The Kinks-Picture Book-6CD-2008-404 (2)

ARTiST: The Kinks

ALBUM: Picture Book

BiTRATE: 166kbps avg

QUALiTY: EAC Secure Mode / LAME 3.97 Final / -V2 --vbr-new / 44.100Khz

LABEL: Universal

GENRE: Rock

SiZE: 604.47 megs

PLAYTiME: 7h 41min 58sec total

RiP DATE: 2008-12-09

STORE DATE: 2008-12-08



Track List: Disc #1/6

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01. Brian Matthew Introduces The * 0:08

* Kinks

02. You Really Got Me * * * * * 2:13

03. I'm A Hog For You Baby * * * 1:41

04. I Believed You * * * * * * 1:57

05. Long Tall Sally * * * * * * 2:12

06. I Don't Need You Anymore * * * 2:11

07. Stop Your Sobbing * * * * * 2:05

08. I Gotta Move * * * * * * * 2:23

09. Don't Ever Let Me Go * * * * 2:22

10. All Day And All Of The Night * 2:23

11. Tired Of Waiting For You * * * 2:31

12. Come On Now * * * * * * * 3:40

13. There Is A New World Opening * 2:29

* For Me

14. Everybody's Gonna Be Happy * * 2:15

15. Who'll Be The Next In Line * * 2:01

16. Time Will Tell * * * * * * 2:37

17. Set Me Free * * * * * * * 2:12

18. I Need You * * * * * * * 2:25

19. See My Friend * * * * * * 2:46

20. Wait Till The Summer Comes * * 2:08

* Along

21. I Go To Sleep * * * * * * 2:44

22. A Little Bit Of Sunlight * * * 1:52

23. This I Know * * * * * * * 2:03

24. A Well Respected Man * * * * 2:42

25. This Strange Effect * * * * 2:34

26. Milk Cow Blues * * * * * * 3:41

27. Ring The Bells * * * * * * 2:19

28. I'm On An Island * * * * * 2:16

29. Till The End Of The Day * * * 2:20

30. Where Have All The Good Times * 2:50

* Gone

31. All Night Stand * * * * * * 1:54

32. And I Will Love You * * * * 2:20

33. Sittin' On My Sofa * * * * * 3:03



Track List: Disc #2/6

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01. Dedicated Follower Of Fashion * 3:04

02. She's Got Everything * * * * 3:09

03. Mr. Reporter * * * * * * * 3:56

04. Sunny Afternoon * * * * * * 3:35

05. I'm Not Like Everybody Else * * 3:28

06. This Is Where I Belong * * * 2:25

07. Rosie Won't You Please Come * * 2:33

* Home

08. Too Much On My Mind * * * * 2:28

09. Session Man * * * * * * * 2:14

10. End Of The Season * * * * * 2:58

11. Dead End Street * * * * * * 3:01

12. Village Green * * * * * * 2:09

13. Two Sisters * * * * * * * 2:01

14. David Watts * * * * * * * 2:31

15. Mr. Pleasant * * * * * * * 2:59

16. Waterloo Sunset * * * * * * 3:16

17. Death Of A Clown * * * * * 3:03

18. Lavender Hill * * * * * * 2:58

19. Good Luck Charm * * * * * * 1:41

20. Autumn Almanac * * * * * * 3:05

21. Susannah's Still Alive * * * 2:22

22. Animal Farm * * * * * * * 3:00

23. Rosemary Rose * * * * * * 1:47

24. Berkeley Mews * * * * * * 2:40

25. Lincoln County * * * * * * 3:11

26. Picture Book * * * * * * * 2:37

27. Days * * * * * * * * * 2:53

28. Misty Water * * * * * * * 3:09



Track List: Disc #3/6

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01. Love Me Till The Sun Shines * * 2:52

02. The Village Green Preservation * 2:49

* Society

03. Big Sky * * * * * * * * 2:51

04. King Kong * * * * * * * * 3:25

05. Drivin' * * * * * * * * 3:21

06. Some Mother's Son * * * * * 3:25

07. Victoria * * * * * * * * 3:39

08. Shangri-La * * * * * * * 5:21

09. Arthur * * * * * * * * * 5:27

10. Got To Be Free * * * * * * 3:01

11. Lola * * * * * * * * * 4:06

12. Get Back In The Line * * * * 3:06

13. The Moneygoround * * * * * 1:45

14. Strangers * * * * * * * * 3:21

15. Apeman * * * * * * * * * 3:40

16. God's Children * * * * * * 3:18

17. The Way Love Used To Be * * * 2:13

18. Moments * * * * * * * * 2:57

19. Muswell Hillbilly * * * * * 4:58

20. Oklahoma USA * * * * * * * 2:40

21. Twentieth Century Man * * * * 5:57

22. Here Come The People In Grey * 3:45



Track List: Disc #4/6

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01. Skin And Bone * * * * * * 3:40

02. Alcohol * * * * * * * * 5:16

03. Celluloid Heroes * * * * * 6:22

04. Sitting in My Hotel * * * * 3:23

05. Supersonic Rocket Ship * * * 3:32

06. You Don't Know My Name * * * 2:37

07. One Of The Survivors * * * * 4:07

08. Sitting In The Midday Sun * * 3:48

09. Sweet Lady Genevieve * * * * 3:29

10. Daylight * * * * * * * * 3:22

11. Mirror Of Love * * * * * * 3:31

12. Artificial Man * * * * * * 5:31

13. Preservation * * * * * * * 3:38

14. Slum Kids * * * * * * * * 6:28

15. Holiday Romance * * * * * * 3:12

16. Face In The Crowd * * * * * 2:19

17. No More Looking Back * * * * 4:30

18. Sleepwalker * * * * * * * 4:05

19. The Poseur * * * * * * * 2:52



Track List: Disc #5/6

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01. Sleepless Night * * * * * * 3:18

02. Father Christmas * * * * * 3:42

03. Misfits * * * * * * * * 4:43

04. A Rock 'N Roll Fantasy * * * 5:01

05. Little Bit Of Emotion * * * * 4:52

06. Attitude * * * * * * * * 3:49

07. Hidden Quality * * * * * * 3:04

08. A Gallon of Gas * * * * * * 4:29

09. Catch Me Now I'm Falling * * * 5:57

10. Nuclear Love * * * * * * * 2:40

11. Duke * * * * * * * * * 3:30

12. Maybe I Love You * * * * * 3:14

13. Stolen Away Your Heart * * * 3:00

14. Low Budget * * * * * * * 6:01

15. Better Things * * * * * * 2:46

16. Destroyer * * * * * * * * 3:48

17. Yo-Yo * * * * * * * * * 4:12

18. Art Lover * * * * * * * * 3:23

19. Long Distance * * * * * * 5:22



Track List: Disc #6/6

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01. Heart of Gold * * * * * * 4:04

02. Come Dancing * * * * * * * 4:03

03. State Of Confusion * * * * * 3:44

04. Do It Again * * * * * * * 4:10

05. Living On A Thin Line * * * * 4:14

06. Summer's Gone * * * * * * 3:54

07. How Are You? * * * * * * * 4:30

08. The Road * * * * * * * * 6:14

09. Million Pound Semi Detached * * 4:12

10. Down All The Days (Till 1992) * 4:58

11. The Informer * * * * * * * 4:03

12. Phobia * * * * * * * * * 5:18

13. Only A Dream * * * * * * * 5:06

14. Drift Away * * * * * * * 5:04

15. Scattered * * * * * * * * 4:12

16. Do You Remember Walter? * * * 3:45

17. To The Bone * * * * * * * 4:27



Release Notes:

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It's a story oft told, but it bears repeating. The tale of how two brothers from

North London, after taking their first steps into popular music during the beat

boom, were joined by Pete Quaife and Mick Avory to become the Kinks. How older

brother Ray Davies aided by Dave's proto-metal guitar rapidly progressed from

writing brilliant brutish rave-up-style hits to exquisite vignettes of the tiny

wheels and cogs that kept English lower middle class society ticking along in

the post-war years. And how, after inter-sibling fighting (often on stage),

numerous breakdowns, forays into country rock (on the wonderful Muswell

Hillbillies album), Vaudevillian musical theatre and concept albums they finally

found fame in the States and lost their souls to stadium rock. Picture Book has

it all.



In pretty much chronological order this huge box tells the story again. Brian

Matthew's introduction on disc one describing them as part of the 'shaggy set''

may hold true for about half of that cd, but by See My Friend, with its sexual

ambivalence and raga-influenced lilt it becomes clear how quickly Ray was

developing as a writer. From this point on the subject matter became satirical

(Sunny Afternoon, Dedicated Follower Of Fashion: here in a rare mix) and

increasingly obsessed with the trivia of daily life including daytrips

(Drivin'), the changing seasons (Autumn Almanac) or suburbia (Shangri-La) as

well as the death of imperialism (Victoria, Arthur). And this isn't to mention

cross-dressing (Lola) or just plain old romanticism (Waterloo Sunset, Days).



While the brothers' onstage sparring might well have led to them getting their

US work permits refused at the crucial point at which their peers were

conquering that most lucrative of markets, it also ensured that Ray could really

get to grips with his number one muse - England. Now hailed as their zenith,

...Are The Village Green Preservation Society sold squat on its release in 1968;

its parochial slant (as well as a rather sub-standard production job) putting it

out of step with the times. No matter, anything from these sessions (and albums

on both sides) is ace. Despite increasing anguish surrounding creative pressure

and marital strife (leading to his suicide attempt in the early 70s) Ray always

remained both nostalgic and affectionate in his view of the world which gave

birth to him, even when it came in the voguish garb of downhome Americana on the

aforementioned ...Hillbillies album. The selection from the hefty (some would

say bloated) Preservation Act albums is judicious in removing flab and

cherry-picking the very best cuts, though little can rescue the last two

cds-worth of slicker, USA-centric college rock. Still, Come Dancing remains a

gem in any guise.



While Picture Book unashamedly addresses all the highs and lows, it's perplexing

to work out who this 6 cd set is aimed at. For Kinks kompletists the smattering

of demos, BBC sessions alternative mixes, early rarities (by their Bo Weevils

incarnation) or live versions seems somewhat thin on the ground, and for the

novice or day tripper surely a greatest hits collection and maybe a copy of

Village Green would suffice, avoiding the dodgy (if commercially successful)

arena rock of their post Pye/RCA years and the fascinating, if rudimentary,

rhythm and blues of the early 60s. Yet Picture Book holds a wealth of

songwriting treasures. On the cusp of a reconciliation between Ray and Dave it's

a timely reminder of one of the greatest bands, not just of the 60s but of any

period.