''Alive! The Millennium Concert'' is a

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. It was released on November 21, 2006, as part of the ''

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Album information

It was recorded on December 31, 1999, at

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and included songs that had never before been performed by the original lineup ("

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" and "

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"). It was originally intended to be released as ''Alive IV'' in 2000 but was shelved when Kiss' parent label

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was swallowed by the

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merger. However, the album's version of "

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" was included in '' The Box Set'' which was released on November 20, 2001. Although Universal later agreed to Kiss using Mercury to release what would become The Millennium Concert as ''Alive IV'', it was shelved indefinitely and the band would release the '' Symphony: Alive IV'' album released on Kiss Records/

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in 2003. It was finally released on November 21, 2006, as part of the ''

. An edition of the box set exclusive to

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was advertised as including two exclusive bonus tracks (2,000 Man and God of Thunder) on ''The Millennium Concert'' disc. But due to an error, Best Buy only sold the standard box set that did not have the exclusive bonus tracks. In an attempt to correct this, a replacement disc was produced and small quantities were shipped to Best Buy locations where the discs were given out to customers who came back to complain that their box did not include the promised extra tracks. Another bonus track, "

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", was released as an exclusive to the

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edition of the box set. On October 14, 2014, ''The Millennium Concert'' was released on

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. This release is the only edition to include all previously-released tracks. However, it is still not the entire concert, as "

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" remain unreleased.

Track listing

Vinyl Release

Personnel

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– vocals, rhythm guitar *

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– vocals, bass *

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– drums, vocals *

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– lead guitar, vocals

References

External links

Kiss - Alive: The Millennium Concert at Discogs
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