Alive II

Alive II is a 1977 live album from American rock band Kiss. It is the group's eighth album and second live album. The origins of Alive II go back to early 1977 when the band's manager Bill Aucoin, had the idea to have Eddie Kramer record a live album during the evening show at Budokan Hall in Tokyo on April 2, 1977. The plan was to release a live album to give Kiss some much deserved time off before recording the album that would become Love Gun later that Fall. Kramer finished work on the album, but Casablanca Records and Kiss deemed it unusable, and the band forged ahead with the Love Gun sessions. Most of the live tracks on Alive II were recorded during the band's August 26–28 shows at the Los Angeles Forum while on the Love Gun...