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Recorded on May 9, 1970, at Morgan Studio 1 in Willesden, north-west London, Lola remains one of The Kinks best-loved and most iconic songs.
The Ray Davies-penned track supposedly tells of a romance between a young man and a transgender person whom he meets in a club in Soho. Considered daring and provocative upon its release in June 1970, the song actually began life as a soothing lullaby for Davies’s daughter Victoria, to amuse her while he was away from home, on tour. According to Davies, it was based on real events, specifically a dance he was asked to share with a beautiful “woman” when The Kinks played an all-nighter at Bridlington’s Spa Royal Hall on May 8, 1965.
“I was asked to dance by somebody who was a fabulous looking woman,” he recalled. I said, ‘No thank you.’ And she went in a cab with my manager straight afterwards. It’s based on personal experience. But not every word.”
The single originally peaked at number 2 in the UK, and number 9 in the US.
This new remaster will emerge on the multi-format, 50th anniversary, Lola Versus Powerman album to be released via BMG, on December 11.
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- The Kinks - How Are You - Music Week Single - UK - 7" vinyl - Promo - £12.00, $14.88, €13.68 (New Item) (arrived 31-Jan-2023 09:15)on January 31, 2023 at 4:44 pm
THE KINKS How Are You (1986 UK promotional vinyl 7" originally only available with copies of 'Music Week' magazine, issued to promote the 'Think Visual' album, also including The Video Shop. Issued in the unique custom glossy flipback picturesleeve, the vinyl remains in excellent condition LONFL119)
- The Kinks - Something Else By The Kinks - Sealed - UK - vinyl LP - £24.99, $30.99, €28.49 (New Item) (arrived 01-Dec-2022 16:16)on January 31, 2023 at 4:44 pm
THE KINKS Something Else By The Kinks (2022 UK/EU limited edition 13-track Heavyweight Vinyl LP reissue of their 1967 fifth studio album including the singles Waterloo Sunset, Death Of A Clown and Love Me Till The Sun Shines. The vinyl is UNPLAYED housed in the sealed & hype-stickered picture sleeve) #Top 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time
- The Kinks - Part 1. Lola Versus Powerman And The Moneygoround - UK - vinyl LP - £79.99, $99.19, €91.19 (New Item) (arrived 06-Oct-2022 12:38)on January 31, 2023 at 4:44 pm
THE KINKS Part 1. Lola Versus Powerman And The Money Go Round (1998 UK issue 13-track LP pressed on 180 Gram Vinyl in Italt, an album full of the Kinks trademark classic pop, including the legendary 'Lola' and 'Apeman'. Housed in a gatefold picture sleeve still in the hype stickered heavy duty clear PVC dust cover, and remains in a 'near as new' condition)
- The Kinks - Everybody's In Show-Biz - Everybody's A Star - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £75.00, $93.00, €85.50 (New Item) (arrived 13-Oct-2022 14:37)on January 31, 2023 at 4:44 pm
THE KINKS Everybody's In Show-Biz - Everybody's A Star (1972 UK 21-track Stereo double LP featuring studio & live tracks recorded at Carnegie Hall, New York, complete with lyric insert, gatefold picture sleeve The sleeve shows just a little light shelfwear with a little edge scuffing & the vinyl looks rarely played DPS2035)
- The Kinks - Face To Face - 1st - Stereo - G/EX - UK - vinyl LP - £125.00, $155.00, €142.50 (New Item) (arrived 25-Oct-2022 15:14)on January 31, 2023 at 4:44 pm
THE KINKS Face To Face (Very rare original 1966 UK 14-track stereo vinyl LP, apparently only pressed for export, front laminated flipback picture sleeve for the mono edition. The sleeve [G] has been through the wars with a point of laminate loss to the openeing edge & some notable general wear with discolouration to the reverse. The vinyl has only a few light spindle marks on the labels and light cosmetic marks from play leaving it a nice Excellent - you take the rough with the smooth on this copy, but it has condition where it counts! NSPL18149)
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