{"id":409792,"date":"2026-01-16T00:26:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T00:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/409792\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T00:26:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T00:26:14","slug":"a-second-disc-interview-andrew-sandoval-on-the-kinks-all-day-and-all-of-the-night-the-day-by-day-story-pt-1-1940-1971","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/409792\/","title":{"rendered":"A Second Disc Interview: Andrew Sandoval on “The Kinks – All Day and All of the Night: The Day-by-Day Story Pt. 1 – 1940-1971”"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AndrewHere at Second Disc HQ, we\u2019re longtime fans of writer-producer-musician-historian Andrew Sandoval.\u00a0 In addition to his groundbreaking work with The Monkees catalogue \u2013 including, most recently, helming the Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones, Ltd.<\/a> box set and penning the liner notes for the singles collection The As, The Bs, and The Monkees<\/a> \u2013\u00a0Andrew has curated reissues from artists including The Everly Brothers, The Band, Love, Bee Gees, Van Morrison, and The Kinks.\u00a0 Andrew\u2019s longtime association with the latter band has led to a new release coming soon from his boutique publishing house, Beatland Books<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0All Day and All of the Night: The Day-by-Day Story Pt. 1 \u2013 1940-1971 is the definitive chronicle of the band\u2019s early history.\u00a0 Andrew has co-written it with Doug Hinman, author of the original 1994 volume which has been updated, expanded, and refocused for this edition.\u00a0 We\u2019re thrilled that Andrew was able to take a few minutes out of his busy schedule to speak with TSD about this latest project.<\/p>\n

Thanks for chatting with us, Andrew.\u00a0 You\u2019ve had a long history with The Kinks\u2019 recorded catalog. How did you come to be involved with co-writing this update\/reimagining of Doug Hinman\u2019s tome?<\/p>\n

Doug and I connected through mutual Kinks friends in the 1990s following the publication of his discography. He was working on the Day-By-Day companion, and I tried my hand at turning some of his raw data into narrative text. He ultimately found a home for his book at Backbeat in the UK and Tony Bacon did editorial work on bringing Doug\u2019s monumental research into a narrative form. Coincidentally, my original Monkees Day-By-Day book was also published by Backbeat with Bacon as the editor.<\/p>\n

Though Doug and I were both grateful for the exposure and mainstream distribution, it was both our dreams to have a more elaborate presentation for our works published down the road. Once I had redone my Monkees book, Doug and I spent a number of years discussing reviving and reworking his Kinks book to its present form. It now runs 520 pages with completely rewritten and revised text as well as hundreds of rare images and illustrations in full color (the original book was black & white print only).<\/p>\n

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Can you give us a hint as to what\u2019s been added to the new edition?<\/p>\n

We had greater access to recording information via Shel Talmy\u2019s archive as well as a myriad of gig listings that have been collected through a team of skilled researchers. We also started from scratch on our BBC information and the book contains heretofore unpublished radio and television information. Furthermore, every Kinks recording is analyzed with a breakdown of players and background from contemporary interviews.<\/p>\n

Wow!\u00a0 Did you learn anything, or did anything surprise you, about the band while researching or putting the book together?<\/p>\n

I learned more than I can recount from basic memory; that\u2019s why I\u2019m so glad it\u2019s all in this book. For instance, the Davies brothers father Fred\u2019s birth name is actually Kelly \u2013 which explains why Ray and Dave\u2019s first gig outside of their home was as The Kelly Brothers. Their father adopted his stepfather\u2019s last name of Davies and I can\u2019t really think of The Kinks without thinking of Ray and Dave Davies. It almost seems unnatural to say Ray and Dave Kelly.<\/p>\n

Another interesting detail that came to light was that Granada TV paid for all of the recording sessions for the album Arthur in the hopes that they would release the album rather than Pye\/Reprise. In the end what would have amounted to the first TV pop opera was scrapped because the costs of production continued to increase and Granada\u2019s recent forays into this area with their Johnny Cash At San Quentin special and The Doors Are Open led directly to their decision to cancel the TV portion of Arthur.<\/p>\n

\"KinksI know our readers are going to be as fascinated as I am with so much deep-dive information being uncovered for the first time.\u00a0 Have the surviving band members been supportive of the book?<\/p>\n

To an extent The Kinks have always been supportive of Doug\u2019s research. And I interviewed all of the members for an extensive two-part article in Record Collector. These elements were the basis for a lot of our work on this book. Doug was particularly close with Pete Quaife and his story and point of view is accounted for accurately in this volume.<\/p>\n

Fantastic.\u00a0 What do you feel makes The Kinks\u2019 music so enduring?<\/p>\n

Ray Davies\u2019 unique approach to recording and writing. He is completely without equal as a creative force. Not to mention Dave Davies gift as a vocalist and guitarist being an essential element that motivated Ray and drove The Kinks. I can think of no other artist from the era that strayed so far into territory where they were without contemporary influence. Yet, there are few to no examples where you could say The Beatles, The Stones, or The Who had any impact on what The Kinks created. They maintained a totally idiosyncratic output and it is remarkable that so much of their work escaped unfiltered by commercial necessities.<\/p>\n

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Many of our readers are familiar with your work in the world of The Monkees. If any of those fans who own The Monkees: The Day-by-Day Story aren\u2019t as familiar with The Kinks, would this book be a great place to start immersing oneself in their discography?<\/p>\n

I have to be honest with you \u2013 this book is really for the major Kinks fans. Any time there was a question of whether to broaden its spectrum to engage a wider audience we went with making it the most definitive piece we could hoping to better any previous research that is available. I would hope my many Monkees friends feel well-served by the works I currently have out there and should I have enough time to detail the latter half of their career in a day-by-day fashion, I certainly will do it.<\/p>\n

We truly hope that happens, Andrew.\u00a0 Your Beatland books such as The Monkees\u2019 The Day-by-Day Story<\/a> and Micky Dolenz\u2019s I\u2019m Told I Had a Good Time<\/a> are beautifully designed objets d\u2019art.\u00a0 We\u2019re big fans here of your frequent collaborator John Sellards, who has designed the vast majority of The Second Disc\u2019s own CD releases over the past decade including our recent Dionne Warwick box set<\/a> and the cover to our upcoming Leon Russell collection<\/a>.\u00a0 What goes into the design of books this massive, and how does the design complement your work as author?<\/p>\n

John and I now have a very long working relationship established. And there\u2019s a great deal of trust on both our parts that we will come to a creative space on each book where we can do something that\u2019s really different than your average team. It begins in the same place that we share, which is being collectors and appreciators of music in all formats. We both have nostalgia for the fonts that we see on covers and labels and we both draw our inspiration from our collections. Knowing that the artists that I love like The Monkees or The Kinks would never be afforded lavish coffee table books has driven me forward to make something no one else would make. And I couldn\u2019t make these books without the dedication and help of John Sellards.<\/p>\n

\"Kinks<\/a>BUY DELUXE EDITIONS FROM BEATLAND BOOKS<\/p>\n

When might we expect the next volume of what we know will be a definitive series?<\/p>\n

It will be based largely on public demand. These books are printed in limited numbers and the hope is to sell through what I\u2019ve made. The sooner that the books are sold the sooner I can get on with the next couple of volumes.<\/p>\n

Thanks for being here with us, Andrew.<\/p>\n

Please visit Beatland Books<\/a> to purchase Andrew Sandoval and Doug Hinman\u2019s All Day and All of the Night: The Day-by-Day Story Pt. 1 \u2013 1940-1971.\u00a0 It\u2019s available in various formats inclcluding a Flexibound Edition, Deluxe Edition, and Super Deluxe Edition, with the latter two editions also including a standalone Scrapbook volume (pictured above).\u00a0 The Flexibound edition will ship in February with the Deluxe and Super Deluxe books following in March.\u00a0 In any format, this is a stunning release and indispensable addition to any Kinks fan\u2019s library.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Here at Second Disc HQ, we\u2019re longtime fans of writer-producer-musician-historian Andrew Sandoval.\u00a0 In addition to his groundbreaking work…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":409793,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[88,216],"class_list":{"0":"post-409792","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-music"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=409792"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409792\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/409793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=409792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=409792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=409792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}