The Kinks – The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society (Vinyl) 50th Anniversary Stereo Edition
BMG / Pye Records (1969 / This Pressing 2018)
$55.00
Brand New ~ Sealed! Special 50th Anniversary Remastered Edition Of The Sixth Album By The Kinks. 180 Gram Vinyl In Gatefold Cover Includes Insert With Photos, Sleeve Notes & Band Quotes.
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Brand New ~ Sealed! Special 50th Anniversary Remastered Edition Of The Sixth Album By The Kinks. 180 Gram Vinyl In Gatefold Cover Includes Insert With Photos, Sleeve Notes & Band Quotes.
This essential album by one of the world’s best ever bands is defined by the extraordinary catalogue of Ray Davies’ songs, driven by brother Dave Davies’ power pop guitar and became the foundation of generations of British guitar pop. ‘The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society’ cemented Ray Davies reputation as one of Britain’s greatest ever songwriters of his and any generation. “I think The Village Green Preservation Society is about the ending of a time personally for me in my life,” says Ray. “In my imaginary village. It’s the end of our innocence, our youth. Some people are quite old but in the Village Green, you’re never allowed to grow up. I feel the project itself as part of a life cycle.” Somewhat overlooked upon its release in November 1968, ‘The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society’ is now regarded as one of the best British albums ever recorded. Created in difficult circumstances by a band on the verge of disintegration and who refused to follow fashion, it is an album of timeless, perfectly crafted songs about growing up and growing old, and the decline of national culture and traditional ways. Enduring and unsurpassed, with its wit, sadness, quiet anger, regret and charm, it is generally considered the high point of The Kinks’ outstanding career and Ray Davies’ masterpiece.
Side 1:
The Village Green Preservation Society
Do You Remember Walter?
Picture Book
Johnny Thunder
Last Of The Steam-Powered Trains
Big Sky
Sitting By The Riverside
Side 2:
Animal Farm
Village Green
Starstruck
Phenomenal Cat
All Of My Friends Were There
Wicked Annabella
Monica
People Take Pictures Of Each Other
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A lovely, gentle album, evoking a small British country town, and drawing the listener into its lazy rhythms and sensibilities…. like a sweet, hazy dream. Ray Davies' sentimental, nostalgic streak emerged on Something Else, but it developed into a manifesto on The Village Green Preservation Society, a concept album lamenting the passing of old-fashioned English traditions. As the opening title song says, the Kinks -- meaning Ray himself, in this case -- were for preserving "draught beer and virginity," and throughout the rest of the album, he creates a series of stories, sketches, and characters about a picturesque England that never really was. It's a lovely, gentle album, evoking a small British country town, and drawing the listener into its lazy rhythms and sensibilities. Although there is an undercurrent of regret running throughout the album, Davies' fondness for the past is warm, making the album feel like a sweet, hazy dream. And considering the subdued performances and the detailed instrumentations, it's not surprising that the record feels more like a Ray Davies solo project than a Kinks album. The bluesy shuffle of "Last of the Steam-Powered Trains" is the closest the album comes to rock & roll, and Dave Davies' cameo on the menacing "Wicked Annabella" comes as surprise, since the album is so calm. But calm doesn't mean tame or bland -- there are endless layers of musical and lyrical innovation on The Village Green Preservation Society, and its defiantly British sensibilities became the foundation of generations of British guitar pop.