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The Kinks rumoured to Reunite

by Rob Peters | January 3, 2008 at 09:43 am

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Sounds uncertain at best, but here you go:

Rumours of a possible tour and new recording from the four original members of British rock pioneers the Kinks – Ray and Dave Davies, Mick Avory and Pete Quaife – may very well come to fruition in 2008. But this depends on whom you choose to believe.

Daily Mail has quoted Ray as saying, "I spoke to Quaife about a month ago and he dearly wants to make another record with me. I think Dave's getting better (recovering from his 2004 stroke) and Mick's still playing. It would be great to get back together just to see what musical ideas we had and what would happen."

Dave, however, wasn’t as eager to re-open the well-documented and volatile working relationship with his older brother. In a November 2007 posting on the message board of his website in response to the rumors, Dave seemed unforthcoming at best to get the band back together.

Reunion or no reunion, The Kinks’ new box set, Retrospective, is slated for release sometime this year.

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Jordan Yerman

at 09:52 on January 3rd, 2008

Ray and Dave Davies are the original Noel and Liam.

Rob Peters

at 11:35 on January 3rd, 2008

I was thinking that myself when I posted this.

bindifry

at 19:26 on January 3rd, 2008

i met ray waiting for an elevator at the W hotel in midtown manhattan. he signed my copy of mojo i happened to be holding. i had tickets to see him the following week. he was very nice & quite tall.

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dotsman2000

at 07:35 on January 6th, 2008

If you own the Kink's "One For the Road" live double album, the poster that was included with it (a smaller version comes with the cd) was of that show at the Lenox Music Inn. In fact I was able to find my friends and myself in the crowd because of the little blonde girl who was sitting on someone's shoulders near the center of the poster. I noticed her off to my right during the show and thought it was a neat scene and photographed her myself. I've uploaded that photo too. If you still have the poster, look for her.