THE KINKS/PERCY NSPL 18365 (-71) UK

This was Kinks last recorded album for Pye label. Originally issued in UK only, also as a 4-track EP. The single "Gods Children" had a world wide release and became a minor hit in Australia and New Zeeland, but failed to chart in England and America. Songs from it also showed up on US albums "Kink Kronikles" and "Great Lost Kinks Album". It's a soundtrack and as such including a few instrumentals only interesting as support to the film plot. But there are also some strong Ray Davies numbers here - "Gods Children", "The Way Love Used To Be", "Animals In The Zoo" and "Dreams" are all very good, and my favorite "Moments" could have placed on any of their classic albums. Sound quality is uneven - some of the tracks seems to have been re-mixed for single or EP, while a few others have kept the versions made directly for the movie and comes through as slightly more unbalanced on record. Produced by Ray Davies with orchestral arrangements from Stanley Myers. First UK issue came with label as shown here, thick unflexible vinyl and a thin structured cover. As you can see there's a stamped hole through the cover and label on this copy. The English did not use the American cut-out system, but I remember seing this and a few other UK issues in the cheap shops selling US cut-outs in the seventies, so probably from the beginning it was a US import that didn't sell and was dumped back to Europe. (KYX*) (PÖY*)