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Post by matt on Jul 17, 2010 15:27:46 GMT -5
This isn't for a commercial compilation (unless someone wants to make it one) but I just had this idea to make 4 CDs of 20 or 25 songs each representative of the greatest hits and best of four distinct eras of the Kinks. I thought I'd turn to a Kinks forum to help me out.
Give me some suggestions for the greatest hits and best songs from these eras: *Beginning to The Kinks Kontroversy (1964-1966) *Face to Face to The Village Green Preservation Society (1966-1968) *Arthur to Everybody's in Show-Biz (1969-1972) *Preservation to today
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Post by uncleson on Jul 17, 2010 16:46:28 GMT -5
Hello Matt, nice to meet you. Thats pretty difficult because all The Kinks material is great, including the solo work of both Ray and Dave.
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Post by matt on Jul 17, 2010 19:12:46 GMT -5
Nice to meet you too.
Yeah, they do have too much good stuff to easily narrow it down. That's why I was having trouble picking.
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Post by Kinkcan on Jul 17, 2010 21:47:43 GMT -5
Matt, you could always submit the songs you think should figure on these compilation CD's. Then we could suggest songs that we think should be added or removed from your list.
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Post by matt on Jul 18, 2010 17:47:13 GMT -5
Well I'll start with the first one I guess, 1964-1965.
Definitely on there: You Really Got Me All Day and All of the Night Tired of Waiting for You Ev'rybody's Gonna Be Happy Set Me Free See My Friends Who'll Be The Next In Line Till The End Of The Day A Well Respected Man Where Have All The Good Times Gone Stop Your Sobbing
What else?
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Post by uncleson on Jul 18, 2010 19:30:05 GMT -5
Something Better Begining, So Long, and Come On Now
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Post by HollyH on Jul 18, 2010 23:02:53 GMT -5
In my humble opinion, Matt, you've divided up the eras very oddly. Only one CD for everything from Preservation onwards? That's not NEARLY enough room for all the great stuff of the later 70s, 80s and 90s.
Personally I'd divide with everything up through Face to Face -- then VGPS through Muswell Hillbillies -- then the "theatrical" era (Everybody's in Show Biz, the 2 Preservations, Soap Opera, and Schoolboys) -- and finally Misfits and beyond. That way the contents of each CD would reflect the different phases of their career. Just my 2 cents.
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Post by Kinkcan on Jul 19, 2010 8:25:57 GMT -5
I would add Dedicated Follower Of Fashion to your list.
And I agree with Holly: only 1 Cd for the 70s through the 90s is not enough.
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Post by complicatedlife on Jul 19, 2010 9:27:51 GMT -5
You can save burning a CD for the Face To Face - Arthur LPs by buying the outstanding compilation album, The Kinks Kronikles:
Side 1 1."Victoria" 2."The Village Green Preservation Society" 3."Berkeley Mews" 4."Holiday In Waikiki" 5."Willesden Green" 6."This Is Where I Belong" 7."Waterloo Sunset"
Side 2 1."David Watts" 2."Dead End Street" 3."Shangri-La" 4."Autumn Almanac" 5."Sunny Afternoon" 6."Get Back In Line" 7."Did You See His Name"
Side 3 1."Fancy" – 2."Wonderboy" 3."Apeman" 4."King Kong" 5."Mr. Pleasant" 6."God's Children" 7."Death of a Clown"
Side 4 1."Lola" 2."Mindless Child Of Motherhood" 3."Polly" 4."Big Black Smoke" 5."Susannah's Still Alive" 6."She's Got Everything" 7."Days"
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Post by matt on Jul 19, 2010 17:34:29 GMT -5
In my humble opinion, Matt, you've divided up the eras very oddly. Only one CD for everything from Preservation onwards? That's not NEARLY enough room for all the great stuff of the later 70s, 80s and 90s. Personally I'd divide with everything up through Face to Face -- then VGPS through Muswell Hillbillies -- then the "theatrical" era (Everybody's in Show Biz, the 2 Preservations, Soap Opera, and Schoolboys) -- and finally Misfits and beyond. That way the contents of each CD would reflect the different phases of their career. Just my 2 cents. This was my reasoning behind the eras: *The first one would contain the Kinks early stuff, most of their rock n' roll hits. I'll expand this from 1964 to some of 1966, because some of their music from around the time of Face to Face (i.e. "I'm Not Like Everybody Else") fits better in this era. *The second one would be my personal favorite span of the Kinks' career, from 1966-1968. This was the time when they were banned from touring in America, when Ray had a shift in his songwriting style with his music becoming even more distinctly British. I would expand this to include "A Well Respected Man" (single released in '66) and "Dedicated Follower of Fashion", because they fit this style more than the earlier songs. *The third would cover the last few years of the Kinks' peak in popularity, after the end of the original lineup. *I had planned for the fourth to be everything else, from the theatrical era on, but like you pointed out, they put out a ton of material during that time (1973-1993). I guess I could split this one and create a fifth, the first being from Show-Biz to Schoolboys and the next one being Schoolboys on. These periods are the ones I am least familiar with.
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Post by HollyH on Jul 19, 2010 21:11:31 GMT -5
Interesting. You may discover a lot of great music when you really start to listen to those later albums. In fact, those were the years of their greatest mass popularity, when they were filling arenas. (I know, go figure.)
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Post by Iñakink on Jul 22, 2010 4:51:24 GMT -5
So what do we have so far?
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Post by HollyH on Jul 24, 2010 21:57:29 GMT -5
Here's my choice for the first CD:
Got Love If You Want It I Gotta Move I've Got That Feeling Stop your Sobbing Nothing in the World Can Stop Me Worryin' Bout That Girl Tired of Waiting Something Better Beginning Everybody's Gonna Be Happy Who'll Be the Next in Line Set Me Free See My Friends Well-Respected Man When I See That Girl of Mine I'm On An Island Where Have All the Good Times Gone It's Too Late
This misses a few of the obvious hits -- but don't you already know those by now? I love it when the compilation is nothing like a "greatest hits" CD.
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Post by bamajohn1 on Sept 23, 2010 18:40:42 GMT -5
Hi Matt! I've made many multi cassette and cd collections for myself and others over the years. I sometimes will skew it toward the more hard rock stuff for some prospective listeners and more toward the lighter Britpop stuff for others.
Here is my personal 5 CD boxset that I made for myself especially for road trips. I go a little lighter on the early hard rock stuff than I used to as I have come to realize the Britpop stuff from the late 60s era is so loaded in great songs that a 60s compilation should be weighted toward it.
Essential KINKS Vol. 1
PROTO-Metal/Punk/Hard Rock 1964-1970
1. You Really Got Me 8-64 2. All Day And All of the Night 10-64 3. I Need You 1-65 4. Where Have All The Good Times Gone 10-65 5. Till The End of The Day 10-65 6. Sitting On My Sofa 2-66 7. I'm Not Like Everybody Else 6-66 8. Who'll Be the Next In Line 12-64 9. So Mystifying 8-64 10. I Gotta Move 8-64 11. Come On Noew 11-64 12. Revenge 8-64 13. She's Got Everything 68' 14. Love Me Till The Sun Shines Live BBC 7-68 15. Victoria 1969 16. Mindless Child of Motherhood 1969 17. King Kong 5-69 18. Top of the Pops 1970
Britpop 1964-1970
19. Tired of Waiting For You 2-65 20. A Well Respected Man 2-65 21. Sunny Afternoon 1966 22. Set Me Free 2-65 23. Waterloo Sunset 1967 24. Dedicated Follower of Fashion 10-65 25. Everybody's Gonna Be Haopy 2-65 26. Dandy 1966 27. Apeman 1970 28. LOLA (Coca-Cola version)
Essential KINKS Vol. 2
More Britpop 1964-1970
1. See My Friends 2-65 2. David Watts 1967 3. Death of A Clown 1967 4. Dead End Street 11-66 5. Days 6-68 6. Animal Farm 11-68 7. Picture Book 11-68 8. Stop Your Sobbin' 8-64 9. Nothin' In This World Can Stop Me Worryin' 'Bout That Girl 1965 10. The World Keeps Goin' Round 10-65 11. I'm On An Island 10-65 12. Something Better Beginning 2-65 13. It's Too Late 10-65 14. Ring The Bells 10-65 15. I Go To Sleep 1965 16. Too Much On My Mind 10-66 17. Little Miss Queen of Darkness 10-66 18. Rosie Won't You Please Come Home 10-66 19. Harry Rag Live BBC 1967 20. Plastic Man 1969 21. Last of the Steam Powered Engines 11-68 22. The Village Green Preservation Society 11-68 23. Sitting By The Riverside 11-68 24. Mr. Songbird 1968 25. Autumn Almanac 10-67 26. Susannah's Still Alive 11-67 27. This Is Where I Belong 4-67 28. Big Black Smoke 10-66 29. Mr. Pleasant 4-67
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Post by bamajohn1 on Sept 23, 2010 18:43:49 GMT -5
continued
Essential Kinks Vol. 3
Britpop 1969-1976
1. Shangri La 1969 2. Strangers 1970 3. Celluloid Heroes (originally 1972) 1980 Live 4. Muswell Hillbilly (originally 1971) 1995 Live 5. 20th Century Man 1971 6. Skin & Bone 1971 7. Holloway Jail 1971 8. Mountain Woman 1971 9. Willesden Green 1971 10. God's Children 1971 11. You Don't Know My Name 1972 12. Supersonic Rocket Ship 1972 13. Sweet Lady Genevieve 1973 14. Sitting In the Midday Sun 15. Scrapheap City 1973 (w/ Belle and the Floosies) 16. Money Talks BBC 1974 17. You Can't Stop the Music 1975 18. I'm In Disgrace 1975 19. The First Time We Fall In Love 20. Schooldays 1976 21. The Last Assembly 1976
Essential Kinks Vol. 4
Hard Rock 1975 to Present
1. Everybody's In Showbiz 1975 2. The Hard Way 1986 3. Sleepwalker 1977 4. Juke Box Music 1977 5. Father Christmas 1977 6. Live Life 1978 7. (Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman 1979 8. Low Budget 1979 9. Destroyer 1981 10. Around the Dial 1981 11. A Little Bit of Abuse 1981 12. Labour of Love 1983 13. State of Confusion 1983 14. Do It Again 1984 15. Word of Mouth 1984 16. Sold Me Out 1984 17. Rock N' Roll Cities 1986 18. It's Alright 1993 19. Phobia 1993 20. Things Are Gonna Change (The Morning After)- Ray Davies 06'
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