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Roxy Music The Complete Studio Recordings 1972-1982
Reissue (Virgin)

Its been a great few years for us Kink Kroniklers. Ray Davies, of course, just played “Waterloo Sunset” to the packed house at the 2012 Olympics’ closing ceremony.

Music sales aren’t the only part of the music biz that’s hurting these days. With recent cutbacks in government funding for the arts—not just in the U.S. but all around the world—some great performance spaces are having major problems paying the bills. One is La Fenice, the famous Venice opera house that dates back to 1792.