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The other day we'd mentioned that The Kinks' first three U.K. albums were being expanded across the pond. Amazon's U.K. pages had track listings for the double-disc sets, but there wasn't much in the way of annotations. If a song popped up twice, was it an alternate mix? A live version? A demo? We didn't know, so we didn't say much.

Now, U.K. site Spin CDs has put up track listings for Kinks, Kinda Kinks and The Kink Kontroversy, and while there's still a small bit of speculation to be had, the track lists seem clear enough that The Second Disc feels comfortable enough to report on it.

In traditional Universal form, the deluxe editions look pretty hefty, if not bursting with unheard gems. Generally, each album is presented with one disc of the original LP and another of non-LP singles and B-sides, demos, outtakes and live BBC sessions. (Kinks is presented differently, having both a mono and stereo mix available.) Many of the bonus cuts have been presented elsewhere, from the Castle reissues that were released in England in the late 1990s to 2008's massive Picture Book box set. A couple of alternate versions and a few of the BBC tracks are presented for the first time anywhere on these sets, as you'll see below.

Ordering info and the full track lists are after the jump. Of course, if you see anything that should be changed, let us know in the comments.

The Kinks, Kinks: Deluxe Edition (Sanctuary/Universal (U.K.), 2011)

Disc 1: Mono LP, singles and extra tracks

  1. Beautiful Delilah
  2. So Mystifying
  3. Just Can't Go to Sleep
  4. Long Tall Shorty
  5. I Took My Baby Home
  6. I'm a Lover Not a Fighter
  7. You Really Got Me
  8. Cadillac
  9. Bald Headed Woman
  10. Revenge
  11. Too Much Monkey Business
  12. I've Been Driving on Bald Mountain
  13. Stop Your Sobbing
  14. Got Love If You Want It
  15. I Believed You (Demo)
  16. I'm a Hog for You Baby (Demo)
  17. I Don't Need You Any More
  18. Ev'rybody's Gonna Be Happy (Alternate)
  19. Long Tall Sally
  20. You Still Want Me
  21. You Do Something to Me
  22. It's All Right
  23. All Day and All of the Night
  24. I Gotta Move
  25. Louie Louie
  26. I've Got That Feeling
  27. I Gotta Go Now
  28. Things Are Getting Better

Disc 1, Tracks 1-14 from Pye LP NPL 18096 (U.K.), 1964
Disc 1, Tracks 15-16 from Picture Book (Sanctuary/Universal 5313049 (U.K.), 2008
Disc 1, Track 17 was a bonus track on Essential/Castle Communications reissue (ESM CD 482), 1998
Disc 1, Track 18 previously unreleased
Disc 1, Track 19 was a single A-side - Pye 7N 15611 (U.K.), 1964
Disc 1, Tracks 20-21 released as Pye single 7N 15636 (U.K.), 1964
Disc 1, Track 22 was the B-side to "You Really Got Me" - Pye 7N 15673 (U.K.), 1964
Disc 1, Tracks 23-24 from Pye single 7N 15714 (U.K.), 1964
Disc 1, Tracks 25-28 from Kinksize Session EP - Pye NEP 24200 (U.K.), 1964

Disc 2: Stereo LP, BBC sessions and extra tracks

  1. Beautiful Delilah
  2. So Mystifying
  3. Just Can't Go to Sleep
  4. Long Tall Shorty
  5. I Took My Baby Home
  6. I'm a Lover Not a Fighter
  7. You Really Got Me
  8. Cadillac
  9. Bald Headed Woman
  10. Revenge
  11. Too Much Monkey Business
  12. I've Been Driving on Bald Mountain
  13. Stop Your Sobbing
  14. Got Love If You Want It
  15. Don't Ever Let Go
  16. I Don't Need You Anymore (Mono)
  17. Bald Headed Woman (U.S. Mono Mix)
  18. Too Much Monkey Business (Alternate Take)
  19. Got Love If You Want It (Alternate Take)
  20. Meet The Kinks (BBC Session)
  21. Cadillac (BBC Session)
  22. Ray Talks About "You Really Got Me" (BBC Session)
  23. You Really Got Me (BBC Session)
  24. Little Queenie (BBC Session)
  25. I'm a Lover Not a Fighter (BBC Session)
  26. All Day and All of the Night (BBC Session)
  27. Ray Talks About the USA (BBC Session)
  28. I've Got That Feeling (BBC Session)

Disc 2, Tracks 1-14 released as Pye LP NSPL 83021 (U.K.), 1964
Disc 2, Tracks 15-16 from Picture Book (Sanctuary/Universal 5313049 (U.K.), 2008
Disc 2, Track 17 from You Really Got Me - Reprise R 6143 (U.S.), 1964
Disc 2, Track 18 was a bonus track on Essential/Castle Communications reissue (ESM CD 482), 1998
Disc 2, Tracks 19, 24-25 and 28 previously unreleased
Disc 2, Tracks 20-23 and 26-27 from BBC Sessions 1964-1977 - Sanctuary SANDD010 (U.K.), 2001

The Kinks, Kinda Kinks: Deluxe Edition (Sanctuary/Universal (U.K.), 2011)

Disc 1: Original LP (released as Pye NPL 18112 (U.K.), 1965)

  1. Look for Me Baby
  2. Got My Feet on the Ground
  3. Nothin' in the World Can Stop Me Worryin' 'Bout That Girl
  4. Naggin' Woman
  5. I Wonder Where My Baby is Tonight
  6. Tired of Waiting for You
  7. Dancing in the Street
  8. Don't Ever Change
  9. Come On Now
  10. So Long
  11. You Shouldn't Be Sad
  12. Something Better Beginning

Disc 2: Singles, demos and BBC sessions

  1. Ev'rybody's Gonna Be Happy
  2. Who'll Be the Next in Line
  3. Set Me Free
  4. I Need You
  5. See My Friends
  6. Never Met a Girl Like You Before
  7. A Well Respected Man
  8. Such a Shame
  9. Wait Till the Summer Comes Along
  10. Don't You Fret
  11. I Go to Sleep (Demo)
  12. When I See That Girl of Mine (Demo)
  13. Tell Me Now So I'll Know (Demo)
  14. A Little Bit of Sunlight (Demo)
  15. There's a New World Just Opening for Me (Demo)
  16. This I Know (Demo)
  17. See My Friends (Alternate)
  18. Come On Now (Alternate Vocal)
  19. You Shouldn't Be Sad (BBC Session)
  20. Tired of Waiting for You (BBC Session)
  21. Ev'rybody's Gonna Be Happy (BBC Session)
  22. This Strange Effect (BBC Session)
  23. Hide and Seek (BBC Session)

Disc 2, Tracks 1-2 released as Pye single 7N 15813 (U.K.), 1965
Disc 2, Tracks 3-4 released as Pye single 7N 15854 (U.K.), 1965
Disc 2, Tracks 5-6 released as Pye single 7N 15919 (U.K.), 1965
Disc 2, Tracks 7-10 from Kwyet Kinks EP - Pye NEP 24221 (U.K.), 1965
Disc 2, Track 11 was a bonus track on Essential/Castle Communications reissue (ESM CD 483), 1998
Disc 2, Track 12 was a bonus track on Essential/Castle Communications reissue of The Kink Kontroversy (ESM CD 507), 1998
Disc 2, Track 13, 17-19 and 23 previously unreleased
Disc 2, Tracks 14-16 from Picture Book (Sanctuary/Universal 5313049 (U.K.), 2008
Disc 2, Tracks 20-22 from BBC Sessions 1964-1977 - Sanctuary SANDD010 (U.K.), 2001

The Kinks, The Kink Kontroversy: Deluxe Edition (Sanctuary/Universal (U.K.), 2011)

Disc 1: Original LP (released as Pye NPL 18131 (U.K.), 1965)

  1. Milk Cow Blues
  2. Ring the Bells
  3. Gotta Get the First Plane Home
  4. When I See That Girl of Mine
  5. I Am Free
  6. Till the End of the Day
  7. The World Keeps Going Round
  8. I'm on an Island
  9. Where Have All the Good Times Gone
  10. It's Too Late
  11. What's in Store for Me
  12. You Can't Win

Disc 2: Demos, outtakes and BBC sessions

  1. Dedicated Follower of Fashion
  2. Sittin' on My Sofa
  3. I'm Not Like Everybody Else
  4. Mr. Reporter (Outtake)
  5. Dedicated Follower of Fashion (Alternate Stereo Take)
  6. Time Will Tell (Outtake)
  7. And I Will Love You
  8. I'm Not Like Everybody Else (Alternate Vocal)
  9. All Night Stand (Demo)
  10. Milk Cow Blues (BBC Session)
  11. Ray Talks About Songwriting (BBC Session)
  12. Never Met a Girl Like You Before (BBC Session)
  13. Wonder Where My Baby is Tonight (BBC Session)
  14. Pete Talks About Records (BBC Session)
  15. Till the End of the Day (BBC Session)
  16. A Well Respected Man (BBC Session)

Disc 2, Tracks 1-2 released as Pye single 7N 17064 (U.K.), 1966
Disc 2, Track 3 was the B-side to "Sunny Afternoon" - Pye 7N 17125 (U.K.), 1966
Disc 2, Tracks 4, 6-7 and 9 from Picture Book (Sanctuary/Universal 5313049 (U.K.), 2008
Disc 2, Track 5 was a bonus track on Essential/Castle Communications reissue (ESM CD 507), 1998
Disc 2, Tracks 8, 12 and 16 previously unreleased
Disc 2, Tracks 10-11 and 13-15 from BBC Sessions 1964-1977 - Sanctuary SANDD010 (U.K.), 2001

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  1. There would be more outtakes, if Pye Records had not disposed of nearly all of the group's 1960's multitrack tapes. As for the 2nd & 3rd albums, which were never mixed for stereo, there is reason to think, that even if they could be remixed, that musically identical(to the mono) stereo mixes wouldn't be possible, due to live-during-mono-mixdown overdubs(as on another Shel Talmy production, The Who's "My Generation" album). The stereo version of "Dedicated Follower of Fashion" confirms this:It lacks the "Oh yes he is!" background vocals.
    There is reason to think, that even if the 2nd & 3rd Kinks albums had been mixed for stereo in the 1960's(at the time of release), that stereo editions wouldn't have sold well in the UK. The stereo edition of The Beatles debut album wasn't released until a few months after the mono edition, and wasn't(comparatively) a big seller. And an EMI executive once explained that the reason that the 2nd & 3rd Hollies albums weren't released in stereo in the UK until the 1970's is because the stereo edition of that group's debut album had sold poorly in the UK. Stereo didn't really find acceptance from UK consumers until 1968(about 2 years after the U.S.A.)

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  2. Let's be fair about this Mono Stereo debate, as far as the UK was concerned, who really had a clue about mixing? It's there in the recorded evidence of the time. Whatever the Producer thought went. Most of them didn't have a clue about placing sounds in stereo 'pictures'. Adding additional echo doesn't instantly make any mix (Mono or Stereo) into a 'US' mix! That's all most did.

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