Back
in the late 90s through till around 2005 or so, the Sanctuary
Label Group was right there on the cutting edge of CD labels, releasing
top new product and classic reissues. The Beatles had a huge success
with their mono box set at the end of 2009 and likewise, after way
too long off the radarthrough the auspices of Universal Musicthe
fabled Sanctuary label is back in action with fresh mono remasters
of the classic 60s albums from The Kinks. Ray, Dave,
Pete and Mick never sounded better than they did in the mid 60s
and those first three classic Kinks albums have been reissued again
in 2011 as individually packaged, double CD, deluxe edition sets.
The first three Kinks studio albums, spanning early 64 to late
65, now with new bonus cuts stretching into early 66Kinks,
Kinda Kinks and The Kink Kontroversyremain
essential artifacts encapsulating the groups meteoric rise to
fame as only second to the Beatles and Stones. Each of these Kinks
remasters are literally reinstated editions, now featuring the original
mono masters on one CD with a second CD containing an abundance of
rare demo tracks, BBC cuts and hit single masters. Even the demo tracks
here sound fab with several just a step or two away from being finished
works. One of the definite highlights herethe Sanctuary / UMe
double deluxe of Kinda Kinks highlights the original 12 track
mono master of Kinda Kinks on disc one while disc two
features a wealth of rarities, with the lynchpin being the Kinks late
65 breakthrough single A Well Respected Man. The
whole Kinda Kinks episode / era as recollected on this double
disc retrospective ended up providing the basis for three different
American Kinks Lp releasesincluding the U.S. release of Kinda
Kinks, the U.S. only Kinks Size leading up to and including
the late 65 release of Kinkdom. This 2011 Kinks series
on Sanctuary / UMe was superbly remastered by Andrew Sandoval and
Dan Hersh and overall, it really sets the record straight and
is topped off with insightful (and thankfully readable) liner notesappealingly
packaged along with numerous pics of never before seen memorabilia.
www.TheKinks.info