THE KINKS, Something Else By the Kinks PYE 1st press A1 matrix STEREO UK EXC- LP

$

750

Kinks, The?– Something Else By The Kinks Label: Pye Records ?– NSPL 18193, Pye Records ?– NSPL.18193 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo Country: UK Released: 15 Sep 1967 Genre: Rock Style: Pop Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Mod Tracklist A1 David Watts A2 Death Of A Clown A3 Two Sisters A4 No Return A5 Harry Rag A6 Tin Soldier Man A7 Situation Vacant B1 Love Me Till The Sun Shines B2 Lazy Old Sun B3 Afternoon Tea B4 Funny Face B5 End Of The Season B6 Waterloo Sunset Credits Written-By– D. Davies* (tracks: A2, B1, B4), R. D. Davies* (tracks: A1 to A7, B2, B3, B5, B6) Notes First cat.nr. on cover, second on label. Stereo issues use the mono cover: a sticker with the NSPL prefix is glued over the NPL prefix on the back cover. Released on a plum Pye label in a ''flipback'' cover.

UK FIRST PRESSING STEREO HEAVY VINYL LP IN UNLAMINATED 'GARROD and LOFTHOUSE' FLIP-BACK SLEEVE WITH ORIGINAL POLY-LINED INNER SLEEVE. This disc is, thick, flat and deeply pressed - Pye cuttings of this era were excellently mastered and pressed, and this particular copy actually plays as great as it looks for once.

Ah, the Kinks...always playing third fiddle to the 'big' boys: the Beatles and the Stones - The Kinks and The Who seemed to hover one-step behind most of the time, perhaps they weren't on the 'right' labels - after all, EMI and Decca ruled the roost in Britain during the 1960s, whilst Pye and Reaction / Track were much smaller labels. To a certain degree, the Kinks still remain a best-kept secret of sorts. Ray Davies was probably the finest, wittiest, most observant and succinct British popular songwriter throughout the mid-1960s to the mid-1970s. His songs have a lasting quality, an in-built nostalgia for a time that probably never existed in the first place. The Kinks were the definitive 'singles band' - scoring hit after hit with clever, erudite and tuneful pop-rock songs. Even Davies' 'lower' hits, like 'Wonder Boy', were better than the biggest hits by lesser bands.

Oddly, the Kinks never seemed to transition into an 'albums band' despite some brilliant LPs, most of which either failed to chart, or only briefly at low positions. One such example was 'Something Else By the Kinks', which managed an almost apologetic appearance at #35 in the UK album chart.

Despite featuring two enormous hit singles, 'Waterloo Sunset' and 'Death of a Clown', the album was virtually ignored when it was released in 1967. It was not as majestic and outlandish as the Beatles' 'Sgt. Pepper', but musically it is just as good. Indeed, some of Davies' songs are vastly superior. Kinks albums like this, 'Face to Face' and 'Village Green', are hard to find in decent shape these days, let alone in as wonderful a condition as the copy we are proud to offer for sale. We rarely see copies of the stereo pressing, which is even rarer than the mono. This is definately one of the hardest to find Kinks UK albums.

You may just be able to find a better copy than the vinyl on this stereo copy, but tracking that down is going to be difficult. We believe that, for most Kinks fans, this stereo copy of 'Something Else' is probably the best one they will ever own. It would be a significant upgrade for nearly every serious fan who does own an original copy or has a battered copy. At this time in the 21st Century, it is becoming nigh-on impossible to find really clean copies of LPs like this by classic bands of the 1960s. Long gone are the charity/thrift shop/car boot/swap-meet finds of 20 years ago - these records, in this condition, only ever turn up in well-preserved record collections by serious collectors who, for one reason or another (divorce and down-sizing being the most frequent reasons) decide to sell up their decades of collecting. If you look after this copy, it should continue to increase in value as long as great 1960s British rock bands' records are collected.

MATRIX NUMBERS IN RUN-OFF GROOVES: KT tax codes both sides. SIDE A: NSPL 18193A-1 *F / SIDE B: NSPL 18193B-2 *M.

MOTHER No. SIDE A: 1 / SIDE B: 1

STAMPER No. SIDE A: H / SIDE B: J

SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+. SOME CORNER, SPINE, EDGE AND RING WEAR. A FEW LIGHT SCUFFS AND PEN MARK WITH SMALL TEAR MARK TOP RIGHT FRONT. STEREO STICKER ON REAR INTACT. A DECENT SLEEVE WITH SOME WEAR BUT BETTER THAN MOST. INNER SLEEVE IS VERY GOOD+.

DISC: EXCELLENT MINUS. NO SCRATCHES AND NO NOTICEABLE SPINDLE WEAR, THIS DISC DOES NOT LOOK PLAYED MUCH IF AT ALL. JUST A FEW BARELY NOTICEABLE HAIRLINES. THE MAGENTA AND BLACK PYE LABELS ARE SUPER-CLEAN ON BOTH SIDES. A SPLENDID PLAYING COPY, WITH DEEPLY PRESSED GROOVES THAT OFFER TRULY SUPERB STEREO AUDIO. NO SKIPS OR JUMPS, NO NOTICEABLE GROOVE WEAR, AND NO DETRIMENTAL SURFACE NOISES. WE DOUBT WE WILL EVER HAVE A STEREO DISC THIS GOOD FOR SALE AGAIN AND FEEL THAT IT SHOULD SATISFY ALL BUT A PERFECTIONIST.

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