The Kinks |
Dave Davies |
All songs credited to Davies are by Ray, unless preceeded by D (for brother Dave) |
Kinks Alpha Listing Complete title listing for UK/US 45s/EPs/LPs. |
Long Tall Sally¹ / I Took My Baby Home¹ Blackwell-Johnson-Little Richard (2:10) / Davies (1:46) Cameo 308, 4/64 |
You Still Want Me / You Do Something To Me Davies (1:59) / Davies (2:24) Pye 7N-15636 [UK], 4/64 |
You Really Got Me / It's Alright Davies (2:20) / Davies (2:35) Reprise 0306, 8/64 T20 #1 |
You Really Got Me | |
Reprise RS-6143 | |
12/64 BB [UK: 10/64] T20 | |
Side One | ||
Beautiful Delilah | Berry | 2:04 |
So Mystifying | Davies | 2:49 |
Just Can't Go To Sleep | Davies | 1:58 |
Long Tall Shorty | Abramson-Covay | 2:48 |
You Really Got Me | Davies | 2:13 |
Side Two | ||
Cadillac | McDaniel | 2:41 |
Bald Headed Woman | Trad | 2:41 |
Too Much Monkey Business | Berry | 2:14 |
I've Been Driving On Bald Mountain | Trad | 2:02 |
Stop Your Sobbin' | Davies | 2:05 |
Got Love If You Want It | Moore | 3:49 |
All Day And All Of The Night / I Gotta Move Davies (2:20) / Davies (2:24) Reprise 0334, 12/64 T20 T20 |
Tired Of Waiting For You / Come On Now Davies (2:30) / Davies (1:45) Reprise 0347, 3/65 T20 #1 |
Kinks-Size | |
Reprise RS-6158 | |
3/65 T20 [UK EP: 11/64] | |
Side One | ||
Tired Of Waiting For You | Davies | 2:30 |
Louie, Louie | Berry | 2:57 |
I've Got That Feeling | Davies | 2:45 |
Revenge | Davies-Page | 1:29 |
I Gotta Move | Davies | 2:24 |
Side Two | ||
Things Are Getting Better | Davies | 1:57 |
I Gotta Go Now | Davies | 2:54 |
I'm A Lover Not A Fighter | Miller | 2:03 |
Come On Now | Davies | 1:49 |
All Day And All Of The Night | Davies | 2:02 |
Set Me Free / I Need You Davies (2:10) / Davies (2:24) Reprise 0379, 5/65 BB T20 |
6/19/65: Academy of Music, New York Moody Blues were supposed to be there as well, but no visas |
Who'll Be The Next Line / Everybody's Gonna Be Happy Davies (1:59) / Davies (2:15) Reprise 0366, 7/65 BB |
Not Welcome Here Until You Behave In order for Brits to perform here, you need 2 things: a work Visa and the blessing of the American Federation Of Musicians. Ray, known to be puganious at times (on and off the stage), rilled up the ole boy AFM and they pulled their work permits after this brief tour/TV appearances. The Kinks wouldn't perform in concert in the US again until Oct 17-18, 1969 at the Fillmore East—4 years later. This was after Ray had to kiss the ring of the AFM in LA that spring. |
Kinda Kinks | |
Reprise RS-6173 | |
8/11/65 BB [UK: 3/65] T20 | |
Side One | ||
Look For Me Baby | Davies | 2:17 |
Got My Feet On The Ground | Davies-Davies | 2:14 |
Nothin' In The World Can Stop Me Worryin' 'Bout That Girl | Davies | 2:44 |
Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight | D Davies | 2:36 |
Set Me Free | Davies | 2:01 |
Side Two | ||
Everybody's Gonna Be Happy | Davies | 2:20 |
Dancing In The Street | Gaye-Stevenson | 2:25 |
Don't Ever Change | Davies | 1:49 |
So Long | Davies | 2:10 |
You Shouldn't Be Sad | Davies | 2:03 |
Something Better Beginning | Davies | 2:26 |
See My Friends / Never Met A Girl Like You Before Davies (2:44) / Davies (2:04) Reprise 0409, 9/65 T20 |
A Well Respected Man / Such A Shame Davies (2:38) / Davies (2:16) Reprise 0420, 10/65 T20 |
Kinkdom | |
Reprise RS-6184 | |
11/65 BB [UK EP: 9/65] | |
Side One | ||
A Well Respected Man | Davies | 2:38 |
Such A Shame | Davies | 2:16 |
Wait Till The Summer Comes Along | D Davies | 2:06 |
Naggin' Woman | Lester | 3:03 |
Never Met A Girl Like You Before | Davies | 2:05 |
See My Friends | Davies | 2:50 |
Side Two | ||
Who'll Be The Next In Line | Davies | 1:59 |
Don't You Fret | Davies | 2:42 |
I Need You | Davies | 3:30 |
It's All Right | Davies | 2:38 |
Louie Louie | Berry | 3:03 |
Till The End Of The Day / Where Have All The Good Times Gone? Davies (2:20) / Davies (2:49) Reprise 0454, 3/66 BB T20 |
Kontroversy | |
Reprise RS-6197 | |
3/30/66 BB [UK: 11/65] T20 | |
Side One | ||
Milk Cow Blues† | Arnold | 3:40 |
Ring The Bells† | Davies | 2:15 |
Gotta Get The First Plane Home | Davies | 1:43 |
When I See That Girl Of Mine | Davies | 2:08 |
I Am Free | D Davies | 2:26 |
Till The End Of The Day | Davies | 2:18 |
Side Two | ||
The World Keeps Going Round | Davies | 2:30 |
I'm On An Island | Davies | 2:13 |
Where Have All The Good Times Gone?† | Davies | 2:48 |
It's Too Late | Davies | 2:30 |
What's In Store For Me | Davies | 2:04 |
You Can't Win | Davies | 2:38 |
Dedicated Follower Of Fashion¹ / Sitting On My Sofa¹ Davies (2:59) / Davies-Davies (3:05) Reprise 0471, 4/66 BB T20 |
Sunny Afternoon / I'm Not Like Everybody Else¹ Davies (3:30) / Davies (3:29) Reprise 0497, 7/66 T20 #1 |
The Kinks Greatest Hits! Reprise RS-6217, 10/66 BB [UK: N/R] no unique tracks |
Dead End Street¹ / Big Black Smoke¹ Davies (3:20) / Davies (2:32) Reprise 0540, 12/66 BB T20 |
Note: From Face To Face on, US and UK albums tracks and artwork (with minor exception) are the same—no more brg notes!
Face To Face | |
Reprise RS-6228 | |
12/66 BB [UK: 10/66] T20 | |
Side One | ||
Party Line | D Davies | 2:35 |
Rosy Won't You Please Come Home | Davies | 2:34 |
Dandy | Davies | 2:12 |
Too Much On My Mind | Davies | 2:28 |
Session Man | Davies | 2:14 |
Rainy Day In June | Davies | 3:10 |
House In The Country | Davies | 3:03 |
Side Two | ||
Holiday In Waikiki | Davies | 2:52 |
Most Exclusive Residence For Sale | Davies | 2:48 |
Fancy | Davies | 2:30 |
Little Miss Queen Of Darkness | Davies | 3:16 |
You're Looking Fine | Davies | 2:46 |
Sunny Afternoon | Davies | 3:36 |
I'll Remember | Davies | 2:27 |
Mr Pleasant¹ / Harry Rag Davies (3:00) / Davies (2:17) Reprise 0587, 5/67 BB |
Waterloo Sunset / Two Sisters Davies (3:15) / Davies (2:03) Reprise 0612, 7/67 T20 |
Death Of A Clown / Love Me Till The Sun Shines Davies-D Davies (3:01) / D Davies (3:15) Reprise 0614, 8/67 T20 |
The Live Kinks | |
Reprise RS-6260 | |
8/16/67 BB [UK: 1/68] | |
Side One | ||
All Day And All Of The Night† | Davies | 3:20 |
A Well Respected Man | Davies | 2:25 |
You're Lookin' Fine | Davies | 3:03 |
Sunny Afternoon | Davies | 4:40 |
Dandy | Davies | 1:43 |
Side Two | ||
I'm On An Island | Davies | 2:53 |
Come On Now | Davies | 2:28 |
You Really Got Me | Davies | 2:26 |
Medley: Milk Cow Blues/Batman Theme/Tired Of Waiting For You |
Estes/Hefti/Davies | 8:30 |
Note: April 1967, Kelvin Hall, Glasgow, Scotland
† is actually Till The End Of The Day (WB oopsie)
Autumn Almanac¹ / David Watts Davies (3:05) / Davies (2:27) Reprise 0647, 11/67 T20 |
Susannah's Still Alive¹ / Funny Face D Davies (2:20) / D Davies (2:13) Reprise 0660, 1/68 T20 |
Something Else | |
Reprise RS-6279 | |
1/68 BB RS500 [UK: 9/67] UK | |
Side One | ||
David Watts | Davies | 2:32 |
Death Of A Clown | R Davies-D Davies | 3:04 |
Two Sisters | Davies | 2:01 |
No Return | Davies | 2:03 |
Harry Rag | Davies | 2:16 |
Tin Soldier Man | Davies | 2:49 |
Situation Vacant | Davies | 3:16 |
Side Two | ||
Love Me Till The Sun Shines | D Davies | 3:16 |
Lazy Old Sun | Davies | 2:48 |
Afternoon Tea | Davies | 3:27 |
Funny Face | D Davies | 2:17 |
End Of The Season | Davies | 2:58 |
Waterloo Sunset | Davies | 3:15 |
Wonderboy¹ / Polly¹ Davies (2:47) / Davies (2:49) Reprise 0691, 5/68 UK |
Days¹ / She's Got Everything¹ Davies (2:51) / Davies (3:08) Reprise 0762, 7/68 T20 |
Lincoln County / There Is No Life Without Love D Davies (3:09) / Davies-D Davies (2:00) Pye 7N-17514 [UK], 8/68 |
Four More Respected Gentlemen [Not Released] | |
Reprise RS 6309 (assigned catalog number) | |
11/68 | |
Side One | ||
She's Got Everything (non LP B-side) | Davies | 3:08 |
Monica* | Davies | 2:13 |
Mr Songbird (European 12-track Village Green LP) | Davies | 2:24 |
Johnny Thunder* | Davies | 2:28 |
Polly (non LP B-side) | Davies | 2:49 |
Days (non LP B-side) | Davies | 2:51 |
Side Two | ||
Animal Farm* | Davies | 2:57 |
Berkeley Mews (UK 45) | Davies | 2:34 |
Picture Book* | Davies | 2:34 |
Phenomenal Cat* | Davies | 2:34 |
Misty Water (prev uniss) | Davies | 3:01 |
Note: Reprise was prepared to release this album instead of the original 12-track Village Green album. When the 15-track version was
prepared, this album was cancelled. *Tracks released on Village Green.
Album artwork was not created, this cover is from a promotional album Reprise sent out called Then Now And Inbetween.
It possibly could have been used for this LP instead.
Hold My Hand / Creeping Jean D Davies (3:15) / D Davies (3:12) Pye 7N-17678 [UK], 1/69 |
The Village Green Preservation Society | |
Reprise RS-6327 | |
1/69 RS500 [UK: 11/68] | |
Side One | ||
The Village Green Preservation Society | Davies | 2:45 |
Do You Remember Walter? | Davies | 2:23 |
Picture Book | Davies | 2:34 |
Johnny Thunder | Davies | 2:28 |
Last Of The Steam-Powered Trains | Davies | 4:03 |
Big Sky | Davies | 2:49 |
Sitting By The Riverside | Davies | 2:21 |
Side Two | ||
Animal Farm | Davies | 2:57 |
Village Green | Davies | 2:08 |
Starstruck | Davies | 2:18 |
Phenomenal Cat | Davies | 2:34 |
All Of My Friends Were There | Davies | 2:23 |
Wicked Annabella | Davies | 2:40 |
Monica | Davies | 2:13 |
People Take Pictures Of Each Other | Davies | 2:10 |
Note: Early (European and Asian) releases of this album had only 12 tracks (see note)
What, no BB chart #? Nope, this best ever Kinks recording failed to chart here (or in the UK) upon intial release. Go figure!
Starstruck / Picture Book Davies (2:26) / Davies (2:36) Reprise 0806, 1/69 |
Plastic Man¹ / King Kong¹ Davies (3:04) / Davies (3:23) Reprise 0743, 4/69 UK |
Peter Quaife calls it a day... replaced by John Dalton
Village Green Preservation Society / Do You Remember Walter? Davies (2:45) / Davies (2:23) Reprise 0847, 7/69 |
Arthur (Or The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire) | |
Reprise RS-6366 | |
10/10/69 BB [UK: 10/69] | |
Side One | ||
Victoria | Davies | 3:37 |
Yes Sir, No Sir | Davies | 3:42 |
Some Mother's Son | Davies | 3:22 |
Drivin' | Davies | 3:15 |
Brainwashed | Davies | 2:30 |
Australia | Davies | 6:40 |
Side Two | ||
Shangri-La | Davies | 5:17 |
Mr Churchill Says | Davies | 4:40 |
She's Bought A Hat Like Princess Marina | Davies | 3:05 |
Young And Innocent Days | Davies | 3:20 |
Nothing To Say | Davies | 3:07 |
Arthur | Davies | 5:20 |
Note: Originally written for a Granada TV special that got to the filming stage before being cancelled.
Liner notes for the UK release by Geoffrey Cannon and Julian Mitchell; for the US issue, it was John Mendelsohn.
Dramatized Version
For the 50th anniversary, BBC Radio presented a dramatization of Arthur, which explains a lot ( |
Victoria / Brainwashed Davies (3:37) / Davies (2:31) Reprise 0863, 10/69 BB UK |
The Big Ball, 3/70 Previously unreleased track: When I Turn Out The Living Room Light |
Lola² / Mindless Child Of Motherhood¹ Davies (4:06) / D Davies (3:07) Reprise 0939, 7/70 T20 T20 |
Lola Versus Powerman And The Moneygoround, Part One | |
Reprise RS-6423 | |
11/70 BB [UK: 11/70] | |
Side One | ||
Introduction | - | :40 |
The Contenders | Davies | 2:00 |
Strangers | D Davies | 3:20 |
Denmark Street | Davies | 2:03 |
Get Back In The Line | Davies | 3:05 |
Lola | Davies | 4:05 |
Top Of The Pops | Davies | 3:40 |
The Moneygoround | Davies | 1:42 |
Side Two | ||
This Time Tomorrow | Davies | 3:20 |
A Long Way From Home | Davies | 2:30 |
Rats | D Davies | 2:40 |
Apeman | Davies | 3:53 |
Powerman | Davies | 4:19 |
Got To Be Free | Davies | 2:58 |
Apeman / Rats Davies (3:55) / D Davies (2:42) Reprise 0979, 12/70 BB T20 |
Percy(3/3/71) | |
Includes 4 unique Kinks tracks on the soundtrack album |
God's Children¹ / The Way Love Used To Be¹ Davies (3:12) / Davies (2:11) Reprise 1017, 4/71 |
Hot Platters, 9/71 From a work-in-progress (that never showed up): Animals In The Zoo |
Muswell Hillbillies | |
RCA LPS-4644 | |
11/24/71 BB [UK: 11/71] | |
Side One | ||
20th Century Man | Davies | 5:50 |
Acute Schizophrenia Paranoia Blues | Davies | 3:29 |
Holiday | Davies | 2:36 |
Skin & Bone | Davies | 3:36 |
Alcohol | Davies | 3:30 |
Complicated Life | Davies | 4:00 |
Side Two | ||
Here Come The People In Grey | Davies | 3:45 |
Have A Cuppa Tea | Davies | 3:37 |
Holloway Jail | Davies | 2:22 |
Oklahoma, U.S.A. | Davies | 2:35 |
Uncle Son | Davies | 2:30 |
Muswell Hillbilly | Davies | 4:55 |
The Kinks rate two Post 71 Extras! |
First up is the spring 72 double-lp annotated by that Konsumate Kinks Konnoisseur, John Mendelsohn (full liner notes here ). Besides some familiar hits, there are B-sides galore. This was followed a year later by The Great Lost Kinks Album (more rarities and a copy of which you should have on your shelf, too). Next up is a half live/half studio release. The live stuff (from March 72 at Carnegie Hall) is pretty good, and the studio side contains songs about life on the road. It also features the classic Celluloid Heroes (the prime reason for its being here). |
The Kink Kronikles | |
Reprise 2XS-6454 | |
3/72 BB RS500 [UK: N/R] | |
Side One | ||
Victoria | Davies | 3:37 |
The Village Green Preservation Society | Davies | 2:45 |
Berkeley Mews(UK 45) | Davies | 2:34 |
Holiday In Waikiki | Davies | 2:43 |
Willesden Green(from Percy soundtrack) | Davies | 2:23 |
This Is Where I Belong(UK 45) | Davies | 2:23 |
Waterloo Sunset | Davies | 3:15 |
Side Two | ||
David Watts | Davies | 2:29 |
Deadend Street(non-LP 45) | Davies | 3:20 |
Shangri-La | Davies | 5:17 |
Autumn Almanac(non-LP 45) | Davies | 3:05 |
Sunny Afternoon | Davies | 4:40 |
Get Back In Line | Davies | 3:05 |
Did You See His Name?(prev unr) | Davies | 1:55 |
Side Three | ||
Fancy | Davies | 2:25 |
Wonderboy(non-LP 45) | Davies | 2:47 |
Apeman | Davies | 3:53 |
King Kong(non-LP 45) | Davies | 3:22 |
Mr Pleasant(non-LP 45) | Davies | 3:00 |
God's Children(from Percy soundtrack) | Davies | 3:12 |
Death Of A Clown | Davies-D Davies | 3:03 |
Side Four | ||
Lola | Davies | 4:06 |
Mindless Child Of Motherhood(non-LP 45) | D Davies | 3:07 |
Polly(non-LP 45) | Davies | 2:47 |
Big Black Smoke(non-LP 45) | Davies | 2:32 |
Susannah's Still Alive(non-LP 45) | D Davies | 2:20 |
She's Got Everything(non-LP 45) | Davies | 3:05 |
Days(non-LP 45) | Davies | 2:50 |
Everybody's in Show-Biz | |
RCA Victor VPS-6065 | |
8/25/72 BB [UK: 9/2/72] | |
Side One | ||
Here Comes Yet Another Day | Davies | 3:57 |
Maximum Consumption | Davies | 4:02 |
Unreal Reality | Davies | 3:32 |
Hot Potatoes | Davies | 3:31 |
Sitting In My Hotel | Davies | 3:24 |
Side Two | ||
Motorway | Davies | 3:29 |
You Don't Know My Name | D Davies | 2:35 |
Supersonic Rocket Ship | Davies | 3:30 |
Look A Little On The Sunny Side | Davies | 2:48 |
Celluloid Heroes | Davies | 6:20 |
Side Three | ||
Top Of The Pops | Davies | 4:30 |
Brainwashed | Davies | 2:59 |
Mr Wonderful | Bock-Holofcener-Weiss | 0:43 |
Acute Schizophrenia Paranoia Blues | Davies | 3:56 |
Holiday | Davies | 3:51 |
Side Four | ||
Muswell Hillbilly | Davies | 3:49 |
Alcohol | Davies | 5:20 |
Banana Boat Song | trad | 1:07 |
Skin And Bone | Davies | 3:59 |
Baby Face | Akst-Davis | 1:55 |
Lola | Davies | 1:40 |
Note: Side 1 & 2 are studio recordings
Side 3 & 4 are live recordings [March 2, 1972, Carnegie Hall, New York—uncredited]
Ray began writing concept albums, Preservation, Soap Opera, and Schoolboys In Disgrace. Returned to hit makers in the late 70s with Streetwalker and Misfits. Ray performs solo these days, with constant rumours of a reformed Kinks never materializing. |