The Kinks - BBC Sessions, Volume 2: 1967-1969

This is the second volume of the Kinks performing for the BBC. As with the first volume, my main goal here is to post versions of these songs without the annoying talk of the BBC DJs over the beginnings and endings of many of the songs.

It turns out that it was a lot easier for me to remove the DJ talk on this album. That's because that many of the BBC versions here actually are very similar to the recorded versions. I'm not entirely sure what the rules were in that era, but I believe the BBC had some requirement that a certain percentage of music played on the BBC had to be live recordings instead of just playing the records. But in the late 1960s, the Kinks' music grew increasingly complicated, which meant it was increasingly difficult for them to replicate the sound of their records in a live context, at least unless they could use various session musicians like keyboardist Nicky Hopkins or backing vocalist (and Ray Davies' first wife) Rasa Davies, who was the secret ingredient for songs like "Waterloo Sunset" and "Death of a Clown."

As a result, it appears the BBC often let the Kinks bend the rules, such as playing the exact instrumentation from the record for a certain song but recording new vocals to make it a new version. In such cases, it was easy for me to go back to the original record and patch in a part of it to replace the section where the DJ was talking. The downside though is that the BBC versions here often aren't that different.

Also, I found a couple of songs that weren't included on the BBC box set, "At the BBC." One is the version of "Dandy" that starts the album. The other is a medley of "Last of the Steam Powered Trains" and "Picture Book." I'm not sure why that wasn't included on the official record, because it is from the BBC and it was actually done completely live. (You can find videos of the performance on YouTube.)

I have more albums of the Kinks at the BBC still to come. Those include many more songs that didn't get on the official box set.

01 Dandy (Kinks)
02 Love Me Till the Sun Shines [Edit] (Kinks)
03 Death of a Clown [Edit] (Kinks)
04 Good Luck Charm [Edit] (Kinks)
05 Sunny Afternoon (Kinks)
06 Autumn Almanac [Record Version with New Vocals] [Edit] (Kinks)
07 Harry Rag [Edit] (Kinks)
08 Mr. Pleasant [Edit] (Kinks)
09 Susannah's Still Alive [Edit] (Kinks)
10 David Watts [Edit] (Kinks)
11 Waterloo Sunset [Edit] (Kinks)
12 Days (Kinks)
13 Love Me Till the Sun Shines (Kinks)
14 Monica [Edit] (Kinks)
15 The Village Green Preservation Society (Kinks)
16 Animal Farm [Record Version with New Vocals & Bass] [Edit] (Kinks)
17 Last of the Steam Powered Trains - Picture Book [Live] (Kinks)
18 Plastic Man [Record Version with New Vocals] (Kinks)
19 King Kong [Remixed Version with New Vocals] (Kinks)
20 Do You Remember Walter [Record Version with New Vocals] [Edit] (Kinks)
21 Victoria [Remixed Record Version with New Vocals] (Kinks)
22 Mr. Churchill Says [Remixed Record Version with New Vocals] [Edit] (Kinks)
23 Arthur [Record Version with New Vocals] (Kinks)

https://www.upload.ee/files/16057502/TKnks_1967-1969_BBSessonsVolum2_atse.zip.html

Like the other albums in this series, I used the basic design of the cover of the "At the BBC" box set, But I changed the picture of the Kinks to one I like better. The photo comes from an appearance at the Top of the Pops in 1967. I also changed the background colors so each volume in the series can be easily distinguished from each other.