Vinyl Record
The Kinks - The Journey - Part 3
The Kinks - The Journey - Part 3 on 2LP vinyl. A 2025 record available from Kilmorna Collection in Listowel, Ireland.
2LP ยท 2025
Available from Kilmorna Collection in Listowel.
Buyer notes: 2025 2LP, currently available from the Kilmorna Collection vinyl shelf. Pay for pickup in Listowel or ship within Ireland for EUR 5.50.
The Journey - Part 3, released in July 2025, closes The Kinks' anniversary anthology series by turning toward the RCA and Arista years, broadly the 1977-1984 period when the band found a new American audience and translated its older wit into tougher, more direct rock. That era is often reduced to a comeback footnote, but this volume argues for it as a genuine late chapter: Sleepwalker, Misfits, Low Budget, Give the People What They Want, State of Confusion, and related live material show The Kinks adapting to arena rooms, sharper guitars, and a changed rock marketplace while retaining Ray Davies' eye for social absurdity and Dave Davies' bite. Songs such as Come Dancing, Destroyer, Living On A Thin Line, A Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy, and the live Royal Albert Hall material underline how the band could still make nostalgia, anxiety, satire, and crowd response collide. Part 3 is less about early mythology than survival, reinvention, and the complicated afterlife of a great British band in the late 20th century.
It matters because it gives The Kinks' later period a serious frame. The 1977-1984 years contain more than comeback singles; they show a band negotiating punk's aftermath, American rock radio, music-video-era visibility, and its own long memory.
This is the anthology volume for collectors who already understand the 1960s classics and want the Arista-era argument in one place. It pairs well with Misfits and Low Budget, and it makes the later live identity feel like part of the main story rather than an appendix.
Late-period Kinks rock with punchier guitars, reflective pop hooks, arena-ready rhythm, British social observation, nostalgic ache, and sharper 1980s edges.
Recommended for: Kinks collectors exploring the RCA and Arista years; Fans of Come Dancing, Destroyer, and Living On A Thin Line; Listeners interested in veteran bands reinventing themselves after punk.
What period does The Journey - Part 3 cover? It focuses on the band's later RCA and Arista-era material, especially the years around 1977 to 1984. Is this the final volume in the anthology series? Yes. It is presented as the closing part of The Kinks' anniversary Journey series. Why is the later Kinks era worth hearing? It shows the band adapting to harder rock settings and a new audience while keeping the songwriting personality that made them distinct.