The Kinks
The Great Lost Kinks Album
Vinyl LP - Reprise MS 2127 (1973)
with "I'm Not Like Everybody Else"

Condition: Good + Vinyl and Good + Cover. Vinyl has light surface scuffs, was cleaned and play-tested on both sides and plays well throughout with good fidelity and intermitent light background noise, but no skips. Original cover is intact with some shelf wear, no splits, writing or cutout marks. Includes original Reprise inner sleeve.

Matrix / Runout (Side A): MS-2127 31538-2
Matrix / Runout (Side B): MS-2127 31539-1

The Great Lost Kinks Album is a compilation album by the Kinks. Released in the United States in January 1973, it features material recorded by the group between 1966 and 1970 that had mostly gone unreleased. Most of its songs date to the sessions for the 1968 album The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society and were delivered by Ray Davies to Reprise in July 1969 out of a contractual obligation. Musician John Mendelsohn wrote liner notes for the album which extensively derided Davies' contemporary songwriting in comparison to his late 1960s work. 

Among retrospective reviewers, Robert Christgau declared that though the album consists mostly of B-sides and outtakes, it is the Kinks' best album to be released in the 1970s, something he thinks speaks to "the limitations of the Kinks' professional renaissance". He writes the album's whimsical content focuses on the "harmless eccentrics" which made up Davies' best songwriting. 

Richie Unterberger of AllMusic opines that much of album would have fit well on The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society. He finds The Great Lost Kinks Album lyrically weaker than the band's other late 1960s work, but counts "Rosemary Rose" "Misty Water" and "Mr. Songbird" as the highlights. Unterberger concludes that the album would prove "quite worthwhile" to Kinks fans, as does Rob Sheffield in The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (2004), who describes several of its tracks as "essential cult items", including "The Way Love Used to Be", "Rosemary Rose" and "When I Turn Out the Living Room Light". 

Track listing

A1 Til Death Do Us Part
A2 There Is No Life Without Love
A3 Lavender Hill
A4 Groovy Movies
A5 Rosemary Rose
A6 Misty Water
A7 Mr. Songbird

B1 When I Turn Off The Living Room Light
B2 The Way Love Used To Be
B3 I'm Not Like Everybody Else
B4 Plastic Man
B5 This Man He Weeps Tonight
B6 Pictures In The Sand
B7 Where Did The Spring Go

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I use the Goldmine Grading System, and play-test all records. I note any differences between vinyl and cover, and make note of any inserts, special sleeves, or potential defects.


MINT (M) - Absolutely perfect in every way. Most often this is a still sealed record, records that have been opened are rarely if ever marked as Mint.

NEAR MINT (NM) - A good description is that it looks like it just came from a retail store and it was opened for the first time. In other words, it?s nearly perfect, with no visible defects. 

VERY GOOD PLUS (VG+) - Except for a couple minor things, this could be Near Mint. Most collectors will be happy with a VG+ record, especially if on the high end (VG++). VG+ records may show slight signs of wear, including light scuffs or very light scratches that do not affect the listening experience. Covers should have only minor wear. 

VERY GOOD (VG) - VG records are among the biggest bargains, and for many, will be worth the money. They can lack the original gloss, may have surface noise, and some scratches may be audible, especially in soft passages. But the noise will not overpower the music. VG covers will have signs of handling, and may have minor splits. 

GOOD PLUS (G+) - Good+ does not mean bad! The record still plays through without skipping, but it has significant surface noise and groove wear. Cover may have significant ring wear, noticeable writing, or obvious damage.

GOOD (G) - Record may have some skipping, but is otherwise listenable. I generally avoid selling Good (G) rated records unless they are highly collectible or desirable, in order to enjoy until something better comes along. Cover has major wear or seam splits that need repair, or heavy writing like radio station call letters to prevent theft.

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