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Audience 8.5 - A steady, reliable recording that delivers a very live, natural sound but lacking just a little separation of instruments. Still a VERY good one! -
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Early and Late Shows - Soundboard 9.1 and Soundboard 8.6 - The late show board tape is slightly problematic in that vocals and to some extent the drums are really prominent in the mix but the rest is pushed back. Acoustic songs come through nicely, they bring up piano and acoustic guitar so you get everything more even. At times it gets a little better, it’s not bad it’s just not as good a mix as the early show. -
Audience 8.4 - A very rare treat, to hear a complete “Preservation” era show. There’s really not a lot of 1973 recording around. This one sounds just fine, while not venturing too far in either direction dynamically, and some lack of clarity down low in the spectrum…but the upper mids and highs seem fine. It’s a good recording that could use your own EQ flavoring to round it into shape. I am happy to have this as I have not heard many, if any, ’73 tapes as good as this. THE KINKS Boston Music Hall Boston, MA April 1st 1973 THE BAND Ray Davies vocal guitar Dave Davies lead guitar vocal Mick Avory drums John Dalton bass John Gosling keyboards Laurie Brown trumpet John Beecham trombone tuba Alan Holmes saxophone clarine SETLIST 1 -Intro 2 -Victoria 3 -Acute Schizophernia Paranoid Blues 4 -Until The End Of The Day 5 -Medley (The Last Time I Saw You/Little Queenie/Shakin All Over/Whole Lotta Shakin Going On, Etc) 6 -Maybe Because I'm A Londoner 7 -Lola 8 -Dedicated Follower Of Fashion 9 -Celluloid Heroes 10 -Here Comes Yet Another Day 11 -Picture Book 12 -People Take Pictures Of Each Other 13 -Alcohol 14 -Skin and Bones - Dry Bones 15 -Good Golly Miss Molly 16 -You Really Got Me 17 -All The Day And All Of The Night 18 -Thank You - Announcements -
Audience 8.6 - Talk about being in the crowd, this recording is total immersion if ever there was immersion! But, here’s the good news – it’s a BLAST! The crowd is really an integral part of this performance, the band senses they have a great audience and they really play to them. It’s rather fun and gives you a tremendous feeling of nostalgia. A great ride! -
Audience 9.0 - Fantastic recording really, in fact I can only try and be real nitpicky to try to find anything outright bad about it. It’s close up, warm, atmospheric (I don’t mean echo or reverb either), and pretty good separation of instruments. Kick drum is even present, so it is also detailed. Good One! -
Audience 8.4 - A very rare tape here, new to circulation and not bad, but not great either. What is the downside? Recorded towards the back of the hall, and some consistent tape noise that crowds the middle a little. The upside? It’s actually not bad sounding for all that was against it, you get used to it and after a few minutes you realize it’s very listenable. The crowd is pretty rowdy, I heard fireworks going off at one point – and they really love their Kinks in Cape Cod. I like this for the collectors, they will appreciate it. The Kinks Cape Cod Coliseum, South Yarmouth, MA July 2, 1977 Band line-up Ray Davies – lead and backing vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboards (1964–1997) Dave Davies – lead guitar, backing and lead vocals (1964–1997) John Gosling – keyboards, piano, backing vocals (1970–1978) Mick Avory – drums, percussion (1964–1984) Andy Pyle – bass (1976–1978) Pamela Travis - backing vocals (1977) Claire Hamill - backing vocals (1977) Total Time = 01:28:12 Disc 1 01 One of the Survivors 02 Rush Hour Blues 03 Tired of Waiting 04 Set Me Free 05 Sunny Afternoon 06 Well Respected Man 07 Death of a Clown 08 All Day & All of the Night 09 Slum Kids 10 Life On The Road* Disc 2 11 Stormy Sky* (end cuts) 12 Life Goes On* 13 School Days 14 The Hard Way 15 Education 16 Full Moon 17 Banana Boat Song 18 Lola 19 You Really Got Me 20 Jukebox Music -
Soundboard 9.5 - A professionally recorded concert, this was broadcast on the famous Rockpalast TV show in Germany. -
Audience 8.7 - This tape, when it first surfaced, was to many Kinks collectors the Holy Grail of live tapes. It marked the band’s triumphant return to the States, and the band was determined to make up for lost time. A fiery performance and a great capture. A tiny bit of tape chatter in the first track but it smooths out from there and is a real rocket ride! The Kinks Fillmore West, San Francisco, 11-29-1969 01 - Till The End Of Day 02 - Mindless Child Of Motherhood 03 - Last of the Steam-Powered Trains 04 - You're Looking Fine 05 - Mr. Churchill Says 06 - Big Sky 07 - You Really Got Me 08 - All Day And All Of The Night 09 - Love Me Till The Sun Shines 10 - Brainwashed 11 - Medley 12 - Louie Louie 13 - Victoria 14 - Medley -
Audience 8.7 - A kick ass show and quality is perfectly suited for the kind of loud and raucous music the Kinks made…albeit with excellent melodic sense. Recording has loads of power without overloading so I believe taper was using very good stuff for the time. -
Audience 9.0 - Rowdy, exciting, electric, and just a ton of fun! A good and crisp recording that feels nice on your ears. No offending frequencies, bass is round and brassy, vocals are well placed and enunciation is clear. A nice one! The Kinks Hollywood Palladium Los Angeles, CA August 19, 1981 Disc 1 01 Intro 02 Around The Dial 03 The Hard Way 04 Where Have All The Good Times Gone 05 Bird Dog 06 Catch Me Now I'm Falling 07 Yo-Yo 08 LA Blues - Lola 09 Too Serious 10 Back To Front 11 Misfits Disc 2 12 You Really Got Me 13 A Gallon Of Gas 14 Celluloid Heroes 15 All Day And All Of The Night 16 Give the People What They Want 17 Come On Now 18 Low Budget 19 Twist And Shout 20 Destroyer 21 Pressure -
Audience 9.3 - This show rates highly in the audio department because of how the guitars sound and I am a guitar guy so there is some bias…but it doesn’t matter what I like because it’s just a great recording all around. The sound envelopes you, it’s a completely immersive type of recording and will suck you in immediately. What a great find this is! The Kinks The Forum Inglewood, CA Disc 1 01 Around The Dial 02 Definite Maybe - State Of Confusion 03 The Hard Way 04 Catch Me Now I'm Falling 05 All Day And All Of The Night - Destroyer 06 Yo-Yo 07 Come Dancing 08 Don't Forget To Dance Disc 2 09 Lola 10 David Watts 11 A Gallon Of Gas 12 Back To Front 13 Art Lover 14 Till The End Of The Day 15 Bernadette 16 All Day And All Of The Night -
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Kinks Kan Disc 1 11-13-1970 SF, CA. Fillmore West 1. -Opening (Mr. Wonderful) 2. -Till The End Of The Day 3. -Last of The Steam Powered Trains 4. -Big Sky 5. -Brainwashed 6. -Strangers 7. -A Long Way From Home 8. -Harry Rag 9. -Act Nice And Gentle 10. -Sunny Afternoon 11. -Waterloo Sunset 12. -Lola 13. -Top Of The Pops Disc 2 1972-02-27 Community Theater, Berkeley, CA. 01. -tuning 02. -Til the End of the Day 03. -Brainwashed 04. -Dead End Street 05. -You’re Looking Fine 06. -Mr. Wonderful 07. -Get Back in Line 08. -Harry Rag 09. -Band Intros - Muswell Hillbilly 10. -Lola (false start) - Sunny Afternoon 11. -20th Century Man 12. -Day-O - My Mammy 13. -Alcohol 14. -Acute Schizophrenia Paranoia Blues 15. -Band Intros - Skin and Bone 16. -Lola [ 17. -You Really Got Me 18. -Victoria 19. -You Are My Sunshine Disc 3 BOSTON MUSIC HALL BOSTON, MA. APRIL 1, 1973 01. -VICTORIA 02. -ACUTE SCHIZOPHERNIA PARANOID BLUES 03. -UNTIL THE END OF THE DAY 04. -MEDLEY - THE LAST TIME I SAW YOU - LITTLE QUEENIE - SHAKIN' ALL OVER - WHOLE LOTTA SHAKIN' GOING ON 05. -MAYBE BECAUSE I'M A LONDONER 06. -LOLA 07. -DEDICATED FOLLOWER OF FASHION 08. -CELLULOID HEROES 09. -HERE COMES YET ANOTHER DAY 10. -PICTURE BOOK 11. -PEOPLE TAKE PICTURES OF EACH OTHER 12. -ALCOHOL 13. -SKIN BONES - DRY BONES 14. -GOOD GOLLY MISS MOLLY 15. -YOU REALLY GOT ME 16. -ALL THE DAY AND ALL OF THE NIGHT Disc 4 November 27, 1974 Felt Forum, New York, NY. 101. -Victoria 102. -Here Comes A New Day - 3-Intros 103. -Celluloid Heroes - 5-Intros 104. -Lola 105. -Alcohol 106. -Skin And Bone 107. -You Really Got Me - All Day And All The Night 108. -Preservation Act 1 - Preservation - Morning Song - Daylight - There's A Change In The Weather - Money And Corruption - I'm Your Man - Here Comes Flash - Demolition Disc 5 Felt Forum Cont'd 201. Preservation Act 2 - Money Talks - Shepherds Of The Nation - He's Evil - Scum Of The Earth - Slum Kids - Mirror Of Love - Alcohol - Flash's Dream - Flash's Confession - Nothing Lasts Forever - Artificial Man - Scrap Heap City - Salvation Road - Finale Disc 6 February 18th, 1977 Winterland, San Francisco, CA. 01. -You Really Got Me 02. -One Of the Survivors 03. -Sleepwalker 04. -Rush Hour Blues 05. -You Make It All Worthwhile - Ordinary People - Everybody's A Star (Starmaker) 06. -Lola (singalong) - Banana Boat Song 07. -A Well Respected Man 08. -Sunny Afternoon 09. -Waterloo Sunset 10. -Celluloid Heroes 11. -Schooldays 12. -Schooldays (Reprise) - The Hard Way 13. -Education Disc 7 01. -Brother 02. -Stormy Skies 03. -Life Goes On 04. -Full Moon 05. -Lola 06. -Alcohol 07. -You Really Got Me - All Day and All Of the Night 08. -Life on the Road 09. -Victoria Disc 8 February 19th, 1977 Winterland, San Francisco, CA. 01 Opening 02 One Of The Survivors 03 Sleepwalker 04 Rush Hour Blues 05 You Make It All Worthwhile - Ordin 06 Lola(singalong) - Banana Boat Son 07 A Well Respected Man 08 Sunny Afternoon 09 Waterloo Sunset 10 Celluloid Heroes 11 Schooldays 12 Schooldays( reprise instr.) Disc 9 Winterland Cont'd 13 Education 14 Brother 15 Stormy Skies 16 Life Goes On 17 Full Moon 18 Lola 19 Alcohol 20 You Really Got Me - All Day And All Of The Night Disc 10 Uihlein Hall Performing Arts Center Milwaukee WI, USA 12 June 1978 1. -Introduction by Leonard Nimoy 2. -Hardway 3. -Life On The Road 4. -Sleepwalker 5. -Mr Big Man 6. -Waterloo Sunset 7. -Misfits 8. -Permanent Waves 9. -Hay fever 10. -Lola - Banana Boat song - Lola 11. -Celluloid heroes Disc 11 Milwaukee Cont'd 1. -Trust Your Heart 2. -You Really Got Me 3. -Slum Kids 4. -Alcohol 5. -Well Respected Man 6. -Sunny Afternoon 7. -Rock and Roll Fantasy 8. -All Day And All Of The Night 9. -Live Life 10. -Jukebox Music Disc 12 Penn State University Pennsylvania 2-17-1979 1. -You Really Got Me (Intro) 2. -Sleepwalker 3. -Life On The Road 4. -Permanent Waves 5. -Where Have All The Good Times Gone 6. -Lola 7. -Sleepless Night 8. -Misfits Disc 13 Penn State Cont'd 9. -Low Budget 10. -Ray Talks 11. -Superman 12. -Well Respected Man - Death of a Clown - Sunny Afternoon 13. -Trust Your Heart 14. -You Really Got Me 15. -Slum Kids 16. -Alcohol 17. -Rock'n'Roll Fantasy 18. -All Day And All of the Night 19. -Live Life -
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Soundboard 9.6 - Professional recording and mix…almost perfect in every way! -
Audience 7.9 - This is the complete concert from the 23rd and NOT the officially released Dec, 24th Rainbow show. The problem with it being unofficial, or course, is that it was not recorded professionally, and in this case the audio is a little on the muddy side. I don’t think it is ruined though, because it’s not “thick” mud, it’s just missing something on the high end. -
Audience 9.6 - Do you want to hear the pinnacle of what can be done recording from the audience? Here it is. Even the staunchest soundboard purist would be hard-pressed to thumb this down. Outstanding, simply put. The Kinks Universal Amphitheatre Los Angeles, CA June 25, 1978 Disc 1 01 You Really Got Me Intro 02 Life On The Road 03 Sleepwalker 04 Mr. Big Man 05 Waterloo Sunset 06 Misfits 07 Permanent Waves 08 Hay Fever 09 Lola 10 Celluloid Heroes Disc 2 11 Well Respected Man 12 Death Of A Clown 13 Sunny Afternoon 14 Trust Your Heart 15 You Really Got Me 16 Slum Kids 17 Demon Alcohol 18 Rock & Roll Fantasy 19 All Day And All Of The Night 20 Live Life 21 Hello John Dalton 22 Juke Box Music