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Ray Davies - "80 Days" Demos (1988)

Track listing:
  1. Let It Be Written 2:44
  2. Our World (Empire Song) 5:00
  3. Well Bred Englishman 1:43
  4. Against The Tide 3:03
  5. Ladies Of The Night 3:44
  6. On The Map 1:54
  7. It Could Have Been Him Mongolia No Surprises 9:48
  8. Welcome To India 1:12
  9. Just Passing Through 5:41
  10. Who Do You Think You Are 5:15
  11. 80 Days 3:08
  12. Members Of The Club 3:58
  13. Conspiracy 3:42
  14. Tell Him, Tell Her 6:15
  15. Be Rational 2:36

Notes

"80 Days" was a musical based on the Jules Verne novel "Around the World in 80 Days" that played at San Diego's La Jolla Playhouse in 1988. Ray wrote the songs for the show - and they are quite good. You can read more about the show here:

http://www.kinks.de/40jahre/teil6_e.html

This torrent includes good-quality demos of the "80 Days" songs, all of them sung by Ray so that the cast could hear what they were supposed to sound like. Don't be put off by the idea of "demos," though - the arrangements are surprisingly sophisticated and include sound effects, etc.