The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society

Album by The Kinks

Released 22 November 1968

Tracklist

  • 12" Vinyl 1
  • 1
    The Village Green Preservation Society
    2:52
  • 2
    Do You Remember Walter?
    4.5 ★
  • 3
    Picture Book
    4.4 ★
  • 4
    Johnny Thunder
    3.5 ★
  • 5
    Last of the Steam‐Powered Trains
    3.0 ★
  • 6
    Big Sky
    3.0 ★
  • 7
    Sitting by the Riverside
    3.0 ★
  • 8
    Animal Farm
    3.5 ★
  • 9
    Village Green
    4.0 ★
  • 10
    Starstruck
    4.5 ★
  • 11
    Phenomenal Cat
    3.0 ★
  • 12
    All of My Friends Were There
    2.5 ★
  • 13
    Wicked Annabella
    4.5 ★
  • 14
    Monica
    3.0 ★
  • 15
    People Take Pictures of Each Other
    3.0 ★
  • 12" Vinyl 2
  • 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
  • 12" Vinyl 3
  • 1
    The Village Green Preservation Society
  • 2
    Do You Remember Walter?
  • 3
    Picture Book
  • 4
    Johnny Thunder
  • 5
    Monica
  • 6
    Days
  • 7
    Village Green
  • 8
    Mr. Songbird
  • 9
    Wicked Annabella
  • 10
    Starstruck
  • 11
    Phenomenal Cat
  • 12
    People Take Pictures of Each Other
  • 7" Vinyl 4
  • 1
    Days
  • 2
    She’s Got Everything
  • 7" Vinyl 5
  • 1
    Starstruck
  • 2
    Picture Book
  • 7" Vinyl 6
  • 1
    The Village Green Preservation Society
  • 2
    Do You Remember Walter?
  • 7" Vinyl 7: Limited Edition – 7″ – Came With First 1000 Orders From Kinks Store
  • 1
    Time Song (single version)
  • 2
    The Village Green Preservation Society (Preservation version)
  • CD 8: Original Stereo Album 2018 Remaster + Bonus Tracks
  • 1
    The Village Green Preservation Society
    2:52
    4.5 ★
  • 2
    Do You Remember Walter?
    2:30
  • 3
    Picture Book
    2:39
  • 4
    Johnny Thunder
    2:33
  • 5
    Last of the Steam‐Powered Trains
    4:13
  • 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
    Days (original stereo mix)
  • 17
    She’s Got Everything (original stereo mix)
  • 18
    Mr. Songbird (original stereo mix)
  • 19
    Wonderboy (original stereo mix)
  • 20
    Polly (original stereo mix)
  • 21
    Berkeley Mews (original stereo mix)
  • 22
    Rosemary Rose (stereo mix)
  • 23
    Misty Water (original stereo mix)
  • 24
    Did You See His Name? (original stereo mix)
  • 25
    Do You Remember Walter? (European stereo mix)
  • 26
    Animal Farm (alternate stereo mix)
  • 27
    People Take Pictures of Each Other (European stereo mix)
  • CD 9: Original Album 2018 Mono Remaster + Bonus Tracks
  • 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
  • 16
    Days (mono single mix)
  • 17
    She’s Got Everything (mono single mix)
  • 18
    Mr. Songbird (mono)
  • 19
    Wonderboy (mono single mix)
  • 20
    Polly (mono single mix)
  • 21
    Till Death Us Do Part (mono)
  • 22
    Berkeley Mews (mono)
  • 23
    Village Green (alternate vocal)
  • 24
    Lavender Hill (mono)
  • 25
    Rosemary Rose (mono)
  • 26
    Pictures in the Sand (mono)
  • 27
    Misty Water (original mono mix)
  • 28
    Did You See His Name? (mono)
  • 29
    Last of the Steam‐Powered Trains (mono mix)
  • CD 10: Village Green Sessions
  • 1
    The Village Green Preservation Society (alternate mix)
  • 2
    Do You Remember Walter? (backing track)
  • 3
    Picture Book (alternate mix)
  • 4
    Johnny Thunder (stereo remix)
  • 5
    Last of the Steam‐Powered Trains (alternate mix)
  • 6
    Big Sky (alternate mix with session chat)
  • 7
    Animal Farm (takes 16 & 17 alternate mix)
  • 8
    Village Green (Unissued Acetate mix)
  • 9
    Starstruck (alternate mix)
  • 10
    Phenomenal Cat (alternate mix)
  • 11
    Monica (alternate mix)
  • 12
    People Take Pictures of Each Other (alternate mix)
  • 13
    Egg Stained Pyjamas (backing track)
  • 14
    Days (alternate mix)
  • 15
    She’s Got Everything (alternate mix)
  • 16
    Misty Water (alternate mix)
  • 17
    Mr. Songbird (alternate mix)
  • 18
    Pictures in the Sand (backing track)
  • 19
    Berkeley Mews (alternate mix)
  • 20
    Easy Come, There You Went (backing track)
  • 21
    Did You See His Name? (alternate mix)
  • 22
    Mick Avory’s Underpants (backing track)
  • 23
    Spotty Grotty Anna (backing track)
  • 24
    Lavender Hill (backing track)
  • 25
    Village Green (backing track)
  • CD 11: Village Green at the BBC
  • 1
    Interview: Ray Talks About Working
  • 2
    Days
  • 3
    Waterloo Sunset
  • 4
    Interview: Ray Talks About Solo Records
  • 5
    Love Me Till the Sun Shines
  • 6
    Monica
  • 7
    Interview: Ray Talks About Village Green
  • 8
    The Village Green Preservation Society
  • 9
    Animal Farm (BBC mix)
  • 10
    Last of the Steam‐Powered Trains (with live vocals)
  • 11
    Picture Book (with live vocals)
  • 12
    Interview: Ray and Dave Talk About Last of the Steam‐Powered Trains
  • 13
    Do You Remember Walter? (BBC mix)
  • 14
    Dedicated Follower of Fashion / A Well Respected Man / Death of a Clown (TV pre‐mix)
  • 15
    Sunny Afternoon (TV pre‐mix)
  • 16
    Picture Book (TV pre‐mix)
  • 17
    Days (TV pre‐mix)
  • 18
    Lazy Old Sun (TV pre‐mix)
  • 19
    Two Sisters (TV pre‐mix)
  • 20
    Monica (TV pre‐mix)
  • 21
    Lincoln County (TV pre‐mix)
  • 22
    Where Did My Spring Go? (mono)
  • 23
    When I Turn Off the Living Room Light (mono)
  • CD 12: Demos, Sessions, Preservation & Live
  • 1
    Home Demos (medley)
  • 2
    Days (acoustic version)
  • 3
    Mr. Songbird (alternate mix)
  • 4
    The Village Green Preservation Society (alternate mix)
  • 5
    Johnny Thunder (backing track)
  • 6
    Big Sky (alternate mix)
  • 7
    Phenomenal Cat (backing track)
  • 8
    Picture Book (vocals and guitar)
  • 9
    Animal Farm (backing track)
  • 10
    Time Song (monitor mix)
  • 11
    The Village Green Preservation Society (Preservation version)
  • 12
    Medley: Picture Book / People Take Pictures of Each Other (Preservation version)
  • 13
    Village Green Overture (Preservation version – stereo)
  • 14
    Days (live in Denmark 2010)
  • 15
    Ray Davies Spoken Intro (live in Denmark 2010)
  • 16
    Village Green (live in Denmark 2010)
  • 17
    Picture Book (live in Denmark 2010)
  • 18
    Big Sky (live in Denmark 2010)
  • 19
    Do You Remember Walter? (live in Denmark 2010)
  • 20
    Johnny Thunder (live in Denmark 2010)
  • 21
    The Village Green Preservation Society (live in Denmark 2010)
  • 22
    The Way Love Used to Be (live in Denmark 2010)

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