blues sound. Management issues The Kinks' next single Despite Talmy's legal notice to the Kinks, Page hoped that the band's first single following the tour would be the version of "Ring the Bells" which they had recorded at Gold Star Studios. Page stated this intention in a phone interview with New Musical Express magazine on . When the magazine called Talmy for comment on the same day, he countered that the band's next single would be "See My Friends", which they had recorded in May before leaving for the tour, adding that as the band's producer and recording manager he held final say. In addition to filing legal notice with the band about the issue, Talmy issued a public statement that he did not "intend to allow any record by them being released unless I supervise it". Page issued his own statement that "as their publisher, I have the final say on any recording by them". Page and Talmy resolved the disagreement on 12July in London, when Page agreed that "See My Friends" would be the next single. Page relented after it became clear that the band's contract with Pye specified that Talmy was contracted to supervise sessions. Pye issued the single in the UK on 30July and Reprise released it in the US on 29September. The band's re-recorded version of "Ring the Bells", done with Talmy once they returned to England, later appeared on their 1965 album The Kink Kontroversy. Litigation to dismiss Page Page remained unaware of the Kinks' plans to oust him until , when Ray visited a Sonny & Cher recording session at which Page was present. Ray objected to the duo recording one of his compositions, "Set Me Free", and also expressed his wish for Page to terminate any involvement with the Kinks. Ray later testified regarding the incident: Page had recently become Sonny & Cher's European business representative, leading both Wace and band biographer Johnny Rogan to suggest in retrospect that Ray's outburst was partly motivated out of jealousy. Efforts to split the Kinks from Page commenced in late1965, when Wace and Collins' firm Boscobel Productions filed litigation against Page and Kassner's firm Denmark Productions. Page claimed he continued to be owed 10 per cent of all of the band's earnings since 1965, while Boscobel argued that Page's return to England on constituted a breach of contract. Justice John Widgery concluded that the Kinks