The Kinks

 

Artist:  The Kinks  
Origin:   London, England
Genre:  Rock, Pop, British Invasion, Rock & Roll, Album Rock, Contemporary Pop, AM Pop, Early Pop

Original line-up:

Ray Davies:  Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar, Piano
Dave Davies:  Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals
Pete Quaife:  Bass, Backing Vocals
Mick Avory:  Drums

The Kinks were an English Rock Band formed in Muswell Hill, North London in 1964, by brother Ray Davies (Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar) and Dave Davies (Lead Guitar), Pete Quaife (Bass) and Mike Avory (Drums). The Kinks are the one of the most important and influential rock group of the 60s era and as a British Invasion Band to USA along with The Beatles and with many classic hits:  "You Really Got Me", "All Day And All Of The Night", "Tire Of Waiting For You", "Everybody's Gonna Be Happy", "Set Me Free", "Sunny Afternoon", "Waterloo Sunset", "Victoria", "Lola", "Apeman" and many more.  The Kinks were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame as well as the UK Music Hall Of Fame in 2005.

Title:  Give The People What They Want (2026)

Genre:  Rock, Pop, British Invasion, Rock & Roll, Album Rock, Contemporary Pop, AM Pop, Early Pop

Label:  BMG

Rating:   ****

Format:  CD

Tracks:

 1.  Around The Dial (4:45)

 2.  Give The People What They Want (3:45)

 3.  Killer's Eyes (4:40)

 4.  Predicatable (3:21)

 5.  Add It Up (3:14)

 6.  Destroyer (3:47)

 7.  Yo-Yo (4:10)

 8.  Back To Front (3:15)

 9.  Art Lover (3:22)

10. A Little Bit Of Abuse (3:45)

11. Better Things (2:45)

Personnel:

Ray Davies:  Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar, Keyboards
Dave Davies:  Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals
Jim Rodford:  Bass, Backing Vocals
Mick Avory:  Drums

Ian Gibbons:  Keyboards

Additional Musician:

Chrissie Hynds:  Vocals on Tracks:  4, 5, 9, 10

Give The People What They Want is the nineteenth studio album by The Kinks, originally released on August 15,, 1981 by Arista, remastered ad reissued on July 31, 2026 by BMG.  For Fans of The Kinks.

The Kinks

 

Artist:  The Kinks 
Origin:   London, England
Genre:  Rock, Pop, British Invasion, Rock & Roll, Album Rock, Contemporary Pop, AM Pop, Early Pop

Original line-up:

Ray Davies:  Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar, Piano
Dave Davies:  Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals
Pete Quaife:  Bass, Backing Vocals
Mick Avory:  Drums

The Kinks were an English Rock Band formed in Muswell Hill, North London in 1964, by brother Ray Davies (Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar) and Dave Davies (Lead Guitar), Pete Quaife (Bass) and Mike Avory (Drums). The Kinks are the one of the most important and influential rock group of the 60s era and as a British Invasion Band to USA along with The Beatles and with many classic hits:  "You Really Got Me", "All Day And All Of The Night", "Tire Of Waiting For You", "Everybody's Gonna Be Happy", "Set Me Free", "Sunny Afternoon", "Waterloo Sunset", "Victoria", "Lola", "Apeman" and many more.  The Kinks were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame as well as the UK Music Hall Of Fame in 2005.

Title:  Low Budget (2026)

Genre:  Rock, Pop, British Invasion, Rock & Roll, Album Rock, Contemporary Pop, AM Pop, Early Pop

Label:  BMG

Rating:   *****

Format:  CD

Tracks:

 1.  Attitude (3:47)

 2.  Catch Me Now I'm Falling (5:58)

 3.  Pressure (2:27)

 4.  National Health (4:02)

 5.  (Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman (3:36)

 6.  Low Budget (3:50)

 7.  In A Space (4:51)

 8.  Little Bit Of Emotion (4:51)

 9.  A Gallon Of Gas (2:41)

10. Misery (2:57)

11. Moving Pictures (3:47)

Personnel:

Ray Davies:  Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar, Keyboards
Dave Davies:  Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals
Jim Rodford:  Bass, Backing Vocals
Mick Avory:  Drums

Gordon Edwards:  Piano on Track 6

Additional Musician:

Nick Newall:  Saxophone

Low Budget is the eighteenth studio album by The Kinks, originally released on July 10, 1979 by Arista, remastered and reissued on July 31, 2026 by BMG.  For Fans of The Kinks.

Paul McCartney

 

Artist:  Paul McCartney   
Birth Name:  James Paul McCartney
Born:  June 18, 1942.  Liverpool, England.
Genre:  Rock, Pop, Contemporary Pop, Soft Rock, Adult Contemporary, Rock & Roll, AM Pop
Occupations:  Musician, Singer, Songwriter, Composer
Instruments:  Vocals, Bass, Guitar, Keyboards, Drums

Paul McCartney is an English Musician, Singer, Songwriter and Composer.  He is a member and former The Beatles and had the most successful Solo career, after the band's break-up and later formed The Wings with his first wife, Linda, and Denny Laine.  Guinness World Records described Paul McCartney as "The Most Successful Composer and Recording Artist of All Time", with 60 Gold Discs and Sales of over 100 million Albums and 100 million Singles and as "The Most Successful Songwriter" in UK Chart History.  The Beatles song "Yesterday" have covered by more than 2,200 Artists.

Title:  The Boys Of Dungeon Lane (2026)

Genre:  Rock, Pop, Contemporary Pop, Soft Rock, Adult Contemporary, Rock & Roll, AM Pop

Label:  Capitol

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side A:

 1.  As You Lie There (4:45)

 2.  Lost Horizon (3:04)

 3.  Days We Left Behind (3:18)

 4.  Ripples In A Pond (2:43)

 5.  Mountain Top (3:40)

 6.  Down South (2:23)

 7.  We Two (3:01)

Side B:

 1.  Come Inside (3:14)

 2.  Never Know (4:15)

 3.  Home To Us (with Ringo Starr) (3:12)

 4.  Life Can Be Hard (3:15)

 5.  First Star Of The Night (2:57)

 6.  Salesman Saint (3:19)

 7.  Momma Gets By (4:04)

Personnel:

Paul McCartney:  Vocals on All Tracks, Acoustic Guitar on All Tracks except Track B7, Bass on Tracks:  A1-5, 7, B1-7, Electric Guitar on Tracks:  A1, 2, 4-7, B2, 3, 5, 6, Drums on Tracks:  A1, 2, 4, 5, B1-3, 5, 7, B1, 2, 4-6, Piano on Tracks:  A1, 3, 5, B1-4, 7, Synthesizer on Tracks:  A1, 5, B4, Percussion on Tracks:  A1, 5, B5, Shaker on Tracks:  A1, B4, Rhodes on Track A1, Pump Organ on Track A3, Maracas on Tracks:  A4, 5, B4, Wurlitzer Electronic Piano on Tracks:  A5, B1, 2, Magnetic Tape Treatments on Tracks:  A5, B2, Tambourine on Tracks:  A5, B4-6, Bongos, Moog Bass on Track A5, Mellotron on Tracks:  A7, B2, 4, 6, Hand Claps on Tracks:  B1, 6, Organ, Recorder on Track B2, Spinet on Track B6, Nylon-String Guitar on Track B7

Andrew West:  Electric Guitar on Tracks:  A1, 7, B2, Synthesizer on Tracks:  A1, 4, B3, 4, Wurlitzer Electric Piano on Track A1, Mellotron on Track A4, Tambourine on Tracks:  A4, B1, 2, Acoustic Guitar on Tracks:  B1, 3, 4, Maracas on Track B1, Drums on Track B2, Magnetic Tapes Treatments on Track B2

Ringo Starr:  Tambourine on Tracks:  A1, B3, Vocals, Drums on Track B3

Mike Davis:  Trumpet on Tracks:  A4, B6

Nancy McCartney:  Spoken Word A5

Chrissie Hynde:  Background Vocals on Track B3

Sharleen Spilteri:  Background Vocals on Track B3

The Boys Of Dungeon Lane is the twentieth solo studio album by Paul McCartney, released on May 29, 2026 by Capitol Records, featuring the lead single "Days We Left Behind", 2nd single "Home To Us", is a duet with his former bandmate, Ringo Starr.

The Dave Clark Five

 

Artist:   The Dave Clark Five
Origin:  Tottenham, London, England
Genre:  Pop, Beat, AM Pop, Early Pop, Rock & Roll, British Invasion

Original line-up:

Dave Clark:  Drums
Mike Smith:  Lead Vocals, Keyboards
Lenny Davidson:  Lead Guitar
Rick Huxley:  Bass
Denis Payton:  Tenor, & Baritone Saxophone, Harmonica, Guitar

The Dave Clark Five were an English Rock Band from Tottenham, London, formed in 1957 by Dave Clark (Drums), Mike Smith (Lead Vocals, Keyboards), Lenny Davidson (Lead Guitar), Rick Huxley (Bass), and Denis Payton (Saxophone, Harmonica, Guitar).  They had their first UK Top Ten Single "Glad All Over", which knocked The Beatles "I Want To Hold Your Hand" of the top of the UK Singles Chart.  The band disbanded in late 1970.  In 2008 the band was induced into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame.

Title:  Best Of True Stereo (2014)

Genre:  Pop, Beat, AM Pop, Early Pop, Rock & Roll, British Invasion

Label:  

Rating:   *****

Format:  CD

Tracks:

 1.  Glad All Over (2:43)

 2.  Do You Love Me (2:22)

 3.  Bits And Pieces (1:58)

 4.  Can't You See That She's Mine (2:23)

 5.  Forever And A Day (2:12)

 6.  Because (2:24)

 7.  Whenever You're Around (5:47)

 8.  Hurting Inside (2:40)

 9.  'Till The One Comes Along (2:14)

10. Remember, It's Me (2:22)

11. Having A Wild Weekend (1:51)

12. Catch Us If You Can (1:56)

13. Come Home (2:50)

14. Thinking Of You Baby (2:40)

15. When I'm Alone (2:34)

16. I Need Love (3:37)

17. I'll Be Yours My Love (2:43)

18. Try Too Hard (2:11)

19. Please Tell Me Why (1:35)

20. Nineteen Days (1:50)

21. Bernedatte (2:18)

22. Sitting Here Baby (2:58)

23. You Got What It Takes (3:00)

24. You Don't Play Me Around (2:20)

25. Tabatha Twitchit (2:27)

26. Everybody Knows (2:17)

27. At the Place (2:25)

28. Here Comes Summer (2:49)

29. Live In The Sky (2:40)

30. Julia (2:29)

Best Of True Stereo is the compilation album by The Dave Clark Five, released on  February 18, 2014 by Bits & Pieces.  30 Tracks.  For Fans of The Dave Clark Five and Music Collectors.

Brian Auger

 

Artist:  Brian Auger 

Birth Name:  Brian Albert Gordon Auger

Born:  July 18, 1939.  Hammersmith, London, England

Genre:  R&B, Jazz Rock, Rock, Jazz, Fusion, Progressive Rock, Soul Jazz, Art Rock, Funk, Jazz Funk, AM Pop

Occupation:  Musician

Instruments:  Organ, Keyboards

Brian Auger  is an English Jazz Rock and Rock Music Keyboardist who specialises in the Hammond Organ.  He has worked with Rod Stewart, Tony Williams, Jimi Hendrix, John McLaughlin, Sonny Boy Williamson, and Eric Clapton.  He incorporated Jazz, early British Pop, R&B, Soul Music and Rock into the sound.  He has been nominated for a Grammy Award.  In 1965, he played on "For Your Love" by The Yardbirds as a session musician.  That same year, he formed the group The Steampacket with Long John Baldry, Julie Driscoll, Vic Briggs and Rod Stewart.  Due to contractual problems there were no official recordings made by the band.  With Julie Driscoll and The Trinity.  In 1970, he formed the Jazz Fusion ensemble Brian Auger's Oblivion Express.

Artist:  Brian Auger's Oblivion Express

Title:  Second Wind (2026)

Genre:  R&B, Jazz Rock, Rock, Jazz, Fusion, Progressive Rock, Soul Jazz, Art Rock, Funk, Jazz Funk, AM Pop

Label:  Strut Records

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side One:

 1.  Truth (745)

 2.  Don't Look Away (6:01)

 3.  Somebody Help Us (6:32)

Side Two:

1.  Freedom Jazz Dance (5:25) 

 2.  Just Me, Just You (6:14)

 3.  Second Wind (6:40)

Personnel:

Brain Auger:  Organ, Electric Piano, Piano

Jim Mullen:  Guitar

Barry Dean:  Bass

Robbie McIntosh:  Drums, Percussion

Alex Ligertwood:  Vocals, Tambourine

Second Wind is the third studio album by Brian Auger's Oblivion Express, originally released in 1972 by RCA, remastered and reissued on February 27, 2026 by Strut Records.

Brian Auger

Artist:  Brian Auger 

Birth Name:  Brian Albert Gordon Auger

Born:  July 18, 1939.  Hammersmith, London, England

Genre:  R&B, Jazz Rock, Rock, Jazz, Fusion, Progressive Rock, Soul Jazz, Art Rock, Funk, Jazz Funk, AM Pop

Occupation:  Musician

Instruments:  Organ, Keyboards

Brian Auger  is an English Jazz Rock and Rock Music Keyboardist who specialises in the Hammond Organ.  He has worked with Rod Stewart, Tony Williams, Jimi Hendrix, John McLaughlin, Sonny Boy Williamson, and Eric Clapton.  He incorporated Jazz, early British Pop, R&B, Soul Music and Rock into the sound.  He has been nominated for a Grammy Award.  In 1965, he played on "For Your Love" by The Yardbirds as a session musician.  That same year, he formed the group The Steampacket with Long John Baldry, Julie Driscoll, Vic Briggs and Rod Stewart.  Due to contractual problems there were no official recordings made by the band.  With Julie Driscoll and The Trinity.  In 1970, he formed the Jazz Fusion ensemble Brian Auger's Oblivion Express.

Title:  Oblivion Express (2026)  

Genre:  R&B, Jazz Rock, Rock, Jazz, Fusion, Progressive Rock, Soul Jazz, Art Rock, Funk, Jazz Funk, AM Pop

Label:  Strut Records

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side One:

 1.  Dragon Song (4:16 )

 2.  Total Eclipse (11:04)

 3.  The Light (3:34)

Side Two:

 1.  Oh The Road (5:11)

 2.  The Sword (6:16)

 3.  Oblivion Express (7:28)

Personnel:

Brian Auger:  Lead Vocals, Keyboards

Barry Dean:  Bass, Vocal Harmony

Jim Mullen:  Lead Guitar, Vocal Harmony

Robbie McIntosh:  Drums

Oblivion Express is an album by Brian Auger, originally released in 1971 by RCA, remastered and reissued onmFebruary 27, 2026 by Strut Records.