The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society

Album by The Kinks

Released 22 November 1968

pop rock classic rock rock

4.45

Tracklist

CD 1: Stereo
1
The Village Green Preservation Society
2:49
4.5 ★
2
Do You Remember Walter?
2:26
4.5 ★
3
Picture Book
2:37
4.4 ★
4
Johnny Thunder
2:31
3.5 ★
5
Last of the Steam Powered Trains
4:11
3.0 ★
6
Big Sky
2:50
3.0 ★
7
Sitting by the Riverside
2:25
3.0 ★
8
Animal Farm
3:00
3.5 ★
9
Village Green
2:09
4.0 ★
10
Starstruck
2:21
4.5 ★
11
Phenomenal Cat
2:38
3.0 ★
12
All of My Friends Were There
2:25
2.5 ★
13
Wicked Annabella
2:42
4.5 ★
14
Monica
2:16
3.0 ★
15
People Take Pictures of Each Other
2:14
16
Mr. Songbird
2:24
17
Days
2:52
18
Do You Remember Walter? (original stereo mix)
2:24
19
People Take Pictures of Each Other (original stereo mix)
2:24
CD 2: Mono
1
The Village Green Preservation Society
2:53
4.0 ★
2
Do You Remember Walter?
2:27
4.0 ★
3
Picture Book
2:36
4.0 ★
4
Johnny Thunder
2:31
3.5 ★
5
Last of the Steam Powered Trains
4:11
4.0 ★
6
Big Sky
2:51
2.0 ★
7
Sitting by the Riverside
2:24
4.0 ★
8
Animal Farm
3:01
4.0 ★
9
Village Green
2:11
4.0 ★
10
Starstruck
2:27
4.0 ★
11
Phenomenal Cat
2:39
3.0 ★
12
All of My Friends Were There
2:25
3.0 ★
13
Wicked Annabella
2:43
3.0 ★
14
Monica
2:20
3.0 ★
15
People Take Pictures of Each Other
2:19
4.0 ★
16
Days
2:55
3.5 ★
17
Mr. Songbird
2:25
18
Polly
2:50
19
Wonderboy
2:48
20
Berkeley Mews
2:36
21
Village Green (no strings version)
2:12
CD 3: Rarities
1
Village Green (orchestra overdub)
2:22
2
Misty Water (stereo)
3:05
3
Berkeley Mews (stereo)
2:39
4
Easy Come, There You Went (stereo)
2:25
5
Polly (stereo)
2:52
6
Animal Farm (alternate stereo mix)
3:01
7
Phenomenal Cat (mono instrumental)
2:49
8
Johnny Thunder (stereo remix)
2:36
9
Did You See His Name
2:00
10
Mick Avory’s Underpants
2:19
11
Lavender Hill
2:56
12
Rosemary Rose
1:44
2.0 ★
13
Wonderboy (stereo)
2:44
14
Spotty Grotty Anna
2:07
15
Where Did My Spring Go
2:10
16
Groovy Movies
2:33
17
Creeping Jean
3:11
18
King Kong
3:25
19
Misty Water (mono)
3:11
20
Do You Remember Walter? (BBC session remix)
2:16
21
Animal Farm (BBC session remix)
2:56
22
Days (BBC session remix)
3:02

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Release credits

Alan McKenzie
engineer [19]
Alan O’Duffy
engineer [19]
Andrew
liner notes, task
Andy Miller
liner notes
Bill Inglot
task
Dan Hersch
mastering
Dave Davies
guitar [1-14], lead vocals [13]
David Whitaker
orchestrator [1]
John Reed
task
Klaus Schmalenbach
task
Mick Avory
drums (drum set) [1-14]
Mike Mastrangelo
task
Nick Watson
mastering
Paul Bevoir
design, illustration
Pete Quaife
bass guitar [1-14]
Ray Davies
arranger [19], lead vocals [1-12, 14], producer [1.1-15, 2.7, 2.9, 2.11, 2.19]
Ray Davies
additional [20-22], vocal [1, 18]
Roger Semon
task
Shel Talmy
producer [19]
Steve Hammonds
task
The Kinks
arranger [1-14]
Will Nicol
task