18-02-2012, 11:01
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The Kinks' debut from 1964.
This is the first disc from the Kinks in Mono box set.
Along with what the rest of the early '60s Brit bands were making, this is partly original songs & partly Chuck & Bo covers. Again, like most of their contemporaries, the originals show The Kinks' (Ray basically) songwriting abilities at an early and fairly undeveloped stage. The best was yet to come.
Strongly Rhythm and Blues influenced music, and You Really Got me is an obvious winner, complete with Dave's knitting-needle-through-the-speaker guitar sound.
Both Jon Lord, & Jimmy Page make session appearances here.
RoviMusic 3/5 stars.
"Writing about music is like dancing about architecture"
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