THE KINKS - The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society

Item Description

Vinyl, , Pitman Pressing, Gatefold
LP Album Stereo

First [l447694], pressing, denoted by small, faintly stamped "P" in runouts. Remainder of runouts etched, except Customatrix stamp.

Issued on Reprise W7 two-tone orange and brown "steamboat" labels, with Stereo at the bottom.

First version of gatefold sleeve, with the rear sleeve type set so low that the bottom lines of credits wrap around or are cut off on many if not all copies (see pics). Later issues have the credits reset and centered higher on the wheat-field background.

No text inside the gatefold apart from "6327 Made in U.S.A." at bottom.

Catalog number on spine, labels: RS 6347
Catalog number on jacket front, inside gatefold: 6347

Rear sleeve:
I are Michael Charles Avory — drummer
I be Peter Alexander Greenlaw Quaife — bass player
I is David Russell Gordon Davies — guitarist and singer
I am Raymond Douglas Davies — guitarist, keyboard player and singer
They are Brian Humphries, Alan MacKenzie who contributed
You are our friends for playing the record.

An original Pye Records production