The Kinks - Lola vs. the Powerman & the Money-Go-Round - 1st Press Vinyl LP
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LP has been cleaned on a VPI record cleaner and treated with LAST Record Preservative.
"Lola" gave the Kinks an unexpected hit and its crisp, muscular sound, pitched halfway between acoustic folk and hard rock, provided a new style for the band. However, the song only hinted at what its accompanying album Lola vs. the Powerman & the Money-Go-Round, Pt. 1 was all about. It didn't matter that Ray Davies just had his first hit in years -- he had suffered greatly at the hands of the music industry and he wanted to tell the story in song. Hence, Lola -- a loose concept album about Ray Davies' own psychosis and bitter feelings toward the music industry. Davies never really delivers a cohesive story, but the record holds together because it's one of his strongest set of songs. Dave Davies contributes the lovely "Strangers" and the appropriately paranoid "Rats," but this is truly Ray' show, as he lashes out at ex-managers (the boisterous vaudevillian "The Moneygoround"), publishers ("Denmark Street"), TV and music journalists (the hard-hitting "Top of the Pops"), label executives ("Powerman"), and, hell, just society in general ("Apeman," "Got to Be Free"). If his wit wasn't sharp, the entire project would be insufferable, but the album is as funny as it is angry. Furthermore, he balances his bile with three of his best melancholy ballads: "This Time Tomorrow," "A Long Way From Home," and the anti-welfare and union "Get Back in Line," which captures working-class angst better than any other rock song. These songs provide the spine for a wildly unfocused but nonetheless dazzling tour de force that reveals Ray's artistic strengths and endearing character flaws in equal measure.

Kinks* ?– Lola Versus Powerman And The Moneygoround - Part One

Label: Reprise Records ?– RS 6423, Reprise Records ?– RS-6423 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Gatefold 
Country: US Released: Nov 1970 Genre: Rock Style: Classic Rock

TracklistHide Credits?

A1.1 Introduction 0:40 A1.2 The Contenders 2:00 A2 Strangers Written-By – Dave Davies 3:20 A3 Denmark Street 2:03 A4 Get Back In Line 3:05 A5 Lola 4:05 A6 Top Of The Pops Voice [Introduction Spoken By] – David Symons* 3:40 A7 The Moneygoround 1:42 B1 This Time Tomorrow 3:20 B2 A Long Way From Home 2:30 B3 Rats Written-By – Dave Davies 2:40 B4 Apeman 3:53 B5 Powerman 4:19 B6 Got To Be Free 2:58

Credits?

  • Design [Sleeve], Art Direction – Pye Records Studios
  • Producer – Raymond Douglas Davies*
  • Written-By – Raymond Douglas Davies* (tracks: A1, A3 to B2, B4 to B6)

Notes?

Gatefold release with lyrics.

Artist is featured on cover and spine as "Kinks," but listed on labels as "The Kinks." 
Title includes "Part One" on cover and spine, but not on labels. 
Catalog number contains a dash on gatefold interior, but not on spine or labels.

Manufactured by Abkco Records Inc.

© 1970 - Warner Bros. Records Inc.






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