The Kinks - Arthur (Deluxe Edition) (Music CD) available on July 12 2017 from Base for 8.79
Arthur - The Kinks available on October 06 2015 from Amazon for 9.52
UPC bar code 602527322742 ξ1 registered February 14 2015
UPC bar code 602527322742 ξ2 registered July 12 2017
UPC bar code 602527322742 ξ3 registered October 06 2015
Product category is MUSIC CD - CD - Pop & Rock Audio
Manufacturered by SANCTUARY
Product weight is 0.3 lbs.
Digitally re-mastered and expanded deluxe two CD edition of this 1969 album from the British Rock legends. Arthur was met with almost unanimous acclaim upon release. This edition comes with deluxe packaging containing Mono and Stereo mixes as well as unreleased material, alternative versions, BBC sessions and short interviews, all re-mastered from original tapes by well-known Kinks archivist Andrew Sandoval. The booklet was designed by award winning art director Phil Smee, comes packed with rare and unreleased images from the era. Sanctuary.
^Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) [Deluxe Edition] [Digipak] by The Kinks (CD, Jun-2011, 2 Discs, Sanctuary (USA))UPC 602527322742 (revised Apr 2018)
Like many fans of this great British band, I've watched the release of 6 Kinks 'Deluxe Editions' since the beginning of 2011 with a certain amount of scepticism. Haven't these albums been done to death already and isn't this just more monetary milking of it? But then several of our customers began to rave about the great new remastered sound on these doubles - so I took the plunge on "Face To Face" (see review), "Something Else" (see review) and "Arthur..." - and t..
This recording was, and is still, the Kink's finest hour. Composed by Ray Davies as the score for a 1969 British TV series that never got off the ground, it, in it's own humble way ushered in a spate of lesser concept albums. It is neither a rock opera, nor a portentious retelling of the history of England. Rather, it's a collection of postcard perfect scenes of everyday life in the suburbs of post-war England. Yawn,right? Wait a minute, this thing rocks harder tha..
