The Kinks at the Capital Theatre

[Wales-Bales]

Was anybody at the gig when drummer Mick Avory attacked Dave Davies with his cymbals?

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/kinks-frontman-recalls-infamous-cardiff-1918352

[Wales-Bales]

I recently came across this rare video


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pzq-Qtv-wQ

[Ivortheengine]

Love the Kinks, but just before my tie. Seen them live several times, but not this one.

[Vindec]

Was anybody at the gig when drummer Mick Avory attacked Dave Davies with his cymbals?

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/kinks-frontman-recalls-infamous-cardiff-1918352

There were two shows that evening at the Capitol cinema The attack took place during the first show. When we saw the audience leave we were confronted by hoards of screaming girls who told us what happened (one was my now wife - one of the non screamers - but I digress).

I attended the second show when the KInks were replaced by a double dose of Yardbirds. The problem was that Jeff Beck had only just replaced Eric Clapton as lead guitarist so had to play most of their music twice.

I saw the KInks 30 years later (only Ray Davies remained of the original lineup) and was amazed by their young following even so many years after their prime.

[Former Labour leader]

There were two shows that evening at the Capitol cinema The attack took place during the first show. When we saw the audience leave we were confronted by hoards of screaming girls who told us what happened (one was my now wife - one of the non screamers - but I digress).

I attended the second show when the KInks were replaced by a double dose of Yardbirds. The problem was that Jeff Beck had only just replaced Eric Clapton as lead guitarist so had to play most of their music twice.

I saw the KInks 30 years later (only Ray Davies remained of the original lineup) and was amazed by their young following even so many years after their prime.

I loved the early Kinks, 'you really got me', 'all day and all of the night' etc but I could never get enthused about their later stuff, apart from perhaps Lola.

[Wales-Bales]

After some further research, the Cardiff gig took place on 19 May 1965, and it ended during the 2nd song due to an "accident".

https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/the-kinks/1965/capitol-theatre-cardiff-wales-73c18a31.html

I also discovered that they played in Paris 25 days earlier on the 24 April 1965 and it was filmed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SExb3-_tsHU

[goats]

First gig I ever went to, kinks at st david’s hall circa 1984. I was a 13 yr old mod, bowling shoes, parka, thinking I was the face. Funny when I think about it now

[dandywarhol]

After some further research, the Cardiff gig took place on 19 May 1965, and it ended during the 2nd song due to an "accident".

https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/the-kinks/1965/capitol-theatre-cardiff-wales-73c18a31.html

I also discovered that they played in Paris 25 days earlier on the 24 April 1965 and it was filmed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SExb3-_tsHU
The raw energy of youth.I remember an interview with Tony Iommi where he said the first time he heard You really got me it changed his life,it changed mine as well.

[RichardM]

There were two shows that evening at the Capitol cinema The attack took place during the first show. When we saw the audience leave we were confronted by hoards of screaming girls who told us what happened (one was my now wife - one of the non screamers - but I digress).

I attended the second show when the KInks were replaced by a double dose of Yardbirds. The problem was that Jeff Beck had only just replaced Eric Clapton as lead guitarist so had to play most of their music twice.

I saw the KInks 30 years later (only Ray Davies remained of the original lineup) and was amazed by their young following even so many years after their prime.

Why did Jeff Beck have to play everything twice?
I have a ticket to see him at St David's Hall in May. He's the last one to cross off the list, I've seen Clapton and Page and a much later version of the Yardbirds.

[Vindec]

He had just joined them and they hadn't rehearsed anything other than the set they should have performed. Because the Kinks didn't play the Yardbirds were ushered in to play twice and they hadn't rehearsed anything other than the music they were scheduled to play. Jeff Beck is a very fine guitarist but his music has gone weird in recent years.

[Wales-Bales]

He had just joined them and they hadn't rehearsed anything other than the set they should have performed. Because the Kinks didn't play the Yardbirds were ushered in to play twice and they hadn't rehearsed anything other than the music they were scheduled to play. Jeff Beck is a very fine guitarist but his music has gone weird in recent years.
Did you watch the Paris video above? It's the closest you will get to experiencing what you missed, and it looks like it would have been a great concert!

[RichardM]

He had just joined them and they hadn't rehearsed anything other than the set they should have performed. Because the Kinks didn't play the Yardbirds were ushered in to play twice and they hadn't rehearsed anything other than the music they were scheduled to play. Jeff Beck is a very fine guitarist but his music has gone weird in recent years.

Thanks, I understand now.
I know what you mean about Jeff Beck's music. Some of it I like, despite it being weird.

[Wales-Bales]

He had just joined them and they hadn't rehearsed anything other than the set they should have performed. Because the Kinks didn't play the Yardbirds were ushered in to play twice and they hadn't rehearsed anything other than the music they were scheduled to play. Jeff Beck is a very fine guitarist but his music has gone weird in recent years.
What a story, Dave Davies incapacitated down at the Cardiff Royal Infirmary, Mick Avory on the run trying to avoid the police, and Jeff Beck having to play the same songs twice. They should have never closed the Capital Theatre, it has so much history! :biggrin:

[dandywarhol]

It's fair to say they had moved on the days of the early 60s.
The KinKs "Rockpalast 1982"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fg0L0ylCdqM

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

Kinks , what a band

Waterloo Sunset is an amazing song

Jeff Beck is a music great

His version of train a coming with rod Stewart, off flash , is amazing

Nigel Tufnell, the stupid guitarist out of spinal tap based his hair and vibe on jeff beck

[Wales-Bales]

It's fair to say they had moved on the days of the early 60s.
The KinKs "Rockpalast 1982"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fg0L0ylCdqM
Some good stuff here, I'm guessing early70's? The Village Green Preservation Society at the end is pure nostalgia.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smIF5374bTw

[dandywarhol]

Almost everytime the kinks toured they released a new album.Huge in the U.S OF A.Selling zlinch albums in the UK.
Sometimes dropping the UK from the tour dates;
Studio albums


Kinks (1964)
Kinda Kinks (1965)
The Kink Kontroversy (1965)
Face to Face (1966)
Something Else by the Kinks (1967)
The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society (1968)
Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) (1969)
Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One (1970)
Percy (1971)
Muswell Hillbillies (1971)
Everybody's in Show-Biz (1972)
Preservation Act 1 (1973)
Preservation Act 2 (1974)
Soap Opera (1975)
Schoolboys in Disgrace (1975)
Sleepwalker (1977)
Misfits (1978)
Low Budget (1979)
Give the People What They Want (1981)
State of Confusion (1983)
Word of Mouth (1984)
Think Visual (1986)
UK Jive (1989)
Phobia (1993)
plus live albums
Live at Kelvin Hall (1967)
One for the Road (1980)
Live: The Road (1988)
To the Bone (1994)
BBC Sessions: 1964-1977 (2001)

[insider]

Sorry to be a pedant but isn't it the Capitol theatre Cardiff.
My mum and dad met there in 1956.

[Wales-Bales]

Sorry to be a pedant but isn't it the Capitol theatre Cardiff.
My mum and dad met there in 1956.
It's the same with the Cardiff Top Rank, we used to call it the Top Rank when speaking about it in Cardiff. The Swansea Top Rank was known by it's full name. We also spelled Capitol with an 'a' instead of an 'o'. Sorry to be a pedant :biggrin:

[insider]

It's the same with the Cardiff Top Rank, we used to call it the Top Rank when speaking about it in Cardiff. The Swansea Top Rank was known by it's full name. We also spelled Capitol with an 'a' instead of an 'o'. Sorry to be a pedant :biggrin:
Well you were spelling it incorrectly then.

[Majorblue]

I loved the Kinks and Waterloo Sunset is probably my favourite record of all time.

I was too young to see them in their prime but have seenRay Davies as a solo artist, attended his London Music shows at the South Bank and caught the theatre production of their life a couple of times.

Arguably one of the most influential bands of all time although I am a bit biased.

[Wales-Bales]

Well you were spelling it incorrectly then.
I'm on the phone to Wales Online right now as I type this! :hehe:

[splott parker]

It's the same with the Cardiff Top Rank, we used to call it the Top Rank when speaking about it in Cardiff. The Swansea Top Rank was known by it's full name. We also spelled Capitol with an 'a' instead of an 'o'. Sorry to be a pedant :biggrin:

The Capitol cinema has always been spelt with an ‘o’, I haven’t seen it spelt any other way barring this thread.

[splott parker]

I'm on the phone to Wales Online right now as I type this! :hehe:
Wales Anline most probably :hehe:

[Wales-Bales]

The Capitol cinema has always been spelt with an ‘o’, I haven’t seen it spelt any other way barring this thread.
I copied it from the Wales Online article in the OP, so it's easy to see how fake news comes about :biggrin:

[Wales-Bales]

Did Bowie base his part of his early career on the song? The vocal harmony style sounds familar.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSIJdSWmmtk

[lardy]

The Capitol cinema has always been spelt with an ‘o’, I haven’t seen it spelt any other way barring this thread.

That's how you can spot the internet charlatans. They do some research but not enough, and they copy the mistakes that genuine people wouldn't make.

[Wales-Bales]

That's how you can spot the internet charlatans. They do some research but not enough, and they copy the mistakes that genuine people wouldn't make.
What's up Mikey boy, why are you getting so worked up over a spelling mistake in the local rag?

[splott parker]

What's up Mikey boy, why are you getting so worked up over a spelling mistake in the local rag?

Moral of the story, ‘Don’t copy from local rags’, read them and if you think they’re worth forwarding them, correct their errors because the forwarded content is in your name.

[Vindec]

The Capitol cinema entertainment complex included the Connaught Rooms, Victoriana, Cellar Bar and Dance club in the basement. It was a huge complex the like of which no longer exists in the City. All the major bands and artists played there regularly in concerts.

And Capitol (as in Capitol Cinema was always spelt with an "o".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitol_Theatre,_Cardiff