Why Their Record Label Initially Rejected It – American Songwriter
According to Dave Davies @davedavieskinks twitter page
“Nice article @AmerSongwriter but @JimmyPage never claimed to play on YRGM . I don’t know how the rumor got started, but he didn’t play on it anyway. I played on it. Please correct”
“You Really Got Me” was an angry departure that moved the needle for The Kinks in a big way. It certainly wasn’t the first time a guitar was distorted, but it was less common for bands to purposely seek a less-than-wholesome sound. By the time they went into the studio to record “All Day and All of the Night,” lead guitarist Dave Davies wanted to crank it even more. Let’s go behind the song “All Day and All of the Night.”