One of my 60s favorites... and one of the best and most influencial bands till today.
Starting in 1963 as The RAVENS became the KINKS in 1964, first LPs great 60s R&B,  garage-punk like the genial :
"You Really Got Me" , also hear "Milk Cow Blues" (what power). On ballads, they are as good. Music lives with the
the lyrics of RAY DAVIES, telling about the people from his british sight.
The years & releases from  1972 to 1975 shows with many concept LPs the more difficult side of Rays Songs and his
love for acting & theatre.
With the LPs SLEEPWALKER & MISFITS they found the right way, this time more in the Hard-Rock field, with
more success in USA like at home. In the mid 90s came the split.
Ray Davies still records great albums till today.

Style: Garage, R&B, Beat, Hardrock, Pop

see:
Ray Davies ;  Dave Davies ; Creation ;  Maple Oak ;  Argent ; Roulettes ; Unit 4+2 ;
Mike Cotton Sound ; Satisfaction ; Blodwyn Pig ; Savoy Brown ; Pretty Things ; Life ;
Phoenix ; Don Adams ;

Musicians:
Ray Davies - lead vocals, guitar, songwriter, lyrics;
Dave Davies - lead guitar, vocal (great guitar player didn't need Page at all);
Mike Avory - drums; Peter Quife - bass;

John Dalton (offical 1969), Andy Pyle (1977), Jim Rodford (1978) - bass ;
Bob Henrit - drums (from 1989) ; Nick Newell - keyb., sax;
John Gossling (1969), Gordon Edwards (1978), Ian Gibbons (1979) - keyboards;

Mike Cotton Sound:
Mike Cotton, Laurie Brown, John Beecham, Alan Holmes - brass, Davy Jones- sax;

Face A1   all songs by Ray Davies if not shown
Lola
Village Green Preservation Society
Little Queen of Darkness
Two Sisters
Sitting by the Riverside
Party Line

Face A2
Dandy
Funny Face
Village Green
Dreams
People take Pictures of each Other
Picture Book
Death of a Clown  (R.& Dave Davies)

Face B1
Apeman
Harry Rag
The Way Love used to be
Animals in the Zoo
David Watts   (R.&Dave Davies)
Rosy wont you please come Home
No Return

Face B2
The Last of the Steam powered Trains
Phenomenal Cat
Startstruck
Afternoon Tea
Big Sky
Tin Soldier Man

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