The Storyteller

by Ray Davies

The Storyteller cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 23 March 1998
  • Label: Konk
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Community rating: 3.7/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Ray Davies performs 'The Storyteller', his semi-autobiographical stage show mixing Kinks songs with spoken memoir. The format grew out of his book 'X-Ray' and alternates narration with stripped-down versions of his catalogue.

Genres

Descriptors: acoustic, storytelling, personal, ballad, traditional

Tracklist

  1. Storyteller
  2. Introduction
  3. Victoria
  4. My Name (Dialogue)
  5. 20th Century Man
  6. London Song
  7. My Big Sister (Dialogue)
  8. That Old Black Magic
  9. Tired Of Waiting
  10. Set Me Free (Instrumental)
  11. Dad & The Green Amp (Dialogue)
  12. Set Me Free
  13. The Front Room (Dialogue)
  14. See My Friends
  15. Autumn Almanac
  16. Hunchback (Dialogue)
  17. X-Ray
  18. Art School (Dialogue)
  19. Art School Babe
  20. Back In The Front Room
  21. Writing The Song (Dialogue)
  22. When Big Bill Speaks / The Man Who Knew A Man (Mick Avory's Audition - Dialogue)
  23. It's Alright (Managers - Dialogue)
  24. It's Alright (Havana Version, The Kinks Name - Dialogue)
  25. It's Alright (Up Tempo, On The Road, Dialogue)
  26. Julie Finkle (Dialogue)
  27. The Ballad Of Julie Finkle
  28. The Third Single (Dialogue)
  29. You Really Got Me
  30. London Song (Studio Version)

Credits

  • Donal Whelan - edited by [additional digital editing]
  • Laurie Holloway - arranged by [music]
  • Tomas Penderson - bass, double bass

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