Kinda Kinky / Kinkdom Kome

Released in 1965 on the Pye Records label, this single is a notable artifact of the British beat boom era. Ray McVay, a musician and bandleader who would later become widely recognized for his leadership of the BBC Big Band, recorded these tracks during a period when the British music industry was rapidly diversifying its output to capitalize on the success of the burgeoning pop movement.

The tracks Kinda Kinky and Kinkdom Kome were composed and arranged to capture the playful, mod-adjacent aesthetic that characterized the mid-sixties. As an instrumental offering, the release leaned into the danceable, brass-inflected pop style that McVay championed throughout his career. While it did not reach the commercial heights of the decade’s most iconic hits, the record remains a documented piece of Pye Records' efforts to showcase versatile bandleaders within the competitive landscape of the era's music scene.