Happy First Monday of Fall!!!

And in its honor, please enjoy the greatest song/record ever written/committed to magnetic tape about that particular season.

In all seriousness, this may be The Kinks' absolute masterpiece.

"From the dew-soaked hedge creeps a crawly caterpillar/
When the dawn begins to crack/
It's all part of my autumn almanac"...

Come on, that opening lyric is so brilliantly evocative you don't even notice the record's great acoustic guitar riffs, the angelic harmonies and Ray's to-die-for vocal.

I should add that -- courtesy of my college radio station -- I owned a promo American 45 of the above song...

...which came out during the period, approximately from 1966 till the band had an out of left field hit with "Lola," when The Kinks couldn't get arrested commercial-success-wise in the States. And I used to play it obsessively.

And yeah, I still find it the most deeply moving rock record of its era. I mean, I can't think of another single by ANY of the major artists of its time that's better. I'm serious.

So there.