The Kinks Dedicated Kinks UK 1966 7" E.P. Pye Recs
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The Kinks Dedicated Kinks UK 1966 7” E.P. Pye Records Catalogue Number NEP 24258, Tracklisting Dedicated Follower of Fashion/Till The End of the day/See My Friends/Set Me Free, "Dedicated Kinks," released in July 1966, offered four of the group's hit singles. The earliest, "Set Me Free" (No. 9/May '65) was over a year old. Slower in tempo than many of its predecessors and somehow more vulnerable, the song remains unfairly under-rated. It was followed in July by "See My Friends" (No. 10/August '65), the Kinks' most radical, experimental record to date. Constructed to imply pop's concurrent flirtation with all things Eastern, the drone effect merely heightened the air of mystery the song astutely cultivated. Ray never sounded more vulnerable, nor so distant. "Till the End ofthe Day" (No. 8/December '65), by contrast, bursts into life, reclaiming the "old" Kinks' charm with an almost uncontrolled excitement.
The final song was "Dedicated Follower Of Fashion" (No. 4/March '66), which took Ray's pithy observations out from the middle class and into the King's Road. This swipe at dandy foppishness was tied to a tune so memorable that it both satirised and celebrated an era. It justifiably confirmed the composer's place as one of Britian's leading songwriters. Sleeve VG++ Record VG++, P&P UK £1.20 Overseas at cost
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