Английская Википедия:Berkeley Mews

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"Berkeley Mews" is a song by the English rock band the Kinks. It was released on a non-album single in JuneШаблон:Nbsp1970, as the B-side to "Lola". Written and sung by bandleader Ray Davies, the song was recorded in earlyШаблон:Nbsp1968 during the sessions for The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society (1968). The title references a small street in London, while the lyrics recount a one-night stand. Influenced by the music of the 1940s, the song employs a heavier production than was typical for the band's 1968 work.

Background and recording

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Berkeley Mews, a small street in London (pictured 2008)

Ray Davies composed "Berkeley Mews" in reference to a street of the same name in London, located near Pye Records's offices at Marble Arch.Шаблон:Sfn The lyrics recount a drunken one-night stand.Шаблон:Sfn The music is influenced by that of the 1940s,Шаблон:Sfn and historian Carey Fleiner writes the song evokes the decade's "hard life and grim economy".Шаблон:Sfn Band biographer Johnny Rogan characterises the song as a "playful novelty number". He describes its arrangement as "chaotic", joining both a pub-styled piano with drunken-sounding vocals.Шаблон:Sfn

The Kinks recorded "Berkeley Mews" from around January to MarchШаблон:Nbsp1968 during the sessions for The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Efn Recording took place in Pye Studio 2,Шаблон:Sfn one of two basement studios at Pye's London offices.Шаблон:Sfn Ray is credited as the song's producer,Шаблон:Sfn while Pye's in-house engineers Alan MacKenzie operated the four-track mixing console. Session keyboardist Nicky Hopkins – a regular on Kinks recordings since 1965 – played piano. Additional contributions included Mellotron, handclaps and a saxophone.Шаблон:Sfn

Release

"Berkeley Mews" remained unreleased to the public for roughly two-and-a-half years.Шаблон:Sfn An acetate disc from around MarchШаблон:Nbsp1968 paired the song with "Rosemary Rose" for a potential single, though it was not issued.Шаблон:Sfn "Berkeley Mews" had little in common with the themes of The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society, and Ray opted to not release it on that album.Шаблон:Sfn When the Kinks' US recording contract required them to submit a new album to Reprise Records in JuneШаблон:Nbsp1968,Шаблон:Sfn it was among the fifteen tracks he sent to the label.Шаблон:Sfn The song featured on the label's test pressings of the album, which was planned for a lateШаблон:Nbsp1968 release in the US as Four More Respected Gentlemen, though the project was abandoned.

"Berkeley Mews" was first released in JulyШаблон:Nbsp1969 on the US promotional compilation album Then Now and Inbetween.Шаблон:Sfn The album was issued to journalists, radio program directors and disc jockeys as part of the "God Save the Kinks" promotional campaign, which sought to reestablish the band's status in the US after their four-year performance ban. Band biographer Andy Miller hypothesises that the Kinks may have overdubbed additional parts for the song in anticipation of the song's inclusion on the compilation album. He focuses on elements which were generally absent from the band's 1968 work, such as the heavier guitar production and the presence of a saxophone. He suggests the saxophone may have been overdubbed around May or JuneШаблон:Nbsp1969 during the sessions for Arthur (1969), since Dave Davies's song "Mr. Reporter" received a brass overdub around the same time.Шаблон:Sfn

Pye released "Berkeley Mews" in the UK as the B-side to "Lola" on Шаблон:Nowrap.Шаблон:Sfn Decades later, bassist Pete Quaife – who left the Kinks in MarchШаблон:Nbsp1969Шаблон:Sfn – reflected on his surprise at hearing his own bass playing on the B-side.Шаблон:Sfn In the US, Reprise replaced "Berkeley Mews" with a different B-side; the label did not issue the song in the US until Шаблон:Nowrap on the compilation album The Kink Kronikles.Шаблон:Sfn The song was also included as a bonus track on the 2004 CD reissue of Village Green and on the 2014 box set The Kinks – The Anthology 1964–1971.Шаблон:Sfn

Personnel

According to band researcher Doug Hinman,Шаблон:Sfn except where noted:

The Kinks

• Ray DaviesШаблон:Snd lead vocal, MellotronШаблон:Efn
• Dave DaviesШаблон:Snd electric guitar
• Pete QuaifeШаблон:Snd bass
• Mick AvoryШаблон:Snd drums
• Unidentified (played by the Kinks)Шаблон:Snd handclapsШаблон:Sfn

Additional musicians

• Nicky HopkinsШаблон:Snd piano, MellotronШаблон:Efn
• Unidentified session musicianШаблон:Snd saxophoneШаблон:Sfn

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