The Kinks - BBC Sessions, Volume 5: 1974-1978

This series of albums started very similar to the officially released box set called "At the BBC." The first volumes in the series were relatively similar to that box set. But starting with this volume, the song list is almost entirely different.

That's because on the box set, as it chronologically progressed into the 1970s, there were less appearances of the Kinks playing in the studio for the BBC, and more partial or entire concerts of the Kinks that happened to be broadcast on the BBC. I didn't include any of the latter here, because I figure those concerts deserve their own separate albums.

Only the first songs on this volume are also on the BBC box set. For the rest, I found various TV appearances the Kinks did and stripped out the audience noise as best I could in order to make it sound like a studio album. Some were on the BBC, and some where not - I figure the main thing is good music, not just if it's from the BBC.

Songs four through seven are from a TV performance of the concept album "A Soap Opera." The performance was from 1974 but the album came out in 1975, apparently because the record company didn't want to release two albums too close to each other. It was kind of a concert in that it was in front of an audience, but there was filming all over the stage and the audience usually wasn't allowed to clap after the songs. If you search YouTube, you can find an excellent color version that's about half an hour long and a poor quality black and white version of the full hour show.

Another big chunk of the songs on the album, from songs eight to 13, come from a Kinks performance on the BBC TV show The Old Grey Whistle Test in 1977. The sound quality and performance was excellent. However, I only included the songs not on another Kinks 1977 concert that I've posted (and that was on the official box set). Here's a link to that full show:

https://albumsthatshouldexist.blogspot.com/2019/12/the-kinks-christmas-concert-rainbow.html

The last song is from a TV show in 1978. Unfortunately, I don't know the details. If anyone does, please let me know.

01 Demolition (Kinks)
02 Mirror of Love (Kinks)
03 Money Talks (Kinks)
04 Rush Hour Blues - Nine to Five - When Work Is Over (Kinks)
05 [A] Face in the Crowd (Kinks)
06 You Can't Stop the Music (Kinks)
07 No More Looking Back (Kinks)
08 Sleepwalker (Kinks)
09 Life Goes On (Kinks)
10 Stormy Sky (Kinks)
11 Full Moon (Kinks)
12 Life on the Road (Kinks)
13 Juke Box Music (Kinks)
14 Misfits (Kinks)

https://www.upload.ee/files/16127719/TKNKS1974a-1978_BBSessonsVolum5_atse.zip.html

Like the other albums in this series, I used the basic design of the cover of the "At the BBC" box set but changed the picture of the Kinks to match the years of the music. I'm not sure when the photo I used is from, but I'm guessing around 1974 to 1976. I also changed the background colors so each volume in the series can be easily distinguished from each other.