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The Kinks - The Great Lost Kinks Album (1969)

Track listing:
  1. Until Death Us Do Part
  2. There Is No Life Without Love
  3. Lavender Hill
  4. Groovy Movies
  5. Rosemary Rose
  6. Misty Water 1:42
  7. Mister Songbird
  8. When I Turn Off The Living Roo
  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 Sand
  14. Where Did The Spring Go?
  15. Death Of A Clown
  16. Susannah's Still Alive
  17. Funny Face
  18. Lincoln County
  19. Hold My Hand
  20. Creeping Jean 2:17
  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


An aptly titled collection; out of print for many years, there are even some Kinks cultists who have never been able to hear this ragtag but worthy collection of late-'60s and early-'70s outtakes and rarities. Most of these were recorded around the same time as the 1968 LP Village Green Preservation Society; these low-key, wry, bouncy tunes would have fit in well with that record. Lyrically, they're on the whole slighter than much of their late-'60s work, perhaps accounting for why the group did not deign to release them at the time. Still, songs like "Rosemary Rose," "Misty Water," and "Mr. Songbird" would have hardly embarrassed the group, and rank as the highlights of this anthology. Besides 1969-era outtakes, it includes the single "Plastic Man," a couple of okay, way-obscure B-sides featuring Dave Davies, and some songs penned for long-forgotten film and television productions. It also has the dynamite 1966 B-side "I'm Not Like Everybody Else," though that's easily available on reissue these days. That's not the case for most of the rest of this album; Kinks fans will find it quite worthwhile, and should be on the lookout for it in the used bins.