5 Dicembre 2015, Legacy Recordings, la divisione catalogo di Sony Music Entertainment, ha acquisito i diritti a livello mondiale per quanto riguarda le registrazioni de The Kinks incise tra il 1971 e il 1985.

Sony Music ex. North America controllerà ora il catalogo dei Kinks col materiale 1971- 1985 RCA e Arista insieme alle registrazioni 1964-1971 della band date in licenza a Sony Music via BMG Rights.

Ray Davies, recentemente entrato a far parte della Songwriters Hall of Fame, ha dichiarato: “It is terrific to be reunited with the company that inspired and was involved with one of the finest Kinks albums, Phobia.”

Inclusi nell’accordo di Legacy Recordings i seguenti album:

THE KINKS/RCA Records

Muswell Hillbillies (RCA, Originally released November 24, 1971)

Everybody’s In Show-Biz (RCA, double album, Originally released September 1, 1972)

Preservation: Act 1 (RCA, Originally released November 16, 1973)

Preservation: Act 2 (RCA, Originally released July 26, 1974)

Soap Opera (RCA, Originally released April 25, 1975)

Schoolboys In Disgrace (RCA, Originally released November 17, 1975)

The Kinks Greatest: Celluloid Heroes (RCA, compilation, Originally released June 25, 1976)

THE KINKS/Arista

Sleepwalker (Arista, Originally released February 12, 1977)

Misfits (Arista, Originally released May 17, 1978)

Low Budget (Arista, Originally released July 10, 1979)

One For The Road (Live) (Arista, live album, Originally released June 4, 1980)

Give The People What They Want (Arista, Originally released August 15, 1981)

State Of Confusion (Arista, Originally released June 10, 1983)

Word Of Mouth (Arista, Originally released November 19, 1984)

Return To Waterloo (Arista, Ray Davies solo album, Originally released July 1, 1985)

Come Dancing With The Kinks/The Best Of The Kinks 1977-1986 (Arista, compilation, double album, Originally released June 2, 1986)