{"id":380628,"date":"2026-06-30T13:38:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T13:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/380628\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T13:38:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T13:38:09","slug":"kiss-set-to-release-official-anaheim-1976-live-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/380628\/","title":{"rendered":"KISS Set To Release Official Anaheim 1976 Live Album"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On August 20, 1976, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.udiscovermusic.com\/artist\/kiss\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">KISS<\/a> performed in front of over 42,000 fans at Anaheim Stadium in California. It was the then-rising band\u2019s largest audience to date; only three years earlier, the band had been performing to audiences of ten people. The band are now commemorating the 50th anniversary of a seminal concert with a new collection titled KISS Destroys Anaheim \u201976.<\/p>\n<p>KISS Destroys Anaheim \u201976 will be available on 2LP color vinyl, 2LP black vinyl, CD, as well as a 2LP Picture Disc and SHM-CD (Super High Material CD) exclusive to the KISS store. Eddie Kramer, who originally recorded the concert, has newly mixed the material from the original multi-track tapes. The album features liner notes by Ken Sharp, who has authored multiple books on the hard rock group, including the New York Times bestseller Nothin\u2019 to Lose: The Making of KISS. The special collection includes unreleased photos and memorabilia imagery.\n<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the Anaheim concert, KISS had released their fourth studio album, Destroyer. Featuring hits like \u201cShout It Out Loud,\u201d \u201cDetroit Rock City,\u201d and \u201cBeth,\u201d Destroyer incorporated instruments like piano and orchestral strings into KISS\u2019 previously exclusively hard rock sound. It was the group\u2019s third successive album to reach the US top 40.<\/p>\n<p>The Anaheim setlist features many tracks off Destroyer, as well as songs off 1975\u2019s Dressed to Kill, 1974\u2019s Hotter Than Hell, and their 1974 self-titled debut. Bob Seger, Ted Nugent, and Montrose were the opening acts of the Anaheim gig. The concert also featured a high wire walk between acts. Bootlegs of the legendary concert have floated around their fandom for decades.\n<\/p>\n<p>This year, Destroyer marked its 50th anniversary with a unique purple liquid-filled vinyl, and a metallic gold and purple fire vinyl pressing.\n<\/p>\n<p>KISS also recently announced the 30th anniversary of their reunion for an MTV Unplugged performance with a new 2LP set.\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.udiscovermusic.com\/collections\/justin-bieber?utm_campaign=products&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=udiscovermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Buy KISS Destroys Anaheim \u201976 here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On August 20, 1976, KISS performed in front of over 42,000 fans at Anaheim Stadium in California. It&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":380629,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,165,164,153899,8971,153900,660],"class_list":["post-380628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news","tag-homepage-featured","tag-kiss","tag-kiss-destroys-anaheim-76","tag-rock"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=380628"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380628\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/380629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=380628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=380628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=380628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}