293:, not wanting competing Kinks product and the Kinks' uncertainty of what their next single would be. As a result, the single was delayed until an appropriate gap in the release schedule became available. "Lincoln County" was eventually released in June 1968, backed with "There Is No Life Without Love". Unlike the previous two Dave Davies singles, "Lincoln Country" flopped internationally and at home, only hitting #15 on the
318:"Lincoln County", along with Davies' other solo singles from the time, was originally intended to be released on a studio album. However, the singles' lack of success, and Davies' disaffection with the material, caused him to abandon the project. (The album did not yet have a name when Davies stopped working on it, although Davies, in one interview, stated ironically that it would be titled
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