Work it Mr. Davies

Ray Davies released a record last October called Working Man's Cafe that originally was distributed with the Sunday Times in the UK. A day latter it was released (with two extra songs) officially. But, the record has been a bit hard to come by in the US as it wasn't released here and wasn't available for download from iTunes. New West Records took care of that issue last month. Those who already snagged a copy of the UK release or the one that came with the Sunday Times (that could be found on eBay) might not be excited to pony up more money for the New West version, but they will be interested in the fact that it adds four extra songs; Angola (Wrong side of the law), I the Victim, Vietnam Coyboys, and The Voodoo Walk. What's even more interesting is that there is a deluxe edition that comes with a DVD of Americana: A Work in Progress which was a film shot by Ray back in 2001 on his Storyteller tour as he traveled around the US right after 9/11.