The Kinks 2 - The Second Disc

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You Really Got Me: The Kinks’ “Mono Collection” Due In December

October 13, 2016 by Joe Marchese | 6 Comments

The Kinks – The Mono Collection brings together eight classic albums in their original U.K. Pye Records mono editions on ten LPs, all pressed on 180-gram vinyl. The set includes 1967’s Live at Kelvin Hall and 1970’s original 2-LP collection The Kinks (otherwise known as The Black Album. A hardcover 48-page book including never-before-seen photos and new interviews with Ray Davies, Dave Davies and Mick Avory tops it all off. The Kinks in Mono, appropriately enough, kicks off with 1964’s self-titled Kinks. “You Really Got Me” heralded the electric birth of these British…

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Review: The Kinks, “Everybody’s in Show-Biz: Legacy Edition”

June 3, 2016 by Joe Marchese | 1 Comment

When Kinks bio-musical Sunny Afternoon took home the 2015 Olivier Award for Best Musical, it must surely have been a sweet moment for composer-lyricist and band frontman Ray Davies, whose concept albums and rock operas have long bore the hallmarks of strong theatrical storytelling. (He’s also written a handful of musicals over the years.) By the time of 1972’s Everybody’s In Show-Biz, Davies was already pushing the envelope of his quintessentially British sound, incorporating rootsy American country textures, Dixieland horns and even a dash of calypso into The Kinks’ heady, heavy rock-and-roll…

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Release Round-Up: Week of June 3

June 3, 2016 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up…it’s one of the year’s most eclectic yet, with heavy hitters from Pink Floyd to Petula Clark…including releases from The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Paul Simon, Edgar Winter and more! Petula Clark, Natural Love: The Scotti Brothers Recordings (Real Gone) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) In the early years of the 1980s, Petula Clark was signed to the Scotti Brothers label in the U.S. and starring in a revival of The Sound of Music in the West End. During this busy period, she released several singles for Scotti…

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10000 Maniacs, Air Supply, David Bowie, Edgar Winter, Fairport Convention, Gary Burton, Loudon Wainwright III, Paul Simon, Petula Clark, Pink Floyd, The D.O.C., The Happenings, The Kinks, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, The Traveling Wilburys

Not Like Everybody Else: “Kinked!” Kollects Kinks Kovers (And Sessions, Too!)

April 18, 2016 by Joe Marchese | 1 Comment

When it comes to songwriting, Ray Davies is doubtless one well-respected man. Yet, unbelievably, Ace Records’ recent Kinked! Kinks Songs and Sessions 1964-1971 marks the first collection to explore in comprehensive fashion the early body of work created by Davies outside of his famous band. Its 26 tracks encompass songs not recorded by The Kinks, or first released by artists other than The Kinks, as well as a handful of contemporary cover versions, sessions featuring The Kinks on backup, and even previously unissued tracks. Chockablock with rarities, it’s divided into two sections by…

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Maximum Consumption: Legacy Expands The Kinks’ “Everybody’s In Showbiz”

April 13, 2016 by Joe Marchese | 8 Comments

The Kinks’ tenth studio album, 1972’s double LP Everybody’s in Showbiz, is about to get the Legacy Edition treatment from Sony’s Legacy Recordings. On June 3, the classic studio/live hybrid album will be reissued along with a full disc’s worth of previously unissued studio outtakes (recorded at London’s Morgan Studios) and concert material (recorded March 2-3, 1972 during The Kinks’ Carnegie Hall concert stand). Often seen as a transitional album pointing the way towards producer-songwriter-frontman Ray Davies’ more theatrical style, Everybody’s in Showbiz took its inspiration from Davies’ life on the road. The album’s…

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Release Round-Up: Week of March 25

March 25, 2016 by Joe Marchese | 6 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Bob Dylan, The Bootleg Series Vol. 6 – Live 1964: Concert at Philharmonic Hall (Audio Fidelity) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Bob Dylan’s The Bootleg Series Vol. 6 – Live 1964: Concert at Philharmonic Hall comes to hybrid 5.0 multichannel SACD for the first time. Audio Fidelity’s release will boast a full booklet (as on the original standard CD release) and is playable in stereo on all CD players. Read more here! Various Artists, Kinked! Kinks Songs and Sessions 1964-1971 (Ace) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon…

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Bob Dylan, Ella Fitzgerald, Kleeer, Mark Murphy, Sarah Vaughan, Stargard, The Kinks, Various Artists, Winfield Parker

Our Big Record Store Day Black Friday Round-Up Featuring McCartney, Bowie, Wilson, Queen, Ronstadt, More

October 30, 2015 by Randy Fairman | 12 Comments

Over the past couple of weeks, we’ve told you about the 2015 Black Friday Record Store Day offerings from Legacy, Omnivore and Real Gone Music. Well, the full list of releases which are coming out on November 27 has been announced and we’ve got the details below including new titles from Rhino, Varese Sarabande, Hear Music and more! The entire list is over 125 items long, so we’ve just highlighted some entries below in which you might be interested. The full listing can be seen at recordstoreday.com. As usual, with so many…

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Brian Wilson, Garbage, Janis Joplin, Linda Ronstadt, Otis Redding, Paul McCartney, Phil Collins, Queen, The Kinks, The Zombies, Wes Montgomery

Release Round-Up: Week of October 23

October 23, 2015 by Joe Marchese | 1 Comment

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Elvis Costello, Unfaithful Music & Soundtrack Album (UMe) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Elvis Costello has compiled a 2-CD companion release to his recently-released, utterly engrossing memoir Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink. Featuring songs that “offer the deepest emotional connection to the themes and stories in his book,” Unfaithful Music & Soundtrack Album non-chronologically spans the onetime Angry Young Man and latter-day Renaissance man’s entire recorded discography, from 1977’s My Aim is True to 2013’s Wise Up Ghost, his collaboration album with hip-hop group The Roots. In addition, two…

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Charlie Rich, Elvis Costello, Harry Connick Jr., Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, Jack Bruce, Marvin Hamlisch, Matthew Sweet, Mighty Clouds of Joy, Rod Stewart, Susanna Hoffs, The Kinks, a-ha

Review: The Kinks, “Muswell Hillbillies: Legacy Edition”

January 22, 2015 by Ted Frank | 11 Comments

Ted’s checking in today with a look at one of the finest reissues of the last quarter of 2014: the CD/DVD Legacy Edition of The Kinks’ Muswell Hillbillies! – JM For God’s sake…Wanna have a cuppa tea with The Kinks…?! It’s the dead of winter and what better way to warm up these days then to spend some quality time with Ray Davies and company’s take on Americana, glam rock, and a touch of vaudeville on their 1971 classic album, Muswell Hillbillies? Taking its name from The Kinks’ cosmopolitan hometown section of London, Muswell…

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Release Round-Up: Week of December 15

December 15, 2014 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

The Kinks, Anthology 1964-1971 (BMG/InGrooves, 2014) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Producer Andrew Sandoval (the recent The Monkees: Super Deluxe Edition) helms this kink-sized 5-CD kollection of hits, demos, interviews, alternate mixes, session outtakes, 25 previously unavailable tracks, an exclusive 7-inch single and copious, new liner notes! Dionne Warwick, Finder of Lost Loves: Expanded Edition (Arista/Funky Town Grooves) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) This 2-CD edition of Warwick’s 1985 album features a bonus disc with 12 additional tracks – three rare single versions and nine previously unreleased recordings, including the Barry Gibb-produced Heartbreaker outtake “Broken…

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Aretha Franklin, Dionne Warwick, Stephen Sondheim, Sting, The Kinks, The Manhattans, Trip Shakespeare

Release Round-Up: Week of November 10

November 10, 2014 by Joe Marchese | 1 Comment

The Monkees, The Monkees: Super Deluxe Edition (Rhino Handmade) (Exclusively available directly from label) It’s Monkeemania all over again: Davy, Micky, Peter and Michael are back with a 3-CD expansion of their debut album featuring 100 tracks – 45 of which are previously unreleased! ABBA, Gracias Por La Musica: Deluxe Edition (Polar/Universal) (Amazon U.S. Link TBD / Amazon U.K.) ABBA is saying “Thank You for the Music” – in Spanish! The band’s Spanish-language 1980 album Gracias Por La Música is going deluxe with 5 bonus tracks, plus a 40-minute DVD featuring vintage promo clips…

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ABBA, Bob Dylan, Pink Floyd, Queen, Roger Taylor, Rush, Tears for Fears, The Kinks, The Monkees

From “Last Christmas” To “Blue Xmas”: Legacy’s Black Friday Slate Features Wham!, Miles Davis, Hendrix, Kinks, Elvis, More

October 16, 2014 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

It’s that time of year again! Announcements are finally coming in for Record Store Day’s annual Black Friday event happening on Friday, November 28. Rather than storming malls and big box stores, maybe you’ll want to pay a visit to your favorite local independent record store for an assortment of exclusive vinyl goodies. Legacy Recordings certainly hopes you will; the label’s roster for Black Friday’s RSD event includes titles from heavy-hitters including David Bowie, Joe Satriani, Miles Davis, Dave Matthews Band, Elvis Presley, The Kinks and Jimi Hendrix! And that’s not all!…

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Release Round-Up: Week of October 14

October 14, 2014 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Diana Ross, Why Do Fools Fall in Love / Silk Electric / Ross / Swept Away / Eaten Alive / Red Hot Rhythm and Blues (Expanded Editions) (Funky Town Grooves) Why Do Fools Fall in Love: Expanded Edition (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Silk Electric: Expanded Edition (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Ross: Expanded Edition (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Swept Away: Deluxe Edition (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Eaten Alive: Deluxe Edition (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Red Hot Rhythm and Blues: Deluxe Edition (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Funky Town…

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Billy Strayhorn, Bing Crosby, Bob Seger, Diana Ross, Foreigner, Madeleine Peyroux, Michel Legrand, Miles Davis, Ozzy Osbourne, Swing Out Sister, The Kinks

A Well-Respected Band: The Kinks Prep “Essential,” A New Deluxe “Muswell” and “Anthology” Box Set

September 22, 2014 by Joe Marchese | 4 Comments

It’s going to be a Kink-sized autumn on both sides of the Atlantic. Legacy Recordings, newly-exclusive licensor of The Kinks’ 1971-1985 catalogue for North America, is kicking things off on October 14 with the release of The Essential Kinks, a 2-CD career-spanning retrospective of the group’s music for Pye/Reprise, RCA, Arista and Columbia. Then, on November 10, Legacy follows with a Legacy Edition CD/DVD set celebrating the band’s 1971 album Muswell Hillbillies. One week later on November 17, Sanctuary Records (BMG/InGrooves in the U.S.) has a 5-CD box set coming. The Anthology 1964-1971…

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Release Round-Up: Week of August 25

August 25, 2014 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

The Kinks, Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround: Deluxe Edition (Sanctuary/BMG, 2014) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. ) The Kinks’ 1970 classic is expanded with a second album – 1971’s Percy – plus an array of bonus tracks (many previously unreleased) on a new 2-CD set! Mary Poppins: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack – The Legacy Collection (Walt Disney Records) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. ) Walt Disney Records’ deluxe Legacy Collection unveils its second release – a supercalifragilisticexpialidocious 3-CD expansion of Mary Poppins that promises to be the most comprehensive presentation of the Sherman Brothers’…

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Randy Bachman, The Kinks, The Sherman Brothers

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Top of the Pops: The Kinks (Finally) Announce Deluxe “Lola” Reissue

July 8, 2014 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

This summer, you’ll have good reason to be kinda krazy about the Kinks. U.K. magazine Uncut is reporting that the band is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a deluxe reissue series beginning on August 18. That’s the date when the long-awaited 2-CD edition of 1970’s Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One will arrive in stores from BMG Rights Management (current owner of Sanctuary Records). The expanded edition of Lola is being shepherded by the noted producer, historian and Kinks archivist Andrew Sandoval. Sandoval has previously been responsible for a number of 2-CD…

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Release Round-Up: Week of October 8

October 8, 2013 by Mike Duquette | No Comments

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Have a Cuppa “Muswell Hillbillies”: Deluxe Reissue of Kinks Klassic Slated for October

July 8, 2013 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

For The Kinks’ first album with RCA Records, Ray Davies didn’t stray too far from the style which he had perfected. Muswell Hillbillies, the band’s ninth studio album, was named after Muswell Hill, the area of North London that Davies and brother Dave once called home. Like The Kinks’ classic Village Green Preservation Society before it, Muswell concerned itself with themes relevant to British life, wryly addressing working-class conditions and the changes affecting the populace. Sanctuary Records is planning an expanded 2-CD edition of Muswell Hillbillies, with its release currently scheduled for…

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The Year in Reissues: The 2012 Gold Bonus Disc Awards

December 28, 2012 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Wow! Was it just over a year ago when a rather dubious report began circulating (that, shockingly, was picked up by many otherwise-reputable publications) that proclaimed the death of the CD was secretly scheduled by the major labels for 2012? Well, 2012 has come and (almost) gone, and it might have been the most super-sized year in recent memory for reissues, deluxe and otherwise, from labels new and old. Here at the Second Disc, we consider our annual Gold Bonus Disc Awards a companion piece to Mike’s own round-up over at Popdose,…

Release Round-Up: Week of August 14

August 14, 2012 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Bob Dylan, The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan (Mobile Fidelity) Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab is issuing newly-remastered stereo hybrid SACDs of classic Bob Dylan albums, and today’s release is the 1963 Freewheelin’, Dylan’s second long-player. Read more here. Incubus, HQ Live (Legacy) Incubus’ Summer 2011 live concert performances are preserved on this deluxe set, available in single-CD + DVD, double-CD + DVD and exclusive Best Buy editions. Read more here. Kinks, At the BBC (Universal U.K.) This komprehensive, kink-size box set offers 5 CDs and 1 DVD of live, klassik Kinks dating between 1964…

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Dedicated Follower of Kinksdom: BBC Sessions Box Coming For The Kinks [UPDATED 5/29 WITH TRACK LISTING]

May 29, 2012 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Another Kinks-size box is on the way. Following the recent, well-received series of deluxe album reissues and the limited-edition Kinks in Mono box set, Universal U.K. and Sanctuary Records have announced the latest project celebrating the quintessentially English rockers. Due on August 13, the 5-CD/1-DVD box set The Kinks at the BBC isn’t the first survey of the band’s BBC live recordings, but it’s by far the most comprehensive. It has been compiled from all of the existing recordings made by The Kinks still residing in the British Broadcasting Corporation’s archives, and…

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Release Round-Up: Week of November 21

November 21, 2011 by Mike Duquette | No Comments

Another Monday release date, ostensibly to get the jump on an abbreviated week with the Thanksgiving/Black Friday holiday! And it’s another big week, to be sure. The Rolling Stones, Some Girls: Deluxe Edition (Rolling Stones/UMe) Whether you think it’s the last truly great Stones album or not, it’s hard to deny that this is the biggest of the deluxe releases this week. (That super-deluxe edition, with a bonus DVD and vinyl, doesn’t disprove the notion, either.) Bob Seger, Ultimate Hits: Rock and Roll Never Forgets (Capitol) Seger’s Greatest Hits (1994) was the biggest selling…

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Bob Seger, Michael Jackson, Rush, Styx, The Grateful Dead, The Kinks, The Rolling Stones, Vinyl, Warren Zevon

No Kontroversy Here: Kinks Mono Box Set Coming Soon

October 7, 2011 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

It’s been a banner year for the Kinks. Under the supervision of reissue producer (and Monkees guru!) Andrew Sandoval, Sanctuary and Universal U.K. have rolled out an impressive series of Deluxe Editions bringing together mono and stereo album versions, single and EP tracks and related ephemera from the Kinks’ Pye Records heyday. Now, that campaign has gotten a bit bigger in scope, with the announcement of The Kinks in Mono. This new box set, due in the U.K. on November 29, follows in the footsteps of similar packages for The Beatles and…

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Monday Morsels: Pink Floyd On 5.1 SACD, Lost Dave Davies LP Joins Kinks Reissues, Kritzerland Is In “Style”

August 15, 2011 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

This weekend offered so much news that we couldn’t wait to share it all with you! From the first-time release of Dave Davies’ “lost” 1969 album to Kritzerland’s restoration of a classic Italian film score and Analogue Productions’ new Pink Floyd SACD, we’ve got something for everyone to kick off the week! Why Pink Floyd? EMI answered that question with the May 10 announcement of a stunning new reissue campaign for the legendary band. Now, another component of that series is confirmed to be on the way. The eagerly-awaited 5.1 mix of…

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