Kevin Gray Face To Face Kinks Vinyl

It is their first album consisting entirely of ray davies compositions and has also been regarded by critics as rock s first concept album.

Kevin gray face to face kinks vinyl.

You cannot go wrong with this or the rest of the kinks reissues however you have to really be careful because over the years there have been so many reissues of this catalog you could end up with the wrong one. View credits reviews tracks and shop for the 2015 vinyl release of face to face on discogs. It s clear in retrospect that many artists from the 60s rock era were rocking only because that s what the times demanded. Read honest and unbiased product reviews from our users.

I compared it to uk pye originals and found it sounds even better. Kevin gray mastered this using the original uk pye records master tapes. It is the home for the legendary pre summer of love hit sunny afternoon the reissue sounds real good on shiny new 180 gram black vinyl put out by bmg sanctuary records. Like another side of bob dylan and the beatles rubber soul face to face marks the beginning of the kinks classic period.

Face to face is a great listen start to finish and is sort of the kinks rubber soul or revolver in terms of songwriting full album experience wonderment. This version is the only european one to be mastered from the analogue tapes the other one is from a digital source. From here on kinks records would become more than collections of songs they d become coherent frames whose material added up to a complete perspective. Plus we have kevin gray on board.

After an exhausting reading on s. Face to face is the fourth studio album by the english rock band the kinks released in october 1966 the album marked a shift from the hard driving style of beat music that had catapulted the group to international acclaim in 1964. 2015 re issue mono vinyl. Cut from analog by kevin gray.

The fourth kinks album was the first on which ray davies removes his hard rock shell. Ray davies was one of them. Kevin gray at cohearent mastering. I compared it to uk pye originals and found it sounds even better.