Compilation on Double LP Combining the Pye & RCA Catalogs!
Remastered from Original Master Sources!
All Tracks Chosen by The Kinks' Ray Davies, Dave Davies & Mick Avory!
The Kinks are one of the greatest-ever British bands, and one of the most influential rock groups of all time, without whom many of the big rock acts that followed would not have existed. Their multi-award-winning, legendary frontman Sir Ray Davies is one of the greatest all-time British songwriters.
Celebrating the Kinks' 60th anniversary and compiled by The Kinks, this is a high-profile, worldwide release combining the Pye and RCA catalogs. It is the first new Kinks 'best of' for many years, especially so on vinyl.
This is a key part of BMG's high-profile, worldwide Kinks 60th anniversary campaign, 2023-2024, featuring a host of Kinks media events, comprehensive marketing and BMG audio / audio-visual releases.
The Journey is a collection of tracks chosen by The Kinks' Ray Davies, Dave Davies and Mick Avory that reflect the trials and tribulations of their journey through life together as a band since 1963. The albums are split into themed sections created by The Kinks.
Contains: Hits, key album tracks, singles, band favorites and B-sides. Features five new Ray Davies track mixes, including three previously unreleased 1975 live versions.
All recordings remastered from original sources.
Hits featured are: "Lola," "Sunny Afternoon," "20th Century Man," "Dedicated Follower of Fashion," "Till the End of the Day," "A Well Respected Man," "See My Friends," "Everybody's a Star (Starmaker)."
Tracks are taken from all the classic original Kinks albums, including: Kinda Kinks, Face to Face, Something Else and the recently remastered 50th anniversary editions of Village Green Preservation Society, Lola, Muswell Hillbillies and Everybody's in Show-Biz.
Booklets include band photos and personal track-by-track notes from Ray Davies, Dave Davies & Mick Avory.
Features
- Double LP
- Part of BMG's Kinks 60th Anniversary Campaign
- Album Split into Thematic Sections Created by The Kinks
- Hits, Key Album Tracks, Singles, Band Favorites & B-Sides
- 5 New Ray Davies Track Mixes
- 3 Previously Unreleased 1975 Live Versions
- Compiled by Ray Davies, Dave Davies & Mick Avory
- Remastered from Original Master Sources
- Gatefold Jacket
- Booklet with Band Photos & Personal Track-by-Track Notes from Ray Davies, Dave Davies & Mick Avory
- Manufactured in France
Selections
Side 1:
The world around the journeyman starts to crumble as his life is turned upside down
- Till the End of the Day
- Preservation
- This Time Tomorrow (Alternate Take, 2020 Mix)
- A Well Respected Man
- Monica
- Scrapheap City
Side 2:
The journeyman is led astray by ghosts and a dark angel
- Lola
- Sunny Afternoon
- Animal Farm
- Creeping Jean*
- Two Sisters
- See My Friends
- Money Talks (2023 Mix)
Side 3:
Our journeyman is seduced by those ghosts and demons of the underworld and searches for his lost innocence
- Rainy Day in June
- Dedicated Follower of Fashion
- Where Are They Now? (2023 Mix)
- Wicked Annabella
- Susannah's Still Alive*
- 20th Century Man
- Sitting By the Riverside
Side 4:
Despair turns to elation as journeyman overcomes his fear. Reunites with old friends
- New Victoria Suite - Everybody's a Star (Starmaker) (Live, 2023 Mix)**
- New Victoria Suite - Slum Kids (Live, 2023 Mix)**
- New Victoria Suite - (A) Face in the Crowd (Live, 2023 Mix)**
- Holiday Romance
- Big Sky
- God's Children
*By Dave Davies
**Previously Unreleased Version
