Oh nice! I just created a thread about them, interesting to see that it’s just a straight reissue, I would of loved to have seen some bonus stuff as well.
Here are all four Elusive Disc I haven't tried to order them, because A - I can't afford them at the moment B - I don't actually need them C - I kinda like Steph, and I don't want to get into an argument over it lol So they are there, but I didn't follow through to order
Ray's 2010 Glastonbury set was shown on the BBC - don't know if it's the whole set. I have the broadcast archived to a hard drive, but as I'm a long way from home I can't watch it at the moment.
2010 Glastonbury Will listen to the whole later this week when I have a minute (admission: I've been cheating on the Kinks over on the Bowie song-by-song thread), but just got revved for walking the picket line by Till the End of the Day. Man he really belts it out. His shouts out to the crowd, too - just pure energy. Really nice to hear.
Its notable how much older Ray looks in the 1997 appearance than the 2010 appearance! 1997 looks like a wet afternoon with a semi engaged audience waiting for someone else to come on whereas 2010 is like An Event. His stock had definitely risen in the intervening 13 years. And now it’s another 13 years on.
The Aschere Project was better than I expected. Its not my normal thing & I would probably have never sought it out, if not for this thread. A real cool unexpected listen! It doesn't really work, as a song by song, much more suited as a full continuous album listen imo. I will have to check out the Ray Glastonbury 2010 vids tonight along with the 1 97 clip posted.
On Denmark, I originally listed this a while ago in a list of future stuff strictly on the basis of a few tracks having had an official release (albeit later in the decade across 3 SDEs) so those were my only considerations with that concert. If there is anything with an official audio release that cannot be found on YouTube, I can create and upload these as long as I know when they will be on the schedule and can plan ahead. I think we decided to hold these 2010 Denmark live tracks (and the earlier Choral Collection demos) until the SDE box sets they appeared on, so I'll have them ready by that time when those sets roll around. On a related note, Dave's upcoming Mystic Journey DVD/CD has two new studio tracks on the CD with one of those being on YouTube already (New Dawn, New Day) but the other one (Pluto Muse) is not there so I'll go ahead and make Pluto Muse sometime this week and have it ready whenever it is scheduled for but I'm not sure if this is before or after the dates for your trip to Strail Ya .
Yes indeed. In fact.. Tomorrow we start See My Friends, and it will be the last album we do until I get back from Aus... So I hope if you guys have something in mind for the 3-4 weeks, that it's coming together because I fly in two weeks
Ha ha, well speaking of that... How many songs on your version of this album? If it's only 14, you are missing two that are not on YouTube (yet).
I've done all 16, but the last two are live versions I think... You might need to clean it up at the end, as I'm not going to get time
Quick question guys. I had noted I had to check out Ray Davies: On The Record parts 1-11. Id like to go back and check these out. Do you remember where this fits in in our chronology whats it after and before next? It'll Just save me some time if anyone knows from memory?
No problems on this front. I just finished creating the videos for the studio versions for those two bonus tracks so these are ready to go when needed. The real problems may arise as we start going through the album though . Just kidding, folks. Might be a fun (and funny) discussion in some surprising ways, and in some probably unintended ways, if you’re Ray.
Just have to say that tonight's hotel is in Vernon BC half a mile from the Village Green Shopping Mall. I took a photo but am not fluent enough in phone to post it.
If it's a phone you took the pic with, you join a file hosting site like Imgur (it's free) download the picture to it. You will have an option to share, and it will give you an option for forums. Post the link it gives you, and the photo is posted
See My Friends Studio album by Ray Davies Released 1 November 2010 Genre Rock Length 49:15 Label Universal Producer Ray Davies and Martyn Berg Chart (2010) Peak position Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) - 55 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) - 35 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) - 54 French Albums (SNEP) - 154 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) - 50 Scottish Albums (OCC) - 9 UK Albums (OCC) - 12 US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) - 3 1 Ray Davies & Bruce Springsteen– Better Things Bass, Backing Vocals – Will Lee Drums – Anton Fig Guitar – Sid McGinnis Guitar, Backing Vocals – Felicia Collins Piano, Backing Vocals – Paul Shaffer Vocals, Guitar – Bruce Springsteen 2 Ray Davies, Jon Bon Jovi & Richie Sambora– Celluloid Heroes Bass – Will Lee Drums – Anton Fig Guitar – Felicia Collins, Richie Sambora, Sid McGinnis Piano, Organ, Harmonium – Paul Shaffer Vocals – Jon Bon Jovi 3 Ray Davies & Mumford & Sons– Days / This Time Tomorrow Banjo – Marshall Winston* Bass – Ted Dwane Piano – Ben Lovett (2) Vocals, Guitar, Drums, Percussion – Marcus Mumford 4 Ray Davies, Lucinda Williams & The 88– Long Way From Home Bass, Backing Vocals – Todd O'Keefe Drums, Percussion – Anthony Zimmitti Guitar, Backing Vocals – Keith Slettendahl* Piano, Organ – Adam Merrin Vocals – Lucinda Williams 5 Ray Davies & Metallica– You Really Got Me Bass – Robert Trujillo Drums – Lars Ulrich Guitar, Backing Vocals – Kirk Hammett Vocals, Rhythm Guitar – James Hetfield 6 Ray Davies & Paloma Faith– Lola Bass – Andrea Goldsworthy Drums – Samuel Agard Guitar – Seye Adelekan Keyboards – Dominic Pipkin Vocals – Paloma Faith 7 Ray Davies & Jackson Browne– Waterloo Sunset Guitar [Baritone] – Bill Shanley Vocals, Acoustic Guitar – Jackson Browne 8 Ray Davies, Alex Chilton & The 88– 'Til The End Of The Day Bass – Todd O'Keefe Congas – Chopper* Drums, Percussion – Anthony Zimmitti Guitar – Keith Slettendahl* Organ – Adam Merrin Vocals – Alex Chilton 9 Ray Davies & Amy MacDonald– Dead End Street Bass – Dick Nolan Drums – Damon Wilson Guitar – Bill Shanley Piano – Ben Waters Vocals – Amy MacDonald 10 Ray Davies & Spoon– See My Friends Bass – Rob Pope* Drums, Percussion – Jim Eno Keyboards – Eric Harvey Vocals, Guitar – Britt Daniel 11 Ray Davies & Black Francis– This Is Where I Belong Bass – Dick Nolan Drums – Damon Wilson Guitar – Bill Shanley Keyboards – Ian Gibbons Vocals, Guitar – Black Francis 12 Ray Davies & The 88– David Watts Bass – Todd O'Keefe Drums, Percussion – Anthony Zimmitti Keyboards – Adam Merrin Vocals, Guitar – Keith Slettendahl* 13 Ray Davies & Gary Lightbody– Tired Of Waiting Bass – Dick Nolan Drums – Damon Wilson Guitar – Bill Shanley Keyboards – Ian Gibbons Vocals, Guitar – Gary Lightbody 14 Ray Davies & Billy Corgan– All Day And All Of The Night / Destroyer Bass – Mark Tulin Drums – Damon Wilson Piano, Keyboards – Ian Gibbons Vocals, Guitar – Billy Corgan 15 Ray Davies & Mando Diao– Victoria Bass – Carl-Johan Fogelklou Drums – Samuel Giers Guitar, Vocals – Björn Dixgård, Gustaf Norén Keyboards – Mats Björke 16 Ray Davies & Arno (2)– Moments Bass – Dick Nolan Drums – Damon Wilson Guitar – Tim Van Der Kuil Piano – Ian Gibbons Vocals – Arno Hintjens The album was recorded in Oslo, New York City, New Jersey, Chicago and London. Davies stated: "This project came about almost by accident, with some tracks I had to appreciate the style of the other artists, otherwise it would have sounded unbalanced. And I wanted the album to work as an entire listening experience but each track had a life of its own" The album includes the last studio recording by Alex Chilton. See My Friends was released seven months after his death. He previously covered "Till The End of The Day" on Big Star's Third/Sister Lovers. See My Friends was met with "mixed or average" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 51 based on 13 reviews. Kinks biographer Rob Jovanovic writes that, following the 2009 album The Kinks Choral Collection and other projects in which Davies revisited his past achievements, See My Friends suggested "he couldn't leave it alone". According to Jovanovic, the majority of critics questioned the reason for the album. Among these reviews, Mojo gave it one star out of five, and dismissed Davies and Metallica's version of "You Really Got Me" as a "travesty". In a review for AllMusic, Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote: "A tribute album starring the man of honor himself, who also curated the whole affair, See My Friends is a bit of a curious creature. Certainly, Ray Davies' influence is so pervasive he could rope in a number of heavy hitters from a number of different generations." At American Songwriter, Michael Sandlin said "See My Friends proves, if nothing else, that there's simply no force on Earth malevolent enough to destroy a good Ray Davies ditty. CC Baxter of Clash explained: "See My Friends was a labour of love for head Kink Ray Davies, it feels like a personal journey through the past on his part, and a genuine tribute from those who've contributed. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- So this is an album that essentially I have no working knowledge of at all... Obviously I know the songs... but I don't know if I was aware of the album when it came out, and even if I had been, it is extremely unlikely that I would have been interested at the time. As I say, that is no slight on Ray, just merely the reality that I am not generally interested in cover albums... and even with Ray participating in this, it seems more like an album of covers to me..... having said that, I'll approach it as all the rest of the albums here, and perhaps something will get traction with me... we'll see. I'm not familiar with many of the artists, and many of the ones involved induce a sort of cringe in this environment. Prior to listening it seems like the Springsteen and Lucinda Williams tracks are the most likely to appeal to me, because Better Things seems like a song Springsteen would love to have written, and A Long Way From Home seems like it could suit Lucinda Williams.... but we'll see how we go. I've not really got much more at this stage, so please let us know your thoughts regarding this release... Did you get it? What did you think? What do you reckon now? It is interesting to me that the albums seems to have charted so well .... somewhat of a travesty when thinking how frequently the Kinks didn't chart.
Ray and Bruce Springsteen - Better Things. Here we have a Klassic Kinks track, and we open with Ray and then the two guys sort of alternate lines. Clearly both guys are past their prime vocally. Musically this is solid and replicates the original pretty well. I was ... and probably still am, a big fan of Bruce from Wild The Innocent And The E Street Shuffle through to the Tunnel Of Love album. This is pretty cool, but I doubt I would listen to it again.
