The Kinks, Kinda Kinks (1965)
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In the battle of the bands between The Beatles and The Rolling Stones I often think the real winner was – or should have been – The Kinks. They combined the same energy of both bands in their earliest outings and as Ray Davies grew and developed as a songwriter (really it’s first noticed right here on their second album) we …
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