Album • 2018

The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society (2018 Deluxe)

The Kinks • 60 songs • 2 hr 45 min

The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society is the sixth studio album by the English rock band the Kinks. Released on 22 November 1968, Village Green was a modest seller, but it was lauded by contemporary critics for its songwriting and has subsequently been regarded by commentators as an early concept album. The album was the band's first which failed to chart in either the United Kingdom or United States, and its embrace by America's new underground rock press completed the Kinks' transformation from mid-1960s pop hitmakers to critically favoured cult band. Ray Davies, the Kinks' frontman, loosely conceptualised the album as a collection of character studies, an idea he based on Dylan Thomas's 1954 radio drama Under Milk Wood. Centring on themes of nostalgia, memory and preservation, the album reflects Davies's concerns about the increasing modernisation and encroaching influence of America and Europe on English society. Musically an example of pop or rock music, the album incorporates a range of stylistic influences, including music hall, folk, blues, psychedelia and calypso. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kin...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)

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The Village Green Preservation Society (2018 Stereo Remaster)

2:52

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Do You Remember Walter? (2018 Stereo Remaster)

2:30

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Picture Book (2018 Stereo Remaster)

2:40

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Johnny Thunder (2018 Stereo Remaster)

2:34

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Last of the Steam-Powered Trains (2018 Stereo Remaster)

4:14

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Big Sky (2018 Stereo Remaster)

2:53

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Sitting By the Riverside (2018 Stereo Remaster)

2:27

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Animal Farm (2018 Stereo Remaster)

3:02

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Village Green (2018 Stereo Remaster)

2:12

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Starstruck (2018 Stereo Remaster)

2:25

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Phenomenal Cat (2018 Stereo Remaster)

2:42

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All of My Friends Were There (2018 Stereo Remaster)

2:29

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Wicked Annabella (2018 Stereo Remaster)

2:46

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Monica (2018 Stereo Remaster)

2:19

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People Take Pictures of Each Other (2018 Stereo Remaster)

2:12

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Days (Stereo Mix)

2:54

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She's Got Everything (Stereo Mix; 2018 Remaster)

3:11

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Mr. Songbird (Stereo Mix; 2018 Remaster)

2:27

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Wonderboy (Stereo Mix)

2:47

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Polly (Stereo Mix)

2:52

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Berkeley Mews (Stereo Mix)

2:40

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Rosemary Rose (Stereo Mix)

2:01

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Misty Water (Stereo Mix)

3:05

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Did You See His Name? (Stereo Mix; 2018 Remaster)

1:59

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Do You Remember Walter? (European Stereo Mix Without Tambourine)

2:27

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Animal Farm (Alternate Stereo Mix)

3:04

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People Take Pictures of Each Other (European Stereo Mix With Big Band Coda)

2:24

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Days (Mono Single Mix)

2:56

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She's Got Everything (Single Mix)

3:10

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Mr. Songbird (2018 Mono Remaster)

2:26

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Wonderboy (Mono Single Mix)

2:52

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Polly (Single Mix)

2:52

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Till Death Us Do Part (Mono Mix)

3:20

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Berkeley Mews (Single Mix)

2:40

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Village Green (Alternate Vocal)

2:13

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Lavender Hill (Mono Mix)

2:58

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Rosemary Rose (Mono Mix)

1:46

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Pictures in the Sand (Mono Mix)

2:48

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Misty Water (Mono Mix; 2018 Remaster)

3:11

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Did You See His Name? (2018 Mono Remaster)

1:59

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Last of the Steam-Powered Trains (With Alternate Ending; 2018 Mono Remaster)

3:19

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The Village Green Preservation Society (Alternate Mix With Session Chat)

3:16

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Do You Remember Walter? (Backing Track)

2:53

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Johnny Thunder (Alternate Mix With Session Chat; 2018 Stereo Remaster)

2:44

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Phenomenal Cat (Alternate Mix With Session Chat; 2018 Stereo Remaster)

2:56

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Starstruck (Alternate Mix With Session Chat)

2:46

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Misty Water (Alternate Stereo Mix)

3:33

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Easy Come, There You Went (Backing Track / Alternate Mix Stereo; 2018 Remaster)

2:24

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Animal Farm (Live at the BBC, Saturday Club, 26th November 1968; 2018 Mono Remaster)

3:09

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Last of the Steam-Powered Trains (Live at Julie Felix Show, Recorded 7 January 1969; Mono)

4:34

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Picture Book (Live TV Pre-Mix; Colour Me Pop, Recorded 22 July 1968)

2:40

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Where Did My Spring Go? (Where Was Spring?, Recorded 1969; 2018 Mono Remaster)

2:09

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When I Turn Off the Living Room Light (Where Was Spring?, Recorded 1969; 2018 Mono Remaster)

2:20

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Big Sky (Alternate Mix; Stereo)

2:53

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Days (Acoustic Version)

2:56

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Time Song (Single Stereo Mix 2018 Remaster)

2:14

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Village Green Overture (Preservation Version - Stereo)

1:52

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Days (with The DR Symphony & The DR Vocal Ensemble) (Live) (feat. The DR Symphony & The DR Vocal Ensemble)

4:05

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Village Green Suite: Picture Book (with The DR Symphony & The DR Vocal Ensemble) (Live) (feat. The DR Symphony & The DR Vocal Ensemble)

2:31

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Village Green Suite: The Village Green Preservation Society (with The DR Symphony & The DR Vocal Ensemble) (Live) (feat. The DR Symphony & The DR Vocal Ensemble)

2:30

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The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society (2018 Digital Deluxe)

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