Back Inside the Label Vault for a 1996 KISS Alive!/Alive II Box Set, That Never Happened!

Three Sides of the Coin – A KISS Podcast and Radio Show

Michael Brandvold, Tommy Sommers, Mark Cicchini and Lisa Martini

Music, Music History, Music Interviews, Music Commentary

4.3 • 523 Ratings

🗓️ 5 January 2026

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

Episode 650. Robert Conte returns! Robert shares more specific details of his work inside the label vault when he was tasked to help assemble a KISS Alive!/Alive II box set back in 1996. He goes into specific details of what he found inside the vault. What shows, what tapes, what surprises! Did you know that legendary radio DJ Wolfman Jack recorded a commercial for KISS Alive!? He found the recording. He reveals the truth about the KISS Alive II misprint, that it isn’t a misprint. He shows tapes… that Mark doesn’t even own! This show is filled with so much minutia, so many little details! This is a great companion episode for our recent episode featuring Jeff Fura from Universal Music.

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Since launching in 2012 Three Sides of the Coin has been viewed or listened to over 6,000,000 times. Three Sides of the Coin has been joined by special guests including former KISS lead guitarist Bruce Kulick, Eddie Trunk, AEW Superstar and lead singer of Fozzy Chris Jericho, Angel lead guitarist Punky Meadows, Five Finger Death Punch guitarist Jason Hook, Vinnie Vincent Invasion and Slaughter lead singer Mark Slaughter, Twisted Sister’s Dee Snider, comedian Craig Gass, KISS’ former business manager Chris Lendt, the Black Veil Brides’ Andy Biersack, Frank Munoz associate producer for Ace Frehley’s Anomaly album, award winning songwriter Adam Mitchell, Ed Kanon (Peter Criss’ drum tech), Kevin Valentine (drummer on KISS’ Psycho Circus album). Three Sides of the Coin was picked (October 2013) as a ‘What’s Hot’ podcast by Apple’s iTunes.

In the early ’90s, Michael Brandvold launched the fifth ever website on the Internet devoted to KISS, KISS Otaku. He built, launched and maintained Kissonline.com (KISS’ official web presence). He now owns Michael Brandvold Marketing, providing marketing services and digital strategy to musicians. Tommy Sommers spent 15 years on the record show circuit collecting, trading and selling memorabilia / Kiss merchandise. He is now a successful residential Real Estate agent in the Minneapolis / St. Paul area. Tommy has also produced a KISS song For The Oddfathers and is the owner of Rock Steady Digital Photography. Mark Cicchini, is a world renown KISS collector. KISS have used parts of Mark’s vast KISS collection for audio, video & print materials including their book NOTHIN TO LOSE, CD re release of the LOVE GUN album & the VH1 Ultimate Album KISS ALIVE! special as well as many other KISS projects. His wife also makes a mean meatloaf!!!

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0:00.0	This week, Three Sides of the Coin, Robert Conti's back, takes us back into the vault, but this time talks only about Kiss Alive, Kiss Alive 2, what he found back in 1996.
0:15.5	And this is all tied into the new box sets.
0:19.4	This is Three Sides of the Coin talking all things.
0:24.6	Kiss.
0:25.6	So you love the show, visit www.3Sidesof thecoin.com.
0:29.6	Subscribe on YouTube, follow and rate us on Spotify, subscribe and leave a review on iTunes.
0:35.6	We appreciate your support.
0:40.7	Surf into the Ultimate Kiss Store, the largest in the galaxy.
0:47.4	Explore an incredible collection of merchandise and collectibles from every era of the greatest band of all time, Kiss.
0:50.3	We have something for Kiss fans of all ages.
0:54.3	Visit www.kiss Armymywarehouse.com.
0:57.8	Everybody, welcome back to another episode of Three Sides of the Coin.
1:03.4	You got all four knuckleheads with you this week, including Jenna.
1:07.9	And it's Jenny's, Jenny's, Jenna's birthday.
1:12.0	So everybody leave her a birthday greeting.
1:16.2	Even though you might be listening to this a few weeks after we record it. Okay.
1:16.6	Still leave her a birthday greeting.
1:18.2	It's birthday month.
1:19.1	She likes the attention.
1:20.6	I do.
1:21.9	So there's nothing else really to talk about.
1:25.9	We're going to get right into this week's guest.
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