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"With this amp, Dave Davies wouldn't have had to shred his speaker to get his 'You Really Got Me' guitar tone." Mitch Colby resurrects the amp that gave Paul McCartney his ...

Considering its status as “the classic British amplifier you’ve possibly never heard of,” the Elpico AC55 combo drags some serious history in its wake. Built by Lee Products Co (L-P-Co) as an ...
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The Kinks are much more than You Really Got Me – and Ray Davies’ inventive acoustic style influenced a generation of players

If You Really Got Me is the first thing that springs to mind when you think of The Kinks then fear not, you aren’t alone. Their 1964 hit defined an era with that ‘slashed speaker’ sound, ...
American Songwriter

The Kinks Celebrating 60th Anniversary of “You Really Got Me” by Releasing Limited-Edition Vinyl Single

The Kinks’ breakthrough hit “You Really Got Me” arrived 60 years ago this summer. In celebration of the milestone anniversary, the legendary British Invasion band is releasing a limited-edition 7-inch ...
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Why The Kinks could never fully get on board with Van Halen’s version of You Really Got Me

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Fin Costello/Redferns Tom Hustler/Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty Images Reflecting on ...
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Shel Talmy, record producer who oversaw hits by the Kinks and the Who, dies at 87

Shel Talmy, the American record producer who helped foment the British Invasion by capturing the scabrous guitar riff in the Kinks’ “You Really Got Me” and Roger Daltrey’s stuttering vocal line in the ...
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'You Really Got Me': The Kinks' Dave Davies horrified by AI cover of the band

The Kinks' Dave Davies has blasted an AI cover of the band. Fortunately for him, the YouTube clip of the song claiming to be a "new original song" called 'Hop Skip Jump!' has since been deleted.