KINKS Everybodys In Showbiz 2LP RCA VICTOR 1972 US reiss+foc VPS-6065 RAY DAVIES
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THE KINKS
An early highlight of the British Invasion that artfully chronicled British life past and present,
fueled by the songwriting genius of Ray Davies. Although they weren't as boldly innovative
as the Beatles or as popular as the Rolling Stones or the Who,
the Kinks were one of the most influential bands of the British Invasion.
Like most bands of their era, the Kinks began as an R&B/blues outfit.
Within four years, the band had become the most staunchly English of all their contemporaries,
drawing heavily from British music hall and traditional pop,
as well as incorporating elements of country, folk, and blues
"EVERYBODY'S IN SHOWBIZ"
<reissue, originally published in 1972>
Produced by Raymond Dougls Davies
2LP RCA VICTOR RECORDS VPS-6065 STEREO
PRINTED IN U.S.A. MID/LATE-70s REPRESSING
GATEFOLD SLEEVE
THICK CARDBOARD COVER (AMERICAN STYLE)
Barcode and Other Identifiers
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LABEL: RCA VICTOR - BLACK LABEL - SILVER TEXT
Catalog on cover: VPS-6065
Catalog on labels:
DISC ONE: VPS-6065-1 (BPRS-5178 / BPRS-5179)
DISC TWO: VPS-6065-2 (BPRS-5180 / BPRS-5181)
DISC ONE Matrix / Runout (Side A, Stamped): BPRS 5178 30S B1
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Stamped): BPRS 5179 31S A2
DISC TWO Matrix / Runout (Side C, Stamped): BPRS 5180 31S A2
Matrix / Runout (Side D, Stamped): BPRS 5181 30S A2
On labels: Stereo
TM(S) ® RCA Corp-Made in U.S.A.
? 1972 RCA Records
On inside cover: Studio recordings made at Morgan Studios, London
On back cover: TMK(S) Registred...........©1972..........Printed in U.S.A.
tracklisting
Side A: HERE COMES YET ANOTHER DAY - MAXIMUM CONSUMPTION
UNREAL REALITY - HOT POTATOES - SITTING IN MY HOTEL
Side B: MOTORWAY - YOU DON'T KNOW MY NAME
SUPERSONIC ROCKET SHIP - LOOK A LITTLE ON THE SUNNY SIDE - CELLULOID HEROES
Side C: TOP OF THE POPS - BRAINWASHED - MR. WONDERFUL
ACUTE SCHIZOPHRENIA PARANOIA BLUES - HOLIDAY
Side D: MUSWELL HILLBILLY - ALCOHOL - BANANA BOAT SONG
SKIN AND BONE - BABY FACE - LOLA
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Everybody's in Show-Biz is a double album with one record devoted to stories from the road and another
devoted to songs from the road. It could be labeled "the drunkest album ever made," without a trace of
hyperbole, since this is a charmingly loose, rowdy, silly record. It comes through strongest on the live record,
of course, as it's filled with Ray Davies' notoriously campy vaudevellian routine (dig the impromptu
"Banana Boat Song" that leads into "Skin & Bone," or the rollicking "Baby Face"). Still, the live record is
just a bonus, no matter how fun it is, since the travelogue of the first record is where the heart
of Everybody's in Show-Biz lies. Davies views the road as monotony -- an endless stream of identical
hotels, drunken sleep, anonymous towns, and really, really bad meals (at least three songs are about food,
or have food metaphors). There's a real sense of melancholy running throughout the record,
most notably on the album's one unqualified masterpiece, "Celluloid Heroes."...(AllMusic)
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