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Dave Davies Decade VinylThe decade in question on this 2018 compilation is the 1970s, ten years that found the Kinks extraordinarily busy so busy that Dave Davies didn't often get a chance to place his songs on Kinks albums. Between 1971 and 1979, the period during which these 13 songs were recorded, the Kinks were powered by a conceptually minded Ray Davies, who cycled through rock operas at a maddening pace before finally finding the hard rock groove that brought the Kinks

not songs whose meanings need to be further explored

who always championed the band's blues roots

Released: 2/28/2020

landing like a spacecraft among reams of cascading synthesizer before evolving into a soundscape of cricket chirps

In retrospect

"All I Want is You" shows the moody

and a few items that defied any classification but "Elvis Costello" ("Ghost Train

melodic anthems "Down on the Corner" and "Lookin' Out My Back Door

Duke Robillard (guitar)

keyboard swells

while at the same time sounding extremely sharp and polished

Out on his own following the defection of Bunny Wailer and Peter Tosh