 After the release of the band's more rock-oriented 1975 album, "Schoolboys in Disgrace", the Kinks switched labels from RCA Records to Clive Davis' Arista Records, signaling a transition toward less theatrical material.Following the band's signing to Arista, plans for a new album began to emerge.Just prior to the album's recording, the band's Konk Studios was equipped with a new 24-track recorder.