Thursday, April 06, 2023

The Kinks - The Kinks At The BBC (5 Mini LP SHM-CD ) 2012 @ Flac





Review by Fred Thomas  

The early days of the Kinks saw a band run ragged by the onset of newfound superstardom. The Kinks hit the ground running at an exhausting pace in 1964, with a relentless schedule of touring, recording, and various on-air interviews and performances that would keep them in the charts and jet-lagged until an eventual slowing down into the '70s and '80s. Pared down from a six-volume set that collects every known recording from the BBC archives that the band ever did, The Kinks at the BBC focuses on peak years 1964 through 1977, still cramming in 54 tracks, but leaving the band's less inspired material from the '80s and a wealth of poor-quality bootleg recordings to the absolute completists. The incredible thing about this collection is the time-spanning portrait it paints of not only the Kinks, but the landscape of music and culture they partially represented as the British Invasion gave way to the Summer of Love and then on into even more undefined times. Beginning predictably with raucous live versions of early hits like "All Day and All of the Night" and "You Really Got Me," the set quickly finds the band moving into less beat group waters and Ray Davies' songwriting maturing at an accelerated rate with timeless classics like "Waterloo Sunset" and "Victoria." Top of the Pops performances offer a rougher live take on the band's often polished studio sound. Dave Davies' hard rock-leaning "Mindless Child of Motherhood" sees a rearrangement heavy on acoustic guitar, which unexpectedly works well in the live setting. Conversely, a couple of understandably non-album tracks from the Village Green Preservation Society days like "When I Turn Off the Living Room Lights" drag the quality of the set down, as does a selection of out-and-out bad tunes from a phoned-in 1977 Christmas concert. Much like their greater body of work, The Kinks at the BBC rides a relative hot streak for the majority of the set, with uninspired songwriting shifts taking over in the mid-'70s, but still producing the occasional gem. This collection ultimately serves as a chronology of an incredibly important band as it phases through the good, bad, and ugly of an unprecedented run of magical songs in every era.


CD1 

Saturday Club 1964 / Mono:


01. Interview: Meet The Kinks 00:32
02. Cadillac 02:36
03. Interview: Ray Talks About 'You Really Got Me' 00:13
04. You Really Got Me 02:08
05. Little Queenie 01:47
Top Gear 1964 / Mono:
06. I'm A Lover Not A Fighter 02:02
07. Interview: The Shaggy Set 01:17
08. You Really Got Me 02:14
09. All Day And All Of The Night 02:22
Saturday Club 1964 / Mono:
10. I'm A Lover Not A Fighter 02:11
11. Interview: Ray Talks About The USA 00:46
12. I've Got That Feeling 02:45
13. All Day And All Of The Night 02:17
Saturday Club 1965 / Mono:
14. You Shouldn't Be Sad 01:50
15. Interview: Ray Talks About Records 00:59
16. Tired Of Waiting For You 02:21
17. Everybody's Gonna Be Happy 02:13
'You Really Got...' 1965 / Mono:
18. This Strange Effect 02:32
19. Interview: Ray Talks About 'See My Friends' 01:07
20. See My Friends 02:54
21. Hide And Seek 02:16
Saturday Club 1965 / Mono:
22. Milk Cow Blues 02:46
23. Interview: Ray Talks About Songwriting 01:01
24. Never Met A Girl Like You Before 01:59
25. Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight 01:53
26. Interview: Meet Pete Quaife 01:16
27. Till The End Of The Day 02:17
28. A Well Respected Man 02:40
29. Where Have All The Good Times Gone? 02:45
Saturday Club 1967 / Mono:
30. Love Me Till The Sunshines 02:45
31. Interview: Meet Dave Davies 00:43
32. Death Of A Clown 02:56
33. Good Luck Charm 01:25
Top Gear 1967 / Mono:
34. Sunny Afternoon 02:51
35. Autumn Almanac 03:07
36. Harry Rag 02:25
37. Mr. Pleasant 02:48

CD2 

Top Gear 1967 / Mono:


01. Susannah's Still Alive 02:40
02. David Watts 02:13
Top Gear 1968 / Mono:
03. Waterloo Sunset 02:15
04. Interview: Ray Talks About Working 01:39
05. Days 02:49 
Saturday Club 1968 / Mono:
06. Interview: Ray Talks About Solo Records 00:35
07. Love Me Till The Sun Shines 02:44
08. Monica 02:14
09. Interview: Ray Talks About 'Village Green' 01:22
10. The Village Green Preservation Society 02:47
11. Animal Farm 03:07 
Where Was Spring? 1969 / Mono:
12. Where Did My Spring Go? 02:07
13. When I Turn Off The Living Room Lights 02:19 
Symonds On Sunday 1969 / Mono:
14. Plastic Man 03:02
15. King Kong 03:14
16. Do You Remember Walter 02:17
17. Interview: Ray Talks About Rumours 03:59 
Dave Lee Travis Show 1969 / Mono:
18. Victoria 03:35
19. Mr. Churchill Says 03:37
20. Arthur 03:20 
Dave Lee Travis Show 1970 / Mono:
21. Interview: Ray Talks With Keith Altham 03:33
22. Lola 03:52
23. Mindless Child Of Motherhood 02:53
24. Days 03:00
25. Apeman 03:51 
John Peel Show 1972 / Mono:
26. Acute Schizophrenia Paranoia Blues 03:47
27. Holiday 03:08
28. Skin And Bone 02:33

CD3 

John Peel Show 1972 / Mono:


01. Supersonic Rocket Ship 03:23
Dave Lee Travis Show 1973 / Mono:
02. Here Comes Yet Another Day 02:47 
John Peel Show 1974 / Mono:
03. Demolition 03:41
04. Mirror Of Love 03:30
05. Money Talks 03:55 
In Concert 1974:
06. DJ Alan Black Introduces 'In Concert' 00:37
07. Victoria 03:29
08. Here Comes Yet Another Day 04:37
09. Mr Wonderful 00:45
10. Money Talks 04:14
11. Dedicated Follower Of Fashion 04:02
12. Mirror Of Love 04:20
13. Celluloid Heroes 05:23
14. You Really Got Me / All Day And All Of The Night 04:13
15. DJ Alan Black Talks About 'Preservation Act 2' 00:42
16. Daylight 03:34
17. Here Comes Flash 03:17
18. Demolition 04:28
19. He's Evil 04:37
20. Lola 04:52
21. Outro 00:34
22. Skin And Bone / Dry Bones 05:45

CD4 

Old Grey Whistle Test The Kinks' Christmas Concert 1977:


01. Alan Freeman Introduction 00:57
02. Juke Box Music 02:16
03. Bob Harris Introduction 01:07
04. Sleepwalker 04:17
05. Life On The Road 05:51
06. A Well Respected Man 01:26
07. Death Of A Clown 01:03
08. Sunny Afternoon 01:48
09. Waterloo Sunset 02:59
10. All Day And All Of The Night 03:06
11. Slum Kids 05:40
12. Celluloid Heroes 05:17
13. Get Back In The Line 04:02
14. The Hard Way 03:17
15. Lola 04:34
16. Alcohol 05:34
17. Skin And Bone / Dry Bones 03:31
18. Father Christmas 02:26
19. You Really Got Me 02:52 
The Johnny Walker Show 1994:
20. Interview: Ray Talks To Johnny Walker 00:39
21. Phobia 04:30
22. Interview: Ray Introduces 'Over The Edge' 00:15
23. Over The Edge 04:02
24. Wall Of Fire 05:15
25. Till The End Of The Day 02:47

CD5 

The Emma Freud Show 1994:


01. All Day And All Of The Night 03:02
02. Waterloo Sunset 02:41
03. I'm Not Like Everybody Else 04:04
04. Till The End Of The Day 02:35
05. You Really Got Me 02:34 
Off-Air Bootleg Recordings:
06. Louie Louie 01:54
07. Stop Your Sobbing 02:03 
'You Really Got... ' 1964 / Mono:
08. Milk Cow Blues 03:48 
Saturday Club 1965 / Mono:
09. Milk Cow Blues 02:35
10. I Am Free 02:11 
Saturday Club 1968 / Mono:
11. Susannah's Still Alive 02:06
12. Days 02:42 
Late Night Line-Up: Colour Me Pop 1968 / Mono:
13. Dedicated Follower Of Fashion / A Well Respected Man / Death Of A Clown 03:09
14. Sunny Afternoon 02:37
15. Two Sisters 02:04
16. Sitting By The Riverside 02:34
17. Lincoln County 03:10
18. Picture Book 02:36
19. Days 02:54






All CDs in one folder. You can download the entire folder (2,67 Gb) or each CD separately.

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