Condition: Used
The Kinks - The Great Lost Kinks Album
Label: Reprise Records
Catalog#: MS 2127
Format: Vinyl, LP
Vinyl: VG+ to VG++, a few scuffs
Cover has ring wear, bottom left corner is cut, wear to edges and corners
Includes original inner Reprise Records sleeve and album insert
Country: US issue
Released: 25 Jan 1973
Genre: Rock
Style: Classic Rock
Tracklisting:
A1 Till Death Do Us Part 3:12
A2 There Is No Life Without Love 1:55
A3 Lavender Hill 2:53
A4 Groovy Movies 2:30
A5 Rosemary Rose 1:43
A6 Misty Water 3:01
A7 Mr. Songbird 2:24
B1 When I Turn Off The Living Room Light 2:17
B2 The Way Love Used To Be 2:11
B3 I'm Not Like Everybody Else 3:29
B4 Plastic Man 3:00
B5 This Man He Weeps Tonight 2:38
B6 Pictures In The Sand 2:45
B7 Where Did The Spring Go 2:10
Credits:
Arranged By - The Kinks
Artwork By [Design] - John Cabalka
Artwork By [Illustration] - Jean Michel Folon
Photography - Bob Gruen
Producer - Raymond Douglas Davies (tracks: A1 to B2, B4 to B7) , Shel Talmy (tracks: B3)
Notes:
Compilation of rare and previously unreleased songs.
Includes sheet with extensive liner notes by John Mendelsohn
Track A2 published by Noma Music Inc./Abkco Music Inc. - BMI
Tracks A4, A6 to B1, B3, B4 & B7 published by Noma Music Inc. - BMI
Track B2 published by Al Gallico Music Corp. - BMI
Manufactured by Abkco Records, Inc.
1973 Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Reprise Records, A Division of Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Made in U.S.A.
Issued by Reprise in 1973, and not to be confused with several boots bearing the same name, The Great Lost Kinks Album may not be a legitimate release, but it is one of my favorite Kinks albums. Even though I know it’s wrong (Ray Davies knew nothing about it and moved to legally stop production of the record), I can’t help but fall for its charms.
Supposedly, the bulk of Great Lost was intended for a 1969 release entitled Four More Respected Gentlemen. The liner notes for the LP are hard to trust, however, since the ‘kronikler’ spends most of his time deriding the touring behavior of the ‘73 Kinks and complaining about the songs on Muswell Hillbillies (by my account, a fine record in every regard). Pretty much all of this material (tracks that didn’t make the cut for Face to Face, Something Else, and Village Green Preservation Society) is available now as bonus material on the essential 2004 Kinks reissues.
The track order on Great Lost Kinks feels like the real thing, and affords that rare pleasure rabid fans are always hunting down: the unreleased masterpiece. Great Lost is to Kinks fans what Smile bootlegs are to Brian Wilson devotees, maybe not a masterpiece, but it’s that extra dip in the Golden Age once you’ve already exhausted the best of their discography. Considering its release date, this was the first chance anybody got at hearing these buried gems, making Great Lost a considerable prize to collectors. If you do find this record out in the wild, pick it up immediately. The bizarre neon cover may have you believe this is a less than stellar 1980s outing or some mediocre compilation, but it truly sounds like that great, fabled record that never was.
There are no skippable tracks, but for me, Til Death Do Us Part is one of the perfect Kinksongs, a humble, laid-back march that sounds sweetly traditional. There Is No Life Without Love is a sleeper Kinks klassic with its subdued and gorgeous groove.
The Kinks - Plastic Man
I like Ray's smirk, and the Cockney twist.
Kinks - I'm Not Like Everybody Else
This is such a great tune..
The Kinks - Til Death do us part
British music hall certainly influenced Ray Davies. With fantastic effect, I might add!
Ray Davies = the greatest song writer of all time. And, double the applause for the Kinks being the masters of capturing the very essence of England in every perfect, precious note. TRUE MASTERS! The BEST
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