Ray Davies is one of the greatest songwriting talents that Britain has ever produced. From his earliest days with the Kinks he was tremendously prolific. His wry take on the British way of life was matched by uncanny melodic and commercial sensibilities, resulting in a body of work that remains unsurpassed. From You Really Got Me on, the Kinks popularity and influence across the globe has been huge, ably demonstrated by the many covers of Davies songs. Kinked! Kinks Songs & Sessions 1964-1971 is an alternative celebration of the Kinks first decade, via the songs that got away, when a surfeit of strong material was shopped by Davies then-publisher and management, both in the UK and overseas.he range of interpreters is wide, from pop-jazz chanteuse Peggy Lee and teen idol Bobby Rydell to Brit-girls the Orchids and Goldie & The Gingerbreads, UK mainstays Herman's Hermits and the Pretty Things, sessioneer Nicky Hopkins, satirist Barry Fantoni, US garage punk avatars the Chocolate Watchband and R&B veterans the Olympics.

• 1. King of the Whole Wide World - Leapy Lee
• 2. I Bet You Won't Stay - the Cascades
• 3. Look For Me Baby - Goldie & the Gingerbreads (Prev. Unissued
• 4. I Go To Sleep - Peggy Lee
• 5. This Strange Effect - Dave Berry
• 6. All Night Stand - the Thoughts
• 7. So Mystifying - the Olympics (Prev. Unissued)
• 8. Un Jeune Homme Bien - Petula Clark
• 9. One Fine Day - Shel Naylor
• 10. Oh What a Day It's Gonna Be - Mo & Steve
• 11. Little Man In a Little Box - Barry Fantoni
• 12. A House In the Country - the Pretty Things
• 13. When I See That Girl of Mine - Bobby Rydell
• 14. Nobody's Fool - Cold Turkey
• 15. Act Nice and Gentle - Duster Bennett
• 16. I've Got That Feeling - the Orchids
• 17. Emptiness - the Honeycombs
• 18. Rosie Won't You Please Come Home - Marianne Faithfull
• 19. I'm Not Like Everybody Else - the Chocolate Watchband
• 20. Who'll Be the Next In Line - the Knack
• 21. Dandy - Herman's Hermits
• 22. The Virgin Soldier's March - the John Schroeder Orchestra
• 23. A Little Bit of Sunlight - the Majority
• 24. Big Black Smoke - Mick & Malcolm
• 25. Mister Pleasant - Nicky Hopkins & His Whistling Piano
• 26. End of the Season - the Uglys