Everybody's in Show-Biz

Everybody's in Show-Biz is the eleventh studio album released by the English rock group the Kinks, released in 1972. A double album, the first disc features studio recordings, while the second disc documents a two-night Carnegie Hall stand.

Everybody's in Show-Biz is often seen by fans as a transition album for the Kinks, marking the change in Ray Davies' songwriting style toward more theatrical, campy and vaudevillian work, as evidenced by the rock-opera concept albums that followed it.

This album marks Davies' explorations of the trials of rock-star life and the monotony of touring, themes that would reappear in future releases like The Kinks Present A Soap Opera and the 1987 live album Live: The Road.

On 3 June 2016, a Legacy Edition was released, with disc 1 containing the original stereo album (studio and live tracks) and disc 2 containing bonus tracks including previously unreleased live tracks from the Carnegie Hall concerts, alternate mixes and studio outtakes. (Disc 2 tracks 6-10 were recorded on the other night of the two-night Carnegie Hall stand; Disc 2 track 14 is a previously-unreleased outtake; and Disc 2 tracks 1 and 12 are the same as those bonus tracks on the 1998 reissue.)

Track listing

Personnel

The Kinks

• Ray Davies – lead vocals, acoustic guitar, resonator guitar
• Dave Davies – lead guitar, slide guitar, banjo, backing vocals, 12-string acoustic guitar on "Celluloid Heroes", lead vocal on "You Don't Know My Name", co-lead vocals on "Hot Potatoes"
• John Dalton – bass guitar, backing vocals
• Mick Avory – drums
• John Gosling – keyboards

Additional personnel

• Alan Holmes – saxophone, clarinet
• Mike Cotton – trumpet
• John Beecham – trombone, tuba
• Dave Rowberry – organ on "Celluloid Heroes"

References

External links

• Everybody's in Show-Biz at Discogs (list of releases)

1. The Kinks
2. Supersonic Rocket Ship
3. Lola (song)
4. Celluloid Heroes
5. Alcohol
6. The Ultimate Collection (The Kinks album)
7. The Great Lost Kinks Album
8. Sitting in My Hotel
9. The Kinks discography
10. Dave Rowberry
11. Muswell Hillbillies
12. Harpo Marx
13. Marx Brothers
14. Charles Keating (actor)
15. Konk (recording studio)
16. Bela Lugosi
17. List of the Kinks band members
18. Dave Davies
19. Ray Davies
20. 1972 in music