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Muswell Hillbillies - CD, LP

The Kinks

Rock

1971

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CD The Kinks: Muswell Hillbillies

2010 Remastered Reissue — Europe

Koch Records | Konk | Universal 10. June 2010 Europe

Album Reissue Remastered

Muswell Hillbillies is named after the Muswell Hill area of North London, where band leader Ray Davies and guitarist Dave Davies grew up and where the band formed in the early 1960s. The theme of the album was poverty and working class life, as well as the destruction and subdivision of old Victorian neighbourhoods - a practice that became commo...

More ID: 121590 EAN: 0602527383675 Discogs ID: 2836086

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Title	Muswell Hillbillies
Artist	The Kinks
More info	2010 Remastered Reissue — Europe
Format	CD
Labels	Koch Records \| Konk \| Universal
Country of issue	Europe
Date of publication	10. June 2010
First released	1971
Weight	85 g
EAN	0602527383675
Product ID	121590
Discogs ID	2836086
Discogs reviews	4.2

The Kinks: Muswell Hillbillies version on CD in Remastered edition. This particular edition was published in Europe in publishing company Koch Records in cooperation with Konk and Universal on 10. June 2010.

Muswell Hillbillies is named after the Muswell Hill area of North London, where band leader Ray Davies and guitarist Dave Davies grew up and where the band formed in the early 1960s. The theme of the album was poverty and working class life, as well as the destruction and subdivision of old Victorian neighbourhoods - a practice that became common in North London during the 1970s. The album is a wide-ranging collection of Ray Davies songs that focus on the tensions and frustrations of modern life. In the opening song, the singer declares, "I'm a twentieth-century man, but I don't want to be here." The album introduces us to the lives of a number of working class characters and the stresses they have to deal with. The album is notable for its deliberate use of outdated recording equipment. Ray Davies and engineer Mike Bodak used decade-old microphones on many of the tracks to give the recording an outdated feel. Muswell Hillbillies was also the first record by The Kinks to feature their new brass section, The Mike Cotton Sound, which consisted of Mike Cotton on trumpet, John Beecham on trombone and tuba and Alan Holmes on clarinet. This album is often considered one of the best albums of the post-sixties period. (thekinks. info) Rezensionen ,,In den knisternden Brit-Rock und die nostalgische Vaudeville-Klangkulisse mischen sich stampfende Blues-Rhythmen, jubilierender New-Orleans-Jazz und die ansteckende Süffigkeit von Country-Gitarren". (stereoplay, December 2013)

Album can be classified in the genre Rock. Re Release.

Track list

1	20th Century Man	5:57 min
2	Acute Schizophrenia Paranoia Blues	3:30 min
	Brass The Mike Cotton Sound \| Clarinet Alan Holmes (2) \| Trombone, Tuba John Beecham \| Trumpet Mike Cotton
3	Holiday	2:39 min
4	Skin And Bone	3:37 min
5	Alcohol	3:35 min
	Brass The Mike Cotton Sound \| Clarinet Alan Holmes (2) \| Trombone, Tuba John Beecham \| Trumpet Mike Cotton
6	Complicated Life	4:02 min
7	Here Come The People In Grey	3:45 min
8	Have A Cuppa Tea	3:43 min
9	Holloway Jail	3:25 min
10	Oklahoma U.S.A.	2:38 min
11	Uncle Son	2:30 min
12	Muswell Hillbilly	4:57 min
	Bonus Tracks
13	Mountain Woman	3:09 min
14	Kentucky Moon	3:54 min