The Kinks' Village Green Gets 3xCD Expansion
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Cory D. Byrom reports:
Sanctuary Records has announced plans to re-release The Kinks' 1968 landmark LP, The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society, on June 28th, in an expanded edition. The record, most recently reissued by Castle in 1998, has now been digitally remastered and features so much bonus material it can only fit onto three CDs. Included in the bonus material are B-sides, mono and stereo mixes, BBC sessions, and tracks that were originally slated to appear on the original, but later axed. The songs that were cut have only appeared since on the long out-of-print 1973 collection, The Great Lost Kinks Album.Though Sanctuary's plans for the reissue, at this point, only involve a UK release, U.S. fans may want to consider the hefty import price. Sanctuary's reissue will also include lengthy new liner notes composed by Andy Miller, who wrote the Continuum Series book about the album, which, according to Pitchfork's Chris Ott is, „fucking amazingly detailed.“ Included in Miller's notes are brand new interview quotes from Ray and Dave Davies.
Village Green is a concept album that waxes nostalgic about merry olde England. The songs present sketches of characters and scenarios that may or may not be realistic, but present a charming representation of English traditions. Written by frontman Ray Davies when he was but 24 years old, Village Green is often compared to such bastions of classics 60s psychedelia as Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and Pet Sounds, but only began to achieve its deserved level of critical acclaim years after its original release. Sanctuary is no doubt hoping to change that with this monolith of a reissue. Here's the massive tracklist:
Disc 1
01 Village Green Preservation Society
02 Do You Remember Walker?
03 Picture Book
04 Johnny Thunder
05 Last of the Steam-Powered Trains
06 Big Sky
07 Sitting by the Riverside
08 Animal Farm
09 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)
17 Days (12 Track Edition Single)
18 Do You Remember Walter (Original Stereo Mix from 12 Track Edition)
19 People Take Pictures of Each Other (Original Stereo Mix from 12 Track Edition)Disc 2
01 Village Green Preservation Society (15 Track Mono Mix)
02 Do You Remember Walter? (15 Track Mono Mix)
03 Picture Book (15 Track Mono Mix)
04 Johnny Thunder (15 Track Mono Mix)
05 Last of the Steam-Powered Trains (15 Track Mono Mix)
06 Big Sky (15 Track Mono Mix)
07 Sitting by the Riverside (15 Track Mono Mix)
08 Animal Farm (15 Track Mono Mix)
09 Village Green (15 Track Mono Mix)
10 Starstruck (15 Track Mono Mix)
11 Phenomenal Cat (15 Track Mono Mix)
12 All of My Friends Were There (15 Track Mono Mix)
13 Wicked Annabella (15 Track Mono Mix)
14 Monica (15 Track Mono Mix)
15 People Take Pictures of Each Other (15 Track Mono Mix)
16 Days (Mono Single Mix)
17 Mr. Songbird (Mono Single Mix)
18 Polly (Mono Single Mix)
19 Days (Mono Single Mix)
20 Wonderboy (Mono Single Mix)
21 Berkeley Mews (Mono Single Mix)
22 Village Green (Mono No Strings Version)Disc 3
01 Village Green (Orchestra Overdub)
02 Misty Water (Stereo)
03 Berkeley Mews (Stereo)
04 Easy Come There You Went (Stereo)
05 Polly (Stereo)
06 Animal Farm (Alternate Stereo Mix)
07 Phenomenal Cat (Instrumental, Mono)
08 Johnny Thunder (Stereo Remix)
09 Did You See His Name (Mono)
10 Mick Avory's Underpants (Mono)
11 Lavender Hill (Mono)
12 Rosemary Rose (Mono)
13 Wonderboy (Stereo)
14 Spotty Grotty Anna (Stereo)
15 Where Did My Spring Go (Mono)
16 Groovy Movies (Mono)
17 Creeping Jean (Long Stereo Mix)
18 King Kong
19 Misty Water (Mono)
20 Do You Remember Walter (BBC Session Remix)
21 Animal Farm (BBC Session Remix)
22 Days (BBC Session Remix)
Quelle: Pitchfork
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