The KINKS Lola Versus Powerman V Rare Orig 1970 UK Blue Pye LP Beat Pop Psych

	£		52
	$		69

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The Kinks

Part 1 Lola Versus Powerman And The Moneygoround

Very Rare original UK LP released on Pye Records in 1970. 1st UK pressing on the Blue Pye label, comes in a gatefold sleeve.

Matrix No's

Side One - NSPL 18359 A-1

Side Two - NSPL 18359 B-3

"Lola" gave the Kinks an unexpected hit and its crisp, muscular sound, pitched halfway between acoustic folk and hard rock, provided a new style for the band. However, the song only hinted at what its accompanying album Lola vs. the Powerman & the Money-Go-Round, Pt. 1 was all about. It didn't matter that Ray Davies just had his first hit in years -- he had suffered greatly at the hands of the music industry and he wanted to tell the story in song. Hence, Lola -- a loose concept album about Ray Davies' own psychosis and bitter feelings toward the music industry. Davies never really delivers a cohesive story, but the record holds together because it's one of his strongest set of songs. Dave Davies contributes the lovely "Strangers" and the appropriately paranoid "Rats," but this is truly Ray' show, as he lashes out at ex-managers (the boisterous vaudevillian "The Moneygoround"), publishers ("Denmark Street"), TV and music journalists (the hard-hitting "Top of the Pops"), label executives ("Powerman"), and, hell, just society in general ("Apeman," "Got to Be Free"). If his wit wasn't sharp, the entire project would be insufferable, but the album is as funny as it is angry. Furthermore, he balances his bile with three of his best melancholy ballads: "This Time Tomorrow," "A Long Way From Home," and the anti-welfare and union "Get Back in Line," which captures working-class angst better than any other rock song. These songs provide the spine for a wildly unfocused but nonetheless dazzling tour de force that reveals Ray's artistic strengths and endearing character flaws in equal measure.

 

TRACKS ARE :-

Side One

1. The Contenders
2. Strangers
3. Denmark Street
4. Get Back In Line
5. Lola
6. Top Of The Pops
7. The Moneygoround

Side Two

1. This Time Tomorrow
2. A Long Way From Home
3. Rats
4. Apeman
5. Powerman
6. Got To Be Free

 

• Released on Pye Records in 1970

• Catalogue Number NSPL 18359

• Record is in Ex condition (couple of light surface marks)

• Sleeve is in Ex condition

 

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