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title: "The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society (Bonus Track Edition)"
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# The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society (Bonus Track Edition)

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- **What is this?** The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society (Bonus Track Edition) by the kinks
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## Description

2008 reissue of the digitally remastered two CD version of this Kinks classic including a bonus disc that contains 13 bonus tracks including the mono mix of &apos;Days&apos; and the stereo mix of 12 tracks from the original album. Originally released in 1968. (The Kinks Are) the Village Green Preservation Society was founder Ray Davies&apos; homage to England. Once overlooked, the album has become one of the band&apos;s most popular albums. 28 tracks total. Also includes original art.

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## Customer Reviews

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    Ten Stars!
  

*by M***8 on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 16 February 2017*

I’m ashamed to admit that for many years I got by with a Kinks Greatest Hits album, but the creativity and cleverness behind song’s like Autumn Almanac, Well Respected Man and Plastic Man made me want to learn more. So early last year I bought The Village Green Preservation Society; I liked the humour and Britishness behind the title and I haven’t looked back. I listened to it solidly for 3 weeks. When I would normally be watching TV or listening to talk radio, I listened to this album and it’s fantastic. Some of the songs only need one listen to become instant favourites, such as -The Village Green Preservation SocietyDo You Remember Walter?Picture BookStarstruckPhenomenal CatAll of My Friends Were ThereWicked AnnabellaPeople Take Pictures of Each OtherOthers needed a couple of plays before I came to love themSitting By the RiversideAnimal FarmVillage GreenMonicaMy only regret, is that I didn’t discover this album 20 years ago.

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    Nostalgic Perfection
  

*by K***M on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 28 June 2017*

This wonderful 1968 album from Ray Davies and the boys may seem rather prescient, looking back now half a century later and pining for such seemingly innocent times.  But, of course, whilst The Village Green Preservation Society may conjure up all manner of memories and reflections for us listeners, it had great personal significance for Davies himself.  There is, indeed, a good deal of fondness running through Davies’ often eccentric, sometimes fairy tale-like, tales, but there are also darker moments too.  Thus we have the delightfully idiosyncratic references of the album’s title tune (from Desperate Dan to The Custard Pie Appreciation Consortium), romantic liaisons with Daisy in (the earlier) Village Green, plus the idyllic setting depicted in Sitting By The Riverside and the back-to-nature feel of Animal Farm.  Similarly, the capturing for posterity of treasured moments gets an airing on Picture Book and People Take Pictures Of Each Other.Elsewhere, though, things are not quite so hunky-dory.  Davies conjures up memorable individual characterisations of the local hoodlum in Johnny Thunder, whilst a ‘lady of the night’ features in Monica.  Even the child-like fairy-tale of Phenomenal Cat is pitched against a much darker counterpart in Wicked Annabella.  This latter song also goes somewhat against the musical grain of the album, which is predominantly typical Davies ‘pop whimsy’ sounding (à la Sunny Afternoon, Waterloo Sunset, etc) – instead giving us Pete Quaife’s powerful bass-line and Mick Avory’s up-front drums, conjuring up The Who’s Boris The Spider, with Messrs. Entwistle and Moon on top form.  Also diverging from the album’s delicious pop melodies is the blues-based (and seemingly Davies self-referential) Last Of The Steam-Powered Trains.  The 1998 Sanctuary CD, in addition to the 15 mono recordings on the original album release also includes the 12-track stereo version, with additional track Days and Mr Songbird.All-in-all, it’s a seminal album from an iconic British band.  Don’t worry that there’s little in the way of hit singles here – this album fits some form of ‘concept album’ mould, along the way demonstrating Davies’ position as one of music’s greatest lyricists, and is a seamless delight as a result.

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    Village Green Preservation Society, The Kinks. 2005 Sanctuary edition - God save the Kinks, in all their different varieties
  

*by V***R on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 26 September 2009*

For years my only exposure to the Kinks was through a well worn `best of' album, which inexplicably only contained one track (Days) from this masterpiece.  It was only when I started collecting their albums a little while ago I discovered the rest of the gems on this impressive album.  How I regret having never heard it before then!Up until hearing this I had thought of the Kinks as an outfit f hard rockers, with such classics as `you really got me', etc.  But towards the end of the 60's Ray Davies started to get a new musical vision, and began to move the band away from their roots.  The beginnings of this shift can be heard in their previous album, the reflective `Something Else By The Kinks'.  However, here the pastoral vision is given full reign and used to make a classic album that holds together as a thematic whole.The basic theme is the great English countryside and its fast disappearing traditions.  It's not a folk album, but it does have a very pastoral theme.  Songs are well crafted, with plenty o Kinks style great hooks and melodies, coupled with great lyrics which show a real regret for a world fast disappearing.  Stand out tracks are the title track, and `last of the steam powered trains'. There is no filler though.  Why more of the tracks don't find their way onto best of albums is beyond me. For my money this is the best and most consistent album the band ever made.Two versions of the album are presented here, the mono 15 track version, and the stereo 12 track edition, all on the same disk. The remastering is very good and the disk has a nice crisp clear sound. The inlay contains a nice essay about the recording of the album and some photos of the band.A classic album, well presented. Recommended to any fans of the Kinks, country fairs, steam rallies, strawberry jam in all its different varieties, draught beer and the old, simpler life in general.

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