A successful look back!

Who made her big time does not know the Kinks in the 60s and 70s, or no longer has a presence is at this from the master (Ray Davies) personally in the Kinks studio produced "Original Cast" album of the London Kinks musicals probably have his unalloyed pleasure , It is unusual that the original musicians of the musical as a real band playing (and not any wage slaves-musicians). That sounds good, fresh and alive! The recordings sound even when you win some distance to one or the other but a bit musty-sounding original recordings, sometimes clearly better than the originals. As I said, sometimes. Cleverly songs were mainly chosen where the lack of anything unusual, sometimes hypnotic and deeply moving song by Ray Davies - for me one of the most underrated singers of popular music at all - do not fall down to the little weight. And it has been dispensed about on "Celluloid Heroes", which will probably never sung nearly as capturing of any other singer, as on the original version from 1972 (also Ray Davies himself reached on the account of the grandiose guitar intros of Dave Davies also legendary live version of "One for the road" not quite).
The deduction of points there, because songs like the little known but great "Sitting in my hotel" or of course "Waterloo Sunset" (the latter, however, certainly with a lot of soul singing) but in relation to the original act second rate. But shall not apply again for everything says.
Conclusion: A very listenable tribute to the greatest singles band of the 60's, which has produced such an amount of outstanding songs like except you probably only the Beatles (but rarely the charm and Quirky-British the Kinks reached). By the way: Ray Davies' last solo album with new material "Working Mans Café" is very big pop cinema and certainly his best work during the last over 30 years (!).