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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 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)
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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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