The Kinks - The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society (Deluxe Boxset)

This lavishly packaged super-deluxe box set is part of the BMG 'Art Of The Album' series, which focuses specifically on high quality, bespoke packaged re-issues of seminal albums within the BMG catalogue, offering the highest spec audio masters and original artwork. The set contains remastered original LPs, CDs of the remastered original albums plus a wealth of unreleased bonus material, reproduced 7" singles, deluxe hardback photo book with comprehensive notes and new band interviews, and reproduced original memorabilia. Somewhat overlooked upon its release in November 1968, The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society is now seen as one of the best British albums ever recorded. Created in difficult circumstances by a band 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. A calm, nostalgic album which feels like a sweet, hazy dream but with endless layers of musical and lyrical innovation, The Village Green Preservation Society’s defiantly British sensibilities became the foundation of generations of British guitar pop. God Save The Village Green!

CONDITION: NEW

TRACK LISTING

- Disc 1 -

1 The Village Green Preservation Society 2:52
2 Do You Remember Walter? 2:27
3 Picture Book 2:35
4 Johnny Thunder 2:30
5 Last of the Steam-Powered Trains 4:10
6 Big Sky 2:50
7 Sitting By the Riverside 2:22
8 Animal Farm 3:00
9 Village Green 2:10
10 Starstruck 2:26
11 Phenomenal Cat 2:38
12 All of My Friends Were There 2:24
13 Wicked Annabella 2:42
14 Monica 2:19
15 People Take Pictures of Each Other 2:11

- Disc 2 -

1 The Village Green Preservation Society 2:52
2 Do You Remember Walter? 2:27
3 Picture Book 2:35
4 Johnny Thunder 2:30
5 Last of the Steam-Powered Trains 4:10
6 Big Sky 2:50
7 Sitting By the Riverside 2:27
8 Animal Farm 3:00
9 Village Green 2:10
10 Starstruck 2:26
11 Phenomenal Cat 2:38
12 All of My Friends Were There 2:24
13 Wicked Annabella 2:42
14 Monica 2:19
15 People Take Pictures of Each Other 2:19

- Disc 3 -

1 The Village Green Preservation Society 2:52
2 Do You Remember Walter? 2:27
3 Picture Book 2:35
4 Johnny Thunder 2:30
5 Monica 4:10
6 Days 2:50
7 Village Green 2:10
8 Mr. Songbird 2:26
9 Wicked Annabella 2:38
10 Starstruck 2:24
11 Phenomenal Cat 2:42
12 People Take Pictures of Each Other 2:19

- Disc 4 -

1 The Village Green Preservation Society 2:52
2 Do You Remember Walter? 2:27
3 Picture Book 2:35
4 Johnny Thunder 2:30
5 Last of the Steam-Powered Trains 4:10
6 Big Sky 2:50
7 Sitting By the Riverside 2:22
8 Animal Farm 3:00
9 Village Green 2:10
10 Starstruck 2:26
11 Phenomenal Cat 2:38
12 All of My Friends Were There 2:24
13 Wicked Annabella 2:42
14 Monica 2:19
15 People Take Pictures of Each Other 2:11
16 Days 2:53
17 She's Got Everything 3:09
18 Mr. Songbird 2:26
19 Wonderboy 2:46
20 Polly 2:50
21 Berkeley Mews 2:43
22 Rosemary Rose 1:59
23 Misty Water 3:04
24 Did You See His Name? 1:58
25 Do You Remember Walter? 2:26
26 Animal Farm 3:03
27 People Take Pictures of Each Other 2:23

- Disc 5 -

1 The Village Green Preservation Society 2:52
2 Do You Remember Walter? 2:27
3 Picture Book 2:35
4 Johnny Thunder 2:30
5 Last of the Steam-Powered Trains 4:10
6 Big Sky 2:50
7 Sitting By the Riverside 2:27
8 Animal Farm 3:00
9 Village Green 2:10
10 Starstruck 2:26
11 Phenomenal Cat 2:38
12 All of My Friends Were There 2:24
13 Wicked Annabella 2:42
14 Monica 2:19
15 People Take Pictures of Each Other 2:19
16 Days 2:55
17 She's Got Everything 3:09
18 Mr. Songbird 2:25
19 Wonderboy 2:50
20 Polly 2:51
21 Till Death Us Do Part 3:18
22 Berkeley Mews 2:39
23 Village Green 2:12
24 Lavender Hill 2:57
25 Rosemary Rose 1:45
26 Pictures in the Sand 2:47
27 Misty Water 3:10
28 Did You See His Name? 1:58
29 Last of the Steam-Powered Trains 3:18

- Disc 6 -

1 The Village Green Preservation Society 3:18
2 Do You Remember Walter? 2:52
3 Picture Book 2:52
4 Johnny Thunder 2:43
5 Last of the Steam-Powered Trains 4:41
6 Big Sky 2:58
7 Animal Farm 3:13
8 Village Green 2:10
9 Starstruck 2:45
10 Phenomenal Cat 2:55
11 Monica 2:31
12 People Take Pictures of Each Other 2:31
13 Egg Stained Pyjamas 2:31
14 Days 3:34
15 She's Got Everything 3:19
16 Misty Water 3:32
17 Mr. Songbird 2:35
18 Pictures in the Sand 3:10
19 Berkeley Mews 2:42
20 Easy Come, There You Went 2:23
21 Did You See His Name? 2:08
22 Mick Avory's Underpants 2:19
23 Spotty Grotty Anna 2:11
24 Lavender Hill 3:12
25 Village Green 2:18

- Disc 7 -

1 Interview: Ray Talks About Working 1:40
2 Days 2:48
3 Waterloo Sunset 2:00
4 Interview: Ray Talks About Solo Records 0:35
5 Love Me Till the Sun Shines 2:44
6 Monica 2:15
7 Interview: Ray Talks About Village Green 1:22
8 The Village Green Preservation Society 2:46
9 Animal Farm (BBC Mix) 3:08
10 Interview: Ray & Dave Talk About Last of the Steam-Powered Trains, 4:34
11 Last of the Steam-Powered Trains (With Live Vocals) 4:33
12 Picture Book (With Live Vocals) 1:30
13 Do You Remember Walter? (BBC Mix) 2:18
14 Medley: Dedicated Follower of Fashion / a Well Respected Man / Death of a Clown 3:12
15 Sunny Afternoon 2:23
16 Picture Book 2:39
17 Days (TV Pre-Mix) 2:55
18 Lazy Old Sun 3:09
19 Two Sisters 2:02
20 Monica (TV Pre-Mix) 2:29
21 Lincoln County 3:14
22 Where Did My Spring Go? 2:08
23 When I Turn Off the Living Room Light 2:20

- Disc 8 -

1 Home Demos Medley 8:23
2 Days 2:55
3 Mr. Songbird 2:26
4 The Village Green Preservation Society 2:57
5 Johnny Thunder 2:31
6 Big Sky 2:52
7 Phenomenal Cat 2:59
8 Picture Book 2:34
9 Animal Farm 3:02
10 Time Song 2:11
11 The Village Green Preservation Society 3:09
12 Medley: Picture Book / People Take Pictures of Each Other 3:09
13 Village Green Overture 1:50
14 Days 4:04
15 Village Green Suite: Ray Davies Spoken Intro 0:38
16 Village Green Suite: Village Green 3:07
17 Village Green Suite: Picture Book 2:30
18 Village Green Suite: Big Sky 3:00
19 Village Green Suite: Do You Remember Walter? 3:00
20 Village Green Suite: Johnny Thunder 2:12
21 Village Green Suite: The Village Green Preservation Society 2:28
22 The Way Love Used to Be 2:27

- Disc 9 -

1 Days 2:55
2 Starstruck 2:26

- Disc 10 -

1 Starstruck 2:26
2 Picture Book 2:35

- Disc 11 -

1 The Village Green Preservation Society 2:52
2 Do You Remember Walter? 2:27