The KinksFace To Face

Label:

Pye Records – NPL.18149

Format:

Vinyl , LP, Album, Mono

Country:

UK

Released:

Genre:

Rock

Style:

Pop Rock

Tracklist

A1 Party Line
A2 Rosy Won't You Please Come Home
A3 Dandy
A4 Too Much On My Mind
A5 Session Man
A6 Rainy Day In June
A7 House In The Country
B1 Holiday In Waikiki
B2 Most Exclusive Residence For Sale
B3 Fancy
B4 Little Miss Queen Of Darkness
B5 You're Lookin' Fine
B6 Sunny Afternoon
B7 I'll

Companies, etc.

  • Copyright ©Pye Records Ltd.
  • Lacquer Cut AtPye Studios
  • Published ByBelinda (London)
  • Printed ByGarrod & Lofthouse Ltd.
  • Made ByGarrod & Lofthouse Ltd.
  • Distributed ByPye Records (Sales) Ltd.
  • Pressed ByTranco Limited

Credits

  • Arranged By [Arrangements]Raymond Davies*
  • Bass GuitarPeter Quaife*
  • Costume Designer [Mr David Davie's Costumes By]Gail of Blackburn
  • DrumsMichael Avory*
  • EngineerIrish (2)
  • HarpsichordNick Hopkins*
  • Lacquer Cut ByH*
  • Liner Notes [Autumn 1966]Frank Smyth
  • Music Director [Musical Direction]Raymond Davies*
  • PerformerRaymond Douglas Davies*
  • ProducerShel Talmy
  • Recorded ByShel Talmy
  • Written-ByR. Davies*

Notes

First catalog number on cover, second on label.
Released in a front laminated flipback cover on a pink Pye label.

Made in England

℗ 1966

A Shel Talmy Production

Track B5 is given as "You're Lookin' Fine" on the jacket, but as "You're Looking Fine" on label.

Main runout string is stamped, additional mother, stamper & tax code characters are etched.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Other (Side A & B runout Tax Code): KT
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A label): NPL.18149-A
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B label): NPL.18149-B
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 1): NPL18149 A1 △ H
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 1): NPL18149 B2 △ H
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 2): NPL18149 A2 △ H KT Q
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 2): NPL18149 B2 △ H KT C
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 3): NPL18149 A1 △ H 2 J KT
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 3): NPL18149 B1 △ H 1 N KT
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 4): NPL18149 A2 △ H 1 KT G
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 4): NPL18149 B2 △ H 3 KT I
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 5): NPL18149 A2 △ H 1 KT
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 5): NPL18149 B1 △ H 1 KT

Other Versions (5 of 124)

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
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Face To Face (LP, Album, Mono) Reprise Records R 6228, R-6228, 6228 US 1966
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Face To Face (LP, Album, Stereo) Pye Records NSPL.18149, NSPL 18149 UK 1966
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Face To Face (LP, Album, Stereo, Pitman Press) Reprise Records RS-6228, 6228, RS 6228 US 1966
Face To Face (LP, Album, Stereo) Hit-Ton Schallplatten HTLP 340006 P, HTSLP 340006 P 1966
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Face To Face (LP, Album, Mono) Pye Records SIP 20 Italy 1966

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Reviews

  • mentholyptus
    Terrific Album, one of my top favorites from 1966. The 2 CD Deluxe edition has both the Mono & Stereo mixes, plus some new Stereo mixes, alternates & outtakes.
    • mwinstanley7's avatar
      mwinstanley7
      Edited 3 years ago
      Face To Face is the Kinks first true masterpiece album. Just over two years into their career Ray Davies has become a writer ahead of the crowd.
      This album suffered in the history books slightly due to Pye records being extremely ignorant. Ray had initially organised the album to be linked by sound effects and musical ages, which you still hear the remnants of some on here ... but Pye just wanted a good little singles band, and the album was delayed months, which in the sixties made a huge difference, and destroys the historical perspective of how far ahead The Kinks were from their contemporaries.

      From the heartfelt beauty of Rosy Won't You Please Come Home
      Through the lighthearted dig at his brother in Dandy
      To the apocalyptic vision of Rainy Day June
      Through the worldwide favourite Sunny Afternoon...

      This is a masterpiece album, that needs to be listened to properly.

      I highly recommend the 2 cd deluxe edition. The extra tracks are just as stunning as the album.
      • bezem019's avatar
        bezem019
        Edited 11 years ago
        I own this album since 1966 when it was released. Mine is a Dutch pressing by Negram.
        The strange thing is that side B starts with "Sunny Afternoon" so B6 = B1 on my record.
        Does anybody experience the same phenomena or am I the only one?
        Also the lables on my record are mixed, so the lable of side A is on Side B and vice versa.

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