KISS – Destroyer [45th anniversary Super Deluxe Edition 4xCD] (2021)

Get up! Everybody gonna move their feet and leave their seat for a new deluxe edition of KISS’ signature studio album ”Destroyer”, available November 19. Following the success of the double concert album Alive! in 1975, which introduced the world at large to the hard-rockin’ quartet in black and white facepaint and out-there stage costumes, ”Destroyer” was polished to perfection by producer Bob Ezrin. The group added layers of unique craft to these songs, from string sections to sound effects – and Ezrin’s unconventional methods (later compared to “musical boot camp” by lead singer Paul Stanley) enhanced their musicality.
This “Destroyer [45th anniversary Super Deluxe Edition 4xCD]” is packed with audio extras – many previously unreleased – and plenty of ephemera for KISS Kollectors.
Alongside the remastered album, three bonus discs offer demos from Stanley and Simmons’ archives, a jam-packed offering of outtakes and single edits (including a new acoustic mix of “Beth” and the long-coveted “Ain’t None of Your Business,” the first song cut during the album sessions), and a previously unreleased live concert taken from the Olympia Theatre in Paris.

For the recording of ”Destroyer”, Ezrin was brought in as KISS’s new producer, helping the band reach new levels, both sonically and creatively. The album also showed the band’s growth as musicians and songwriters, experimenting with new sounds which came in the form of the softer side of songs like “Do You Love Me?,” and songs heavy with orchestral arrangements including “Great Expectations” and their Billboard No. 7 hit single “Beth.”
Following the breakthrough success of 1975’s No. 9 Billboard charting Alive!, ”Destroyer” was the KISS album that brought them to the forefront of the mainstream and transformed them into global rock icons.
For its anniversary, UMe celebrates this seminal album’s legacy with a staggering amount of bonus material.

CD 1 includes the original album newly remastered at Abbey Road Mastering, while CD 2 features 15 demos from Paul Stanley’s and Gene Simmons’s personal archives – 9 of which are unreleased.
CD 3 is packed with studio outtakes, alternate versions / mixes and single edits – most notably a brand-new stripped-down mix for “Beth (Acoustic Mix),” and CD 4 contains an electrifying performance from the band’s visit to Paris France at the L’ Olympia on May 22, 1976.

The entire contents are housed in a lift top- style box and features artist Ken Kelly’s original ”Destroyer” cover art, arguably one of the most iconic album covers in rock, making this the ultimate KISS Destroyer souvenir.
Classic

Disc 1: Original album remastered (released 1976)
Detroit Rock City
King of the Night Time World
God of Thunder
Great Expectations
Flaming Youth
Sweet Pain
Shout It Out Loud
Beth
Do You Love Me?

Disc 2: Demos (previously unreleased except where noted)
Doncha Hesitate – Paul Stanley
God of Thunder and Rock and Roll – Paul Stanley +
It’s the Fire – Paul Stanley *
Detroit Rock City – Paul Stanley * +
Love is Alright – Paul Stanley * +
Bad, Bad Lovin’ – Gene Simmons
Man of a Thousand Faces – Gene Simmons
I Don’t Want No Romance – Gene Simmons * +
Burnin’ Up with Fever – Gene Simmons *
Rock N’ Rolls Royce – Gene Simmons * +
Mad Dog – Gene Simmons
Night Boy – Gene Simmons *
Star – Gene Simmons * +
Howlin’ for Your Love – Gene Simmons *
True Confessions – Gene Simmons
Tracks 1-2, 6 and 11 released on The KISS Box Set 2001
Tracks 7 and 15 released on The Vault – Rhino, 2017

Disc 3: Outtakes, Alternate Versions/Mixes and Single Edits
(previously unreleased except where noted)
Beth (Acoustic Mix) * +
Shout It Out Loud (Single Edit)
Flaming Youth (Single Edit)
Detroit Rock City (Single Edit)
Shout It Out Loud (Mono Single Edit) +
Flaming Youth (Mono Single Edit)
Detroit Rock City (Mono Single Edit)
Beth (Mono)
King of the Night Time World (Live Rehearsal Instrumental) * +
Do You Love Me? (Mono Instrumental) *
God of Thunder (Early Instrumental Mix) *
Ain’t None of Your Business (Instrumental) *
Detroit Rock City (Instrumental) * +
King of the Night Time World (Alternate Mix) *
Great Expectations (Early Version) *
Flaming Youth (Early Version) * +
Do You Love Me? (Early Version) *
Shout It Out Loud (Alternate Mix) * +
Ain’t None of Your Business (Outtake) *
Beth (Take 6 – Instrumental) *
Beth (Instrumental) *
Do You Love Me? (Alternate Mix) *

Track 2 released as Casablanca single NB-854, 1976
Track 3 released as Casablanca single NB-858, 1976
Track 4 released as Casablanca single NB-863, 1976
Track 5 released as Casablanca promo single NBX-854, 1976
Track 6 released as Casablanca promo single NBX-858, 1976
Tracks 7-8 released as Casablanca promo single NBX-863, 1976

Disc 4: Live in Paris, L’Olympia – 5/22/1976 (previously unreleased)
Deuce +
Strutter +
Flaming Youth +
Hotter Than Hell +
Firehouse
She/Ace Frehley Guitar Solo
Nothin’ to Lose
Shout It Out Loud/Gene Simmons Bass Solo
100,000 Years/Peter Criss Drum Solo
Black Diamond
Detroit Rock City
Rock and Roll All Nite

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