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| From | "Stewart Mason" <craigtorso@verizon.net> |
| Subject | Re: Get the Kinks Out |
| Date | Fri, 10 Dec 2004 16:25:02 -0500 |
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From: <jchasin@nyc.rr.com>
> So, suppose you knew someone who has for the most part Kriminally
>neglected the Kinks Katalog. What albums would you Konsider
>essential?
>All eras acceptable.
If you're *really* starting from zero, there's a recent two-disc
budget comp called THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION that's the best
all-inclusive starting point I've ever seen, featuring almost all of
the most essential singles.
From there, most people are going to tell you to leap immediately to
VILLAGE GREEN PRESERVATION SOCIETY (and I do wonder if the HP "Picture
Book" ads are having a "Pink Moon" effect on this album's sales), but
personally, I think the single best starting point in the entire
catalogue is its immediate predecessor, SOMETHING ELSE BY THE KINKS.
It's a flat-out masterpiece that includes not one, not two, but *five*
of their all-time greatest songs: "David Watts," "Death of a Clown,"
"No Return," "Harry Rag" and "Waterloo Sunset." Start there, and then
go to VGPS, FACE TO FACE (the one before SOMETHING ELSE) and ARTHUR,
and then proceed from there in whichever direction you please.
S
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