The Kinks Bootlegs Collection :: Rarities
Chosen People (Tendor TDR-031)
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1.Charity 2.Mean Disposition 3.Love Gets You 4.Danger Zone 5.True Story 6.Take One More Chance 7.Freedom Lies 8.Matter Of Decision 9.Is It Any Wonder? 10.Fire Burning |
11.Chosen People 12.Cold Winter 13.Fortis Green 14.Living On A Thin Line 15.One Night With You 16.Funny Face 17.I'm Not Like Everybody Else 18.Money 19.Lincoln County |
Notes : 1-12 are copy from Dave Davies official solo album "Chosen People". 13-19 are from Dave Davies live at Bottom Line, NY 11/29/97. Actually, this is part.2 of other CD "Rockin' With The Ravens!" (Tendor TDR-011). The "Rockin' With The Ravens!" has the part.1 of the NY show. And Dave played two set show in a day. The bootleg is from the first show. Dave's third album "Chosen People" is not official released by CD format yet. I wish to released it with lots of bonus track
Chosen People / Return To Waterloo (no label)
| 1. Charity (From "Chosen People") 2. Mean Disposition 3. Love Gets You 4. Danger Zone 5. True Story 6. Take One More Chance 7. Freedom Lies 8. Matter Of Decision 9. Is It Any Wonder? 10. Fire Burning 11. Chosen People |
12. Cold Winter 13. Intro (From "Return To Waterloo") 14. Return To Waterloo 15. Going Solo 16. Missing Persons 17. Sold Me Out 18. Lonely Hearts 19. Not Far Away 20. Expectations 21. Voice In The Dark (End Title) |
Sound Quality : Soundboard excellent recording
Notes : Track 1-12 : Dave's 3rd album "Chosen People". Track 13-21 : Ray's "Return To Waterloo".
Komment : by Gert Eggens
No label and/or number. Only additional information is on the backside:
• -Total playing time: 72'59
• -Recorded from the original albums
Era:1980s
Packaging :
• The cover of the CP/RTW CD is blue, with the two album covers printed in full colour on it. Very nice set.
Originality : Good
• It is called "Chosen People/Return To Waterloo". It is a "two on one" CD set with the two mideighties solo albums from Dave and Ray on it, taken from in my opinion very good vinyl albums.
Sound Quality : Excellent (Sure!)
Overall : Very Good
• The order of the songs is exactly like the albums, starting with Dave's and ending with Ray's album. To get the two albums integral on one CD, they've taken out the pauses between the songs, just like Sgt.Pepper.
English Freakbeat Vol.3 (Archive International Productions AIP CD 1048)
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1. I Believed You 2. I'm A Hog For You 3. This I Know |
Notes :"I Believed You" and "I'm A Hog For You" are knows as the Ravens demos in November 1963. And "This I Know" is known as Ray's demo song in July 1965. You can listen the songs by the other CD "Rare Anthology" and "Neue Venue The Great Lost Kinks Album".
Four Well Respected Gentlemen
| 1. Til death do us part 2. Lavender Hill 3. Groovy movies 4. Rosemary Rose 5. Misty Waters 6. When I turn off the living room light 7. Pictures in the sand 8. Where did the spring go? 9. She's got everything (B-side of "Days") 10. Berkeley Mews (B-side of "Lola") |
11. Did you see his name? 12. Hold my hand (Dave single 1968) 13. Creeping Jean (Dave single 1968) 14. This Strange Effect 15. All Night Stand 16. Time Will Tell 17. Tell Me Now So I Know 18. A Little Bit of Sunlight 19. There's A New World 20. Spotty Grotty Anna |
Notes : Tracks 1-8 from "The Great Lost Kinks Album". Tracks 9-10, B-side from Days and Lola. Tracks11 From LP Kink Kronikles. Tracks12-13 Dave Davies-single. Tracks 14-20 familiar demos and outtakes.
Komment : by Christer
• Packaging : Cover: Same as the Swedish EP "The Kinks in Sweden". (The Kinks from 1965 in a park (Hagaparken) in Stockholm.
• Here is the text on the innersleeve: "Hallo! all you kinks fans all over the world. In the late 60's Us Reprise Records planned to release a KINKS album called FOUR MORE RESPECTED GENTLEMEN but as always there was some problems and the album was withdrawn. But in the early 70's the album saw its light again under the name of THE GREAT LOST KINKS ALBUM, but even here there was a problem and the album is now total distinct and you should expect to pay Pound 50+ to get the 8-tracks we have included on this magnificent album and thats not all, we have included some rare single tracks as Dave Davies "Hold my hand" & "Creeping Jean" also "She's got everything", "Berkley Mews", "Did you see his name", that you not can find on the latest remastered issues. We have also included seldom heard Demos from 1965. We The Kinks are back so beware, here they are: FOUR WELL RESPECTED GENTLEMEN."
Good Luck Charm featuring Dave Davies (Scorpio TK 90-10-68)
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1. Mr.Pleasant (BBC 10/25/67) 2. Suzannah Still Alive (BBC 10/25/67) 3. David Watts (BBC 10/25/67) 4. Love Me Till The Sun Shines (BBC 8/4/67) 5. Death of Crown (BBC 8/4/67) 6. Good Luck Charm (BBC 8/4/67) 7. Got My Feet In The Ground (BBC 8/10/65) 8. All Aboard(BBC 8/6/65, Poor) 9. Milk Cow Blues (TV Show 12/10/65, Fair) 10. Time Will Tell (From Dead End Street 10") 11. Where Did The Spring Go? (GLKA) 12. Rosemary Rose (GLKA) 13. Misty Water (GLKA) 14. Mr.Reporter15. I'm Crying 16. Mr.Shoesmakers Daughter 17. Do You Wish To Be A Man 18. And I Will Love You (Unreleased "Charity" E.P. 1968) 19. Strangers (Live at Pierce College gymnasium, Woodland Hills, CA 11/21/70) 20. Act Nice And Gentle (11/21/70) 21. Waterloo Sunset (11/21/70) 22. Big Sky (11/21/70) 23. Arthur 11/21/70) 24. Top Of The Pops (11/21/70) 25. People Take Pictures of Each Other (Swedish/Norwegian Version) |
The Great Lost Kinks Album (Reprise MS 2127CD)(Reprise MS 2127CD)
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1. Til Death Do Us Part 2. There Is No Life Without Love 3. Lavender Hill 4. Groovy Movies 5. Rosemary Rose 6. Misty Water 7. Mr. Songbird 8. When I Turn Off The Living Room Light 9. The Way Love Used To Be 10. I'm Not Like Everybody Else 11. Plastic Man 12. This Man He Weeps Tonight |
13. Pictures In The Sand14. Where Did My Spring Go? 15. Death Of A Clown 16. Suzannah's Still Alive 17. Funny Face 18. Lincoln County 19. Hold My Hand 20. Creepin' Jean 21. Do You Wish To Be A Man? 22. Mr. Reporter 23. I'm Crying 24. Mr. Shoemaker's Daughter 25. Are You Ready Girl? |
Notes : Tracks 1-14 from "The Great Lost Kinks Album". Tracks 15-25 Dave's songs.
The New Great Lost Kinks Album (Poobah Reckids)
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1. Ballad Of The Virguin Soldiers 2. I'm A Hog For You, Baby 3. I Believed You 4. Revenge 5. Got Love If You Want It 6. Don't Ever Let Me Go 7. This Is Know 8. A Little Bit Of Sunlight 9. Tell Me Now So I'll Know 10. There's A New World Just Opening For Me 11. All Night Stand 12. Time Will Tell 13. Spotty Grotty Anna 14. And I Will Love You 15. She's Got Everything |
16. Dedicated Follower Of Fashion 17. Mr. Reporter 18. Sand On My Shoes 19. Lavender Hill 20. Rosemary Rose 21. Misty Waters 22. Mr. Songbird 23. Did You See His Name 24. Where Did My Spring Go 25. When I Turn Of The Living Room Light 26. Till Death Do Us Part 27. Pictures In The Sand 28. Berkeley Mews 29. Easy Come There You Went 30. This Man He Weeps Tonight |
Notes : Nice compilation from official rarities.
The Kinks Greatest - Celluloid Heroes (TKG-012)
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1. Everybody's A Star (Starmaker) 2. Here Comes Yet Another Day (Live at the Carnegie Hall, NY 3/2-3/72) 3. Holiday (Live at the Carnegie Hall, NY 3/2-3/72) 4. Muswell Hillbilly 5. 20th Century Man 6. One Of The Survivors 7. Alcohol (Live at the Carnegie Hall, NY 3/2-3/72) 8. Skin And Bone (Live at the Carnegie Hall, NY 3/2-3/72) 9. (A) Face In The Crowd 10. People Take Pictures of Each Other (Swedish/Norwegian Version) 11. Apeman (Denmark Single Version) 12. Scrapheap City (Ray Sings, US Single Version) 13. Mirror of Love (Ray Sings, US Single Version) 14. You Really Got Me - All Day And All Of The Night 15. Lola (Cherry Cola version) 16. Artificial Light (B-side of Rock'n Roll Fantasy) 17. Massive Reductions (U.K Single) 18. Low Budget (12" Version) 19. (Wish I Could Fly) Superman (12" Version) |
Notes : Nice compilation from official rarities.
Kollectable Kinks *2CD (Reprieve RS-6309A/B)
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Disc 1: 1. Long Tall Sally 2. I Took My Baby Home 3. You Still Want Me 4. You Do Something to Me 5. Got Love If You Want It 6. Tell Me Now So I'll Know 7. A Little Bit of Sunlight 8. I Go to Sleep 9. When I See That Girl of Mine 10. There's a New World Just... 11. Sitting on my Sofa 12. Lincoln County 13. Act Nice and Gentle 14. Hold my Hand 15. People Take Pictures of Each Other 16. Creepin' Jean 17. Apeman 18. Preservation 19. Scrapheap City 20. Mirror of Love 21. Slum Kids 22. You Really Got Me 23. All Day and All of the Night 24. No More Looking Back |
Disc 2: 1. Father Christmas 2. Prince of the Punks 3. Artificial Light 4. Massive Reductions 5. Low Budget 6. (Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman 7. Til Death Do Us Part (from GLKA) 8. There Is No Life Without Love 9. Lavender Hill 10. Groovy Movies 11. Rosemary Rose 12. Misty Water 13. Mr. Songbird 14. When I Turn Off The Living Room Light 15. Pictures In The Sand 16. Where Did The Spring Go? |
Notes : The famous compilations from analogue period. Most of songs are released by official Castle remaster CD. Disc 2 track 7-16 songs from "The Great Lost Kinks Album".
Kollectable Kinks Kontraband *2CD
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Sound Quality : Soundboard recording Notes : Some songs are released by Castle remaster series. But the bootleg is the great one ever. |
1. You Really Got Me (BBC 9/7/64)
2. All Day and All of the Night (BBC 10/30/64)
3. Tired Of Waiting For You (BBC 2/22/65)
4. See My Friends (BBC 8/6/65)
5. This Strange Effect (BBC 8/6/65)
6. A Well Respected Man (BBC 12/13/65)
7. Till The End Of The Day (BBC 12/13/65)
8. Where Have All The Good Times Gone (BBC 12/13/65)
9. Time Will Tell
10. Tell Me Now So I'll Know (Demos)
11. A Little Bit of Sunlight (Demos)
12. There's A New World (That's Opening Me) (Demos)
13. All Night Stand (Demos)
14. Lavender Hill
15. Easy Come, There You Went
16. Autumn Almanac (BBC 10/25/67)
17. Rosemary Rose
18. Pictures In The Sand
19. Misty Water
20. Til Death Do Us Part
21. Where Did My Spring Go?
22. This Man He Weeps Tonight
23. Groovy Movies
24. Are You Ready Girl?
25. Do You Wish To Be A Man
26. I'm Crying
27. When I Turn Off The Living Room Light
Disc 2:
1. Scrapheap City (Ray sings)
2. Mirror of Love (Ray sings)
3. Slum Kids (The Bacon Theatre, NYC 5/75)
4. You Really Got Me / All Day and All of the Night (TV Centre, 12/28/75)
5. No More Looking Back (TV Centre, 12/28/75)
6. Father Christmas
7. Prince of the Punks (B-side of Father Christmas '77)
8. Live Life (Long version UK-LP Misfits '78)
9. Artificial Light (B-side of R'nR Fantasy '76)
10. Low Budget (B-side of 12" Superman '79)
11. (Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman (12" Long version '79)
12. A Gallon of Gas (Long version USA-single '79)
13. Massive Reduction (Different mix on UK-single '81)
14. Noise (B-side of Come Dancing '82)
15. Long Distance
Kollektable Kinks Kontraband Revised Edition *2CD-R (ASHE002)
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Sound Quality : Excellent soundboard recordings. Notes : Nice Compilation. Some songs are true rarities. Wonderful great one : Sunny Afternoon real stereo version! |
1. Revenge (alt. take; it's shorter and has no yells)
2. A Little Bit Of Sunlight (Ray Davies demo)
3. There's A new World Just Opening For Me (Ray Davies demo)
4. Tell Me Now So I'll Know (Ray Davies demo)
5. Tell Me Now So I'll Know (Group version)
6. Time Will Tell (Unreleased track/outtake)
7. Mr. Reporter Unreleased version with Ray on vocals)
8. Dedicated Follower Of Fashion (Early alt. take)
9. Sunny Afternoon (unreleased stereo inst. backing track)
10. All Night Stand (Ray Davies demo)
11. Lavender Hill (Outtake)
12. A Well Respected Man (US TV show Picadilly Palace, recorded March 28, 1967)
13. Dandy (US TV show Picadilly Palace, recorded March 28, 1967)
14. Afternoon Tea (Rare stereo version with extra instrument)
15. Easy Come, There You Went (Outtake; longer version)
16. Autumn Almanac (BBC session; live vocals over pre-recorded remixed instr. backing track)
17. Rosemary Rose (Outtake)
18. Wonderboy (Stereo version)
19. Pictures In The Sand (Outtake)
20. Misty Water (Outtake)
21. Till Death Us Do Part (Televison Tune)
22. Spotty Grotty Anna (Rehearsal/warming up jam)
23. Where Did My Spring Go? (Television Tune)
24. Sitting In My Hotel (alt. mix)
25. Sitting In The Midday Sun (alt. mix)
26. One Of The Survivors (alt. mix)
27. Scrapheap City (alt. take/US B-side)
28. Here Comes Yet Another Day (US ABC TV Show, FM Radio stereo simulcast Wide World - In Concert, August 16, 1974, recorded June 4, 1974)
Disc 2:
1. Skin And Bone (US ABC TV Show, FM Radio stereo simulcast Wide World - In Concert, August 16, 1974, recorded June 4, 1974)
2. Celluloid Heroes (Same as Skin And Bone)
3. Slum Kids (Outtake - Live Version)
4. Mirror Of Love (Second version recorded for single)
5. Starmaker (alt. mix)
6. Here Comes Yet Another Day (Live, June 14, 1975)
7. Medley: You Really Got Me/All Day And All Of The Night (TV program Supersonic)
8. No More Looking back (TV program Supersonic)
9. Brother (alt. mix taken from acetate - first grade copy; better sound quality than Rare Anthology)
10. Stormy Sky (Same as Brother)
11. Sleepwalker (Same as Brother)
12. Live Life (Alt. mix)
13. Low Budget (12" maxi-single version)
14. Massive Reductions (B-Side of Better Things, 1981)
15. Come Dancing (12" maxi-single version, 1982/1983)
16. Noise (12" maxi single version, 1982/1983)
17. Still Searching (Ray on US Radio, 1993)
18. Hatred (Ray & Dave on Tonight Show, 1993)
19. Animal (Ray and Pete Mathison on US radio, 1995)
20. My Way (Dave on US radio show "The Open Road", 1997)
Notes : by K-Team
Congratulations. You've got your claws on a revised version of the most comprehensive collection of obscure and rare Kinks songs ever compiled. Spanning their long and fruitful career from a early 1964 session through to a 1997 Dave Davies radio appearance, this package is representative of the many phases of the development of the group's sound. The first CD starts at a logical point; the beginning of their success. During their run to the top of the charts with You Really Got Me the group was hurdled into the studio to work on a proper album. The version of Revenge which kicks off CD one is a different take of the version we all know, having no vocals at all. The next 7 songs are hitherto unreleased demo recordings and possible single and album tracks. Other groups covered several of these songs. In 1987 a band called The Chesterfield Kings covered Time Will Tell (Open Till Doomsday, Mirror 12). Tell Me Now So I'll Know exists here in its primitive form recorded by Ray with session musicians and in a unfinished attempt by the group. A Little Bit Of Sunlight was covered by a group called The Majority in October '65 (UK Decca F.12271). There's A World Just Opening For Me was never covered but transmutated into another song, Nothing In This World Can Stop Me Worryin' Bout That Girl (from Kinda Kinks). Mr. Reporter and Dedicated Follower Of Fashion are both well know Kinks tracks but these versions are completely different from the familiar versions. The first has Ray's vocals instead of Dave's and is a completely different arrangement leaning more on the group's rythm and blues roots. The version of Dedicated Follower Of Fashion is a countrified version and resembles Act Nice And Gentle. The following song is also a well known track, but this version is stereo and lacks vocals. Here's your chance to do a karaoke version of Sunny Afternoon with the aid of the Kinks! Another Ray Davies demo is All Night Stand, covered by a group called The Thoughts in 1966 (Planet 45-118).
Early Spring 1967 The Kinks were busy recording one of the songs that would become one of their all-time classics, Waterloo Sunset. Another song sounding quite similar that was recorded during that period but didn't make it was Lavender Hill. The song was shortly considered a possible single candidate (an acetate was pressed) but was shelved, only to resurface in 1973 on The Great Lost Kinks Album. Also recorded in Spring 1967 were two live versions of A Well Respected Man and Dandy. The video tapes were used for a US TV program called Picadilly Palace. Afternoon Tea, a familiar tune, presented here in stereo, taken from a Dutch pressing of Something Else has a few extra instruments in the mix. The next track is an instrumental called Easy Come, There You Went. It's one of the groups' attempts to experiment with the mellotron. The version of Autumn Almanac is a BBC-recording with Ray and Dave singing over a pre-recorded backing track. Outtakes from 1968 are Rosemary Rose, Pictures In The Sand and Misty Waters. Pictures In The Sand even made it to acetate status hinting that it could have been a single. The other two tracks were possibly intended for the double album version Ray had in mind for The Village Green Preservation Society. Not even an outtake is this warm up jam between Ray and Mick, logged in the archives as Spotty Grotty Anna. Also from 1968 is a stereo version of Wonderboy. This stereo version was assembled for release in 1970 for the Golden Hour compilation. In 1969 Ray was commissioned to write and contribute songs for Television programs. The results were Till Death Us Do Part and Where Did My Spring Go? We enter the seventies with some alt. versions of familiar songs. Sitting In My Hotel (1972); Sitting In The Midday Sun; One Of The Survivors (1973); Scrapheap City (1974) are all alt, mixes and takes from the concept album period. The closing track is a 1974 live version of Here Comes Yet Another Day, which was recorded for US TV.
CD Two starts with two remaining songs from the same source the closing song of CD was taken from, Skin And Bone and Celluloid Heroes. Also from the concept album era are alt. takes/mixes from Mirror Of Love (1974); Starmaker (1974/75); and another 1975 live version of Here Comes Yet Another Day. What follows is a kick ass version of the first two hits in a medley, followed by a blistering version of No More Looking Back. These tracks were recorded for television purposes in 1976. A change of record company revived The Kinks' luck. Here presented are early versions of familiar Sleepwalker tunes, their first album for Arista. They are Brother, Stormy Sky and Sleepwalker. Live Life is from the successor album called Misfits and consolidated their success. Of course this version is a different mix from the version we already know. On 1998's Low Budget reissue CD Vel Vel included a 12 inch version of Superman, but they failed to include Low Budget. The reissue of Give The People What They Want lacked bonus tracks altogether although a 1981 B-Side called Massive Reductions was on the shelf. The reissue of State Of Confusion actually had a few nice bonus tracks but very nice maxi-single versions of Come Dancing and Noise were sadly overlooked. On this CD these mistakes are corrected.
We make a big jump into the 90s with a few very nice live recordings done by Ray, Dave and the two brothers together. From 1993 is a US radio recording of Ray doing a part of Still Searching making you wish he did the whole thing. Hatred is the two brothers live on the Tonight Show in 1993. From 1995 is this almost demo-ish version of Animal by Ray and Pete Mathison recorded for US radio and Dave closes the CD with a convincing romp through Eddy Cohran's classic song My Way, recorded live in 1997 on a US radio program called Open Road.
V.S. thanks for your help and support! ― The K-Team.
Kontraband *2CD (Reprieve KK-6479-B/C)
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Sound Quality : Soundboard recordings. Notes : The famous bootleg from analogue era. Nice compilation. |
1. You Really Got Me (BBC 9/7/64)
2. All Day and All of the Night (BBC 10/30/64)
3. Tired Of Waiting For You (BBC 2/22/65)
4. See My Friends (BBC 8/6/65)
5. This Strange Effect (BBC 8/6/65)
6. A Well Respected Man (BBC 12/13/65)
7. Till The End Of The Day (BBC 12/13/65)
8. Where Have All The Good Times Gone (BBC 12/13/65)
9. Autumn Almanac (BBC 10/25/67)
10. I Go To Sleep (Demos 5/65)
11. When I See That Girl Of Mine (Demos 5/65)
12. There's A New World (That's Opening Me) (Demos 5/65)
13. All Night Stand (Demos 5/65)
14. Time Will Tell (From Dead End Street 10")
15. Spotty Grotty Anna (From Dead End Street 10")
16. Pictures In The Sand (From Dead End Street 10")
17. Groovy Moovies (From Dead End Street 10")
18. You Don't Know What I Mean (Creepin' Jean)
19. How Long Must You Travel On (Mindless Child Of Motherhood)
20. Julie (There Is No Life Without Love)
21. Tell Me Now So I'll Know
22. A Little Bit Of Sunlight
Disc 2:
1. Dedicated Follower Of Fashion (Hippodrome, Golders Green, London 7/14/74)
2. Celluloid Heroes
3. Daylight
4. Here Comes Flash
5. Demolition
6. Slum Kids
7. He's Evil
8. Waterloo Sunset
9. Lola
10. All Day and All Of The Night
11. Alcohol
12. You Really Got Me
13. Live Life (12" Version)
14. A Gallon Of Gas (12" Version)
15. (Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman (12" Version)
Kriminally Rare (Tendor TDR-004)
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1. Did Ya (From "Did Ya" single CD) 2. New World (From "Did Ya") 3. Look Through Doorway (From "Did Ya") 4. Elevater Man (From "Waterloo Sunset '94") 5. On the Outside (From "Waterloo Sunset '94") 6. Return To Waterloo (From the Soundtrack) 7. Prince of The Punks 8. Artificial Light (12"") 9. Massive Reduction (12"") 10. Waterloo Sunset (From "To The Bone" UK) 11. Live Life (With Extra Verse) 12. Slum Kids (6/74??) 13. Toymaker (by Wild Side, Written by Ray) 14. Mean Disposition (Dave Davies single from "Chosen People") 15. Love Gets You (Dave Davies single from "Chosen People") 16. Noise 17. (Wish I could Like ) Superman (12"") |
Notes : Not rare!! All official sources. And some songs are released by Castle remaster series.
Kulled From The Archives (The Early Years 02-CD-3310)
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1. You Really Got Me (BBC 9/7/64) 2. All Day and All of the Night (BBC 10/30/64) 3. Tired Of Waiting For You (BBC 2/22/65) 4. See My Friends (BBC 8/6/65) 5. This Strange Effect (BBC 8/6/65) 6. Tell Me Now So I'll Know (Demos 5/65) 7. A Little Bit Of Sunlight (Demos 5/65) 8. I Go To Sleep (Demos 5/65) 9. When I See That Girl Of Mine (Demos 5/65) 10. There's A New World (That's Opening Me) (Demos 5/65) 11. All Night Stand (Demos 5/65) 12. Time Will Tell (From Dead End Street 10") 13. Spotty Grotty Anna (From Dead End Street 10") 14. A Well Respected Man (BBC 12/13/65) 15. Till The End Of The Day (BBC 10/25/67) 16. Where Have All The Good Times Gone (BBC 10/25/67) 17. Sunny Afternoon (BBC 10/25/67) 18. David Watts (BBC 10/25/67) 19. Pictures In The Sand (From Dead End Street 10") |
Notes : The early Kinks compilation bootleg.
Missing Links (Tendor TDR-081)
1. Starmaker (From "Celluloid Heroes-The Kinks Greatest")
2. Here Comes Yet Another Day (same as above)
3. Siting in the Middle Sun (same as above)
4. Move Over (Dave solo LP left off the CD)
5. David Watts (Palladium, NY 12/31/80)
6. Pressure (same as above)
7. Afternoon Tea (alt.take)
8. Tin Solder Man (alt.take)
9. Situatinon Vacant (alt.take)
10. Americana (Ray...left off Storyteller CD From 1995 Live show)
11. Shangri-la (Ray solo ver. From 1995 Live show)
12. Waterloo Sunset (with Damon Albarn 3/18/95)
13. I'm a Hog For You (The Ravens from Freakbeat Vol.3)
14. I Believe You (same as above)
15. This I Know (same as above)
16. The Road (from LP The Road)
17. Noise (12"" ver.)
18. Money Talks (BBC TV show 1974)
19. Mirror of Love (same as above)
20. Muswell Hillbilly (alt.ver???)
21. Sold Me Out (from Return To Waterloo)
22. Autumn Almanac (from To The Bone UK ver.)
Sound Quality : Soundboard excellent and Audience recording
Notes : Funny compilation CD but good
Neue Revue The Great Lost Kinks Album (HTSLP 340016 P)
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1. Intro: Ballad of the Virgin Soldiers 2. I'm a Hog for You 3. I Believed You 4. Revenge 5. Got Love if You Want It 6. Don't Ever Let Me Go 7. This I Know 8. A Little Bit of Sunlight 9. Tell Me Now So I'll Know 10. There's a New World (That's Opening for Me) 11. All Night Stand 12. Time Will Tell 13. Spotty Grotty Anna 14. And I Will Love You 15. She's Got Everything |
16. Dedicated Follower of Fashion (Stereo alt. mix) 17. Mr Reporter (Ray Sings!!) 18. Sand on My Shoes 19. Lavender Hill 20. Rosemary Rose 21. Misty Waters 22. Mr Songbird 23. Did You See His Name? 24. Where Did My Spring Go? 25. When I Turn Out the Living Room Light 26. Till Death Us Do Part 27. Pictures in the Sand 28. Berkeley Mews 29. Easy Come, There You Went 30. This man He Weeps Tonight |
Notes : See below komment by Gert
The sleeve-notes:
• 1. Theme-tune written by Ray for a 1970 TV-Play
• 2+3 are the very first studio-recordings by the Kinks, when they still were the Ravens, November 1963
• 4+5 are alternate versions and outtakes from early 1964
• 6. Projected third single!! Never released, this is, with hindsight a truly historic song because it shows that the riff to "You Really Got Me" didn't came out of the blue
• 7-10 are publisher's demos of new Ray Davies-compositions, late May 1965. These songs were never professionally recorded by the Kinks
• 11. acoustic demo, late 1965
• 12. "Kink Kontroversy"-outtake, late 1965
• 13. backing track only
• 15. Vocals recorded in early 1968 and eventually released as a B-side of "Days"
• 16. Unreleased "acoustic"-version
• 17. Great unreleased version with Ray on vocals!
• 13-17 were recorded in February 1966 for a planned third EP "Occupations"
• 18. early version of "Tin Soldier Man"
• 18-20 are "Something Else" outtakes, spring 1967
• 21+22 are "Village Green" outtakes spring 1968
• 28. B-side to "Lola", 1970
• 23-28 were recorded for a six-part BBC.TV-show entitled "Where was Spring?" ' one song per show ' in, you guessed it, spring 1969, prior to "Arthur"
• 29. "Arthur" outtake, summer 1969
• 30. A superior stereo mix of this otherwise released" Dave Davies song.
It is a German magazine and it actually still exists. During the mid 60s they were responsible for the release of a Kinks sampler. The album was sold to their readers for a reduced price. The album is quite rare these days. This could be the reason the bootleggers picked this album cover to create a new version of the Great Lost Kinks Album.
Two "new" tracks immediately draw attention to this album, first being an early take of "Dedicated Follower Of Fashion", the second being a alternative version of "Mr. Reporter", without brass and with vocals by Ray instead of Dave. Both tracks were originally intended for the rerelease of the "Face To Face" album. The early take of "Dedicated Follower Of Fashion" was vetoed by Ray in favour of a later stereo version of the song. When the version of "Mr. Reporter" with Ray's vocals was proposed, Ray said that this was not possible. The tape had been destroyed or erased halfway in the song, according to him. Listening to this song I am happy he was wrong!
But there is more to this CD. The tracks have been remastered and the sound quality has improved quite a bit. But, there is also a downside. The intros of the Ray Davies demos, cut in May 1965, are hardly audible. It sounds like someone turned up the volume while the song was already playing. Also missing from the original GLKA track list is Dave's "Groovy Movies". One can only guess the reason. Maybe the bootleggers didn't like the song. It's not that they had something against Dave. His "This Man He Weeps Tonight" closes the album.
But a lot has been added to the track list to make up for these ommissions. Ravens demos from November 1963, Their 4th single, "Don't Ever Let me Go". According to the liner notes the third single, but this is not right. This song was meant to be the follow up of "You Really Got Me", but both Ray and the record company agreed that this sounded to much like their breakthrough hit single....
Also new on the tracklist is the 1969 title soundtrack of the movie "The Virgin Soldiers", obviously taken from a video recording, possibly plunderd from another bootleg, "Kinks On Holiday". Three other instrumental tracks are an alternative version of "Revenge", "Spotty Grotty Anna" from 1968, NOT 1965 and "Easy Come There You went, also from 1968.
No less than 30 tracks and now overlapping tracks with the recent CASTLE reissues. It is much easier to obtain then famous bootlegs like "Kollectable Kinks", "Kollectable Kinks Kontraband", "Rare Anthology", "Kulled From The Arkives" and "Good Luck Charm". I have seen the CD on 4 stands on one morning during arecord and CD fair, so I would advise you to look out for it the next time you visit a record and CD fair in your neighbourhoud!
- by Gert.
Rare Anthology (Kwiet Kinks Kollector ltd 005/6)
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Sound Quality : Excellent soundboard recordings. Notes : The greatest rarities! |
Disc 1:
1. I'm A Hog For You (Ravens Demo 11/63)
2. I Believed You (Ravens Demo 11/63)
3. Revenge (Ravens Demo Instrumental1963)
4. I Don't Need You Anymore (Ravens Demo 1964)
5. Too Much Monky Business (alt. take 1964)
6. Got Live If You Want It (alt. take 1964)
7. Don't Ever Let Me Go (Purposed single 1964)
8. This I Know (Ray Davies 07/65)
9. Milk Cow Blues (BBC 8/10/65)
10. Never Met A Girl Like You Before (BBC 8/10/65)
11. Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight (BBC 8/10/65)
12. And I Will Love You (Unreleased 1965)
13. Love Me Till The Sunshine (BBC 8/4/67)
14. Death of a Clown (BBC 8/4/67)
15. Good Luck Charm (BBC 8/4/67)
16. Sunny Afternoon (BBC 10/25/67)
17. Mr.Pleasant (BBC 10/25/67)
18. Susannah's Still Alive (BBC 10/25/67)
19. David Watts (BBC 10/25/67)
20. Sand on My Shoes (Early ver. of Tin Soldier Man)
21. Easy Come, There You Went (Unreleased '68)
22. Days (BBC 1968)
23. Victoria (BBC 12/18/69)
24. Australia (Australian Single Edit '69)
25. Supersonic Rocketship (alt.take 1972)
26. Celluloid Heroes (mono/alt. mix)
27. You Really Got Me (live US TV "Midnight Special" 1974) "Hidden Tracks!!"
28. Money Talks (live US TV "Midnight Special" 1974) "Hidden Tracks!!"
Disc 2 :
1. Elevator Man (Sleepwalker Demo)
2. On The Outside (Sleepwalker Demo)
3. Sleepwalker (Acetate '76 with Extra Verse)
4. Brother (Aceteta '76 with Earlier End)
5. Stormy Sky (Acetate '76 with Longer End)
6. Moving Picture (alt.take)
7. Wild Man (B-side of Imaginations Real '80)
8. Give the People What They Want (Acetate '81 with Extra Verse)
9. Yo-Yo (Acetate '81 with Longer End)
10. Predictable (Acetate '81 with Longer End)
11. Destroyer (Acetate '81 with Longer End)
12. One Night With You (B-side of "Love Gets You" '83)
13. Once A Thief (Outtake from State of Confusion '83)
14. Quiet Life (Ray on "Absolute Begginers")
15. Eternity (Dave Demo for "Faraway So Clone" '91)
16. Sitting In The Stand (ray solo TV tune)
17. Unfinished Business (Dave solo)
18. Love Gets You (Dave solo)
19. I'll Get Over (Dave solo)
20. When The Wind Blows ("Emergency" Dave solo)
Rare Anthology Two (ASHE001)
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Sound Quality : Excellent soundboard recordings. Notes : The greatest rarities part2! |
Disc 1:
1. Ooba Diooba (Ravens' acetate, nov. 1963)
2. Long Tall Sally (Live late 1963)
3. Bald Headed Woman (Alt. Take, 1964)
4. Got Love If You want It (BBC "Beat Room", 1964)
5. She's My Girl (Dave Davies acetate, 1965)
6. I Am Free (BBC Session, 1965)
7. Listen To Me (Kinks acetate, early 1966)
8. Sunny Afternoon (stereo version)
9. Susannah's Still Alive (1969 mix for solo album)
10. Misty Water (1983 remix)
11. Hold My Hand (stereo demo, 1968)
12. Plasticman (BBC Session, 1969)
13. Are You Ready
14. Do You Wish To Be A Man?
15. Crying (Dave's unreleased solo tracks, recently discovered excellent stereo sound quality versions!)
16. Victoria
17. Mr. Churchill Says (BBC Session, 1969)
18. Lola
19. Apeman (BBC Sessions, 1970)
20. Marathon
21. Got To Be Free (Songs from TV play "Long Distance Piano Player", 1970)
22. Entertainment
23. Bernadette (Alt. takes taken from acetate, 1981)
24. Video Shop (Live 1987)
25. The Road (Ray Davies live at The Dave Letterman Show, 1988).
Disc 2 :
1. You Really Got Me (B-side "Down All The Days", 1989)
2. How Can I Get Close (Ray Davies live at The Dave Letterman Show, 1990)
3. Now And Then (Rough mix, 1990)
4. You Really Got Me (Ray, Dave & The Smithereens, 1991);
5. Hey Donny (Live in Frankfurt, 1993)
6. Phobia
7. Over The Edge
8. Wall Of Fire
9. Till The End Of The Day (BBC Session at Maida Vale Studios, Jan. 7th, 1994)
10. All Day And All Of The Night
11. Waterloo Sunset
12. I'm Not Like Everybody Else
13. Till The End Of The Day
14. You Really Got Me (BBC Session at Maida Vale Studio, late 1994)
15. To The Bone (Home Demo Recorded by Ray, 1996)
16. To The Bone
17. Waterloo Sunset (Studio recordings by Ray & Pete Mathison for US Radio)
18. You Really Got Me
19. Yours Truly Confused # 10
20. Lola (Ray Davies live at BBC program "Jools' Hootenanny", New Years' Eve , 2000/2001)
Notes : 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.
The Secret Sessions *3CD (Phenomenal Cat PC 63/71)
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Sound Quality : Disc 1, Broadcast very good recordings. Disc 2, Soundborad very good. Disc 3, audience live recording. But excellent sound quality!! Notes : The greatest artwork bootleg and nice compilation. |
Disc 1: Kinky Beebs
1. Long Tall Sally(11/63)
2. Got Love If You Want It (9/7/64)
3. Kinky Boots (Interview) (9/7/64)
4. Little Queenie(9/7/64)
5. I'm A Lover Not A Fighter(12/9/64)
6. I've Got Feeling(12/9/64)
7. You Shouldn't Be Sad(4/20/65)
8. Hide And Seek(8/6/65)
9. Never Met A Girl Like You Before(8/10/65)
10. A Well Respected Man(12/13/65)
11. I Am Free (Dave Davies)(12/13/65)
12. Sunny Afternoon(10/25/67)
13. Mr. Pleasant(10/25/67)
14. Susannah's Still Alive(10/25/67)
15. David Watts(10/25/67)
16. Autumn Almanac(10/25/67)
17. Love Me 'Til the Sun Shine(10/25/67)
18. Animal Farm(11/26/68)
19. Plastic Man(4/2/69)
20. Victoria(12/18/69)
21. Mr. Churchill Says(12/18/69)
22. Arthur(12/18/69)
23. Lola(5/18/70)
24. Days(5/18/70)
25. Apeman(12/13/70?)
26. Supersonic Rocketship(studio ver.)
27. Celluloid Heroes(studio ver.) - Marathon(March 1970) (Secret track)
Disc 2 : Kinky Boots
1. I Believe You
2. I'm A Hog For You Baby
3. Oobadiaboo
4. Revenge
5. Got Live If You Want It
6. Too Much Monkey Businss
7. I Don't Need You Anymore
8. Don't Ever Let Me Go
9. When I See That Girl of Mine
10. I Go To Sleep
11. This I Know
12. A Little Bit of Sunlight
13. Tell Me Now So I'll Know
14. There's A New World(Just Opening For Me)
15. She's My Girl
16. Listen To Me
17. All Night Stand
18. Dedicated Follower of Fashion(alt.)
19. Time Will Tell
20. Lazy Old Sun(alt.)
21. Lavender Hill (GLKA)
22. Rosemary Rose (GLKA)
23. Misty Water (GLKA)
24. Pictures in The Sand (GLKA)
25. Where Did The Spring Go? (GLKA)
26. Mr.Shomake's Daughter (GLKA)
27. Till Death Do Us Part (GLKA)
28. When I Turn Off The Living Light (GLKA)
29. Climb Your Wall (from Dave's "Unfinish Business")
30. Apeman (Rock-A-Billy guitar solo ver.)
31. Powerman
Disc 3: Kinks In Concert
1. Introduction
2. Till The End of The Day
3. Last of Steam Powered Train
4. Brainwashed
5. See My Friend
6. You're Looking Fine
7. Strangers
8. Act Nice And Gentle
9. Waterloo Sunset
10. Lola
11. Big Sky
12. Arthur
13. Top Of The Pops
14. You Really Got Me
15. All Day And All Of The Night
16. Milk Cow Blues
17. One Night
18. Victoria
Notes : Last week I got to hear the first two CDs of this set, which constitute the BBC sessions, demos and outtakes. A quick run-down:
When the official BBC set came out last year, I went through some earlier posts that gave the projected song list, and found something like 22 songs that hadn't made the cut. Basically, the BBC stuff here includes just about everything that was omitted, all in excellent quality. My favorites, for obvious reasons, were Little Queenie and Hide and Seek (also listed sometimes as All Aboard), two covers that never appeared on any Kinks album.
Also, there's a genuinely live BBC version of Got Love If You Want It, and it's cool to hear a fine recording of them playing for a live audience back in the early days. Another gem is Love Me Till the Sun Shines, a different version from the one on the official BBC release _ faster, for one thing.
The later BBC songs _ from VGPS, Arthur and Lola vs. Powerman _ aren't as interesting. As I suspected, they were dropped from the official release because they weren't new recordings; they just have a new vocal track on the prerecorded instrumental track. The one later song that sounds really good is Apeman, because they apparently used the original mono mix, which is easily superior to the stereo version (and doesn't seem to exist any more). Dave's electric guitar is higher in the mix, and so is Ray's vocal; it's nice to hear after all these years.
The outtakes (mainly on the second CD) are all in fine quality, but not too original. Based on a study of the song lists, I think most of them appear on that Neue Revue GLKA or Kollektable Kinks Kontraband. (The same goes for the BBC songs, incidentally; I think most of them appear on Rare Anthology Vol. 2.) Two that I'd never heard are Oobadiaboo, or whatever it's called, and She's My Girl. Also, Listen to Me appears in much better quality (though still not exactly pristine) than the version I have on tape somewhere.
The outtake CD also contains, for some reason, several of the previously unreleased songs included as bonus cuts on the Castle reissues, and other stuff that will be familiar to people who've been trading tapes for a while. And the seven GLKA songs that still have escaped official release are included too, aside from Groovy Movies _ probably on the assumption that Dave's 1969 album will soon come out and make that unnecessary. (I hope that's right!)
One unusual thing: Misty Water is not the mix from the GLKA. My guess is that it's from that abortive release sometime in the '80s that included four unreleased songs and was quickly deleted. It's not as good a mix as the one on the original GLKA, but it's something different for completists.
One of the best outtakes, and one I'd never heard, is an alternate version of Supersonic Rocket Ship. It's not just a different mix, either.
The third CD is supposed to be the 1970 show from Pierce College in improved sound. I didn't get to hear this one, but that's my favorite show from the pre-vaudeville Kinks, and the tape I have sounds quite good already. I don't think it's ever been released as a CD, either.
Oh, and the packaging of this is extraordinary. It resembles a set of Bob Dylan releases called the Genuine Bootleg Series: great pictures, a booklet that has the 1969 Rolling Stone interview with Ray, cool mini-album covers for individual CDs, and a mini-poster with vintage Kinks record covers from all over the place. Come to think of it, those Dylan releases didn't contain that much new stuff either, but mainly focused on top-quality versions of circulating stuff. That's basically what this Kinks set does. Maybe another one is in the works for the '70s and '80s.
Anyway, I thought I'd pass it on.
-- Bob G
Twelve Inches Or More (Tendor TDR-155)
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1. Good Day (UK 12inch Alternate Mix) 2. Too Hot (UK 12inch Alternate Mix) 3. Come Dancing (UK 12inch Alternate Mix) 4. Noise (UK 12inch Alternate Mix) 5. Bernedette (UK 12inch Alternate Mix) 6. Don't Forget To Dance (US 7inch Alternate Mix) 7. The Importer (The Moondogs' Circa 1977 Produce by Ray) 8. How Do I Get Close (Radio Mix) 9. Elevater Man (Misfits Demo) *From "Watlerloo Sunset CD 10. Art Lover (Differtnt Mix) 11. Low Budget (UK 12inch Alternate Version) 12. The Shirt (From official CD) 13. I Go To Sleep (Ray solo show from Toad Place 10/22/96) 14. Two Sisters (same as above) 15. Money-go-round (same as above) 16. Days (same as above) 17. Stop Your Sobbing (same as above) 18. Rosie Won't You Please Come Home (same as above) 19. Animal Farm (same as above) 20. Superman (12inch Mix) |
Sound Quality : 1-12, 20 : soundboard from official vinyls. 13-19 : Excellent audience
Notes : Ray's show editing is not so good because it has cut out or cut in. But we can listen "The Importer" (The Moondogs) on this CD, that's good.
You Really Got Me (Sphinx SX CD002)
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1. You Really Got Me (BBC 9/7/64) 2. All Day and All of the Night (BBC 10/30/64) 3. Tired Of Waiting For You (BBC 2/22/65) 4. See My Friends (BBC 8/6/65) 5. This Strange Effect (BBC 8/6/65) 6. A Well Respected Man (BBC 12/13/65) 7. Till The End Of The Day (BBC 10/25/67) 8. Where Have All The Good Times Gone (BBC 10/25/67) 9. Autumn Almanac (BBC 10/25/67) 10. I Go To Sleep (Demos 5/65) 11. When I See That Girl Of Mine (Demos 5/65) 12. There's A New World (That's Opening Me) (Demos 5/65) 13. All Night Stand (Demos 5/65) 14. Time Will Tell (From Dead End Street 10") 15. Spotty Grotty Anna (From Dead End Street 10") 16. Pictures In The Sand (From Dead End Street 10") 17. Groovy Moovies (From Dead End Street 10") 18. Cleeping Jean (Dave Davies) 19. Mindless Child Of Motherhood (Dave Davies) 20. There Is No Life Without Love (Dave Davies) |
Sound Quality : Broadcast and soundborad very good recording
Notes : From the early BBC sessions and rare vinyls. My CD is Japanese edition with Obi.