RE: (TV) Howdy / Kinks reissues

[bedwellm@WellsFargo.COM]

Hey, Phillip - 
	
	Thanks for the feedback. I was in Virgin yesterday and saw that "One
for the Road" had been re-issued with some video added to the disc. I then
noticed "Preservation..." I have always heard good things about this and
wanted some background info. 
	
	Thanks, again!

Micah 


-----Original Message-----
From: Philip P. Obbard [mailto:pobbard@yahoo.com]
Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2000 9:45 AM
To: tv@obbard.com
Subject: RE: (TV) Howdy / Kinks reissues


Hi Micah,

Which do you mean, the 60s reissues on Castle or the 70s/80s reissue on
Velvel?


I've got almost all of both, just missing a few of the mid-70s albums and
LIVE
AT KELVIN HALL from the 60s reissues. All in all, they are pretty nice -
although the music is much patchier in the 70s/80s, they (the Velvel
reissues)
are the better reissues in terms of packaging/liner notes/bonus material,
unearthing some great rarities (the original "Preservation" single, which is
better than both of the albums with the same name, both of the outtakes on
the
excellent MUSWELL HILLBILLIES, some of the extra stuff on SLEEPWALKER inc.
"Prince of the Punks", etc). 

The 60s reissues are pretty good too - several key albums are restored to
mono
(including VILLAGE GREEN PRESERVATION SOCIETY), and a few rarities and
alternate mixes are unearthed (including the entire 12-track stereo version
of
VILLAGE GREEN). My only major complaint is that they omitted a few key
tracks
(e.g., "She's Got Everything", "Did You See His Name?", and almost all of
the
stuff that first appeared on THE GREAT LOST KINKS ALBUM, like the VILLAGE
GREEN
outtakes "Misty Water", "Lavender Hill", and "Rosemary Rose", etc) for no
clear
reason - definitely not CD space. 

Also, for some reason, the US versions of the 60s reissues have NO bonus
material! Ack! I think there was a licensing problem, but fortunately, the
UK
versions are pretty common here.

If I had to name my favorite reissues across both series, I would choose:
FACE TO FACE (mono, some choice single tracks and rarities)
SOMETHING ELSE (mono, some choice single tracks and rarities)
MUSWELL HILLBILLIES (fantastic album all around, now with two good outtakes)

An honorable mention also goes to SLEEPWALKER, for including some good
outtakes
and "Prince of the Punks", even if it's not as strong an album all-around.

--Philip

--- bedwellm@WellsFargo.COM wrote:
> Hey, has anyone heard those Kinks re-issues?



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