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.
Track listing - Side A: 1. Beautiful Delilah 2. So mystifying 3. Just can't go to sleep 4. Long tall shorty 5. I took my baby home 6.
I'm a lover not a fighter 7. You really got me Side B: 1. Cadillac 2. Bald headed woman 3. Revenge 4. Too much monkey business
5. I've been driving on bald mountain 6. Stop your sobbing 7. Got love if you want it
