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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 -
Audience 8.6 - It’s hard to figure out why there are few ’75 and ’76 period recordings of The Kinks. Perhaps it is due to the confusion among their fan base as to the new direction the band were going in with the big stage productions and “concept” albums. Looking back, one can now appreciate the artistic “stretch” going on as I am sure it became quite tedious having to bang out those mid ‘60’s chart toppers one after the other, even though they still throw in one or two. That being said, this is quite a nice find! A complete show, well recorded, and well performed. The Kinks McAlister Auditorium @ Tulane University New Orleans, LA February 20, 1976 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 = 01:38:29 Disc 1 01 Everybody's A Star 02 Rush Hour Blues 03 Lola 04 Waterloo Sunset 05 You Really Got Me 06 Banana Boat Song 07 All Day And All Of The Night 08 Alcohol 09 Celluloid Heroes -- intermission -- 10 Schooldays 11 Flash's Schooldays 12 Story Of Preservation Disc 2 13 Jack The Idiot Dunce 14 Education 15 The First Time We Fall In Love 16 I'm In Disgrace 17 Headmaster 18 The First Time We Fall In Love (Reprise) 19 The Hard Way 20 The Last Assembly 21 No More Looking Back 22 Finale -- tape break @ 0:26 -- 23 Money Talks Opening Act: The Pretty Things -
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. -
New York 1978 Audience 9.3 - What a wild, out of control ride this is! Not only perhaps one of the most engaging live Kinks bootleg recording (or at least in the top 5), It also may just be one of THE coolest bootleg audience recording of any band. Why? Why such praise? It captures an intangible quality, that thing you can’t accurately describe with words…it’s a statement of sorts. We have a foundation rock band (first British wave) who have always been sort of disregarded but who refuse to pack it in, and here is why. These guys were punk before punk was a thought, and here they are a decade and change removed from their 60’s heyday, playing the birth place of US punk and they STILL can out punk the punks. Brilliant! Magical. A MUST! Buffalo 1978 Audience 8.7 - A very clear recording, good solid mid range and leaning toward emphasis on the high end which gives cymbals the little bit of crispiness that makes them heard and not washed out. Drums are highlighted and have a great sound too. The Kinks New Century Theater, Buffalo, NY May 27, 1978 Band line-up Ray Davies – lead and backing vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboards Dave Davies – lead guitar, backing and lead vocals Gordon Edwards – keyboards, piano, backing vocals Mick Avory – drums, percussion Jim Rodford – bass, backing vocals John Beecham - trombone Nick Newall - saxophone Disc 1 01 Intro 02 Life On The Road 03 Sleepwalker 04 Mr. Big Man 05 Permanent Waves 06 Hay Fever 07 Waterloo Sunset 08 Celluloid Heroes 09 Misfits 10 Lola Disc 2 11 A Well Respected Man 12 Death of a Clown 13 Sunny Afternoon 14 Trust Your Heart 15 You Really Got Me 16 Slum Kids 17 Alcohol 18 Rock-n-Roll Fantasy 19 All Day & All of the Night 20 Live Life 21 Jukebox Music The Kinks Central Park New York, NY September 8, 1978 Disc 3 01 You Really Got Me (Theme) 02 Sleepwalker 03 Life On The Road 04 Mr. Big Man 05 Permanent Waves 06 Hay Fever 07 Lola 08 Misfits 09 Celluloid Heroes 10 Sunny Afternoon Disc 4 11 Trust Your Heart 12 You Really Got Me 13 Slum Kids 14 Alcohol 15 Rock And Roll Fantasy 16 All Day And All Of The Night 17 Live Life 18 Twist and Shout 19 Juke Box Music -
Soundboard 9.6 - A must for every Kinks collector! The band was REALLY cooking on this tour, here’s some proof. -
Soundboard 8.8 - A great time period for the band, a fantastic set list has been worked up and the playing is more adventurous now, with some good inspired guitar work throughout. -
Audience 9.3 - Hard to dispute the excellence of this recording. The only downside is that not only does it capture the happenings on stage extremely well, it also captures the audience close to the mic…but, that seems to add excitement so we let it slide. -
Audience 9.5 - Technically speaking, you could argue with my rating, but a rating must not only represent sonic clarity but also overall enjoyability of a show/recording. This one rates as high as I can allow for both excellence and all the other aspects of what makes a tape really great. -
Soundboard 9.3 - A decent but kind of middle rangey sound, but in this case I like it because it gives the Kinks a more punkish sound. This material is also kind of punkish so the delivery and the sound of the recording itself convinces you that this band wanted to impart the punk attitude. Some of the songs are definitely not punkish but we know it’s not all encompassing, just generally I think The Kinks liked the punk ethos. I mean, they play a song called “Prince Of The Punks” so what does that tell you? The Kinks Providence Civic Center, Providence, RI September 23, 1979 01 Lola 02 Low Budget 03 Superman 04 Attitude 05 Catch Me Now I’m Falling 06 You Really Got Me 07 Pressure 08 Misfits 09 Prince of the Punks 10 Stop Your Sobbing Band line-up Ray Davies – guitar, harmonica, keyboards, vocals Dave Davies – lead guitar, backing vocals Ian Gibbons – keyboards, backing vocals Mick Avory – drums Jim Rodford – bass, backing vocals (died Jan. 20, 2018) (aged 76) Nick Newall - additional keyboards -
Audience 8.8 - A fantastic open reel recording that features a very lively and clear sound. Guitar tones are lovely, vocals very present, and a cheerful vibe throughout. Fantastic! THE KINKS SANTA MONICA CIVIC AUD. NOV.10,1970 1-LAST OF THE STEAM POWERED TRAINS 2-BIG SKY 3-BRAINWASHED 4-WATERLOO SUNSET 5-STRANGERS 6-LOLA 7-SUNNY AFTERNOON 8-TOP OF THE POPS 9-YOU'RE LOOKIN'FINE 10-YOU REALLY GOT ME - ALL DAY AND ALL THE NIGHT 11-MILK COW BLUES - ONE NIGHT WITH YOU - YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE - MILK COW BLUES