New Ray Davies Album 'Americana' Out April 21 2017

Keep 'em coming Ray!

 

Songs still available for the third album:

Otis Riffs
Green Carnation
Cover Band
The Fields Are On Fire
Messages From The Republic
Burning Bridges
The Art Of Moving On
Honest
Haunted Places
Security
All-American Hero

 

are these chapters of the book?

 

I think I got almost all of the titles from the book, maybe Otis Riffs is not in the book...
Most were included in the book as lyrics, some of them untitled, I know for All-American Hero I applied my own title which seemed pretty obvious to me. Many of the songs from the first album as well as the upcoming album were also included in the book.

 

Otis Riffs was one of the many new songs Ray performed live in New York with Yo La Tengo in 2000. Other new songs performed at the time included The Deal, Next Door Neighbour, Creatures of Little Faith, The Morning After and Vietnam Cowboys so there seems a fair chance that Otis may get a release at some point.

 

I think Empty Room comes from this show as well, they can be heard on youtube.

 

Also posted in the thread on Our Country: Americana Act II:

Ray Davies - Our Country: Americana Act 2

 

A little off topic ....

Posted by Andrew Sandoval on his FB page today:

"Today I got final sign off on the Village Green Preservation Society
project I have spent seemingly my whole life working on - lots of amazing
stuff. Will wait for BMG to make the contents public, but this is one of
the best reissues of my 30-year career."

In comments:

"If you wonder what my favorite version is: the new CD contained in the
box set. It has a lot more detail and additional music than I could have
ever dreamed of hearing."

Release month is October.

 

Yeah!!!!!!!!!!!

 

More about VGPS box
From the KPS Digest 7/23:

Hi Neil, could you elucidate on your comment about the VGPS re-issue '
additional music'. Does this mean 'new' unreleased tracks or just a re-mix?

And when is Dave's new album of old tracks released ?

Cheers,A Peter

'bloke on the drums'

[In Andrew Sandoval's FB post, James Schwartz asks "Any unreleased
songs??" and Andrew replies "Yes."
Ewgeni Reingold asks "Ray demos?" The reply is "Yes."

Regarding release format, Andrew writes
"There will be vinyl of the mono & stereo & a few other things. But the
big box [12x12 format book size] will have no equivalent. As it is,
people will complain it is too expensive, they have already bought it 14
years ago, etc. I didn't pick the formats, but I for one still like
CDs."

Another note: "Ray had the final say in everything contained in the box.
This is more his personal project than anyone else's."

As far as Dave Davies' Decade - his website says "the fantastic new
album from Dave is out this Fall 2018. Watch this space for news."

- Neil]

 

I've been curious about this album for a while now and when I came across a used CD of it I bought it. I figured if I like it then I would buy the record. I really like it. I've always been a Jayhawks fan and was Kinks fan since the British invasion. I'm not that familiar with Ray's solo work. Americana II is definitely a must buy now.

 

Love II. Great album.

 

Just ordered the vinyl release of II.

 

AWESOME!

 

I've listened to Americana twice today. Really like it. I suppose I better order the vinyl and retire the used CD I bought. It's not a bad sounding CD, I just like records.

 

I have both cds and have the vinyl of PT. 1. Dead quiet. I'll get PT. 2 vinyl down the line.

 

I never read his book, Americana, so that was delivered today. I've just read a few chapters but so far so good.

 

Davies is a man with many interesting stories to tell of his long musical career.

 

I prefer Americana to X-Ray

 

I still really like X-ray.

 

My Americana Single Volume compilation:

1. Americana
2. The Invaders (spoken word)
3. The Invaders
4. The Deal
5. Poetry
6. The Take
7. A Place In Your Heart
8. Silent Movie
9. Rock ‘N’ Roll Cowboys
10. Bringing Up Baby
11. We Will Get There
12. Tony And Bob
13. The Big Guy
14. Message From The Road
15. Wings Of Fantasy
16. The Great Highway
17. A Long Drive Home To Tarzana
18. Our Country

 

Interesting, I picked this up on vinyl for 9 euros at my local. I don't think I've ever seen a still relatively recent album for a dump price on vinyl so early. Or a gatefold for a price as such at all.

 

Barnes and Noble in Atlanta has the vinyl for 50% off / picked it up for $14 today the other day.
Disc 1 a little warped (fixable) but perfectly quiet and centered. The warp is likely due to how this store does not
take good care of how the records are displayed.