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KISS ended their first tour of Japan with four shows at the Nippon Budokan in April 1977, and eighteen tracks from them, recorded at the time by Eddie Kramer and now mixed afresh by him from the multitrack tapes, fill the fourth CD of this box. A live album from the tour was announced in Japan but never issued; Alive II, released in October 1977, used some of the Japanese recordings instead. The album the box celebrates, Rock and Roll Over, was KISS's fifth studio album and came out in 1976. The band recorded it in a disused theatre in Nanuet, New York, the Star Theatre; it went gold on shipment, a first for a KISS album, climbed to No. 11 on the Billboard album chart, and both "Calling Dr. Love" and "Hard Luck Woman" made the top twenty. Michael Doret drew the cover. The first two CDs hold the album twice: in its 1976 mix, which Bernie Grundman remastered from the original stereo tapes, and in Kramer's new 2026 stereo mix; Grundman mastered every disc. Disc three holds 22 unreleased recordings: nine Gene Simmons demos (five from acetates, three from cassette and the instrumental "Wicked June"), Paul Stanley's demo of "I Want Love", three demos made at Davlen Sound Studios, outtakes and alternate or extended versions of album songs, and "Queen For A Day", an instrumental never finished. The Blu-ray Audio disc carries Dolby Atmos and 5.1 mixes of both versions of the album, David Frangioni's of the 1976 mix and Kramer's of his own, with high-resolution stereo. Of the box's 130 tracks, a hundred have not been released before. Ken Sharp interviewed Stanley, Simmons, Peter Criss, Kramer and others afresh for the notes in the 104-page hardcover book, and the box adds the 1976 press kit, ticket stubs from Madison Square Garden and the Budokan, posters and more. Universal Music Japan's edition (UICY-80778), dated 6 November 2026 like the international box, puts the four CDs on SHM-CD, adds a Japanese translation of the notes with lyrics and translations, and is limited to 1,600 sets.

TRACK LIST

1.[Disc 1] I Want You
2.[Disc 1] Take Me
3.[Disc 1] Calling Dr. Love
4.[Disc 1] Ladies Room
5.[Disc 1] Baby Driver
6.[Disc 1] Love 'Em And Leave 'Em
7.[Disc 1] Mr. Speed
8.[Disc 1] See You In Your Dreams
9.[Disc 1] Hard Luck Woman
10.[Disc 1] Makin' Love
11.[Disc 2] I Want You (Eddie Kramer 2026 Mix)
12.[Disc 2] Take Me (Eddie Kramer 2026 Mix)
13.[Disc 2] Calling Dr. Love (Eddie Kramer 2026 Mix)
14.[Disc 2] Ladies Room (Eddie Kramer 2026 Mix)
15.[Disc 2] Baby Driver (Eddie Kramer 2026 Mix)
16.[Disc 2] Love 'Em And Leave 'Em (Eddie Kramer 2026 Mix)
17.[Disc 2] Mr. Speed (Eddie Kramer 2026 Mix)
18.[Disc 2] See You In Your Dreams (Eddie Kramer 2026 Mix)
19.[Disc 2] Hard Luck Woman (Eddie Kramer 2026 Mix)
20.[Disc 2] Makin' Love (Eddie Kramer 2026 Mix)
21.[Disc 3] Burning Up With Fever (Gene Simmons Acetate Demo)
22.[Disc 3] Daily Planet (Gene Simmons Acetate Instrumental Demo)
23.[Disc 3] High And Low (Gene Simmons Acetate Demo)
24.[Disc 3] Jelly Roll (Gene Simmons Acetate Demo)
25.[Disc 3] Rotten To The Core (Gene Simmons Acetate Demo)
26.[Disc 3] Dreamer (Gene Simmons Cassette Demo)
27.[Disc 3] You're My Reason For Living (Gene Simmons Cassette Demo)
28.[Disc 3] Rotten To The Core (Gene Simmons Cassette Demo)
29.[Disc 3] Wicked June (Gene Simmons Instrumental Demo)
30.[Disc 3] I Want Love (Paul Stanley Demo)
31.[Disc 3] Take Me (Extended Outtake)
32.[Disc 3] See You In Your Dreams (Davlen Instrumental Demo)
33.[Disc 3] Take Me (Davlen Demo)
34.[Disc 3] Baby Driver (Davlen Demo)
35.[Disc 3] Hard Luck Woman (Outtake)
36.[Disc 3] I Want You (Rough Mix Extended Version)
37.[Disc 3] Calling Dr. Love (Alternate Mix)
38.[Disc 3] Makin' Love (Outtake)
39.[Disc 3] I Want You (Instrumental Extended Outtake)
40.[Disc 3] Take Me (Instrumental Extended Outtake)
41.[Disc 3] Mr. Speed (Instrumental Extended Outtake)
42.[Disc 3] Queen For A Day (Instrumental Demo)
43.[Disc 4] Detroit Rock City (Live At The Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan - April 1, 1977)
44.[Disc 4] Take Me (Live At The Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan - April 1, 1977)
45.[Disc 4] Let Me Go, Rock 'N Roll (Live At The Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan - April 1, 1977)
46.[Disc 4] Ladies Room (Live At The Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan - April 1, 1977)
47.[Disc 4] Firehouse (Live At The Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan - April 1, 1977)
48.[Disc 4] Makin' Love (Live At The Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan - April 2, 1977 - Show 1)
49.[Disc 4] I Want You (Live At The Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan - April 2, 1977 - Show 1)
50.[Disc 4] Cold Gin (Live At The Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan - April 2, 1977 - Show 1)
51.[Disc 4] Ace Frehley Guitar Solo (Live At The Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan - April 2, 1977 - Show 1)
52.[Disc 4] Do You Love Me (Live At The Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan - April 2, 1977 - Show 2)
53.[Disc 4] Nothin' To Lose (Live At The Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan - April 2, 1977 - Show 2)
54.[Disc 4] Gene Simmons Bass Solo (Live At The Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan - April 2, 1977 - Show 2)
55.[Disc 4] God Of Thunder (Live At The Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan - April 2, 1977 - Show 2)
56.[Disc 4] Peter Criss Drum Solo / God Of Thunder (Live At The Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan - April 2, 1977 - Show 2)
57.[Disc 4] Rock And Roll All Nite (Live At The Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan - April 4, 1977)
58.[Disc 4] Shout It Out Loud (Live At The Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan - April 4, 1977)
59.[Disc 4] Beth (Live At The Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan - April 4, 1977)
60.[Disc 4] Black Diamond (Live At The Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan - April 4, 1977)

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