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Salient: Victoria University Students' Paper. Vol. 30, No. 1. 1967.

Surprisingly original

Surprisingly original

After listening to the latest Kink's LP "Face to Face" (Pye NLP 18149 mono) I am convinced that they could successfully adopt this sound—the first track. "Party Line" is incredibly like the stage of development of "Beatles For Sale"—the tune, the words, harmonies, vocal tone, lead guitar breaks are all astonishingly "Beatle-like."

However, getting away from this point the remainder of the album is surprisingly original (incidentally it is surprising to discover the leader Ray Davies wrote the Herman hit "Handy"). The disc appeals to me as being a "pop" record which would appeal to students more than the young 13-15 year-old "trendies" who religiously follow the charts -just listen Co "Rainy Day in june" with its gospel sound and "Queen of Darkness"—a folk blues Style with 12 String guitar lead.

Of course their hit "Sunny Afternoon" is included—one of the more "refreshing" pop singles of last year—" ... save me, save me, from that squeeze, I've got a big fat mamma tryin' to break me ..."

The recording is wood. An interesting and welcome aspect is the ease with which I could hear the words of the songs—no straining to catch the occasional audible phrase.

D.J.H.