*THE KINKS* VILLAGE GREEN - ORIGINAL 1968 UK *MONO* LP

	£		159
	$		210

THE KINKS :- The Village Green Preservation Society - Original 1968 UK Pye NPL 18233 MONO LP in Gatefold Sleeve

Lovely vinyl condition ............. a true 'classic' album ............

Track Listing:-

1. The Village Green Preservation Society
2. Do You Remember Walter
3. Picture Book
4. Johnny Thunder
5. Last Of The Steam Powered Trains
6. Big Sky
7. Sitting By The Riverside
8. Animal Farm
9. Village Green
10. Starstruck
11. Phenomenal Cat
12. All Of My Friends Were There
13. Wicked Annabella
14. Monica
15. People Take Pictures Of Each Other

The Kinks: Ray Davies, Dave Davies (vocals, guitar); Pete Quaife (bass); Mick Avory (drums).It's easy to imagine the confusion with which this manifesto for the defense of the status quo was received on its release in 1968. The world was in turmoil and the pose of the Street Fighting Man, rebellious and politically aware, was far sexier than the quaint homebody image the Kinks present here. The title track finds Ray Davies proudly declaring himself a preservationist of custard pies, vaudeville, and such comic book characters as Desperate Dan. However, these slices of suburban life have weathered a lot better than most of their contemporaries. The Kinks were working in their own homey little world, as evidenced by songs such as the album's title track, "Picture Book," about family snapshot albums, and "All of My Friends Were There" whose very un-rebellious subject is public embarrassment. To compound the weirdness there's also "Big Sky," a classic Kinks song about God that's not remotely religious, and a rocker about a steam engine. The overarching theme of Village Green is that of unalloyed nostalgia--it's only today, now that many of the things Davies feared would disappear have actually vanished, that the truth and clarity of his vision is apparent.

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Condition of Vinyl:- Both sides of the disc have barely any signs of use ........... No marks or wear at all ........... Fantastic sound quality throughout : Graded at MINT minus condition.

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Label Condition:- No label wear .......... there is a little spindle use evident , as though it has been played two or three times only : Graded in at least EXCELLENT condition.

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Condition of Sleeve:- Laminated front and rear Gatefold Sleeve

The front laminate has light use ........... a few mild crease wrinkles near top right hand corner ( nothing to heavy ) a little laminate lift along the spine side .............

The rear laminate has light use ......... a couple of very light , small crease wrinkles

The Inner Leaves have very light use only .................

Nice spine ........ light edge rub only ........... minor corner taps

The Sleeve is Carefully and Fairly Graded in at least VERY GOOD condition ( Nearing EXCELLENT )

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