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1964 debut album from one of the world’s greatest and most successful rock bands, featuring a mixture of popular R&B covers and the band’s own compositions. Features the US Top 10 (UK No.1) chart hit “You Really Got Me,” the group’s third single, written by Ray Davies and builtaround a heavy guitar riff played by Dave Davies. The distorted guitar power chords on the track are credited by many as having invented the heavy rock and punk sound, with the song’s lyrics being described by Dave as “a love song for street kids.” “You Really Got Me” was the Kinks’ breakthrough hit, establishing them as one of the top British Invasion acts in the United States, and reaching number seven there later in the year. The album also includes rocking renditions of the R&B standards “Got Love If You Want It,” “Too Much Monkey Business,” “Cadillac” and “Stop Your Sobbing,” a later hit by The Pretenders. KINKS

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Record LabelSntu, Sanctuary Records

UPC4050538813081

eBay Product ID (ePID)20054881705

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FormatRecord

Release Year2022

GenreRock

ArtistKinks

Release TitleKinks

Dimensions

Item Height0.28 in

Item Weight0.58 lb

Item Length12.44 in

Item Width12.26 in

Additional Product Features

Number of Tracks14

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States

Tracks1.1 Beautiful Delilah 1.2 So Mystifying 1.3 Just Can't Go to Sleep (Mono Mix) 1.4 Long Tall Shorty (Stereo Version) 1.5 I Took My Baby Home (Stereo) 1.6 I'm a Lover Not a Fighter 1.7 You Really Got Me (Mono Mix) 2.1 Cadillac 2.2 Bald Headed Woman 2.3 Revenge (Mono Mix) 2.4 Too Much Monkey Business 2.5 I've Been Driving on Bald Mountain 2.6 Stop Your Sobbing 2.7 Got Love If You Want It (Mono Mix)

Number of Discs1

NotesAfter a couple of failed singles in the UK, the Kinks unleashed their trademark sound on the classic 'You Really Got Me' and helped launch thousands of garage bands across the country in the mid-sixties. With the success of You Really Got Me', the Kinks were rushed into the studio to record this, their first full length album from 1964. As such, fewer than half of the songs are Ray Davies originals. But among those is the classic 'Stop Your Sobbing'. The covers are typical of other r'n'b-influenced groups of the period like the Rolling Stones. The Kinks work through respectable versions of Chuck Berry's 'Too Much Monkey Business' and 'Beautiful Delilah', as well as bluesman Slim Harpo's 'Got Love if you Want it'.

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