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In 1976, KISS dropped the bombshell on the world being DESTROYER, an album that originally received resistance from fans due to the band exploring a new sound and has long become the quintessential and all-time best selling KISS studio album.
Exploding with concert staples and KISS Army favorites like Detroit Rock City, Shout It OutLoud, and God Of Thunder the albums new sounds came from the softer side of songs like Do You Love Me?,and songs heavy with orchestral arrangements including Great Expectations and their surprise hit single Beth.
For the 45th anniversary, UMe is releasing the most comprehensive Super Deluxe Edition 4CD + Blu-ray Audio boxset that will melt the KISS Armys minds. The original album on CD 1 is newly remastered by Abbey Road Mastering, CD 2 features 15 demos from Paul Stanleys and Gene Simmonss personal archives 9 of which are unreleased. CD 3 loads up with studio outtakes, alternate versions / mixes and single edits most notably a brand-new stripped-down mix for Beth (Acoustic Mix) where we found the acoustic guitar stems recorded for the entire song but originally only used in the last several closing notes of the song on the album. CD 4 features a ripping performance from the bands visit to Paris France at the LOlympia on May 22, 1976.
Steven Wilson was brought in to create a first-ever Dolby Atmos and 5.1 surround mix of the original studio album plus 2 bonus tracks Beth (Acoustic Mix) and Sweet Pain (Original Guitar Solo) the latter featuring Ace Frehleys original recorded guitar solo that was not released on the studio album (this track is available on the 2012 Destroyer: Resurrected project.)
Packaging features a lift top-style box loaded with so much ephemera even KISS fans may need to seek medical advice upon receiving this boxset
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DISC ONE: DESTROYER Original Album Remastered
DISC TWO DESTROYER-ERA: Demos
DISC THREE DESTROYER: Outtakes, Alternate Versions / Mixes, Single Edits
DISC FOUR: LIVE IN PARIS LOlympia 22 May, 1976
BLU-RAY AUDIO: DESTROYER:*Dolby Atmos 48kHz 24-bit, *Dolby True HD 5.1 96kHz 24-bit, *DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 96kHz 24-bit, PCM Stereo 96kHz 24-bit