Kinked! - Kinks Songs & Sessions 1964-1971 by Various Artists [Audio CD]

Description: Tracks:King of the Whole Wide World - Leapy LeeI Bet You Won't Stay - the CascadesLook for Me Baby - Goldie & the Gingerbreads (Prev. Unissued)I Go to Sleep - Peggy LeeThis Strange Effect - Dave BerryAll Night Stand - the ThoughtsSo Mystifying - the Olympics (Prev. Unissued)Un Jeune Homme Bien - Petula ClarkOne Fine Day - Shel NaylorOh What a Day It's Gonna Be - Mo & SteveLittle Man in a Little Box - Barry FantoniA House in the Country - the Pretty ThingsWhen I See That Girl of Mine - Bobby RydellNobody's Fool - Cold TurkeyAct Nice and Gentle - Duster BennettI've Got That Feeling - the OrchidsEmptiness - the HoneycombsRosie Won't You Please Come Home - Marianne FaithfullI'm Not Like Everybody Else - the Chocolate WatchbandWho'll Be the Next in Line - the KnackDandy - Herman's HermitsThe Virgin Soldier's March - the John Schroeder OrchestraA Little Bit of Sunlight - the MajorityBig Black Smoke - Mick & MalcolmMister Pleasant - Nicky Hopkins & His Whistling PianoEnd of the Season - the UglysI Bet You Won't StayLook for Me BabyI Go to SleepThis Strange EffectAll Night StandSo MystifyingUn Jeune Homme BienOne Fine DayOh What a Day It's Gonna BeLittle Man in a Little BoxA House in the CountryWhen I See That Girl of MineNobody's FoolAct Nice and GentleI've Got That FeelingEmptinessRosie Won't You Please Come HomeI'm Not Like Everybody ElseWho'll Be Next in LineDandyThe Virgin Soldier's MarchA Little Bit of SunlightBig Black SmokeMister PleasantEnd of the Season Performer Notes: Liner Note Author: Alec Palao.The Kinks really weren't like everybody else. Other British Invasion bands kept songs to themselves or, if they did give tunes away, would only pass along the songs, not the bandmembers themselves. The Kinks did both. Ray Davies dabbled in producing records, bringing his band into the studio as support, but he primarily moonlighted as a songwriter, providing tunes for pop idols and studio concoctions. Additionally, Davies' songs were cherry-picked for covers by bands on both sides of the Atlantic, a situation that resulted in a surplus of non-canon Kinks-related tracks, the great majority of which are collected on Ace's 2016 set Kinked! Kinks Songs & Sessions 1964-1971. Like anything involving the Kinks in the '60s, Kinked! doesn't follow a straight path. Blame some of this on the tangled webs woven by the group's managers, publishers, and labels, a situation where potential singles were poached from the group (Herman's Hermits took "Dandy" away from the band in 1966) and covers were issued in other territories before the originals. Some of these covers are quite good -- Duster Bennett provides a cheerful rendition of "Act Nice and Gentle," the Chocolate Watchband underscore the band's deep influence on American garage with "I'm Not Like Everybody Else," the Pretty Things bang through "A House in the Country," providing a verse excised from the Kinks' version -- but the delights in this compilation lie in how it pushes obscurities to the forefront. A couple of these songs are well known to the band's diehards -- Dave Berry's woozy "This Strange Effect" and Peggy Lee's "I Go to Sleep" both circulated on Kinks boots, both are major items in Davies' songbook -- but delights and revelations abound elsewhere. The frenetic beat of the Thoughts' "All Night Stand" qualifies as something of a lost Kinks classic, doo wop group the Olympics pound out "So Mystifying" as if it were a rocker, and Joe Meek gooses the Honeycombs' "Emptiness" into grand melodrama. Then there are the recordings where Ray Davies had a direct hand in the creation: Leapy Lee's "King of the Whole Wide World" swoons in a fashion similar to Face to Face and "Little Man in a Little Box" is a Kinks record where Barry Fantoni takes the lead. Surrounding these recordings are charming also-rans by crooners and pop combos: Nicky Hopkins barreling through "Mister Pleasant," a studio group called Cold Turkey tackling the Percy-era "Nobody's Fool," a boisterous television instrumental and other period ephemera that highlight how the Kinks were second only to the Beatles and the Rolling Stones in shaping the sound and sensibility of the '60s. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine Format: CD (1 Disc); Stereo Country: USA Release Date: 8 April, 2016 Label: Ace (Label) Dimensions: 27.6 x 14.4 x 1.1 centimeters (0.06 kg)

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Language: Eng

Track #1: King of the Whole Wide World - Leapy Lee

Track #2: I Bet You Won't Stay - the Cascades

Track #3: Look for Me Baby - Goldie & the Gingerbreads (Prev

Track #4: I Go to Sleep - Peggy Lee

Track #5: This Strange Effect - Dave Berry

Track #6: All Night Stand - the Thoughts

Track #7: So Mystifying - the Olympics (Prev. Unissued)

Track #8: Un Jeune Homme Bien - Petula Clark

Track #9: One Fine Day - Shel Naylor

Track #10: Oh What a Day It's Gonna Be - Mo & Steve

Track #11: Little Man in a Little Box - Barry Fantoni

Track #12: A House in the Country - the Pretty Things

Track #13: When I See That Girl of Mine - Bobby Rydell

Track #14: Nobody's Fool - Cold Turkey

Track #15: Act Nice and Gentle - Duster Bennett

Track #16: I've Got That Feeling - the Orchids

Track #17: Emptiness - the Honeycombs

Track #18: Rosie Won't You Please Come Home - Marianne Faithf

Track #19: I'm Not Like Everybody Else - the Chocolate Watchb

Track #20: Who'll Be the Next in Line - the Knack

Track #21: Dandy - Herman's Hermits

Track #22: The Virgin Soldier's March - the John Schroeder Or

Track #23: A Little Bit of Sunlight - the Majority

Track #24: Big Black Smoke - Mick & Malcolm

Track #25: Mister Pleasant - Nicky Hopkins & His Whistling Pi

Track #26: End of the Season - the Uglys

Track #27: I Bet You Won't Stay

Track #28: Look for Me Baby

Track #29: I Go to Sleep

Track #30: This Strange Effect

Track #31: All Night Stand

Track #32: So Mystifying

Track #33: Un Jeune Homme Bien

Track #34: One Fine Day

Track #35: Oh What a Day It's Gonna Be

Track #36: Little Man in a Little Box

Era: 1960s, 1970s

Run Time: 4004 Sec

Release Year: 2016

Format: CD

Features: Import

Genre: Pop, Rock, Rock 'n' Roll

Type: Album

Style: British Invasion

Record Label: Ace

Artist: Various Artists

Release Title: Kinked! Kinks Songs & Sessions 1964-1971