A LIFE IN PIICTURES

Davies diaries: shedding light on Ray.

1 Sunny afternoon: Ray (standing, right) with nephews Terry and Bobby and niece Jackie, Ramsgate, 1957.

2 “We find it difficult to be together”: Ray and (right) Dave search for harmony in the studio, mid 1960s.

3 Klassic Kinks: (from left) Dave, bassist Pete Quaife, drummer Mick Avory and Ray on BBC TV, December 1965.

4 No biz like show-biz: new decade, new faces (from left) Ray, John Dalton (bass), Dave, John Gosling (keyboards), Avory in 1972.

5 Local hero: Ray outside The Flask pub, Highgate, 1972.

6 “There’ll never be another, lady”: Ray in Max Miller-esque finery as Flash, from the Preservation albums, June 13, 1974.

7 Kinks ironed out: Davies goes solo, Perth, Western

Australia, March 15, 2008.

8 Dedicated follower: Ray with Blur’s songwriter Damon Albarn, March 1995.

9 Davies and David: two great British bandleaders, Ray and Bowie, 2003. “I’m a vital bit of subtext,” says the former.

10 We really got him: “I had an identity for the first time.” Ray Davies in 1966 in the first flush of his success.