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n June last year, Ray Davies hinted that a new Kinks album with his brother Dave and drummer Mick Avory could be on the cards.
In a video interview with Channel 4 at the time Ray said: “The trouble is, the two remaining members, my brother Dave and Mick never really got along very well. But I made that work in the studio – it fired me up to make them play harder and with fire.
“So if I can recapture those moments… I’ve got some great Kinks tunes in my head.”
And in a new interview with Rolling Stone, Dave has given further insight into what the pair have been up to recently.
He says: “The songs are really just in demo form now – but good demos. Ray is still dissecting various other material we might use. The intention is to get the work out, but it’s not a done deal.”
They’ve also been working on the 50th anniversary edition of their Arthur (Or The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire) album which is pencilled in for an October release.
Dave says: “That’s virtually done. It’s a really interesting package that’s going to have other songs from that time period like my solo track Hold My Hand.”
In bringing the package together, Dave reports they’ve stumbled across many other songs in their archive which have never been released but admits that some of it “needs a bit of work.”
Rolling Stone say that Ray has been adding touches to some of those older tracks while also working on new material, while Avory drums on a selection of songs, with the trio joined in the studio by bassist Bob Henrit.
As for a possible tour, Dave says: “It’s not out of the question. But at this stage, it’s far too early to say. It would be fun though, wouldn’t it?”
Speculation about a possible Kinks reunion was thought more likely in recent years after Ray made a guest appearance at Dave’s solo show in December 2015, performing the classic track You Really Got Me.
The pair had previously ended their two-decade feud by meeting and playing music together in 2014, which came after the death of original bassist Pete Quaife in 2010.
Jim Rodford who played bass with the band until 1996 died at the age of 76 last year.
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- The Kinks - Golden Hour Of The Kinks - 1st - Purple - UK - vinyl LP - £20.00, $25.00, €23.40 (New Item) (arrived 23-Apr-2024 08:58)on May 4, 2024 at 10:01 pm
THE KINKS Golden Hour Of The Kinks (1971 UK 20-track LP compilation pressed on translucent purple vinyl [visible when held to the light], including Dedicated Follower Of Fashion, Autumn Almanac & You Really Got Me, embossed picture sleeve. Thes leeve shows some light edgewear, whilst the vinyl appears barely played GH501)
- The Kinks - Kinda Kinks: Deluxe Edition - Sealed - UK - 2-CD album set - £19.99, $24.99, €23.39 (New Item) (arrived 18-Jan-2024 13:34)on May 4, 2024 at 10:01 pm
THE KINKS Kinda Kinks (Sealed 2011 UK/EU Deluxe Edition double CD set comprising a 12-track remastered CD issue of their MONO 1965 second studio album including the single Tired Of Waiting For You plus a Bonus 23-track CD featuring previously unreleased material, alternative versions & BBC sessions. Complete with a picture booklet designed by award winning art director Phil Smee, containing rare & previously unreleased images from the era, the fold-out digipak picture sleeveremains factory sealed with the clear plastic slipcase, mint & unplayed)
- The Kinks - Kinda Kinks - Test Pressing - US - vinyl LP - £75.00, $93.75, €87.75 (New Item) (arrived 28-Aug-2023 09:59)on May 4, 2024 at 10:01 pm
THE KINKS Kinda Kinks (Test Pressing for the 2015 US MONO issue of their 12-track LP from 1965, digitally remastered & cut from the original analogue tapes by Kevin Gray, pressed on 180gram Vinyl. The studio labels are simply annotated one side & the record is housed in a die-cut red sleeve. The vinyl is Near Mint BMG14049V)
- The Kinks - The Anthology 1964-1971 [Blu-Spec 2] - Japanese - cd album box set - £199.99, $249.99, €233.99 (Back In Stock) (arrived 13-Sep-2023 13:55)on May 4, 2024 at 10:01 pm
THE KINKS The Anthology 1964-1971 (50th Anniversary 2014 Japanese limited edition 140-track 5-CD set, digitally remastered for Blu-Spec 2 - an audio CD format using Blu-Ray technology, playable on all CD players - complete with a bonus 7" vinyl single featuring previously unreleased live versions of You Really Got Me and Milk Cow Blues. With 25 previously unreleased recordings and 100 newly remastered songs, featuring all their hit singles, rare demos, live recordings, alternate mixes, outtakes and interviews. Housed inside a fold-out sleeve with 42-page booklet featuring exclusive liner notes, artists quotes and unseen photographs, plus a separate booklet with Japanese text & lyrics. The 7" has a card picture sleeve and a replica of the Japanese picture insert. All contained within an 8" x 8" slipcase box, with obi-strip. Recommended)
- The Kinks - Muswell Hillbillies & Everybody's In Showbiz - Everybody's A Star - 50th Anniversary Edition - UK - cd album box set - £94.99, $118.74, €111.14 (New Item) (arrived 28-Sep-2023 15:02)on May 4, 2024 at 10:01 pm
THE KINKS Muswell Hillbillies & Everybody's In Showbiz - Everybody's A Star (2022 UK compilation box set comprising 4 x CDs & 6 x LPs, Blu-ray, an 52-page hardback book, 'London Roots Map', 6 gossy Kinks photos, and a bespoke metal/enamelKinks RCA era pin-badge, lovingly presented in a 12" lid-opening box. The outer slipcase box displays some minor general wear mainly to back whilst all content remains in a 'near as new' condition)
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