Release Date: Nov 17, 2023
Discs: 2
CELEBRATING 60 YEARS OF THE KINKS
Heavyweight Gatefold Black Vinyl Double LP.
‘The Journey’ is a collection of tracks chosen by The Kinks’ Ray Davies, Dave Davies and Mick Avory that reflect the trials and tribulations of their journey through life together as a band since 1963. The albums are split into themed sections created by The Kinks.
Contains: Hits, key album tracks, singles, band favourites and B-sides. Features six new Ray Davies track mixes, including three previously unreleased 1975 live versions.
Remastered audio.
Hits featured are: Lola, Sunny Afternoon, 20th Century Man, Dedicated Follower Of Fashion, Till The End Of The Day, A Well Respected Man, See My Friends, Everybody's A Star (Starmaker)
Tracks are taken from all the classic original Kinks albums, including: Kinda Kinks, Face To Face, Something Else and the recently remastered 50th anniversary editions of Village Green Preservation Society, Lola, Muswell Hillbillies and Everybody's In Show-Biz.
Booklets include band photos and personal track by track notes from Ray Davies, Dave Davies & Mick Avory.
TRACKLIST:
CD1
The world around the journeyman starts to crumble as his life is turned upside down
1. TILL THE END OF THE DAY (1965)
2. PRESERVATION (1974)
3. DAVID WATTS (1967)
4. THIS TIME TOMORROW (ALTERNATE TAKE, 2020 MIX) (1970)
5. A WELL RESPECTED MAN (1965)
6. MONICA (1968)
7. SCRAPHEAP CITY (1974)
8. HE'S EVIL (1974)
The journeyman is led astray by ghosts and a dark angel
9. LOLA (1970)
10. SUNNY AFTERNOON (1966)
11. ANIMAL FARM (1968)
12. CREEPING JEAN (1969) *
13. TWO SISTERS (1967)
14. SEE MY FRIENDS (1965)
15. MONEY TALKS (2023 MIX) (1974) **
16. NO RETURN (1967)
17. DON'T YOU FRET (1965)
CD2
Our journeyman is seduced by those ghosts and demons of the underworld and searches for his lost innocence
1. I NEED YOU (1965)
2. RAINY DAY IN JUNE (1966)
3. DEDICATED FOLLOWER OF FASHION (1966)
4. WHERE ARE THEY NOW? (2023 MIX) (1974) **
5. WICKED ANNABELLA (1968)
6. ALCOHOL (1971)
7. SUSANNAH'S STILL ALIVE (1967) *
8. 20TH CENTURY MAN (1971)
9. SITTING BY THE RIVERSIDE (1971)
10. ARTIFICIAL MAN (2023 MIX) (1974) **
Despair turns to elation as journeyman overcomes his fear. Reunites with old friends
11. NEW VICTORIA SUITE - EVERYBODY'S A STAR (STARMAKER) (LIVE, 2023 MIX) (1975) **
12. NEW VICTORIA SUITE - SLUM KIDS (LIVE NEW VICTORIA THEATRE) (LIVE, 2023 MIX) (1975) **
13. NEW VICTORIA SUITE - (A) FACE IN THE CROWD (LIVE NEW VICTORIA THEATRE) (LIVE, 2023 MIX) (1975) **
14. HOLIDAY ROMANCE (1975)
15. BIG SKY (1968)
16. LINCOLN COUNTY (1968) *
17. GOD'S CHILDREN (1971)
* BY DAVE DAVIES
** PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED VERSION
