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| From | rob@splitsville.com |
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| Date | Wed, 24 Jan 2007 17:55:40 -0500 |
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Evidently it was over Ray's woeful production of one of TR's early albums- mid 70's. They had signed to Davies label Konk.
>----- ------- Original Message ------- -----
>From: :audities@smoe.org
>To: audities@smoe.org
>Sent: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 17:29:45
>
>Curious. What was Ray's particular beef with Tom
>Robinson? Was it some Dylan/Donovan thing?
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: rob@splitsville.com
>To: audities@smoe.org; audities@smoe.org;
>audities@smoe.org
>Sent: 1/24/07 10:25 AM
>Subject: RE: Re: Kinks post Muswell Hillbililies
>
>Can't agree more about the live CD still being a
>gem. It really is a 'must have'. Great versions of
>the studio tracks- in fact, they pack much more of
>a punch in the live setting. And Ray's interactions
>with the crowds are fun.
>
>Interesting to note that in this period he was
>resurrecting older songs that had recently been
>covered by the Pretenders, the Jam, and the Fall
>(Stop Your Sobbing, David Watts and Victoria).
>Best of all is the great put down of Tom Robinson,
>"Prince of the Punks".
>
>The new upgraded CD sounds excellent, and it now
>includes '20th Century Man' which had been deleted
>from the original CD (that's for all you Muswell
>Hillbillies fans)
>
>>----- ------- Original Message ------- -----
>>From: :audities@smoe.org
>>To: audities@smoe.org
>>Sent: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 06:53:11
>>
>>I need to get the RCA albums -- I have Muswell,
>but
>>don't have Schoolboys,
>>Soap Opera and some of the others. As for the
>>Arista years -- I agree with
>>Rob 100% about Low Budget and Give the People What
>
>>They Want. Sleepwalker
>>and Misfits are pretty nice too. However, State
>Of
>>Confusion and Word Of
>>Mouth are a bit more blustery and just don't have
>>as many good songs. The
>>live album is still a gem.
>>
>>Both the RCA and Arista years are, thanks to Koch,
>
>>sold in bargain priced
>>(about $9.50 per disc) box sets.
>>
>>Mike Bennett
>>
>>
>>
>>Blog: http://blog.myspace.com/mrhonorama
>>Record reviews and more at http://fufkin.com
>>Find out about Chicago shows:
>>http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/chicagopopsho
>w
>>report/
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>From: rob@splitsville.com
>>>Reply-To: audities@smoe.org
>>>To: audities@smoe.org, audities@smoe.org,
>>audities@smoe.org
>>>Subject: RE: Re: Kinks post Muswell Hillbililies
>>>Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 06:35:44 -0500
>>>
>>>Schoolboys in Disgrace was a great album, as was
>>Low Budget, which really
>>>kick-started their arena come back in America.
>>>Sheeyit, I also love Give the People What They
>>Want. A lot of people got
>>>sick of Destroyer, but Killer's Eyes, A Little
>Bit
>>of Abuse, Art Lover, all
>>>fantastic. And the best of the lot is the lead
>>track, Around the Dial.
>>>
>>>Of course, a lot of Kinks fans hate this era, as
>>they got away from their
>>>quaint 'Britishness'. But I was about 13 when Low
>
>>Budget came out and saw
>>>the Kinks three times at the Providence Civic
>>Center during this late
>>>70's/early 80's period, and gobbled up everything
>
>>they put out.
>>>
>>> >----- ------- Original Message ------- -----
>>> >From: :audities@smoe.org
>>> >To: audities@smoe.org
>>> >Sent: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 17:22:50
>>> >
>>> >If you like Something Else and Village Green I
>>> >reckon you'd like Arthur.
>>> >----- Original Message -----
>>> >From: <bob_hutton@standardlife.com>
>>> >To: <audities@smoe.org>
>>> >Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 8:53 AM
>>> >Subject: Re: Kinks post Muswell Hillbililies
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >> Aaron .... I am a fan of the Kinks, but apart
>
>>> >from the odd single, I have
>>> >> no great need to hear anything they did after
>
>>> >Village Green. I have
>>> >> Muswell Hillbillies but can't recall
>listening
>>to
>>> >it more than once. Their
>>> >> stellar earlier output more than makes up for
>
>>it
>>> >though.
>>> >>
>>> >> Picked up my wife's mobile phone by mistake
>>today
>>> >(we have the same model)
>>> >> - her ringtone is Teenage Kicks - my wife has
>
>>> >good taste!
>>> >>
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