The Kinks THE GREAT LOST KINKS ALBUM, Reprise White Label PROMO Stereo/Mono 1973
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The Great Lost Kinks Album is a 1973 LP of mostly unreleased material issued by Reprise Records after The Kinks had moved to RCA. The tracks were recorded between 1966 and 1970 and master tapes were shipped to the US Reprise Label in the early 1970s to fulfill contractual obligations with that label. Kinks leader and songwriter, Ray Davies, intended most of the songs to remain unreleased "collateral" tracks for Reprise. Several other songs from these "collateral" recordings had been released on the 1972 Reprise compilation The Kink Kronikles.
Davies and the Kinks management first learned of the album's existence from the US Billboard record chart. Davies instituted legal action against Reprise, which resulted in Reprise discontinuing the album in 1975. It became an immediate collector's item as most of the songs remained officially unreleased until the 1998 reissue of Kinks albums with bonus tracks. All of the tracks received legitimate release as bonus tracks on these UK Sanctuary reissue CDs, the 2001 BBC Sessions 1964-1977, the 2004 3-CD deluxe edition of Village Green, and 2014's The Anthology 1964-1971.
The songs include a number of unused album tracks, a British single ("Plastic Man"), a B-side ("I'm Not Like Everybody Else"), a film theme ("Till Death Do Us Part"), songs written exclusively for British television ("Where Did the Spring Go?", "When I Turn Out the Living Room Light"). The Great Lost Kinks Album also included several Dave Davies recordings intended for his ill-fated solo album ("Groovy Movies", "There Is No Life Without Love", "This Man He Weeps Tonight"). The insert liner notes for the album were written by John Mendelsohn.
- This White Label Promo is a First Pressing.
- The matrices end in 1B & 1D.
- This copy has never been played.
- The paper on board cover has tight seams and shows no wear.
- The two-sided insert has liner notes by renowned music critic John Mendelsohn.
- The inner sleeve features the WB Loss Leaders.
- Seller got this new from WB in 1973 when it was released. He says he knew it was an instant collector's item because he had been advised by WB that a law suit to stop this album was imminent and that it was likely this album would be pulled from circulation. And it was deleted in 1975.
- This copy has been in storage for42 years.
All songs written and composed by Ray Davies, except where noted.
No. Title Writer(s) Length 1. "Til Death Do Us Part (mono) 3:12 2. "There Is No Life Without Love (mono) Dave Davies/Ray Davies 1:55 3. "Lavender Hill (mono) 2:53 4. "Groovy Movies (stereo) 2:30 5. "Rosemary Rose (mono) 1:43 6. "Misty Water (stereo) 3:01 7. "Mister Songbird (stereo) 2:24 No. Title Writer(s) Length 1. "When I Turn off the Living Room Light (mono) 2:17 2. "The Way Love Used to Be (stereo) 2:11 3. "I'm Not Like Everybody Else (mono) 3:29 4. "Plastic Man (mono) 3:00 5. "This Man He Weeps Tonight (stereo) Dave Davies 2:38 6. "Pictures in the Sand (mono) 2:45 7. "Where Did the Spring Go? (mono)price rating
