DAVE DAVIES
''FRAGILE''
COMPILATION - SONGS AND DEMOS RECORDED FROM THE 1970 TO THE 1990
2001
44:49
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1 Astral Nightmare 03:42
2 Violet Dreams 05:00
Andy Pyle - Bass
Nick Trevisick - Drums
3 Im Sorry 04:48
4 Give Something Back 03:34
5 Hope 04:23
6 Bright Lights 02:41
7 Open Up Your Heart 03:55
8 Wait! 03:40
9 No More Mysteries 04:27
10 Lost In Your Arms 03:06
11 Long Lonely Road 05:26
Andy Pyle - Bass
Nick Trevisick - Drums
All Tracks By Dave Davies
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ABOUT THE ALBUM/OFFICIAL
'Fragile' by Dave Davies. The second in the Meta Media demo series release offers more never before released material spanning some 20years. Demos of songs such as 'Long Lonely Road', an Earthy hard rock, guitar driven piece which was the first song written for the AFL1 3603 album but was never used. This presentation is an eclectic and diverse blend of music styles that probably would otherwise never have seen the light of day! Sensitive ballads such as 'Wait!' A love song of longing, regret and remorse for love lost and hope that it may somehow be re-kindled. 'Give Something Back' a poppy and melodic track expressing environmental and planetary concerns. 'Astral Nightmare' an unusual almost mystical jazz /techno influenced piece opens the Album with punch. A strange surreal track having an unexpected dreamlike quality. There are many musical gems contained in this second demo series release that span the musical genre from Hard Rock to Country, Jazz to Ballad. Country influenced offerings like 'No More Mysteries' is a paradoxical piece that on further listening resonates to a higher Spiritual love. Almost devotional praise clothed in slide guitars and harmonicas culminating in a simple yet enchanting chorus. All in all, an audio feast of rare musical talent expressed innocently and honestly without the frills but with all the passion, grit and reality only a seasoned artist of Dave's caliber can deliver!
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BIOGRAPHY/AMG
Richie Unterberger
Something Else by the Kinks
Although he took a largely subordinate role to his brother Ray in the Kinks, Dave's fierce guitar work and hoarse but effective background (and occasional lead) vocals were key elements of the band's appeal. Dave also occasionally wrote songs for the Kinks that showed him to be a writer of considerable skill and wit, if not up to the same level as Ray. In the late '60s, Dave made some solo singles that met with critical success in Britain, although they were unknown in the U.S. "Death of a Clown" (also included on the Kinks' Something Else LP) made number three on the British charts in 1967, and the follow-up, "Susannah's Still Alive," also did fairly well.
Good Luck Charm [Bootleg]
Dave began to consider making a solo album, but after a couple other solo singles flopped, he seemed to lose heart and abandoned his plans (some unreleased solo tracks from this period turned up on the obscure Kinks bootleg Good Luck Charm). In the 1980s, Dave finally began a solo career in earnest, releasing a series of mainstream rock albums and various collections of demos and outtakes that found little critical or commercial acclaim, before his work was neatly summarized on Unfinished Business: Dave Davies Kronikles 1963-1998. The hard-rocking Bug from 2002 was his first album of new material in nearly 20 years. Davies suffered a major stroke in 2004 and used composing and painting as therapy during the lengthy recovery period that followed. The new song "God in My Brain" was inspired by the stroke and appeared on the 2006 compilation Kinked. In 2007 Davies released his first full-length post-stroke studio album, Fractured Mindz, on the Koch label.
I Will Be Me
In 2011, BBC Four aired the revealing documentary Dave Davies: Kinkdom Come, in which he was interviewed at length about his time with the Kinks, his relationship with Ray, and the spirituality that helped him through the aforementioned period of serious ill health. June 2013 brought I Will Be Me, an album that balanced hard-edged rockers with more sedate, contemplative material, all of which displayed a rich vein of nostalgia. In February 2014, Davies played his first U.K. concert since 2001, and he returned that autumn with Rippin' Up Time, a record produced by occasional Wondermints member David Nolte.
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''FRAGILE''
COMPILATION - SONGS AND DEMOS RECORDED FROM THE 1970 TO THE 1990
2001
44:49
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1 Astral Nightmare 03:42
2 Violet Dreams 05:00
Andy Pyle - Bass
Nick Trevisick - Drums
3 Im Sorry 04:48
4 Give Something Back 03:34
5 Hope 04:23
6 Bright Lights 02:41
7 Open Up Your Heart 03:55
8 Wait! 03:40
9 No More Mysteries 04:27
10 Lost In Your Arms 03:06
11 Long Lonely Road 05:26
Andy Pyle - Bass
Nick Trevisick - Drums
All Tracks By Dave Davies
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ABOUT THE ALBUM/OFFICIAL
'Fragile' by Dave Davies. The second in the Meta Media demo series release offers more never before released material spanning some 20years. Demos of songs such as 'Long Lonely Road', an Earthy hard rock, guitar driven piece which was the first song written for the AFL1 3603 album but was never used. This presentation is an eclectic and diverse blend of music styles that probably would otherwise never have seen the light of day! Sensitive ballads such as 'Wait!' A love song of longing, regret and remorse for love lost and hope that it may somehow be re-kindled. 'Give Something Back' a poppy and melodic track expressing environmental and planetary concerns. 'Astral Nightmare' an unusual almost mystical jazz /techno influenced piece opens the Album with punch. A strange surreal track having an unexpected dreamlike quality. There are many musical gems contained in this second demo series release that span the musical genre from Hard Rock to Country, Jazz to Ballad. Country influenced offerings like 'No More Mysteries' is a paradoxical piece that on further listening resonates to a higher Spiritual love. Almost devotional praise clothed in slide guitars and harmonicas culminating in a simple yet enchanting chorus. All in all, an audio feast of rare musical talent expressed innocently and honestly without the frills but with all the passion, grit and reality only a seasoned artist of Dave's caliber can deliver!
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BIOGRAPHY/AMG
Richie Unterberger
Something Else by the Kinks
Although he took a largely subordinate role to his brother Ray in the Kinks, Dave's fierce guitar work and hoarse but effective background (and occasional lead) vocals were key elements of the band's appeal. Dave also occasionally wrote songs for the Kinks that showed him to be a writer of considerable skill and wit, if not up to the same level as Ray. In the late '60s, Dave made some solo singles that met with critical success in Britain, although they were unknown in the U.S. "Death of a Clown" (also included on the Kinks' Something Else LP) made number three on the British charts in 1967, and the follow-up, "Susannah's Still Alive," also did fairly well.
Good Luck Charm [Bootleg]
Dave began to consider making a solo album, but after a couple other solo singles flopped, he seemed to lose heart and abandoned his plans (some unreleased solo tracks from this period turned up on the obscure Kinks bootleg Good Luck Charm). In the 1980s, Dave finally began a solo career in earnest, releasing a series of mainstream rock albums and various collections of demos and outtakes that found little critical or commercial acclaim, before his work was neatly summarized on Unfinished Business: Dave Davies Kronikles 1963-1998. The hard-rocking Bug from 2002 was his first album of new material in nearly 20 years. Davies suffered a major stroke in 2004 and used composing and painting as therapy during the lengthy recovery period that followed. The new song "God in My Brain" was inspired by the stroke and appeared on the 2006 compilation Kinked. In 2007 Davies released his first full-length post-stroke studio album, Fractured Mindz, on the Koch label.
I Will Be Me
In 2011, BBC Four aired the revealing documentary Dave Davies: Kinkdom Come, in which he was interviewed at length about his time with the Kinks, his relationship with Ray, and the spirituality that helped him through the aforementioned period of serious ill health. June 2013 brought I Will Be Me, an album that balanced hard-edged rockers with more sedate, contemplative material, all of which displayed a rich vein of nostalgia. In February 2014, Davies played his first U.K. concert since 2001, and he returned that autumn with Rippin' Up Time, a record produced by occasional Wondermints member David Nolte.
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WEBSITE
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TO THE TOP
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