The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society

Landmark Album ‘THE KINKS ARE THE VILLAGE GREEN PRESERVATION SOCIETY’ Released 50 Years Ago…

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Going back in sonic history looking for memorable albums…

21 November 2018

Band: THE KINKS

Album: THE KINKS ARE THE VILLAGE GREEN PRESERVATION SOCIETY – the band’s sixth LP

Released: 22 November 1968 – 50 (!) years ago

ALL MUSIC review: “Ray Davies’ sentimental, nostalgic streak emerged on Something Else, but it developed into a manifesto on The Village Green Preservation Society, a concept album lamenting the passing of old-fashioned English traditions. As the opening title song says, the Kinks – meaning Ray himself – in this case, were for preserving “draught beer and virginity,” and throughout the rest of the album, he creates a series of stories, sketches, and characters about a picturesque England that never really was… there are endless layers of musical and lyrical innovation on The Village Green Preservation Society, and its defiantly British sensibilities became the foundation of generations of British guitar pop.”
Full review here – Score: 5/5

TURN UP THE VOLUME! says: An album that influenced about a million songwriters
over the years and still is a reference record for many musicians today. Ray Davies‘ rich composition talent shines terrifically well on this landmark longplayer.

ALBUM in full…

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THE KINKS: Website – Facebook – Discography


50th Anniversary Edition out now – all info here

THE KINKS Share Previously Unreleased 1968 Track – Here’s Sweet Little Pearl… ‘TIME SONG’

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The legendary popsmiths THE KINKS will release a remastered 50th anniversary of
their 6th, highly acclaimed album ‘THE KINKS ARE THE VILGE GREEN PRESERVATION SOCIETY’ on 26th October. Today the band shared a lyric video for delightful, previously unreleased track ‘TIME SONG‘ from those album sessions. It’s a melancholic little pearl. Capture its charm right here…

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Reissue of THE KINKS ARE THE VILLAGE GREEN PRESERVATION SOCIETY out 26 October
Info and pre-order facilities here

10 Memorable Albums Turning 50 in 2018!…

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When I went back in time to find out which outstanding
longplayers still sound spectacular today after 50 years I
was really surprised that some of them actually turn fifty
as you hear their influences daily in 21st century music.
Here’s my selection. Ten classics! Ten stunning survivors!…

1/ ‘ASTRAL WEEKS’ by VAN MORRISON
Rolling Stone wrote: “Van Morrison never sounded more warm and ecstatic,
more sensual and vulnerable, than on his enigmatically beautiful solo debut”
Released:  29 November 1968
Listen: here

2/ ‘BEGGARS BANQUET’ by THE ROLLING STONES
Time Magazine: “England’s most subversive
roisterers since Fagin’s gang in Oliver Twist”
Released: 6 December 1968
Listen: here

3/ ‘THE KINKS ARE THE VILLAGE GREEN PRESERVATION SOCIETY’ by THE KINKS
Rolling Stone: “Each new hearing is a combined joy of renewal and discovery”
Released: 22 November 1968
Listen: here

4/ ‘WHITE LIGHT/WHITE HEAT’ by THE VELVET UNDERGOUND
All Music wrote: “It’s easily the least accessible of VU’s studio albums, but anyone
wanting to hear their guitar-mauling tribal frenzy straight with no chaser will love it.”
Released: 30 January 1968
Listen: here

5/ ‘GRIS-GRIS’ by DR.JOHN
Rolling Stone: “A swamp-funk classic. ‘Gris-Gris’ blends
New Orleans R&B, voodoo chants and chemical inspiration.”
Released: 22 January 1968
Listen: here

6/ ‘THE BEATLES / THE WHITE ALBUM’ by THE BEATLES
All Music wrote: “None of it sounds like it was meant to share album space together,
but somehow The Beatles create its own style and sound through its mess.”
Released: 22 November 1968
Listen: here

7/ ‘OGDENS’ NUT GONE FLAKE’ by THE SMALL FACES
All Music wrote: “The ballsiest-sounding piece of
full-length psychedelia to come out of England in 1968”
Released: 24 May 1968
Listen: here

8/ ‘DANCE TO THE MUSIC’ by SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE
Rolling Stone: “Overall the album is uneven, but its highs are intense,
prolonged and ecstatic. Seductive melodies and horn lines tickle your mind.”
Released: 27 April 1968
Listen: here

9/ ‘ELECTRIC LADYLAND’ by JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE
All Music: “Jimi Hendrix takes his funk and psychedelic sounds to the absolute limit.”
Released: 16 October 1968
Listen: here

10/ ‘MUSIC FROM BIG PINK’ by THE BAND
Rolling Stone: “The rustic beauty of The Band’s music and the drama of their own
reflections on family and obligations made ‘Big Pink’ an instant homespun classic.”
Released: 1 July 1968
Listen: here