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Keith Altham Goes To France To Be With The Kinks In Paris And Records A Stormy Day In Their Life

Keith Altham, New Musical Express, 26 February 1965

TONIGHT, TUESDAY, February 23, 1965, saw the death of Old Man Rock 'n' Roll and the triumphant birth of Kinky Blues at the Olympia Theatre, Paris. The Kinks buried the jeers which greeted the second-rate Elvis Presley impersonator (gold lame jacket avec squirms) whom they followed under an avalanche of cheers.

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