| Identifier | 6197872 |
| Created At | Tue May 23 2023 23:54:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) |
| Reference Number | 1-538 |
| Status | A |
| Media Type | DVD |
| Media Count | 1 |
| Source Info | pro |
| Trades Allowed |
Performance
| The Kinks 1982-04-04 Grugahalle, Essen, Germany | |
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| Set 1 | Around The Dial
Hardway Where Have The Good Times Gone Catch Me Now I'm Falling Come On Now Destroyer Yo-Yo Lola Dead End Street Add It up Low Budget Art Lover Back To Front(incl.Get Back) A Gallon Of Gas Celluloid Heroes Till The End Of The Day Bernadette All Day And All Of The Night Give The People What They Want Pressure You Really Got Me Stop Your Sobbing David Watts |
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| Set 3 | |
| Comment | Circulates misdated as 04/03/82 and 03/04/82 http://www.rockpalastarchiv.de/rn10_e.html#kinks Rockpalast, Essen, Germany --- by Bob Gill, April 4, 1982 Quite simply, I think this is the best tape from the Kinks' superstar era of the early '80s. It's a radio simulcast of a televised show, so the sound is outstanding, and the band sounds great. Dave's guitar could be just a tad louder, but that's just nitpicking. Highlights include a great version of Yo-Yo with a long and tight jam at the end, a fine version of Bernadette, which wasn't released until more than a year after this; and a great intro to Lola, in which the crowd is so obviously excited that Ray omits his usual act of coaxing them to sing along and plays a whole verse with just his acoustic guitar (not the shortened version he does on One for the Road and most live shows after that), while the crowd accompanies him. To my ears, the seven songs from Give the People What They Want all sound better here than on the album, and the same goes for the songs that are on One for the Road. On Celluloid Heroes, during Dave's second guitar break, Ray actually gives a "whoop!" -- apparently just because he's enjoying the sound they're making so much. As well he should. The band's "hard-rock" schtick hasn't gotten too formulaic at this point, and many of the little tricks (like singing another verse of Lola and All Day and All of the Night after the songs have already ended, for instance) still sound fresh, and so does the whole show. |