The Kinks - The Songs We Sang for Auntie: BBC Sessions 1964-1977

Primary Artist
The Kinks
Album Title
The Songs We Sang for Auntie: BBC Sessions 1964-1977
Release Date
March 6, 2001 
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Review by Jack Rabid, The Big Takeover
Is it possible that the early Kinks could be even rawer and more exciting in BBC halls than on their known Pye Records recordingsNULL Sometimes yes, otherwise very nearly. A few of these -- notably a breathless rave-up of Bo Diddley's "Cadillac" -- are indeed even more spark-ridden than the LP versions. Most of the merely curious will delight in new looks at the punishing stomp of the original blockbuster 1964 hits "You Really Got Me" and "All Day and All the Night." Likewise, this is like hearing "Tired of Waiting," "Till the End of the Day," "Days," and a faster-paced "Love Me 'Til the Sun Shines" for the first time, the feeling is still so powerful in such fresh looks at seminal creations. Read More