THE KINKS - The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society

Item Description

Box Set,
Deluxe Edition

Contents:
LPs: Gatefold 2LP featuring original album new stereo remaster and new mono remaster. Original artwork faithfully reproduced in high resolution.
Continental (Swedish) original, 12 track version of the LP.
CD1: 2018 Stereo Remaster (Andrew Sandoval, from original HD tape transfers) + bonus tracks including singles, B-sides & alternate mixes.
CD2: 2018 Mono Remaster (Andrew Sandoval, from original HD tape transfers) + bonus tracks including singles, B-sides & alternate mixes.
CD3: Village Green Sessions - including alternate versions mixes and backing tracks, many previously unreleased.
CD4: Village Green At The BBC - TV performance track audio and band interviews, many previously unreleased.
CD5: Preservation, Sessions, Live & Demos - including mid 70s recordings, previously unreleased home demos, Ray Davies live in Denmark 2010 and unreleased track 'Time Song'.
7" picture sleeve singles: Days / She’s Got Everything (1968), Starstruck / Picture Book (1968), The Village Green Preservation Society / Do You Remember Walter? (1969).
Book: 52-page hardback photo book with extensive sleeve notes and new band interviews, essays from Pete Townshend and other writers, plus rare and unseen Kinks Village Green related photos and imagery.
Booklet: 24-page stapled CD booklet with detailed track-by-track liner notes.
Memorabilia: Poster of Village Green LP inner gatefold; Empire Liverpool 1968 tour poster; glossy 10" x 8" photos from Hampstead Heath 1968 photoshoot; colour press photo with reproduced band signatures; Bournemouth 1968 gig ticket; PYE Records promo card; 'Days' sheet music.

In June 2019 exactly 100 copies were made available signed on the front cover of the box by Dave Davies. These were exclusive to superdeluxeedition.com and sold out within a few days.

The '########-X-Y' string pattern in the runout grooves indicates that the records were pressed by either [l1522969] or [l1540316].

[Sticker:]
50th anniversary super deluxe box set
Expanded edition of The Kinks' celebrated 1968 masterpiece
• Hardback book: Extensive new notes, essays, unseen photos & interviews with Ray Davies, Dave Davies & Mick Avory
• 2LP (heavyweight vinyl) of original gatefold album, new stereo & mono remasters
• Original Swedish 12 track LP (heavyweight vinyl), new stereo remaster
• 5CDs: Remastered original albums, singles, B-sides, previously unreleased tracks, demos, live, alternative versions & mixes
• 3 reproduced 7" picture sleeve singles
• Reproduced memorabilia
• Audio remastered from HD masters
[The Art Of The Album logo]

[2LP rear sleeve:]
Disc 1 - 2018 stereo remaster / disc 2 - 2018 mono remaster
Mastered [...] at Cohearent Audio, North Hills, CA.
Originally released as [url=https://www.discogs.com/release/1629778-The-Kinks-The-Kinks-Are-The-Village-Green-Preservation-Society]Pye NSPL 18233[/url], 22nd November 1968.
All tracks remastered ℗ 2018, ℗ & © 2018 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company.
Manufactured in the E.U. BMG UK, 8th Floor, 5 Merchant Square, Paddington, London, W2 1AS.

[Swedish LP rear sleeve:]
Mastered [...] at Cohearent Audio, North Hills, CA.
Originally released on Pye Records as [url=https://www.discogs.com/release/2594709-The-Kinks-The-Kinks-Are-The-Village-Green-Preservation-Society]Swedish LP - NSPL 18233[/url], 22nd November 1968.
All tracks remastered ℗ 2018, ℗ & © 2018 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company.
Manufactured in the E.U. BMG UK, 8th Floor, 5 Merchant Square, Paddington, London, W2 1AS.

[Days 7" rear sleeve:]
Mastered [...] at Cohearent Audio, North Hills, CA.
Originally released on Pye Records, September 1968, as [url=https://www.discogs.com/release/7065940-The-Kinks-Days]Italian 7" single P-67.002[/url].
Remastered ℗ 2018, ℗ & © 2018 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company.
BMG UK, 8th Floor, 5 Merchant Square, Paddington, London, W2 1AS.

[Starstruck 7" rear sleeve:]
Mastered [...] at Cohearent Audio, North Hills, CA.
Originally released on Pye Records, November 1968, as [url=https://www.discogs.com/release/385249-The-Kinks-Starstruck-Picture-Book]Netherlands 7" single 7NH-132[/url].
Remastered ℗ 2018, ℗ & © 2018 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company.
BMG UK, 8th Floor, 5 Merchant Square, Paddington, London, W2 1AS.

[The Village Green Preservation Society 7" rear sleeve:]
Mastered [...] at Cohearent Audio, North Hills, CA.
Originally released on Reprise Records, July 1969, as [url=https://www.discogs.com/release/7912339-The-Kinks-The-Village-Green-Preservation-Society]US 7" single 0847[/url].
Remastered ℗ 2018, ℗ & © 2018 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company.
BMG UK, 8th Floor, 5 Merchant Square, Paddington, London, W2 1AS.

[Labels all records:]
Carlin Music Corp.
USA & Canada: Unichappell Music, Inc. & ABKCO Music, Inc. (BMI)

[CD booklet p. 23:]
All tracks published by Carlin Music Corp. apart from CD5 track 10 Davray Music / Sony/ATV
USA & Canada: All tracks published by Unichappell Music, Inc. & ABKCO Music, Inc. (BMI) apart from CD5 track 10 Davray Music / Sony/ATV
Digital mastering [...] at D2 Mastering, Atwater Village, CA
Audio restoration & mixing [...] at Beatland Tours, Atwater Village, CA
Analog tape transfers [...] at FX Copyroom, Acton, London
These compilations ℗ & © 2018 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company.

[Book p. 52:]
First published in Great Britain 2018 by BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd., 8th Floor, 5 Merchant Square, Paddington, W2 1AS.
Copyright © 2018 BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd.