner Notes by Ken Sharp, a Monstrous Amount of Unreleased Photos and Imagery
Creatures Of The Night 1982 Press Kit featuring:
Creatures Band Press Bio Sheet
Creatures Tour Band New Poster 11”x17”
2 Stage Drawings
The Loudest Band In The World Poster 16”x24”
Japanese Promo Poster 16”x22.5”
Band Black & White Promo 8”x10”
Gene, Paul, Eric & Vinnie Color Photos 8”x10”
Creatures 40th T-shirt Iron-on Transfer Sheet
“I Love It Loud” Bumper Sticker
Australian Creatures Sticker
Marcanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro 6/18/83 Replica Ticket
Creatures Tour “Detroit” VIP Cloth Sticky Backstage Pass
4 Killers-era Trading Cards
Creatures 1982 Replica Tour Program
Gene, Paul, Eric & Vinnie –Chris Hoffman Illustrations 9”x12”
Gotham Rock City News Volume 2 Newspaper –Track-By-Track Interviews with Gene, Paul, Eric, Vinnie, Michael James Jackson, Bryan Adams, Jim Vallance, Adam Mitchell and Mikel Japp
5 Glow-In-The-Dark Guitar Picks
Iron-on Patch
4 Buttons
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