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Post by HollyH on Oct 28, 2009 11:01:30 GMT -5
October 28, 1966 -- Face to Face,The Kinks' fourth new album (if you don't count singles compilations like the recently released Well-Respected Kinks), is released in the UK. It will swiftly climb the charts and top out at #8.
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Post by Iñakink on Oct 28, 2009 14:16:01 GMT -5
One of the most importants albums ever made. Happy Birthday FTF!
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Post by Vivalabeat on Oct 29, 2009 8:11:46 GMT -5
Happy belated birthday FtF! I was listening to it two days ago, almost on it's birthday.
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Post by HollyH on Oct 29, 2009 9:07:54 GMT -5
October 29, 1965 -- With the Kinks in the first flush of their success, Ray Davies' sideline as a songwriter for other bands progresses. Today, a band called the Majority releases "A Little Bit of Sunlight" as a single in the UK. (The Majority released 8 singles for Decca between 1965 and 1968 without ever getting one onto the charts.) However, even if this record did sell well, Ray wouldn't get royalties, thanks to ongoing legal battles over his publishing rights.
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Post by HollyH on Oct 30, 2009 9:05:03 GMT -5
October 30, 1981 -- The Kinks release a new single in the UK, "Predictable / Back to Front" on the same day as a young band called the Pretenders --fronted by American girl singer Chrissie Hynde -- releases a single of "I Go To Sleep." Their second Kinks cover -- after 1979's "Stop Your Sobbing" (produced by Nick Lowe) -- this single revives an old Ray Davies composition that had been recorded back in the mid-60s by Peggy Lee and Cher, as well as minor UK bands the Applejacks and the Truth. The Pretenders' "I Go To Sleep" will hit #7; "Predictable" will make no dent whatsoever on the charts.
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Post by HollyH on Oct 31, 2009 9:30:49 GMT -5
October 31, 1989 -- The Kinks release the album UK Jive in the US, where it will reach #122 on the charts (the UK release fails to chart).
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Post by HollyH on Nov 1, 2009 21:11:23 GMT -5
November 1, 1969 -- The Kinks are forced to cancel the second night of their appearance at Chicago's Kinetic Playground, because Dave Davies' hand is in stitches. The previous night, in a depressed and drunk post-show rampage, Dave smashed an exit sign at the Holiday Inn and cut his hand open.
Dave's unhappiness may have been fueled by the fact that on the previous night, The Kinks were relegated to opening act status, while the headline act was The Who.
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Post by HollyH on Nov 2, 2009 9:41:39 GMT -5
November 2, 1987 -- At Masterdisk Studios in New York City, Ray Davies begins the mastering of the live LP The Road, in between sessions with Des McAnuff and Snoo Wilson creating his new musical 80 Days.
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Post by HollyH on Nov 3, 2009 11:14:49 GMT -5
November 3, 1994 -- At the Civic Theater in Barnsley, Yorkshire, Ray Davies is rudely heckled by a crowd that doesn't appreciate the solo acoustic numbers with which he has been opening shows on this To the Bone tour. Though he's only 15 minutes into this set, Ray storms off stage. Brother Dave comes on stage and carries on like a trooper, until Ray grudgingly returns to perform the familiar rockers that the crowd demands.
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Post by HollyH on Nov 4, 2009 11:43:17 GMT -5
November 4, 1984 -- At 9 pm tonight on the UK's Channel 4, the Sunday evening film is Return to Waterloo -- written and directed by Ray Davies, who also composed and performed (with the Kinks) the soundtrack. Ray appears in a cameo role, along with leading actors Ken Colley, Valerie Holliman, Dominque Barnes, and a young Tim Roth.
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Post by HollyH on Nov 5, 2009 9:59:20 GMT -5
November 5, 1975 -- In preparation for the upcoming Schoolboys in Disgrace show, the Kinks gather at Konk Studios -- in costume -- to film indoor scenes for the background film to be projected on stage.
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Post by franklima on Nov 6, 2009 8:11:48 GMT -5
November 1, 1969 -- The Kinks are forced to cancel the second night of their appearance at Chicago's Kinetic Playground, because Dave Davies' hand is in stitches. The previous night, in a depressed and drunk post-show rampage, Dave smashed an exit sign at the Holiday Inn and cut his hand open. Dave's unhappiness may have been fueled by the fact that on the previous night, The Kinks were relegated to opening act status, while the headline act was The Who. That was the " old Dave " I remember him well during that phase, and just imagine Ray being like that too and the two of them together, it was a wild ride ...
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Post by HollyH on Nov 6, 2009 9:52:35 GMT -5
November 6, 1995 -- Moving the X-Ray World Tour to its UK leg, Ray Davies and Pete Mathison play King George's Hall in Blackburn Lancashire.
It is not known if they counted all 4,000 holes while they were there.
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Post by Smiley on Nov 6, 2009 13:57:32 GMT -5
LOL --
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Post by HollyH on Nov 7, 2009 8:32:25 GMT -5
November 7, 1964 -- Having just released "All Day and All Of the Night," the Kinks set off as one of the supporting acts on the Gerry and the Pacemakers tour of the UK. Besides the "Ferry Cross the Mersey" headliners, other acts include Marianne Faithful, Gene Pitney, Motown singer Kim Weston, and the Mike Cotton Sound (one day to collaborate with the Kinks). Later the tour will be joined by a group called the Manish Boys, one of whom -- David Jones -- will become famous as David Bowie.
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