A complete live TV performance of 'Hamburger Concerto', a 20 minute epic. Set against a glittering disco-style back-drop, there is no light show to enhance this musical journey and the audience are fixed in their seats like Madame Tussaud rejects, but this is all about the music, not the performance. It's a truly blistering rendition with surprisingly good sound for a TV piece reaching its 30th anniversary. Akkerman's guitar work here is pure magic, and Van Leer drifts effortlessly between his keyboards and flute during this complex but melodic opus.
There is some dispute when the concert was recorded, but one thing is for sure: great early seventies performance.
The Kinks
BBC - In Concert
1972-01-21 or 1973-01-24
BBC 4 Intro
Victoria
Acute Schizophrenia Paranoia Blues
Dedicated Follower Of Fashion
Lola
Holiday
Good Golly Miss Molly
You Really Got Me
All Day And All Of The Night
Waterloo Sunset
Village Green Preservation Society
Village Green (instrumental outro)