LPCDreissues: Looking forward to the past

Given the startling number of original pop masterpieces the Kinks are responsible for composing, it is ironic to think that they began life primarily as an R&B cover band. Their 1964 debut album, in fact, featured several R&B classics, like Chuck Berry's "Beautiful Delilah" and Bo Diddly's "Cadillac", but it was the original material, like "You Really Got Me" and "So Mystifying" that made it a British pop classic and helped the Davies brothers take that first historic step in cementing their role as one of the most influential and innovative bands in pop history.