All live albums are fixed up in the studio. Alive made all of the those songs Kiss classics over the years. I respect your opinions though. I actually like Alive 2 more. Better songs in my opinion.
United States needs to understand how great this man was for the country and for all of us definitely one of the best of the greatest Generation ever thank God we had him
You didn't watch the video, did you? I haven't made any money from this video and everything I said is verified and respectful. Except for what I said about Ethel and Dick in heaven. That was speculation. Worst thing I did was mispronounce Ephrata about a dozen times!
Could you state the ohm and power rating (RMS) of your speakers please? If you did in the video, I missed it. I am currently having a conversation with Fosi about adequate power related to the BT20A. This info would help.
@@vynyly Thanks, this is helpful. Fosi is telling me the BT20A could have trouble driving my set of 50W RMS speakers. If it drives your 125's (or used to drive - I believe you've upgraded since then, correct?), I'm not sure why it would have difficulty driving my 50's. They have suggested the BT20A Pro, but I don't like the idea of having that much overhead. Thanks for this.
@@vynyly Any significant difference between the two amps and the same speakers? Other than volume? For my application, I don't need it to get really loud; I'd say "medium" level loudness, admitting that this is a relative/subjective statement. It's not a dance party application, if you know what I mean - simply some decent sound on a back patio where we will be sitting within 8 - 12 feet of the speakers most of the time.
I don't hear any difference at the levels I use. I honestly have never tried to max them out. I mainly like the Pro because of the additional connection I can make to my older amp that doesn't have bluetooth.
I have been a Kiss fan since the mid 70's and have rocked both albums, but Alive is by far the better album. The songs, the sound and the atmosphere is better. The audience mix is way overboard on II.
I like both albums But I favor the production on KISS Alive. The overall production and mix on Alive 2 is somewhat murky.... It does not have the clarity and the bite that Alive does. On Alive 2... I think there is too much white noise from the crowd in the mix. There's a reason for that for all you KISS nerds... On Alive.... Eddie Kramer was full hands on with that record. On Alive 2, Eddie's biggest contribution in the studio was the fourth side of the studio tracks. Although he recorded all of the live tracks.... He did not produce or mix them. He dumped all the tapes off at a recording studio in Nashville Tennessee for the in-house guys to do a lot of that work. I myself have been in the music business for a long time and I've never become famous but I've been around a lot of studios and other musicians.... Blah blah blah nobody cares about that. I was in Nashville recording something and I got to meet the guys in the studio that actually did the mixing and the selecting of the material for Alive 2. Long story short when they found out I was a KISS fan, they told me the story about Eddie dropping off all of the reel to reel tapes..... And to quote the guys from the studio there were so many of them they were stacked to the ceiling. The guys told me they all got paid very well and got paid for overtime because it took them forever to go through everything. Eddie had final say on the finished product and was happy with it. I'm guessing personally at that point KISS was such a big cash cow.... They just needed to pump that product into the market. You do get Eddie 100% on side four... And it shows. Peter's drums sound amazing. Rocket Ride is a really good production. In just one last thing if you made it this far in my stupid post.... I read some comments where people were talking about KISS played too slow on the original records..... That's because those original records actually had some "swing" to them. If you don't play a musical instrument yourself you're probably not going to understand that. When people play live they tend to play faster because they're going off the energy of the crowd. When you're in the studio you are focused on the integrity of the song. That is why a live version is never exactly like the studio version. For Pete's sake.... Musicians like to have a little breathing room when it comes to performing. The studio is very strict. Anyway I have yanked on enough and nobody cares. It is the interwebs. Everybody's got something to say and everybody's got an opinion and it don't mean squat. I mostly left this comment for for the person that created this content. I was tired of watching videos about how our world is coming down and politics. So I decided to do something fun for myself about something that doesn't matter at all. So if the Creator is actually read through all of my crap... Thanks for posting something that just makes me happy.
what i have noticed is that Alive broke them as a major band only because song of the songs are WAY too slow on the studio albums…whoever produced Firehouse on the studio album, really blew it(as just one example)
Track One: Deuce Track Two: Strutter Track Three: Got To Choose Track Four: Hotter Than Hell Track Five: Firehouse Track Six: Nothing To Lose Track Seven: C'mon and Love Me Track Eight: Parasite Track Nine: She Track Ten: Watchin' You Track Eleven: 100,000 Years Track Twelve: Black Diamond Track Thirteen: Rock Bottom Track Fourteen: I Want You Track Fifteen: Rock and Roll All Nite Track Sixteen: Let Me Go Rock and Roll 15 - 1 Easy.
Alive II was one of the first Kiss albums I purchased. To be honest, it's not really a live album 100%. Some of those songs were played during soundcheck, and others like Hard Luck Woman were not even played on that particular tour at all. Tape loops of audience responses were dubbed in to give it that effect, and things were corrected later. Peter Criss's drums we're not fixed, those were the original performance, as well as Ace's Shock Me. Still, I enjoyed the album. I did not like Paul's introductions or when he screamed a "yeah" at the end of Ace's song.
Awesome video! I think you hit the nail on the head with the “more elegant solution” description. I like the contrast with the black hinges, but just curious did he give you an option for a clear hinge?
Thanks! I didn't look into any other color. I liked the contrast too, so I went with the black. He does custom print these though, so my guess is that he would be open to it.
I have been “drafted” to stream Audio visual our Sunday church services. I am a total novice, we have a Yamaha mixer that has 2 lavolier (wireless) channels that won’t up load to RU-vid broadcast. Do you know anyone tech guy in north jersey that could help. We are will to pay for the work obviously,. I’m Ernie from first Presbyterian church Verona, Nj
Nice vid, best one about this grave site. Didn’t know he trained troops in Ft Dix where I took BCT back in 1973. Then served 3/2 ACR as a tanker Will make sure to check out your music vids as they look very cool too. I wonder if the sculptor Spiers , was related to capt spiers from Easy Co?
Dick Winters buried in beautiful YU FRAY TA, PA. Laughs...if he wanted to make a flick about dick winters...he could at least learn the pronunciation of Ephrata....
Yeah, that's been pointed out a few times. Wish I'd done better research on how to pronounce that. What's funny is, I was SO sure I had it right that I said it multiple times. lol
Had the opportunity to have dinner with Dick Winter in Annville. Great chance to meet and have dinner with him. And Ephrata is pronounced “Frata”. The “EPH” is an “F” sound.
At his request, his death was not made public until after he had been buried, so as to spare his wife and family the crush of media. Think of the respect he had in that community, that not a peep got out. You know everyone knew, police, doctor, lawyers, newspaper editors… not a peep.
I was there in 2015. I found his marker, came to attention and saluted him, left him a piece of petrified wood from Arizona (where I live). Ephrata is pronounced as f-rata.
He's certainly a man deserving of immense respect but my mind goes right to the people just as good as him who didnt get a movie or TV show about them. What their graves look like. If they have flags and coins.
I read Band of Brothers before watching the series and both were EXCELLENT! I think they broke the mold when they made Major Winters, just amazing character & Integrity the man had. My father in law was from Pennsylvania not far from Ephrata and joined the Navy on 12/8/41 he was 16. By early 1942 he was a torpedo man in the destroyer escort fleet doing convoy duty in the North Atlantic. He made 37 trips through the canal seeing Naval combat in both the Atlantic & Pacific theaters. We miss you Brownie! People such as these are what put the GREATEST, in that GREATEST GENERATION. Thanks to all now serving, those who have, and those who will in the future. FLY NAVY!!!
@@vynyly Thx. So far I tested Behringer PP400 and I must say it's not an improvement vs Audio-Technica AT-LP60X built in pre. Looking forward to test X2 and hopefully it will be an sound upgrade.
Rage for order is so underrated after this album I lost interest. What you didn't like mindcrime no I didn't the warning is my favorite brides of Dracula pictures to damn Glam
