The Kinks - 1977-02-18 - Santa Monica, CA (late) (FM)

The Kinks
1977-02-18
Late Show
Civic Auditorium
Santa Monica, CA
FM Broadcast
320 kbps
Artwork Included

01. Show Opening
02. One Of The Survivors
03. Sleepwalker
04. Rush Hour Blues
05. You Make It All Worthwhile
06. Ordinary People
07. Everybody's A Star (Starmaker)
08. Waterloo Sunset
09. A Well Respected Man
10. Sunny Afternoon
11. Celluloid Heroes
12. Schooldays
13. Education
14. Brother
15. Stormy Sky
16. Life Goes On
17. Full Moon
18. Lola
19. Alcohol
20. You Really Got Me > All Day and All Of the Night
21. Life on the Road

The Kinks - 1977-02-18 - Santa Monica, CA (late)(FM)

In 1976, The Kinks left RCA records to join Arista.  With some encouragement from their new label, the band changed artistic direction, relinquishing the theatrics of their previous albums to return to their rock roots. They eliminated the brass section ad back up singers, returning the group to a 5 piece rock band.  The new stripped down line up released its first album, Sleepwalker, on February 12, 1977.  The disc, which in addition to the title track featured such soon to be Kink's classics as Jukebox Music, Life Goes On, and Life on the Road, went to #21 on the Billboard charts, the band's first commercial success in almost 7 years.  The band went on tour in support of the album, including this show from Santa Monica on February 18, 1977, 37 years ago today.  Download this FM broadcast, then come back tomorrow for the 2nd half of this Same Tour, Different Show entry from the Kinks.