Kissology Volume One: 1974–1977 is a DVD

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/Home Video

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 released by Kiss

KISS (band)

Kiss is an American rock band formed in New York City in January 1973. Well-known for its members' face paint and flamboyant stage outfits, the group rose to prominence in the mid to late 1970s on the basis of their elaborate live performances, which featured fire breathing, blood spitting,...

 on October 31, 2006. It contains two discs, plus three separate bonus discs sold only within initial first pressings.

Also included with the DVD set is a 20-page color booklet, with commentary on each portion of the DVD. Some versions of this dvd have a replica

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 of Kiss's "Spring Tour '75" backstage pass as an iron on.

As a promotional effort for Kissology Volume One, National CineMedia

National CineMedia

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 promoted a one-night screening of selected portions of the DVD at a limited number of theaters, on October 26, 2006. The screening began with an introductory interview with Gene Simmons

Gene Simmons

Gene Simmons is an Israeli-American entrepreneur, singer-songwriter, actor, and rock bassist. Known as "The Demon", he is the bassist/vocalist of Kiss, a hard rock band he co-founded in the early 1970s.-Early life:...

 and Paul Stanley

Paul Stanley

Stanley Harvey Eisen , better known by his stage name Paul Stanley, is an American hard rock guitarist, singer, musician, painter and songwriter best known for being the rhythm guitarist and primary lead vocalist of the rock band Kiss. He is the writer or co-writer of many of the band's...

, and included the documentary of Kiss's 1975 trip to Cadillac, Michigan

Cadillac, Michigan

Cadillac is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and is the county seat of Wexford County. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 10,000. The city is situated at the junction of US 131, M-55 and M-115...

, as well as a 1976 Cobo Arena

Cobo Hall

Gavin Hamilton memorial arena is a major convention center situated along Jefferson Ave. in downtown Detroit, Michigan, USA. It was named for Albert E. Cobo, mayor of Detroit from 1950 to 1957. Designed by Gino Rossetti, opened in 1960. Expanded in 1989, the present complex contains of exhibition...

 concert (both from Disc 1).

The set was certified 5× platinum

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 by the RIAA

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 in the US.

Disc 1

• Long Beach Auditorium, Long Beach, CA
  Long Beach, California
  Long Beach is a city situated in Los Angeles County in Southern California, on the Pacific coast of the United States. The city is the 36th-largest city in the nation and the seventh-largest in California. As of 2010, its population was 462,257...
  
   (February 17, 1974)

1. "Acrobat"

• ABC
  American Broadcasting Company
  The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
  
  's In Concert (recorded February 21, 1974, aired March 29)

2. "Nothin' to Lose"
3. "Firehouse"
4. "Black Diamond"

• The Mike Douglas Show
  The Mike Douglas Show
  The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that aired in syndication from 1961 to 1982, distributed by Westinghouse Broadcasting and for much of its run, originated from studios of two of the company's TV stations.The program featured light banter with...
  
  (recorded April 29, 1974, aired May 21)

5. Gene Simmons
   Gene Simmons
   Gene Simmons is an Israeli-American entrepreneur, singer-songwriter, actor, and rock bassist. Known as "The Demon", he is the bassist/vocalist of Kiss, a hard rock band he co-founded in the early 1970s.-Early life:...
   
    interview
6. "Firehouse"

• Winterland Ballroom
  Winterland Ballroom
  The Winterland Ballroom, often referred to as Winterland Arena or simply Winterland, was an old ice skating rink and 5,400-seat music venue in San Francisco, California...
  
  , San Francisco, CA
  San Francisco, California
  San Francisco , officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of 7.15 million people which includes San Jose and Oakland...
  
   (January 31, 1975 – Hotter Than Hell Tour
  Hotter Than Hell Tour
  Hotter than Hell Tour was the second tour of the American rock band Kiss. The tour featured songs from the First and Hotter than Hell album. During the Hotter than Hell Tour, the band used fire and the destruction of guitars as part of their show...
  
  )

7. "Deuce"
8. "Strutter"
9. "Got to Choose"
10. "Hotter than Hell"
11. "Firehouse"
12. "Watchin' You"
13. "Nothin' to Lose"
14. "Parasite"
15. "100,000 Years"
16. "Stanley's Solo + Black Diamond"
17. "Cold Gin"
18. "Let Me Go, Rock 'n' Roll"(Incomplete)

• The Midnight Special
  The Midnight Special (TV series)
  The Midnight Special is an American musical variety series that aired on NBC during the 1970s and early 1980s, created and produced by Burt Sugarman. It premiered as a special on August 19, 1972, then began its run as a regular series on February 2, 1973; its last episode was on May 1, 1981...
  
  (April 1, 1975)

19. "She"
20. "Black Diamond"

• Alive! promotional videos (1975)

21. "C'mon and Love Me"
22. "Rock and Roll All Nite
    Rock and Roll All Nite
    "Rock and Roll All Nite" is a song by Kiss, originally released on their 1975 album Dressed to Kill. It was released as the A-side of their fifth single, with the album track "Getaway." The studio version of the song peaked at No. 57 on the Billboard singles chart, besting the band's previous...
    
    "

• Documentary: Cadillac, Michigan (October 1975)

• Cobo Arena, Detroit, MI
  Detroit, Michigan
  Detroit is the major city among the primary cultural, financial, and transportation centers in the Metro Detroit area, a region of 5.2 million people. As the seat of Wayne County, the city of Detroit is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and serves as a major port on the Detroit River...
  
   (January 26, 1976 – Alive! Tour
  Alive! Tour
  The Alive! Tour was a concert tour by Kiss, in support of their 1975 live album Alive!. At the time of the European leg of the tour the Destroyer album was already released and the band performed songs from that album, but they wore the Alive costumes and had the Alive stage show...
  
  )

23. "Deuce"
24. "Strutter"
25. "C'mon and Love Me"
26. "Hotter than Hell"
27. "Firehouse"
28. "She"
29. "Parasite"
30. "Nothin' to Lose"
31. "100,000 Years"
32. "Black Diamond"
33. "Cold Gin"
34. "Rock and Roll All Nite"
35. "Let Me Go, Rock 'n' Roll"
    • EASTER EGG: Deuce Live at Coventry (1973)

Disc 2

• So It Goes
  So It Goes (TV series)
  So It Goes was a British TV music show presented by Tony Wilson on Granada Television between 1976 and 1977. It is most famous for showcasing the then burgeoning Punk rock movement...
  
  

1. Interview
2. "Black Diamond" (partial)

• The Paul Lynde Halloween Special
  The Paul Lynde Halloween Special
  The Paul Lynde Halloween Special was a Halloween-themed television special starring Paul Lynde broadcast October 29, 1976 on ABC. It featured guest stars Margaret Hamilton in her first reprisal of her role as The Wicked Witch of the West from The Wizard of Oz. Also guest starring are Billie Hayes...
  
  (recorded October 19–20, 1976, aired October 31)

3. Interview
4. "King of the Night Time World"

• Budokan Hall
  Nippon Budokan
  The , often shortened to simply Budokan, is an indoor arena in central Tokyo, Japan.This is the location where many "Live at the Budokan" albums were recorded...
  
  , Tokyo
  Tokyo
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  , Japan
  Japan
  Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
  
   (April 2, 1977 – Rock & Roll Over Tour
  Rock & Roll Over Tour
  The Rock & Roll Over Tour was a concert tour by Kiss, in support of their album Rock and Roll Over. This tour saw Kiss tour Japan for the first time, playing Tokyo's Budokan for four nights, breaking The Beatles' previous record. On April 2, they played two sets, the first one being recorded for...
  
  )

5. "Detroit Rock City"
6. "Take Me"
7. "Let Me Go, Rock 'n' Roll"
8. "Ladies Room"
9. "Firehouse"
10. "Makin' Love"
11. "I Want You"
12. "Cold Gin"
13. "Do You Love Me"
14. "Nothin' to Lose"
15. "God of Thunder"
16. "Rock And Roll All Nite"
17. "Shout It Out Loud"
18. "Beth"
19. "Black Diamond"

• Don Kirshner's Rock Concert
  Don Kirshner's Rock Concert
  Don Kirshner's Rock Concert is a television music variety show that ran during the 1970s and early 1980s, created and produced by Don Kirshner and syndicated to television stations...
  
  (May 28, 1977)

20. "I Want You"
21. "Hard Luck Woman"
22. "Love 'Em And Leave 'Em"

• The Summit
  Compaq Center (Houston)
  The Lakewood Church Central Campus is a house of worship in Houston, Texas, United States...
  
  , Houston, TX
  Houston, Texas
  Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States, and the largest city in the state of Texas. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 2.1 million people within an area of . Houston is the seat of Harris County and the economic center of , which is the ...
  
   (September 2, 1977 – Love Gun Tour
  Love Gun Tour
  The Love Gun Tour was a concert tour by Kiss, in support of Love Gun. This was the first tour where Ace Frehley sang lead vocals, on "Shock Me". The three Los Angeles shows were recorded for Alive II. This is the only tour to feature the song "Hooligan" in the set list. This is the first tour to...
  
  )

23. "I Stole Your Love"
24. "Take Me"
25. "Ladies Room"
26. "Firehouse"
27. "Love Gun"
28. "Hooligan"
29. "Makin' Love"
30. "Christine Sixteen"
31. "Shock Me
    Shock Me
    "Shock Me" is a song released by American hard rock band Kiss on their 1977 album Love Gun. It was written by lead guitarist Ace Frehley, who made his lead vocal debut on the track. The song was inspired by an event that took place during Kiss' Rock and Roll Over tour, when Frehley was nearly...
    
    "
32. "I Want You"
33. "Calling Dr. Love"
34. "Shout It Out Loud"
35. "God of Thunder"
36. "Rock and Roll All Nite"
37. "Detroit Rock City"
38. "Beth"
39. "Black Diamond" (Although listed as being from 9/2/77, it is in fact from the previous night 9/1/77 in Houston)
    • EASTER EGG: Ace Frehley
      Ace Frehley
      Paul Daniel "Ace" Frehley is an American musician best known as the lead guitarist of the rock band Kiss. He took on the persona of the "Spaceman" or "Space Ace" when the band adopted costumes and theatrics...
      
       Wedding Performance (1976)

Bonus disc (Best Buy)

Cobo Arena

Cobo Hall

Gavin Hamilton memorial arena is a major convention center situated along Jefferson Ave. in downtown Detroit, Michigan, USA. It was named for Albert E. Cobo, mayor of Detroit from 1950 to 1957. Designed by Gino Rossetti, opened in 1960. Expanded in 1989, the present complex contains of exhibition...

, Detroit, MI

Detroit, Michigan

Detroit is the major city among the primary cultural, financial, and transportation centers in the Metro Detroit area, a region of 5.2 million people. As the seat of Wayne County, the city of Detroit is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and serves as a major port on the Detroit River...

 (January 25, 1976 – Alive! Tour

Alive! Tour

The Alive! Tour was a concert tour by Kiss, in support of their 1975 live album Alive!. At the time of the European leg of the tour the Destroyer album was already released and the band performed songs from that album, but they wore the Alive costumes and had the Alive stage show...

)

1. "Deuce"
2. "Strutter"
3. "C'mon and Love Me"
4. "Hotter than Hell"
5. "Firehouse"
6. "She"
7. "Ladies in Waiting"
8. "Nothin' to Lose"
9. "100,000 Years"
10. "Black Diamond"

Bonus disc Amazon and other major retailers)

Madison Square Garden

Madison Square Garden

Madison Square Garden, often abbreviated as MSG and known colloquially as The Garden, is a multi-purpose indoor arena in the New York City borough of Manhattan and located at 8th Avenue, between 31st and 33rd Streets, situated on top of Pennsylvania Station.Opened on February 11, 1968, it is the...

, New York City

New York City

New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

 (February 18, 1977 – Rock & Roll Over Tour

Rock & Roll Over Tour

The Rock & Roll Over Tour was a concert tour by Kiss, in support of their album Rock and Roll Over. This tour saw Kiss tour Japan for the first time, playing Tokyo's Budokan for four nights, breaking The Beatles' previous record. On April 2, they played two sets, the first one being recorded for...

)

1. "Detroit Rock City"
2. "Take Me"
3. "Let Me Go, Rock 'N Roll"
4. "Firehouse"
5. "Nothin' To Lose"
6. "Shout It Out Loud"
7. "Black Diamond"

Bonus disc (Wal-Mart)

Capitol Centre, Largo, MD

Largo, Maryland

Largo is an unincorporated area and census designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, in the United States. The population was 8,408 at the 2000 census....

 (December 20, 1977 – Alive II Tour

Alive II Tour

The Alive II Tour was a concert tour by Kiss, and was the follow-up to the Love Gun Tour which ended in early September. This would be the band's last tour until their 1979 Dynasty Tour. The Alive II Tour saw Kiss perform 5 sold-out nights at Tokyo's Budokan, breaking their previous record of 4 one...

)

1. "I Stole Your Love"
2. "Ladies Room"
3. "Firehouse"
4. "Love Gun"
5. "Makin' Love"
6. "Christine Sixteen"
7. "I Want You"
8. "Calling Dr. Love"
9. "Shout It Out Loud"
10. "God of Thunder"
11. "Rock and Roll All Nite"
12. "Black Diamond"

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