You Really Got Me
THE KINKS
150 €
Estimated vinyl value [2026 Valuation]
Technical Identification Sheet
| RELEASE NUMBER (Discogs ID) | 469654 |
| Excel File Row | 259 |
| Date Added to Archive | 27/09/2026, 14:05:42 |
| Pressing Year | 1964 |
| Pressing Type (Press) | 45 RPM |
| Country of Pressing | UK |
| Record Label | PYE |
| Stereo / Mono | MONO |
| Catalogue Number | 7N.15673 |
| Barcode | N/A |
| Matrix / Runout Side A | X45XX1673A-1M ("Pye Records "Plum/Pink" label""Mother 1" -1M 1st Press) |
| Matrix / Runout Side B | X45XX1673B-1M |
| Sleeve Condition | NM |
| Media Condition | NM |
| Inner Sleeve Condition | NM |
| Genre | Classic Rock & Roots |
| External Link | View Original Release ↗ |
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Story & Background
This 1964 PYE 45 rpm single embodies a watershed moment in the history of rock. Its raw and distorted guitar sound, its unmistakable trademark, was achieved by Dave Davies in an almost mythical way: the guitarist, dissatisfied with conventional tones, made cuts with a razor blade on the speaker cone of his small Elpico amplifier, before connecting it to a more powerful amplifier. This ingenious and almost violent lo-fi improvisation, born out of necessity and the search for an aggressive sound, bypassed the non-existence of effective fuzz pedal effects. The result was an abrasive and revolutionary tone that not only immediately defined the Kinks' sound, but also laid the foundations for hard rock and proto-punk, influencing generations of guitarists to experiment with distortion.
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Official Tracklist
- A - You Really Got Me
- B - It's All Right
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