Kiss Live Wembley Arena London England 9-9-1980

[JUZZI]

Audience recording.
Good quality
GREAT SHOW

Detroit rock city
Cold gin
Strutter
Calling dr.love
Is that you?
Firehouse
Talk to me
You`re all that i want
2.000 man
SOLO
I was made for lovin you
New york groove
Love gun
Bass
God of thunder
Drum
God of...continued
Rock and roll all nite
Shout it out loud
King of the night time world
















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[axecrew]

Thanks for this

[stomp]

not seen this show b4,many thanks for posting

[elite]

i posted this here when i first joined

the bootleg was originally on vinyl (dble lp ,white card cover with photo of the band )called `egoes at stake prt 1&2`,its mentioned in many kiss bootleg books ,it is also one of the better recordings from that era ...i dont know whether you have posted the mono or stereo version


the version i posted was the stereo one
and would advise any kiss fan to d/l this as its an awesome gig ,shame your copy is missing black diamond though ,from what i remember of the gig it was a great version



nice post though




good choice dude

[JUZZI]

This is stereo version too..
And"my"version is ripped in tracks..
this is excelent show of that tour but i like more AUCKLAND 80 concert..

[elite]

i agree auckland 80 is way better ...i meant that of all the u.k gigs the egoes boot is the probably the best ,although the radio braodcast of ipswich from the tommy vance friday rock show was also a cool concert (if i can find my copy i will upload )even though it was edited quite a bit

[GNLidiard]

I believe I had the misfortune to witness this gig. I was never a great fan of the band, and this show sealed their fate for me (it probably condemned their poor UK record sales to oblivion too). There was no atmosphere at all, the audience looked on at what seemed a cod pantomime - bar a few die hard fans in paint, all seemed bemused. How could these be the band that "owned the US"? Barely competent as musicians the fabled showmanship simply wasn't there to make up, better performers were in the ring down the road. I and a great many others left early to make sure we didn't miss the last tube home.

In this period we'd been treated to Rainbow, Whitesnake & Dio-sabbath at the height of their powers, how could these amatuers compete? Even the support act got a better response from the crowd, if memory serves it was "girl", not your typical show stealers...

Gary

[JUZZI]

I Still Say That Kiss Is The Best Band...

[elite]

i agree about the show it was lacklustre ,but the bootleg seems to capture something that wasnt present on the night ...do you also remember that wembley was no where near sold out that night ...and your correct about girl they put there heart and soul into trying to be great ,shame a lot of the audience was still in the bar lol


same thing happened in 83 when kiss played ,the support that night was a very young band called bon jovi who went balls out to impress the 150 or so people who actually stayed in the arena ,and again in 84 with i believe it was helix and oh i cant remember its my age lol

[GNLidiard]

My brother was a big fan (the image thing counted a lot for him) and he convinced me to give them a try live, something I lived to regret - I could have sat home and watched Crossroads or Coronation Street - both were far more entertaining!

The venue certainly wasn't packed to capacity, but the bars were! I seem to recall that Girl got a lot of beer in their direction during the show, tis was manfully ignored though, to the extent that the singer tried to entice a female audience member into a post show party...

I seem to recall the show being heavily advertised on the radio to try and drum up an audience, clearly they didn't succeed. DO I emember right that they blamed the lack of their US stage set for their failures in Europe?

In summary I've never come across anything by Kiss that suggests they deserve the status they have in the states - bar a jolly good marketing campaign!

Gary

[elite]

i think i recall something in either sounds or new musical express from around that time ,possibly an interview with gene simmons and his excuse being not being able to bring the full show over ,and something about the demontford hall (i think thats the name )being like a cow shed ! but that was a long time ago and ive since relinquished my magazine collection for a married life lol

[shupey]

Originally Posted by GNLidiard

I believe I had the misfortune to witness this gig. I was never a great fan of the band, and this show sealed their fate for me (it probably condemned their poor UK record sales to oblivion too). There was no atmosphere at all, the audience looked on at what seemed a cod pantomime - bar a few die hard fans in paint, all seemed bemused. How could these be the band that "owned the US"? Barely competent as musicians the fabled showmanship simply wasn't there to make up, better performers were in the ring down the road. I and a great many others left early to make sure we didn't miss the last tube home.

In this period we'd been treated to Rainbow, Whitesnake & Dio-sabbath at the height of their powers, how could these amatuers compete? Even the support act got a better response from the crowd, if memory serves it was "girl", not your typical show stealers...

Gary

To each his own. You can have Doi-Sabbath, Rainbow & Whitesnake, I'll take KISS

[JUZZI]

i`ll take KISS too..

[seabloom]

Thanks again, dude!!!

[seabloom]

Originally Posted by GNLidiard

I believe I had the misfortune to witness this gig. I was never a great fan of the band, and this show sealed their fate for me (it probably condemned their poor UK record sales to oblivion too). There was no atmosphere at all, the audience looked on at what seemed a cod pantomime - bar a few die hard fans in paint, all seemed bemused. How could these be the band that "owned the US"? Barely competent as musicians the fabled showmanship simply wasn't there to make up, better performers were in the ring down the road. I and a great many others left early to make sure we didn't miss the last tube home.

In this period we'd been treated to Rainbow, Whitesnake & Dio-sabbath at the height of their powers, how could these amatuers compete? Even the support act got a better response from the crowd, if memory serves it was "girl", not your typical show stealers...

Gary

Then again rock N' roll has never been about how many notes per second you can play or to be an athlete on you instrument, it's about feeling.... Don't get me wrong I love Rainbow, Whitesnake and Dio and so on...But I think Kiss are great fun too...Though this is far from being the best Kiss!!! I think they had lost all thier magic in the late 70 and early 80's that took years to build up again...About two years anyways!!