The Kinks - 1977-12-24 - London, UK (FM)

The Kinks

1977-12-24

The Rainbow Theatre

London UK

FM Broadcast

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Broadcast introductions

02. Jukebox Music

03. Stage introductions

04. Sleepwalker

05. Life On The Road

06. Dialogue

07. Well Respected Man

08. Death Of A Clown

09. Sunny Afternoon

10. Waterloo Sunset

11. All Day And All Of The Night

12. Dialogue

13. Slum Kids

14. Celluloid Heroes

15. Get Back In Line

16. Dialogue

17. The Hard Way

18. Lola

19. Alcohol

20. Skin And Bone

21. Father Christmas

22. You Really Got Me

The Kinks - 1977-12-24 - London, UK (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 roots. They eliminated the brass section and 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. This FM broadcast captures the band went on tour in support of the album, in London on December 24, 1977, 47 years ago today.