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Post by HollyH on Oct 3, 2009 13:19:53 GMT -5
October 3, 1981--On the second leg of their Give The People What They Want US tour, the Kinks finally accomplish a long-cherished goal: They are the Saturday night headline act at New York City's famed Madison Square Garden, a 15,000-seat venue. (Opening act: Red Rider.) Despite the overwhelming size of the arena, the New York Post reviewer writes: "Lead singer/showman Ray Davies was in fine form, bantering with the audience like a camp counselor stuck with an unruly bunch of kids."
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Post by Kinkcan on Oct 3, 2009 15:08:49 GMT -5
Red Rider was one of the most popular canadian bands at the time. Their leader Tom Cochrane never stopped producing very good solo stuff.
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Post by HollyH on Oct 3, 2009 16:26:05 GMT -5
Thanks for filling that in. I had no idea who they were!
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Post by HollyH on Oct 4, 2009 13:06:03 GMT -5
October 4, 1993--The Kinks kick off their first full-scale tour of Japan with a two-night stand in Osaka, October 3-4, at the Kosei-Nenkin Hall. Although the band played 2 dates in Osaka and Tokyo in 1982, a number of other Tokyo appearances were cancelled over the years. This 6-city tour -- sandwiched between the US and UK Phobia tours -- will prove such a success, the Kinks will return in 1995.
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Post by Smiley on Oct 4, 2009 13:47:59 GMT -5
I have heard some of those 1995 shows -- They Rocked!
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Post by franklima on Oct 4, 2009 14:18:15 GMT -5
October 3, 1981--On the second leg of their Give The People What They Want US tour, the Kinks finally accomplish a long-cherished goal: They are the Saturday night headline act at New York City's famed Madison Square Garden, a 15,000-seat venue. (Opening act: Red Rider.) Despite the overwhelming size of the arena, the New York Post reviewer writes: "Lead singer/showman Ray Davies was in fine form, bantering with the audience like a camp counselor stuck with an unruly bunch of kids." Ray and Dave flew their Mom in for this event ;D
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Post by noisyroom on Oct 4, 2009 19:36:58 GMT -5
Frank...were you at this show? My sister & I were there, backstage too.
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Post by HollyH on Oct 4, 2009 21:04:35 GMT -5
Cool, Noisy! ;D Did you meet Mrs. Davies?
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Post by HollyH on Oct 5, 2009 9:39:07 GMT -5
October 5, 1980--Midway through the 37-city One For The Road tour, the Kinks are re-entering the US after a gig in Vancouver when Ray Davies is arrested at the airport in Portland, Oregon. Eventually it is ascertained that someone impersonating Ray has been racking up fraudulent charges. Ray is released in time for a concert that night at Memorial Coliseum in Portland.
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Post by HollyH on Oct 6, 2009 8:40:47 GMT -5
October 6, 1975--Ray Davies delivers the final master tapes of the Kinks' new album Schoolboys in Disgrace to RCA Records in New York.
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Post by HollyH on Oct 7, 2009 10:22:54 GMT -5
October 7, 1983--Dave Davies' third solo album, Chosen People, is released in the UK, a couple of months after its US release on August 1. Critical reception is less than kind; it's the first Dave LP that will fail to chart in either country.
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Post by HollyH on Oct 8, 2009 9:43:30 GMT -5
October 8, 1976--After finishing all the backing tracks for Sleepwalker, bassist John Dalton officially leaves the Kinks, citing the band's extensive touring schedule as his reason for quitting. Although most of the LP's tracks feature Dalton's bass, the photo on the sleeve shows only a four-man line-up -- Ray, Dave, Mick, and John Gosling. In December, bassist Andy Pyle will be hired to replace Dalton for the upcoming US tour.
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Post by HollyH on Oct 9, 2009 11:07:57 GMT -5
October 9, 1995--Little more than a month after the Kinks' performance at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame benefit -- which will turn out to be the Kinks' last live US performance -- Ray Davies embarks on his X-Ray solo tour, backed by guitarist Pete Mathison. First stop: The Galaxy Concert Theater in Santa Ana, California, which one gushing review describes as "a fully realized one-man theatrical show...to hear it was to be granted a privileged moment."
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Post by HollyH on Oct 10, 2009 21:29:59 GMT -5
October 10, 1969 – The Kinks’ album Arthur, Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire is released simultaneously on this date in the US and the UK. In the US it will rise to #105 on the charts; in the UK, it won't make it onto the charts at all.
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Post by HollyH on Oct 11, 2009 14:31:50 GMT -5
October 11, 1978—As the Kinks set out on their first European tour since the mid-60s, the single “Live Life” / “Black Messiah” is released in the US – a third attempt for success on the singles charts, after the dismal UK showing for their summer single “Live Life”/ “In A Foreign Land” and its September follow-up, “Black Messiah”/ “Misfits.” The US single, however, will also fail to make any dent on the sales charts.
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