Is “Kinks-Size” The Kinks’ Forgotten Album or Just a Cash-Grab?
Released in March 1965 as a US and Canada only compilation, is “Kinks-Size” The Kinks’ forgotten album, or was it just a label cash grab? This is the story of that album, why it was released, and how it sizes up today.
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CHAPTERS:
0:00 The Kurious Kinks Kash Grab
0:40 Why “Kinks-Size” Was Different
2:03 The Songs On “Kinks-Size”
4:37 The Legacy of The Kinks and “Kinks-Size”
CLIP CREDITS:
The Kinks “All Day and All of the Night” (Live Shindig 1965): https://youtu.be/xIYzQfgGTZE?si=Hlj0rAa2fC9lEmSc
The Kinks “Tired of Waiting” (Live NME 1965): https://youtu.be/o2-nY2O6qCc?si=lBOnkRYMC0uRi7BH
Ray and Dave 1977 Interview: https://youtu.be/LasIxetrkLU?si=FNHWCvCUY__Tmcwo
Ray and Dave 1966 Interview: https://youtu.be/5Mi7-kQbV6A?si=MZnHc1g2ju6HqE7s
The Kinks Live at Hullabaloo, 1965: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7p2EPYCvKI
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@AndyFenstermaker
October 8, 2025 at 6:03 am
Next, I take a look at the inside joke behind The Kinks' "David Watts." https://youtu.be/jgZBhvMcOsE
@theglavine
October 8, 2025 at 6:03 am
Kinks Size was my first early Kinks 'album' after starting with State of Confusion & Rhino Greatest Hits. It's just fine but I was quick to start collecting the original albums once they came out via Velvel reissue in the late 90s!
A UK court ruled Hello I Love You was a 'cover' of All Day and All of the Night ! Listen to the opening of Do Your Remember Walter and then ELO's Mr Blue Sky. Or check out the bridge of She's Got Everything and then see if you hear that melody in Deep Purple's 'Woman From Tokyo'.
@nickaustin8334
October 8, 2025 at 6:03 am
The Kinks also suffered dodgy repackaged albums at home on Pye's budget label, Marble Arch. Fortunately there was so much good material that they're almost as good as authorised releases
@billblackmon7704
October 8, 2025 at 6:03 am
Kinkdom was a better Kash Grab.
@drivingwithtodd1781
October 8, 2025 at 6:03 am
"Kinks-Size" in mono was the first album I ever bought mainly because of "All Day And All Of The Night". I have fond memories of that album and actually listened to my copy about a month ago. It still sounds great today. I love The Kinks! One comment about repackaging UK tracks on a US album, we in the US didn't know the difference since we were not privy to the UK releases in the 1960's.
@chrisbotelho7212
October 8, 2025 at 6:03 am
I think Kinks-Size is the best of their early pre 1966 l.p.s. Always liked it.
@davidrauh8118
October 8, 2025 at 6:03 am
The same thing happened to all the British groups of that era. The Kinks, The Beatles, The Hollies, The Stones, The Who, etc. American record labels threw together additional albums with singles and EP covers. The fact that the British LP's had 14 songs as opposed to our 11 made it easy for haphazard recordings.
@shoppingcartrecords
October 8, 2025 at 6:03 am
Hey! We’d love to see you do an album review of our very own Carter Brady’s ‘Shopping Cart’. Hope you see this and best wishes!
@Foul_Quince
October 8, 2025 at 6:03 am
Everything in the 60's was a "cash-grab". It was, after all, called the music "business" for a reason.
@theForgottenMelodiesRecords
October 8, 2025 at 6:03 am
Personally, I think 1965 may be the best year of popular music. 1966 is a close second.
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