The Kinks
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Now 50 Years Old 'The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society' Evokes An Arcadian Vision Of A Fast Disappearing England
When An Ideal For Living last spoke to Colin Blunstone he was preparing to head out with The Zombies on a world tour marking the 50th anniversary of their classic album Odessey And Oracle. Barely had he returned those dates, when he was out on the road again with his solo band, the UK leg of which kicks off on April 20. Oh, […]
In June 1967 five musicians went into London’s Abbey Road studios to record The Zombies‘ second album Odessey and Oracle. Though not an initial success, the record came to be regarded as one of the landmark albums of the late 1960s, right up there with The Beach Boys‘ Pet Sounds and The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper. Half a century later the surviving members of […]
“Thing is, I don’t give a fuck what you think you know about me. it’s meaningless. I don’t know you. The film didn’t show me speaking in a sentence with 23 words in it and making perfect sense, which i can obviously do quite well.” Anton Newcombe is responding to a question about the 2004 documentary Dig! which contrasted the fortunes […]
