Track Listing
1. 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
16. Mr Songbird (12 track edition/bonus track)
17. Days (12 track edition/bonus track)
18. Do You Remember Walter (original stereo mix from 12 track edition/bonus track)
19. Wicked Annabella (original stereo mix from 12 track edition/bonus track)
20. Starstruck (original stereo mix from 12 track edition/bonus track)
21. People Take Pictures Of Each Other (original stereo mix from 12 track edition/bonus track)
1. Village Green Preservation Society (mono)
2. Do You Remember Walter (mono)
3. Picture Book (mono)
4. Johnny Thunder (mono)
5. Last Of The Steam Powered Trains (mono)
6. Big Sky (mono)
7. Sitting By The Riverside (mono)
8. Animal Farm (mono)
9. Village Green (mono)
10. Starstruck (mono)
11. Phenomenal Cat (mono)
12. All Of My Friends Were There (mono)
13. Wicked Annabella (mono)
14. Monica (mono)
15. People Take Pictures Of Each Other (mono)
16. Village Green Preservation Society (no strings version/mono/bonus track)
17. She's Got Everything (mono/bonus track)
18. Mr Songbird (mono/bonus track)
19. Polly (mono/bonus track)
20. Berkley Mews (mono/bonus track)
21. Did You See His Name (mono/bonus track)
22. Days (mono/bonus track)
1. Village Green (demo)
2. Village Green (original version with double tracked vocals)
3. Village Green (orchestral overdub)
4. Mr Songbird (stereo Euro edition)
5. Days (stereo Euro edition)
6. Misty Water (stereo from 'Four More Respected Gentlemen')
7. Pictures In The Sand (mono demo)
8. Do You Remember Walter (alternate stereo mix from Euro edition)
9. Berkeley Mews (stereo from 'Four More Respected Gentlemen')
10. Easy Come There You Went (instrumental)
11. Polly (stereo from 'Four More Respected Gentlemen')
12. She's Got Everything (stereo from 'Four More Respected Gentlemen')
13. Phenomenal Cat (instrumental)
14. There Is No Life Without Love (stereo from 'Four More Respected Gentlemen')
15. Johnny Thunder (stereo remix)
16. Mick Avory's Underpants (instrumental)
17. Lavender Hill (demo)
18. Rosemary's Rose (demo)
19. Spotty Grotty Anna (instrumental)
20. Til Death Us Do Part (from 'Pye EP')
21. Where Did My Spring Go (demo)
22. People Take Pictures Of Each Other (stereo Euro mix)
23. Ray Davies Interview (BBC session/dialogue)
24. Village Green Preservation Society (BBC session)
25. Do You Remember Walter (BBC session)
26. Animale Farm (BBC session)
27. Monica (BBC session)
28. Days (BBC session)
| Details | | Number of CDs: | 3 | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Distributor: | Universal Music | | Recording Mode: | Stereo |
Album Notes
Contains original 15-track mono album as well as 12-track stereo version.The Kinks: Ray Davies (vocals, guitar, keyboards); Dave Davies (vocals, guitar); Pete Quaife (bass, background vocals); Mick Avory (drums).Additional personnel: Nicky Hopkins (keyboards); Rasa Davies (background vocals).Recorded at Pye Studios, London, England. Includes liner notes by Peter Doggett.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, turned on, 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.
Editorial Reviews
...The bass and drums sound so easy and sure....Such very fine vocals. The tune, the rhythm, are more of a delight with each verse...
Rolling Stone (06/14/1969)
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