The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society by The Kinks

The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society

The Kinks

1968

The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society is a Rock album by The Kinks, originally released in 1968. On Gatefold: 134 pressings tracked, owned by 23 collectors.

Sound DNA

  • Rock
  • Folk Rock
  • jangly
  • wistful
  • pastoral

About

The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society is the sixth studio album by the English rock group The Kinks, released in November 1968. It was the last album by the original quartet, as bassist Pete Quaife left the group in early 1969. A collection of thematic vignettes of English town and hamlet life, The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society was assembled from songs written and recorded over the previous two years. Allmusic senior editor Stephen Thomas Erlewine described Village Green as a "concept album lamenting the passing of old-fashioned English traditions. The record is widely considered one .

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Tracklist

  1. 1The Village Green Preservation Society2:51
  2. 2Do You Remember Walter?2:29
  3. 3Picture Book2:39
  4. 4Johnny Thunder2:33
  5. 5Last of the Steam-Powered Trains4:13
  6. 6Big Sky2:52
  7. 7Sitting By the Riverside2:26
  8. 8Animal Farm3:01
  9. 9Village Green2:11
  10. 10Starstruck2:24
  11. 11Phenomenal Cat2:41
  12. 12All of My Friends Were There2:28
  13. 13Wicked Annabella2:45
  14. 14Monica2:18
  15. 15People Take Pictures of Each Other2:14
  16. 16Days (Original Stereo Mix)2:53
  17. 17She's Got Everything (Stereo Mix)3:10
  18. 18Mr. Songbird (Stereo Mix)2:26
  19. 19Wonderboy (Original Stereo Mix)2:46
  20. 20Polly (Stereo Mix)2:51
  21. 21Berkeley Mews (Stereo Mix)2:39
  22. 22Rosemary Rose (Stereo Mix)2:00
  23. 23Misty Water (Stereo Mix)3:04
  24. 24Did You See His Name? (Stereo Mix)1:58
  25. 25Do You Remember Walter? (European Stereo Mix Without Tambourine)2:26
  26. 26Animal Farm (Alternate Stereo Mix)3:03
  27. 27People Take Pictures of Each Other (European Stereo Mix with Big Band Coda)2:23
  28. 28Days (Mono Single Mix)2:55
  29. 29She's Got Everything (Mono Single Mix)3:09
  30. 30Mr. Songbird (Mono)2:25
  31. 31Wonderboy (Mono Single Mix)2:51
  32. 32Polly (Mono Single Mix)2:51
  33. 33Till Death Us Do Part (Mono Mix)3:19
  34. 34Berkeley Mews (Mono Single Mix)2:39
  35. 35Village Green (Alternate Vocal Mono)2:12
  36. 36Lavender Hill (Mono Mix)2:57
  37. 37Rosemary Rose (Mono Mix)1:45
  38. 38Pictures In the Sand (Mono Mix)2:47
  39. 39Misty Water (Original Mono Mix)3:10
  40. 40Did You See His Name? (Mono)1:58
  41. 41Last of the Steam-Powered Trains (With Alternate Ending Mono)3:18
  42. 42The Village Green Preservation Society (Alternate Mix with Session Chat)3:15
  43. 43Do You Remember Walter? (Backing Track)2:52
  44. 44Johnny Thunder (Alternate Mix with Session Chat)2:43
  45. 45Phenomenal Cat (Alternate Mix with Session Chat)2:55
  46. 46Starstruck (Alternate Mix with Session Chat)2:45
  47. 47Misty Water (Alternate Stereo Mix)3:32
  48. 48Easy Come, There You Went (Backing Track / Alternate Stereo Mix)2:23
  49. 49Animal Farm (BBC Mix) [Saturday Club, 26th November 1968, Mono]3:08
  50. 50Last of the Steam-Powered Trains (With Live Vocals) [Julie Felix Show, 7 January 1969, Mono]4:33
  51. 51Picture Book (TV Pre-Mix, Colour Me Pop, 22 July 1968)2:39
  52. 52Where Did My Spring Go? (Where Was Spring?, Mono 1969)2:08
  53. 53When I Turn Off the Living Room Light (Where Was Spring?, Mono 1969)2:19
  54. 54Big Sky (Alternate Stereo Mix)2:52
  55. 55Days (Acoustic Version, Stereo Guitar & Vocals Only Mix)2:55
  56. 56Time Song (Stereo Single Mix)2:13
  57. 57Village Green Overture (Stereo Preservation Version)1:51
  58. 58Days (with The DR Symphony & Vocal Ensemble)4:04
  59. 59Village Green Suite: Picture Book (with The DR Symphony & Vocal Ensemble)2:30
  60. 60Village Green Suite: The Village Green Preservation Society (with The DR Symphony & Vocal Ensemble)2:29

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23 collectors on Gatefold own this · 134 pressings tracked on Gatefold