THE KINKS RELEASE NEW RAY DAVIES MIX โMONEY TALKS (2023 MIX)โ
THE JOURNEY – PART 2 OUT NOVEMBER 17 VIA BMG
The Kinks, one of the greatest ever British rock groups, today reveal a special new Ray Davies mix of the bandโs 1974 studio track โMoney Talks,โ released as a new digital single and video on October 25th and taken from the second part of their career-defining anthology, The Journey Part 2 out November 17th on BMG. Listen to the track HERE. Watch the new track video below or HERE.
The new 2023 mix of this classic track is taken from The Kinksโ 1974 studio concept album Preservation Act 2, and has been mixed by Ray Davies and Matt Jaggar at Konk Studios in London. Ray Davies says the track is about โMoral decline.โ Dave Davies comments: โAlways amused me when we did it live. An exceptional song I thinkโ. Drummer Mick Avory fondly recalls: โI have memories of playing this song on the US tours in the 70s. Itโs a good old stomper for the stage.โ
Following the release of The Journey – Part 1 in March this year (featuring hits such as โYou Really Got Me,โ โWaterloo Sunset,โ โAll Day And All Of The Night,โ โSupersonic Rocket Shipโ andย โDead End Streetโ) The Journey – Part 2, compiled by the band, will be available on 2CD, 2LP, Digital and HD Digital formats. The physical formats contain a booklet with band photos and track-by-track notes written by original members Ray Davies, Dave Davies and Mick Avory, sharing their memories of the time and weaving them into The Kinksโ incredible story. Preorder and Presave The Journey Part 2 HERE.
The Journey – Part 2 includes singles, B-sides, album tracks and, notably, six new Ray Davies mixes, three of which are previously unreleased live performances from the New Victoria Theatre, London in 1975. The other new digital single โEverybodyโs a Star (Starmaker) (Live 1975, 2023 Mix),โ released on 27 September, can be heard here. The exciting new video for the track can be watched here.
Hits featured on the release include: โLola,โ โSunny Afternoon,โ โ20th Century Man,โ โDedicated Follower Of Fashion,โ โTill The End Of The Day,โ โA Well Respected Man,โ โSee My Friends,โ and โEverybody’s A Star (Starmaker).โ
The release is accompanied by a brand new Official Kinks merchandise collection that represents their 60 years as a group. The full range of merchandise is available from BSI Merch. Visit the store HERE.
The songs on The Journey – Parts 1 & 2, for the first time ever on a Kinks collection,ย have been handpicked by Ray, Dave and Mick, curated according to themes inspired by the trials and tribulations of their journey through life together as a band since 1963. The tracks are taken from the classic original Kinks albums including: Face To Face, The Kink Kontroversy, Something Else, The Village Green Preservation Society, Lola Versus Powerman and The Moneygoround, Muswell Hillbillies, Everybody’s In Show-Biz, Preservation Acts 1 & 2 and A Soap Opera.
All tracks have been carefully remastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Studios in LA, overseen by Andrew Sandoval.
About The Kinks
Formed in 1963 in Muswell Hill, North London, by brothers Ray and Dave Davies with their friend Pete Quaife, and joined by Mick Avory in early 1964, the band quickly established themselves as one of the epoch-defining groups of the 60s, with their impact still being felt around the world today.
The stats speak for themselves: The Kinks have sold over 50 million records worldwide and have been streamed over a billion times; they have achieved 5 US Top 10 singles, 9 US Top 40 albums, 22 UK Top 20 singles / EPs and 6 UK Top 10 albums, with four albums certified Gold. Among numerous honors, they have received the Ivor Novello Award for โOutstanding Service To British Musicโ and have been inducted into the ‘Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame’ and the ‘UK Music Hall of Fame’. Multi-award winning, legendary frontman Sir Ray Davies is widely recognized as one of the greatest British songwriters.
The Kinks
The Journey – Part 2
(BMG)
Release Date: November 17, 2023