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The Kinks - Kinks (Classic Debut Album UK 1964)

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2008-02-16 11:45:00 by ChrisGoesRock in ChrisGoesRock
...Kinks is the self-titled debut album by English rock band, The Kinks. It was released with an altered track-listing in the United States as "You Really Got Me You Really Got Me" is a rock song written by Ray Davies and performed by his band, The Kinks. It was released as the group's third single, in August 1964, and reached Number 1 on the...
 
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Hot Platters: The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Sociaty

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2008-06-20 12:09:18 by J.P. Gelinas in Rock & Roll is a State of Mind
...Kinks were deserving of the same lavish praise that's been heaped upon the other stalwarts of the British Invasion era (i.e. The Beatles, The Stones & The Who). Sadly, this is not the case. Has England produced a true songwriter better than Ray Davies? I think not. To make the case that The Kinks should rightfully be ranked alongside ye olde...
 
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The Misunderstood Kinks

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2007-12-03 21:17:00 by Mr. Curiosity in Covert Curiosity
...Kinks; December 1967's Something Else by the Kinks , and November 1968's The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society . Both albums sold poorly in the U.S., as the Kinks were subject to a ban on live and television performances. Obviously people have come around since then, as Something Else was ranked number 288 on Rolling Stone...
 
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The Kinks - The Great Lost Kinks Album (Great Album 1963-70)

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2008-08-08 06:22:00 by ChrisGoesRock in ChrisGoesRock
...Kinks Album is a 1973 LP collection of unreleased material issued by Reprise Records after The Kinks had moved to RCA. The tracks were recorded between 1966 and 1970 and master tapes were shipped to the US Reprise Label in the early 1970's to fulfil contractual obligations with that label. Kinks leader and songwriter, Ray Davies, intended...
 
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The Kinks - Arthur Or The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire (Classic Rock Album 1969)

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2008-02-03 12:07:00 by ChrisGoesRock in ChrisGoesRock
...Kinks, released in late 1969. The album followed a rough period for the band, with the commercial failure of the critically acclaimed concept album The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society and its follow up single "Plastic Man" and the departure of founding member Pete Quaife. Songwriter Ray Davies constructed the album as the...
 
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Ray Davies Dials Up Showmanship, Kinks Tunes at San Fran Solo Gig

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2008-03-31 16:24:02 by Barry Walters in Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily
...Kinks frontman Ray Davies took the stage of San Franciscos soon-to-close Warfield Theatre Friday night with an aquamarine Fender guitar and launched into his self-descriptive Im Not Like Everybody Else. This obscure 1966 B-side suggested that the first of his handful of rare solo shows would neither be focused solely on promoting the...
 
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Dar Williams Covers: Springsteen, The Kinks, Pink Floyd, The Beatles...

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2007-12-23 19:46:00 by boyhowdy in Cover Lay Down
...Kinks' Better Things -- both of which Dar makes so much her own I didn't realize they were covers when I first heard them. Plus great covers of Springsteen, The Beatles, The Band, Nick Lowe, Pink Floyd, and some bonus songs, as always: supergroup Cry, Cry, Cry, a cover of a Dar song by the very first artist we ever featured here on Cover Lay...
 
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Kinks Reunion Was A Bunch of Hot Air

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2008-01-09 09:10:19 by Sturgell of MOG in MOG - Editor's Picks
...Kinks more than 40 years ago, says there are no plans to reunite now or in the immediate future quelling the rumors put forth by his brother and bandmate Ray Davies As previously reported, The Kinks' lead singer and guitarist Ray Davies had been hinting at a reunion. The Daily Mail even reported that the original line-up intend to reform for...
 
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Kinks - The Village Green Preservation Society (1968)

2008-02-22 23:15:51 by Editor in Music Emissions Alternative Music Reviews
 
...Kinks ' Village Green Preservation Society as an "Indie Classic" but hold on and bear with me while I ramble about one of the best pop rock concept albums ever to be crafted The premise behind the Village Green album is looking back on traditional England and a lot of the preconceptions of an old England. There were no abrasive songs on the...
 
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