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The Kinks
Rare Anthology Volume Two

Album NL 2001 on Collection Loisirs label
Rock, Blues and Pop

Here we go round again......Three years after the release of Kollektable Kinks Kontraband and Rare Anthology we finally were able to assemble a new kollection of mainly unreleased Kinky material. A vast amount of tapes and CD-R’s collected through the years were plowed through by a team of Kinkophiles. They selected 45 tracks, spanning a career of 4 decades, fit for release on this double CD collection. Note that these tracks do not overlap with any official Kinks reissue, meaning that what you are holding in your hands is a 100% new collection of tracks, recorded by The Kinks, Ray or Dave solo! The Kinks always had a knack of selecting a perfect opening song for their album, and we continue the tradition with a spectacular recent find, namely a Ravens’ acetate of a song called Ooba Diooba, probably recorded somewhere October/November 1963. Track number two is familiar, but this version of Long Tall Sally is one of the first live recordings from the Kinks from 1963 before their breakthrough. Bald Headed Woman is also well known to us from their debut album Kinks, but this is an alternative take. Recorded for the BBC is this tantilising version of Got Love If You Want It. The Kinks got a chance to showcase the song at a program called Beat Room. Dave’s first offering is a 1965 Kontroversy outtake called She’s My Girl. The song was recorded from a scratchy one channel acetate. Our apologies for the somewhat questionable sound quality. This song is followed by Dave’s rendition of I Am Free, recorded for BBC radio in 1965, but sadly passed over for inclusion on the recently released BBC sessions 1964-1977 2CD set. The Kinks attempted to find a new direction early 1966, but at the same time some recordings indicated they were unsure where to go. As a result they recorded a few tracks that harked back to their early days. A very well known example of this period is She’s Got Everything. Another example here is Listen To Me, coming even closer to the frenzy of their early singles. Like She’s My Girl, this song was recorded from a acetate. A very well known and much loved track is next, but this time we found a stereo version of Sunny Afternoon, including Ray’s counting in of the song and no fade-out! Dave is next with this special stereo mix of Susannah’s Still Alive. It was this version that was intended for inclusion on his ill fated solo album. From 1968 is this 1983 stereo remix of Misty Water, which was withdrawn within’ two weeks after it’s release by PRT in 1983 after a court order from Ray & Dave. Also from 1968 is this stereo demo of Hold My Hand by Dave. The song was officially released by mistake on a Dutch book club sampler, making it a instant collector’s item for Kinks fans. Early 1969 Ray went to the BBC alone to promote Plastic Man. He sang over a remixed backing track, a common procedure towards the end of the sixties. The next few tracks must have a familiar ring to them. Yes, they were released on Kollectable Kinks Kontraband. So why put Are You Ready?, Do You Wish To Be A Man? And Crying on this collection you might ask. Well, because we finally found better sounding versions. Enjoy!!! The next songs are BBC sessions that were passed over for official release on the recent sampler, being Victoria, Mr. Churchill Says, Lola and Apeman. Also recorded for the BBC, but this time for TV are Marathon and Got To Be Free, the latter being a completely different recording from the version we all know. The two songs were recorded for a 1970 television play called The Long Distance Piano Player. Taken from a 1981 acetate and included because they’re different versions are Entertainment and Bernadette. These versions were originally intended for their album Give The People What They Want. The acetate was a test pressing “first version” rejected by Arista. Also recorded in the eighties are live versions of Video Shop and The Road, the latter being a version Ray did with Paul Shaeffer’s band on the Dave Letterman Show. There are four versions of You Really Got Me on CD 2. The first was a B-side of Down All The Days, the second one is a version Ray & Dave did with The Smithereens, the third was recorded for BBC radio in 1994 and the latter for BBC Television on new years’ Eve 2000. Another appearance in the Dave Letterman Show resulted in a live version of How Do I get Close?. From the same studio album, but here in a different mix is Now And Then. The song appeared on the US-sampler Lost And Found. It is not clear to us if the inclusion of this version on that album was a mistake or a deliberate act…… A strange live version of Hey Joe, retitled Hey Donny, was recorded live by a fan in 1993. Also live, early 1994 this time in the BBC studio are The Kinks sans Dave, promoting their Phobia album. Stunning versions of Phobia, Over The Edge, Wall Of Fire and Till The End Of The Day for your pleasure. They re-entered the familiar Maida Vale Studio in 1994 to promote To The Bone, playing the songs All Day And All Of The Night, Waterloo Sunset, I’m Not Like Everybody Else, Till the End Of The Day and the aforementioned You Really Got Me. Presenter Emma Freud fell in love on the spot! Two versions of To The Bone follow, the first being Ray’s home recording, the second a acoustic version recorded in the studio for US radio, as is Waterloo Sunset. We end this collection with a real bash. The last three songs were recorded on New Years’ Eve 2000-2001 on a BBC TV program called Jool’s Hootenanny. Ray, accompanied by an orchestra sings no less than three tracks, the well known You Really Got Me and Lola, and a brand new composition called Yours Truly Confused N10. V.S. thanks for your help and support! ― The K-Team.

Musicians

	The Kinks , *1963 GB album by
	The Ravens , performer on track
	Dave Davies voc, g, *1947 GB lead vocals
	Ray Davies voc, g, *1944 GB performer on track

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