The article revisits the unresolved question of Jimmy Page’s involvement in The Kinks’ early recordings, following the 1964 success of ‘You Really Got Me’. It matters because Page was then an emerging session musician, and the dispute touches on the authorship and musicianship behind a defining record of British teenage rock rebellion.

Producer Shel Talmy said he hired Page to play rhythm guitar on The Kinks’ subsequent album because Ray Davies wished to focus on singing, while Page maintained that he played guitar on material other than ‘You Really Got Me’. Ray Davies disputed this, saying Page only played tambourine on ‘Long Tall Sally’, and Dave Davies insisted he performed the notable guitar solos; Page denied playing tambourine. The article also notes that Page’s earlier touring with Neil Christian and the Crusaders ended after he collapsed in Sheffield, leading him towards session work before Led Zeppelin.