| 1967 |
| 5 May. "Waterloo Sunset" / "Act Nice and Gentle" [Pye 7N 17321, UK release: RR #2] |
| 8 July. Dave Davies: "Death of a Clown" [Pye 7N 17356, UK release: RR #3] |
| 15 September. Something Else by the Kinks [LP]. [Pye NPL 18193, UK release] |
| Something Else by the Kinks |
| Side A |
Side B |
| “David Watts” |
“Love Me till the Sun Shines" |
| “Death of a Clown” |
“Lazy Old Sun" |
| “Two Sisters” |
“Afternoon Tea" |
| “No Return” |
“Funny Face” |
| “Harry Rag” |
“End of the Season” |
| “Tin Solider Man" |
“Waterloo Sunset” |
| “Situation Vacant” |
|
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|
 |
| 13 October. "Autumn Almanac" / "Mr. Pleasant" [Pye 7N 17400, UK release: RR #3] |
| |
| 1968 |
| January.
The Kinks end their relationship with the Arthur Howes Agency as
their booking agents. They will use Danny Batesh until signing
with Harold Davison. |
| 24
January. Something Else by the Kinks. [US LP release] |
| 31
January. Dave Davies: "Susannah's Still Alive" / "Funny
Face" [US release] |
| 25
March. Dave Davies forms his own publishing company, Dabe Music,
that will operate through Carlin Music. |
| 5
April. "Wonderboy" / "Polly" [Pye 7N 17468, UK release: UK #37] |
| 8
June. The Kinks start a tour of Sweden. |
| 28
June. "Days" / "She's Got Everything" [Pye 7N17573, UK release: RR #12] |
| Autumn.
Ray Davies and Pye argue over whether the Kinks will release a single
or only the album. Ray Davies insists that Pye back a stage production
of Village Green. Pye refuses. |
| 22
November. The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society [Pye NSPL 18233, UK release] |
| "The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society |
| Side A |
Side B |
| "The Village Green Preservation Society" |
"Animal Farm" |
| "Do You Remember Walter?" |
"Village Green" |
| "Picture Book" |
"Starstruck" |
| "Johnny Thunder" |
"Phenomenal Cat" |
| "Last of the Steam-powered Trains" |
"All of My Friends Were There" |
| "Big Sky" |
"Wiked Annabella" |
| "Sitting by the Riverside" |
"Monica" |
| |
"People Taking Pictures of Each Other" |
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 |
| 1969 |
| 8 January. "Starstruck" / "Picture Book" [Reprise
0806, US release] |
| 17 January. Dave Davies: "Hold My Hand" / "Creeping Jean"
[Pye 7N 17678, UK release] |
| 5 February. The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society [Reprise 6327, US release] |
| 28 March. "Plastic Man" / "King Kong" [Pye 7N 17724, UK release: RR #28] |
| 31 March. Peter Quaife officially leaves the Kinks. |
| 4 April. John Dalton permanently replaces Peter Quaife. |
| 13 June. The Turtles: "You Don't Have to Walk in the Rain"
/ "Come Over" released. Produced by Ray Davies. |
| 20 June. "Drivin'' / Mindless Child of Motherhood" [Pye 7N 17776, UK release] |
| 12 September. "Shangri-la" / "This Man He Weeps Tonight" [Pye 7N 17812,
UK release] |
| 10 October. Arthur (or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) [Pye
NSPL 18317, UK release] |
| Arthur (or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) |
| Side
A |
Side
B |
| "Victoria" |
"Shangrila" |
| "Yes
Sir No Sir" |
"Mr.
Churchill Says" |
| "Some
Mother's Son" |
"Drivin'" |
| "Brainwashed" |
"Nothing
to Say" |
| "Australia" |
"Arthur" |
|
|
 |
| Ray Davies originally
conceived of Arthur as a score for a TV musical written in
collaboration with Julian Mitchell. The story is about Arthur Morgan
("a plain simple man in a plain simple working-class position")
and his family as his son and daughter-in-law prepare to leave for
Australia. |
| Ray Davies’ has continued his commentary on London and
English life, as an anti-industrial establishment and pro-working
class author. Identifying the hero of the story with the name of
a mythical king adds intensity to his sense of loss of British identity. Underlying Davies inspiration, his sister and her husband had moved their family to Australia. |
| 16
October. The Kinks begin their first tour of the US since 1965. They
will return to the UK in December. |
| 12
December. "Victoria" / "Mr. Churchill Says" [Pye 7N 17865, release,
RR #33] |
| |
| 1970 |
| 27
February. The Kinks (also known as The Black Album)
[Pye NPL 18326, UK release] |
| 12
June. "Lola" / "Berkeley Mews" [Pye 7N 17961, UK release: RR #2] |
| November. Lola Versus the Powerman & the Moneygoround, Part 1. [Pyle
NSPL 18359, UK release] |
|
| See Doug Hinman. The Kinks, All Day and All of the Night: Day-by-day Concerts, Recordings, and Broadcasts, 1961-1996. San Francisco: Backbeat Books, 2004. |