Something Better Beginning (mono)

~ Recording by The Kinks

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack ArtistRelease TitleRelease ArtistRelease Group TypeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.12Something Better Beginning2:24The KinksKinda Kinks (mono)The KinksAlbum
  • GB1965-03-05
Pye RecordsNPL 18112
1.4Something Better Beginning2:23The KinksThe Kinks Greatest Hits! (simulated stereo)The KinksAlbum + Compilation
  • US1966-08-10
Reprise RecordsRS-6217
1.4Something Better Beginning2:23The KinksThe Kinks Greatest Hits! (mono)The KinksAlbum + Compilation
  • US1966-08-10
Reprise RecordsR-6217
1.12Something Better Beginning2:24The KinksKinda KinksThe KinksAlbum
Marble ArchMAL 1100
1.12Something Better Beginning2:24The KinksKinda KinksThe KinksAlbum
Marble ArchMALS 1100
1.6Something Better Beginning2:25The KinksGolden Hour of The Kinks, Vol. 2The KinksAlbum + Compilation
  • GB1973-10-05
Golden HourGH 558
2.10Something Better Beginning2:23The KinksThe Kinks CollectionThe KinksAlbum + Compilation
Hallmark Records (Pickwick UK imprint, unrelated to the US Hallmark greeting card label)PDA 072
1.12Something Better Beginning2:23The KinksKinda Kinks (mono)The KinksAlbum
Pye Records202 036-241
2.5Something Better Beginning2:22The KinksA Compleat CollectionThe KinksAlbum + Compilation
  • US1984-02-09
Compleat RecordsCPL-2-2001
2.5Something Better Beginning2:22The KinksA Compleat Collection (RCA Music Service club edition)The KinksAlbum + Compilation
Compleat RecordsCPL-2-2001
1.12Something Better Beginning2:24The KinksKinda KinksThe KinksAlbum
PRT Records (PRT (Precision Records & Tapes) was formerly Pye Records)CDMP 8831
1.12Something Better Beginning2:24The KinksKinda KinksThe KinksAlbum
PRT Records (PRT (Precision Records & Tapes) was formerly Pye Records)8.26671
1.12Something Better Beginning2:24The KinksKinda KinksThe KinksAlbum
PRT Records (PRT (Precision Records & Tapes) was formerly Pye Records)6.26671 BL
1.15Something Better Beginning2:23The KinksKinda KinksThe KinksAlbum
  • US1988-09-27
Rhino (reissue label)R2 70316
1.12Something Better Beginning2:24The KinksKinda KinksThe KinksAlbum
  • US1988-09-27
Rhino (reissue label)R1 70316
1.12Something Better Beginning2:24The KinksKinda KinksThe KinksAlbum
Castle Classics (LC 6448)CLACD 156
1.6Something Better Beginning2:29The KinksA Golden Hour of The KinksThe KinksAlbum + Compilation
Knight Records (UK compilations/reissues, division of Castle Music)KGHCD 148
1.26Something Better Beginning2:25The KinksKinks (You Really Got Me) / Kinda KinksThe KinksAlbum + Compilation
  • US1996-08-13
Mobile Fidelity Sound LabUDCD 679
1.12Something Better Beginning2:26The KinksKinda KinksThe KinksAlbum
  • GB1998-03-30
Essential! Records (division of Castle Communications)ESM CD 483
1.12Something Better Beginning2:24The KinksKinda KinksThe KinksAlbum
  • GB2000-02-14
Essential! Records (division of Castle Communications)ESM LP 483
1.12Something Better Beginning2:26The KinksKinda KinksThe KinksAlbum
  • GB2004-04-26
Sanctuary MidlineSMRCD026
1.12Something Better Beginning2:26The KinksKinda KinksThe KinksAlbum
  • JP2007-09-05
BMG JapanBVCM-37971
1.12Something Better Beginning2:26The KinksKinda Kinks (deluxe edition)The KinksAlbum
  • GB2011-03-28
Sanctuary Records (UK 1996–present)275 632-6
1.12Something Better Beginning2:26The KinksKinda KinksThe KinksAlbum
  • JP2011-04-27
Sanctuary Records (UK 1996–present)UICY-75027/8
2.12Something Better Beginning2:26The KinksThe Kinks in MonoThe KinksAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2011-11-21
Sanctuary Records (UK 1996–present)277 694-4
1.12Something Better Beginning2:26The KinksKinda Kinks (deluxe edition)The KinksAlbum
  • US2013-08-01
Sanctuary Records (UK 1996–present)
1.12Something Better Beginning2:26The KinksKinda Kinks (deluxe edition)The KinksAlbum
  • XW2013-08-01
Sanctuary Records (UK 1996–present)
1.12Something Better Beginning2:23The KinksKinda Kinks (deluxe version)The KinksAlbum
  • GB2013-08-08
Sanctuary Records (UK 1996–present)
1.12Something Better Beginning?:??The KinksKinda Kinks (mono)The KinksAlbum
Sanctuary Records (UK 1996–present)BMG 14049V, NPL 18112
2.12Something Better Beginning2:24The KinksThe Mono CollectionThe KinksAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2016-11-18
Sanctuary Records (UK 1996–present), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)88985323281, KINKSBOX003
1.12Something Better Beginning2:24The KinksKinda Kinks (mono, 24/96)The KinksAlbum
Sanctuary Records (UK 1996–present)
1.12Something Better Beginning2:26The KinksKinda Kinks (deluxe version, Spotify)The KinksAlbum
Sanctuary Records (UK 1996–present)
Promotion
1.2Something Better Beginning2:25The KinksThe Kinks: A 60th Anniversary SamplerThe KinksAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2023-03-16
Mojo (magazine)May 2023

Relationships

engineer:Bob Auger (audio)
Alan McKenzie (engineer)
producer:Shel Talmy
bass guitar and background vocals:Pete Quaife (Kinks' bass guitarist)
drums (drum set) and membranophone:Mick Avory
guitar:Dave Davies (lead guitarist, backing (and occasional lead) singer for The Kinks)
lead vocals:Ray Davies (UK singer/songwriter, member of The Kinks)
recorded at:Pye Studios in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:Something Better Beginning

Related works

Something Better Beginning

lyricist and composer:Ray Davies (UK singer/songwriter, member of The Kinks)
publisher:American Metropolitan Enterprises of New York Inc.
Edward Kassner Music Co. Ltd.