Comments for Kinks, the, The Great Lost Kinks Album

The date given for the release of this album is wrong. It came out early in 1973 -- February, I think. And for an album assembled from flop singles, B-sides and outtakes, it's pretty damn good, too.

A very hard to find but excellent record of the Kinks. It is a record which contains their best lyrics.

Yes, for an album of B sides and obscure relics, it IS pretty good, with the exception of a few real stinkers (When I Turn Out the Living Room Light, for example). But the whole album is worth listening to, if only to hear Dave sing in Groovy Movies and play Byrds-like guitar on that other song (dang! what was it's name?). A great album for obscure-material collectors.

PLEASE - someone tell me where i can find these songs, in any form. what i wouldn't give. it's such a horrible continued injustice (to the kinks and to their many obsessive fans) not to make this work more available. i think it's wonderful that there are so many people who feel as compelled to express kinky feelings as i do.

If you dreamed that by some miracle there was some hidden Something Else or Face to Face out there, then your prayers have been answered. Just to hear Dave screaming in the background of Misty Water will have you in Kink heaven alone. Ray''s song craftmanship and power of perception are at a stunning peak, effecting dancing one minute, crying the next, and finally shivers in the end. The katty Til Death Do Us Part, the poignant Where Did the Spring Go?, the satiric Plastic Man, the anthemic I''m Not Like Everybody Else, and the tongue-in-cheek When I Turn Off the Living Room Light all deserve to take their place as Kink gems from this golden era. And that''s just the start! No Kink Kollection would be complete without the haunting The Way Love Used to Be, and the first 20 seconds of Lavender Hill alone will get the Kink'' cultist happily through the roughest of times. Thanks Ray, Dave, Mick, and Pete for bringing so much beauty to the world. If anyone has trouble finding this drop me a line...

I can't believe this isn't a regular release. I heard Ray said it should stay lost. It's one of my top 5 Kinks albums. I've added Living Room Lights to my guitar repitoire. When I saw Ray at the Warfield, he had the whole crowd singing "I'm not like everybody else" in unison. I kept singing " I am". A classic Life of Brian moment.

Actually the album (The Great Lost Kinks Album) was released late Nov., early Dec., 1972. But everyone looks at 1973 as the official release date. I bought a bootleg (with the supposed Dave Davies' solo release) and it really sucks. Whoever did such a poor job in recreating the album should be flogged with a cat o' nine cds, it's that bad. I have since looked elsewhere for songs to recreate my own version. And what I've done so far is a whole lot better than that garbage someone is making money off of. Anyone that would like to create their own version can do so. It just takes time and money, because you will find that you may have to shell out some bucks for one CD that may have one or two songs. I will be happy to help anyone that would be that intent on having the GLKA.