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Long ago life was clean
Sex was bad and obscene
And the rich were so mean
Stately homes for the Lords
Croquet lawns, village greens
Victoria was my queen
Victoria, Victoria, Victoria, 'toria

I was born, lucky me
In a land that I love
Though I am poor, I am free
When I grow I shall fight
For this land I shall die
Let her sun never set
Victoria, Victoria, Victoria, 'toria
Victoria, Victoria, Victoria, toria

Land of hope and gloria
Land of my Victoria
Land of hope and gloria
Land of my Victoria
Victoria, 'toria
Victoria, Victoria, Victoria, 'toria

Canada to India
Australia to Cornwall
Singapore to Hong Kong
From the West to the East
From the rich to the poor
Victoria loved them all
Victoria, Victoria, Victoria, 'toria
Victoria, Victoria, Victoria

Yippeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee !!!

Absolutely best news for ages. And Pete Quaife too. Saw 'em the first time at the Rainbow in about 79. Great show but I always wanted the original 60s line up. Maybe we'll get Village Green in its entirety. We can but dream. In the meantime...

Great stuff!

...best news in ages!

I hope they get back together, but I don't see anything new in the article, just they same old stuff from Ray saying "I wish we would get back together but I don't know if Dave wants to."

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ohnonotyouagain
I hope they get back together, but I don't see anything new in the article, just they same old stuff from Ray saying "I wish we would get back together but I don't know if Dave wants to."

True, there's not much "new" there in so far as it's Ray once again stating "I wish, I wish etc", but perhaps the probability of it actually happening has inched slightly further forward ... don't know ? Either way, fingers crossed, because this is one of THE great bands I've never seen in their original form and I've long adored their music, so here's with the positive vibes for it coming to fruition !!

The Kinks in their mid-late '60s heyday were as good as any of their contemporaries. I'd love to see a Kinks reunion happen, but Dave doesn't appear to be interested.

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The Kinks have a 6CD box set coming out in early December with lots of (officially) unreleased stuff.

Here's the track listing and some blurb about it.

This is the first ever Kinks box set in the bands 40 year plus history. It has been compiled with the help of Ray Davies and contains over 100 tracks over 6 CD’s, around a third of which are unreleased or are new to CD.

Housed in a lift lid classic style box

Includes Six CDs, 60-Page Booklet With Ray Davies IntroThe Booklet: Contains interviews with all band members. Supplemented with rare photos / memorabilia / hand-written lyrics, Band etc.
Time Line / Diary Illustrated Discography by Doug Himen (rare album and singles covers)

Track Listing:
Disc 1 -
1. Brian Matthew Introduces The Kinks
2. You Really Got Me
3. I'm A Hog For You Baby
4. I Believed You
5. Long Tall Sally
6. I Don't Need You Anymore
7. Stop Your Sobbing
8. I Gotta Move
9. Don't Ever Let Me Go Demo
10. All Day And All Of The Night
11. Tired Of Waiting For You
12. Come On Now Outake with false start
13. There Is A New World Opening For Me Kassner Publishing Demo
14. Everybody's Gonna Be Happy
15. Who'll Be The Next In Line Demo
16. Time Will Tell
17. Set Me Free
18. I Need You
19. See My Friend
20. Wait Till The Summer Comes Along
21. I Go To Sleep
22. A Little Bit Of Sunlight Kassner Publishing Demo
23. This I Know Demo
24. A Well Respected Man
25. This Strange Effect
26. Milk Cow Blues
27. Ring The Bells
28. I'm On An Island
29. Till The End Of The Day
30. Where Have All The Good Times Gone
31. All Night Stand Demo
32. And I Will Love You
33. Sittin' On My Sofa

Disc 2
1. Dedicated Follower Of Fashion Alternate Stereo Take
2. She's Got Everything
3. Mr. Reporter Ray Vocal
4. Sunny Afternoon
5. I'm Not Like Everybody Else
6. This Is Where I Belong
7. Rosie Won't You Please Come Home
8. Too Much On My Mind
9. Session Man
10. End Of The Season
11. Dead End Street Alternate Version - early 1966
12. Village Green
13. Two Sisters
14. David Watts
15. Mr. Pleasant
16. Waterloo Sunset Mono Mix
17. Death Of A Clown
18. Lavender Hill
19. Good Luck Charm BBC Radio Recording
20. Autumn Almanac
21. Susannah's Still Alive
22. Animal Farm
23. Rosemary Rose
24. Berkeley Mews
25. Lincoln County
26. Picture Book
27. Days
28. Misty Water

Disc 3
1. Love Me Till The Sun Shines
2. The Village Green Preservation Society
3. Big Sky
4. King Kong
5. Drivin'
6. Some Mother's Son
7. Victoria
8. Shangri-La
9. Arthur
10. Got To Be Free
11. Lola Mono Single Version
12. Get Back In The Line
13. The Moneygoround
14. Strangers
15. Apeman
16. God's Children
17. The Way Love Used To Be
18. Moments
19. Muswell Hillbilly
20. Oklahoma USA
21. Twentieth Century Man
22. Here Come The People In Grey



Disc 4
1. Skin And Bone
2. Alcohol Live
3. Celluloid Heroes
4. Sitting in My Hotel
5. Supersonic Rocket Ship
6. You Don't Know My Name
7. One Of The Survivors
8. Sitting In The Midday Sun
9. Sweet Lady Genevieve
10. Daylight
11. Mirror Of Love
12. Artificial Man
13. Preservation US Single
14. Slum Kids Live
15. Holiday Romance
16. Face In The Crowd
17. No More Looking Back
18. Sleepwalker
19. The Poseur

Disc 5
1. Sleepless Night
2. Father Christmas
3. Misfits
4. A Rock 'N Roll Fantasy
5. Little Bit Of Emotion
6. Attitude
7. Hidden Quality
8. A Gallon of Gas
9. Catch Me Now I'm Falling
10. Nuclear Love
11. Duke
12. Maybe I Love You
13. Stolen Away Your Heart
14. Low Budget
15. Better Things
16. Destroyer
17. Yo-Yo
18. Art Lover
19. Long Distance

Disc 6
1. Heart of Gold
2. Come Dancing Demo Remix
3. State Of Confusion
4. Do It Again
5. Living On A Thin Line
6. Summer's Gone Extended Mix
7. How Are You
8. The Road
9. Million Pound Semi Detached
10. Down All The Days (To 1992)
11. The Informer
12. Phobia
13. Only A Dream
14. Drift Away
15. Scattered
16. Do You Remember Walter
17. To The Bone Demo



First Ever Kinks Box Set, Released December 1st on Universal
The Kinks return in December with ‘Picture Book’: the ultimate Kinks kollection. Compiled with the help of Ray Davies, ‘Picture Book’ is a six CD box set of rarities, live versions and classic originals celebrating one of one of Britain’s most successful and influential bands.
Featuring the songwriting genius of Ray Davies and the guitar virtuosity of brother Dave, hits like ‘You Really Got Me’, ‘Lola’, ‘Waterloo Sunset’, ‘All Day And All Of The Night’ and ‘Sunny Afternoon’ not only defined British cool in the sixties and seventies, but also cemented the band’s place in Rock ‘n’ Roll mythology. ‘Picture Book’ is the first ever Kinks box set, chronicling the band’s 40 year career over six chronologically-ordered CDs and one 60-page, full colour booklet. Each disc deals with a particular chapter in the band’s history, from their 1964 breakthrough onwards, while the booklet features a full retelling of the Kinks story penned by esteemed rock critic Peter Doggett.

The booklet also includes a personal introduction by Ray Davies, as well as a Kinks timeline and never before seen photos.
Beautifully packaged in a classic, lift-lid style box, ‘Picture Book’ features well over a hundred tracks - a third of which are previously unreleased or new to CD. These include: Rare Demos, Mono Versions and Alternate Mixes (inc. early demos recorded as The Ravens; mono single versions of ‘Waterloo Sunset’, ‘Lola’ & ‘Apeman’; and previously unreleased versions of ‘Dedicated Follower of Fashion’ and ‘Dead End Street’)
Archived BBC Television & Session Material (inc. a televised 1964 introduction by Brian Matthew, and session versions of ‘This Strange Effect’ and ‘Love Me Til The Sun Shines’) Live Renditions (inc. live versions of ‘Slum Kids’, ‘Alcohol’ & ‘Low Budget’)
All these feature alongside the classic originals, as ‘Picture Book’ revisits such classic albums as ‘The Kinks’, ‘Face To Face’, ‘The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society’ and ‘Arthur’.
(Universal)

Terrible band. Stop hoping for cash in reformations and find something new to listen to

agree with you 50% andy.

great band - but no more Arena/Stadium/stupid ticket price, reunions.

I'm fortunate, in that i get to see, one quarter of the original Kinks, play on a regular basis, in a pub environment.
(Mick Avory,Kast Off Kinks) That'll do for me.

Where are the Kast Off Kinks playing these days Adrian? I know their guitarist/singer Dave Clark from years ago when he worked with Noel Redding.

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Silver Dagger
Where are the Kast Off Kinks playing these days Adrian? I know their guitarist/singer Dave Clark from years ago when he worked with Noel Redding.

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This is great news, plus the Box set. Screw a Zeppelin reunion, BRING ON THE KINKS!

The box is a must-get.

Much like another Dave (Gilmour), the younger Davies brother has little interest in getting pushed around by a an irascible, dictatorial senior partner anymore, which bodes poorly for new Kink product. Hope I'm wrong.

The Kinks are a bunch of disgusting scum bags...that's why I love 'em!

Why can't these old bands just go away. Leave the music to the young ones. Dredging up the past w/these CD sets is OK, but Jesus Christ....

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HEILOOBAAS
Why can't these old bands just go away. Leave the music to the young ones. Dredging up the past w/these CD sets is OK, but Jesus Christ....

<<< Why can't these old bands just go away >>>

Jesus Christ WHAT ???? These "old bands" should be treasured, not so stupidly dismissed ... especially not ones as f***ing fantastic as the Kinks. Next thing you'll be suggesting is that those old farts the Rolling Stones hang it up ? Yeah right !!

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HEILOOBAAS
Why can't these old bands just go away. Leave the music to the young ones. Dredging up the past w/these CD sets is OK, but Jesus Christ....

<<< Why can't these old bands just go away >>>

Jesus Christ WHAT ???? These "old bands" should be treasured, not so stupidly dismissed ... especially not ones as f***ing fantastic as the Kinks. Next thing you'll be suggesting is that those old farts the Rolling Stones hang it up ? Yeah right !!

I think any band new,old, reunited, reformed, reinvited or whatever should be allowed to play and if anyone wants to go see them and they earn a few bob good for them but I do kinda see where Heiloobaas is coming from. The Police (as an example) were roundly pilloried by many on this site for having the temerity to reform and tour and more recently the possibility of Led Zeppelin rolling out again garnered scorn (tho' that one does seem to be teetering) so we can't expect everyone to go gaga over a possible Kinks reunion. Or Faces for that matter.

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HEILOOBAAS
Why can't these old bands just go away. Leave the music to the young ones.

You're posting this on a Rolling Stones board. That's funny!

spoke to one of the band, last night.

A full reunion is not at all likely to happen.

The feeling is a one-off reunion show, is very much a possibility,
but a full tour is considered a no-no.
Dave Davies' health and fitness, being the main consideration.

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE THE KINKS! Very unique, great little stories in their songs, totally British and witty as HELL! I'd wait all day in line for a great seat to their show! Saw Ray solo and it was one of my all-time best shows. I'm ready, got my dancin shoes on!

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LOVE, LOVE, LOVE THE KINKS! Very unique, great little stories in their songs, totally British and witty as HELL! I'd wait all day in line for a great seat to their show! Saw Ray solo and it was one of my all-time best shows. I'm ready, got my dancin shoes on!

<<< I'd wait all day in line for a great seat to their show! >>>

Me too, so see you "in line" somewhere sometime ... hopefully !!