The Kinks The Journey Part 2 (2-CD)

(BMG Rights) 34 tracks

British rock icons The Kinks are celebrating their 60th anniversary. "The Journey Part 2" is the sequel to the successful anthology. "The Journey Part 1" was released in March and entered the album charts at #37. An odyssey through the band's iconic hits, including the electrifying "Till The End Of The Day", the exuberant "David Watts", the sun-soaked vibes of "Sunny Afternoon" and the rebellious anthem "20th Century Man", as well as previously unreleased recordings.

The band have compiled this collection around themes inspired by the trials and tribulations of their life together as a band since 1963."

This release includes music from Face To Face, The Kink Kontroversy, Something Else, The Village Green Preservation Society, Lola Versus Powerman and The Moneygoround, Muswell Hillbillies, Everybody's In Show-Biz, Preservation Acts 1 & 2 and A Soap Opera.

It contains singles, B-sides, album tracks and, most importantly, six new Ray Davies mixes, three of which are previously unreleased live performances from the New Victoria Theatre in London in 1975.

Speaking about this release, Ray Davies said: "I thought I knew everything about my songs until I got the opportunity to put this record together. The new sequencing has allowed us to show the 'big picture' and give a more revealing back story of how our music evolved. I learned a lot about myself putting the album together."

The audio was remastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Studios in L.A. under the supervision of Andrew Sandoval.