Audience 8.3 – This recording has you right in the thick of things. Equally enjoying both the electric excitement of the Kinks and the amazing responses from the audience. Quality is a little above average but the instruments are clear and not muddy. The vocals are very clear, which is important because Ray commands the show. This show has been written about, and not just for the incident involving Ray falling into the amps during Apeman. One to remember!
The Kinks
Philharmonic Hall, New York, NY
March 30, 1971
Band line-up (personnel : May 1970 – November 1976)
Ray Davies – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
Dave Davies – lead guitar, backup vocals
John Dalton – bass guitar, backup vocals
Mick Avory – drums, percussion
John Gosling – keyboards
Total Time = 73:37
Set list
01 Intro
02 Till the End of the Day
03 Brainwashed
04 You’re Looking Fine
05 Apeman
06 Waterloo Sunset
07 Sunny Afternoon
08 Give My Love To Rose
09 Get Back In Line
10 A Pub With No Beer
11 Lola
12 Louise
— tape flip —
13 Big Sky
14 Milk Cow Blues
15 See My Friends
16 Powerman
17 One Night With You
18 You Are My Sunshine
19 You Really Got Me
20 All Day & All of the Night
21 Top of the Pops
The Kinks play at Lincoln Center’s prestigious Philharmonic Hall (later renamed Avery Fisher Hall).
In contrast to the elegance of the hall, Ray Davies’ spontaneous, campy, outrageous, sometimes disoriented performance elicits a huge crowd response. When he falls into a bank of amplifiers (brother Dave kindly steps aside when he sees Ray toppling),
members of the audience leap on stage to finish the song “Apeman” for Ray. By all accounts it is a night to remember.
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