The Kinks - All Day and All of the Night: Day-By-Day Concerts, Recordings and Broadcasts, 1961-1996

With the help of band members the author has reconstructed the Kinks' meteoric rise to fame in the early '60s through its dissolution and revival in the '70s, stadium success in the '80s, and final breakdown in the late '90s. The book also profiles Ray Davies, one of the most gifted songwriters in popular music. The book's day-by-day formal details their entire concert history, all known recording sessions, their broadcast history, and all records issued in the U.S. and the U.K.