The Kinks In Session – Dec. 13, 1965 – BBC Light Programme
In what would wind up their last session at the BBC for two years, The Kinks cut three tracks on December 13, 1965.
Here’s what’s on the player tonight:
Kinks BBC Session
December 13, 1965
1. Well Respected Man
2. ‘Til The End Of The Day
3. Where Have All The Good Times Gone?
The group opened 1965 with their first tour of Australia and New Zealand, with Manfred Mann and the Honeycombs. An intensive performing schedule saw them headline other package tours throughout the year with acts such as the Yardbirds and Mickey Finn. Tensions began to emerge within the band, expressed in incidents such as the on-stage fight between Mick Avory and Dave Davies at the Capitol Theatre, Cardiff, Wales, on 19 May. After finishing the first song, “You Really Got Me”, Davies insulted Avory and kicked over his drum set. Avory responded by hitting Davies with his hi-hat stand, rendering him unconscious, before fleeing from the scene, fearing that he had killed his bandmate. Davies was taken to Cardiff Royal Infirmary, where he received 16 stitches to his head. To placate the police, Avory later claimed that it was part of a new act in which the band members would hurl their instruments at each other.
Dissension and very public squabbles brought a temporary halt to The Kinks as a group. Making matters worse was Ray Davies suffering a nervous breakdown, Dave Davies going briefly solo and Peter Quaife hospitalized from a serious car accident. It all spelled a serious setback for the band and rumors of their demise were taking on an air of fact.
But despite all that, The Kinks eventually regrouped and regained their popularity, with some of their most memorable material still ahead of them.
But in 1965 it was touch-and-go.
