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FACE TO FACE - KINKS
Kink Kontroversy
Kinks - The Ultimate Collection
All Day And All Of The Night
Everybody's Gonna Be Happy
Who'll Be The Next In Line
Never Met A Girl like You Before
Where Have All The Good Times Gone
Dedicated Follower Of Fashion
I'm Not Like Everybody Else
Mindless Child Of Motherhood
This Man He Weeps Tonight
The Kinks Singles A Sides and B Sides
Kinks DVD
The Kinks Albums
The Kinks
Kinks
UK digitally re-mastered and expanded edition of this 1964 album from the British
Rock band led by the ever-bickering Davies brothers, Ray and Dave. Contains the original
album joined by a myriad of tracks including the Chuck Berry compositions Too Much
Monkey Business and Beautiful Delilah. The J. D. "Jay" Miller - I'm a Lover Not
a Fighter the Bo Diddley’s - Cadillac and the song written by J. Moore - Got Love
If You Want It.
Ray Davies own songs include You Really Go Me, Just Can't Go to Sleep, I Took My
Baby Home, Stop Your Sobbing and So Mystifying.
Kink Kontroversy
This studio Album from the Kinks was first released in the U.K. in November 1965
and March the following year in the U.S.A. It contains classic tracks including
Where Have All The Good Times Gone, Milk Cow Blues, I Am Free, The World Keeps Going
Round and I'm On an Island. The hit Till the End of the Day has been added to by
another chart hit Dedicated Follower of Fashion amongst other tracks.
The album that ushered in a new era of Ray Davies' song writing, 1966's FACE TO FACE
finds Davies penning, for the first time, a series of vignettes in the style that
would become a staple for the rest of his career. Songs such as "Dandy" (a hit for
Herman's Hermits), with its concise portrait of a '60s swinger, are a world away
from the raucous rock of early hits like "You Really Got Me". The folky, Indian-influenced
"Fancy", which may or may not be a self-portrait, and "Rosie Won't You Please Come
Home" (actually written about the Davies brothers' sister) are timeless, precisely
crafted sketches, beyond musical fad or fashion, that still resound today.
Musically,
some serious thought is apparent in the arrangements of songs such as "Too Much on
My Mind", and much of the album is conclusive evidence that the rest of the Kinks,
in particular guitarist Dave Davies and drummer Mick Avory, were the perfect foil
for Davies' song writing skills. Though the only bona-fide Kinks hit here is the
breezy, sardonic "Sunny Afternoon", FACE TO FACE is a seminal Kinks album for its
overarching vision and for displaying the first serious manifestations of Ray Davies'
burgeoning song writing talent.
How Ray Davies made it through is anyone's guess. He fought constantly with his brother
and band mate Dave. He received not a penny of royalties throughout the Kinks' late-1960s
heyday, due to a management dispute. He endured two divorces--the first of which
saw him hospitalised in a suspected suicide attempt--and a painful break-up with
Chrissie Hynde. Under terrible stress, he announced his retirement every six months
from 1967 onwards. Yet somehow he held together one of the 60s' most stylish outfits,
and released a string of hits that rank among the wittiest, most provocative and
most socially aware songs ever written.
The first disc of the two-CD The Ultimate Collection begins with their third single
and first No. 1, the insistent "You Really Got Me", then races through the glory
years with the absurdly infectious likes of "Sunny Afternoon", "Waterloo Sunset",
"Lola" and "Apeman". Dave's two hits are included, too, and the disc ends with "Come
Dancing" and other selections from The Kinks' early-80s comeback.
Disc Two includes songs that were hits for others ("David Watts" and "Stop Your Sobbing"),
various B-sides and other rarities, including "God's Children", from the soundtrack
of Percy, a movie about a fellow seeking the original owner of his recently transplanted
penis. The Ultimate Collection is an excellent addition to the Kinks's cannon. --Dominic
Wills
The Kinks - You Really Got Me:
Story Of The Kinks DVD
The Kinks - You Really Got Me: Story Of The Kinks DVD
This DVD contains some of the Kinks finest moments and is full of rarely seen performances
from the sixties right through to the nineties and also contains comments from the
various members of the band including Ray Davies, Dave Davies and Mick Avory.
Kinks Book
The story of The Kinks is not one for the faint-hearted, and in this updated biography
Neville Marten and Jeff Hudson lift the lid on one of England's most idiosyncratic
and charming bands. Through all the nervous breakdowns, resignations, guitars wielded
as weapons, drug abuse, glasses without lenses, food fights, alien sightings, in-yer-face
spitting, and mental torture The Kinks have become a rock 'n' roll legend! The songs
of Ray Davies have inspired bands and artists across the full spectrum of pop and
rock music, from Blur, Pulp, and Paul Weller to Van Halen. Their capacity for anarchy,
humour, and storytelling has lead to some of the most durable and widely adored songs
of the English pop canon, including Lola, Waterloo Sunset, and You Really Got Me.
The band's inventive productions pre-dated even The Beatles, and their musical talent
eclipsed The Rolling Stones. This is their story, compiled from interviews and anecdotes,
and featuring photographs spanning Ray Davies' career. Previously published by Sanctuary.
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