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I just got it. I mean, I just got the feeling of real enjoyment from VGPS; Walter; Picture Book; and all the rest.

This is weird. I've had the album for years, have been a fan for (mgmgmmmmm) let's just say a very long time. For some reason this album now sounds better than ever. Same old stereo, ears, living room. Different beer, tho. Phenominal Cat's on right now.

― jim wentworth (wench), Sunday, 29 August 2004 04:06 (twenty-one years ago)

OK, so I can't spell village.

― jim wentworth (wench), Sunday, 29 August 2004 04:07 (twenty-one years ago)

I have to get the new triple disc reissue. I love this album but haven't heard it in a few years now.

― AaronHz (AaronHz), Sunday, 29 August 2004 04:08 (twenty-one years ago)

new triple disc reissue

-- the hell?!?!

― amateur!!!st (amateurist), Sunday, 29 August 2004 04:09 (twenty-one years ago)

Sanctuary just put it out..... all demos, mono stuff, and things that have been on Kink Kronikles ("Days") some outtakes from VGPS but not many. If you don't own the Great Lost Kinks Album on reprise, you should pick this up because it contains a lot of those songs as the bonus stuff and those are some great tunes.

― Brian Turner (btwfmu), Sunday, 29 August 2004 04:19 (twenty-one years ago)

i have that deluxe one-CD reissue w/"days" (a beautiful song)... that's probably enough for me.

a 3-cd reissue of a lp seems like a bit much to me..

― amateur!!!st (amateurist), Sunday, 29 August 2004 04:21 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah but this is VILLAGE GREEN duder! I'll spring for the 3-disc. It's only $30.

― AaronHz (AaronHz), Sunday, 29 August 2004 04:24 (twenty-one years ago)

haha only $30

(cries)

― amateur!!!st (amateurist), Sunday, 29 August 2004 04:27 (twenty-one years ago)

amateurist's reaction is the same as mine (love the album, couldn't fathom coughing this much up for a few outtakes - several on the Something Else 1CD - and a lot of different mixes). Though the size of this is nowhere as absurd as The Funhouse Sessions.

― CeCe Peniston (Anthony Miccio), Sunday, 29 August 2004 04:31 (twenty-one years ago)

What a great album. Such a different quality to Ray's singing on "Animal Farm" — he really opens up and projects instead of singing through his nose. It inspires me to sing along, which scares onlookers.

― Rock Hardy (Rock Hardy), Sunday, 29 August 2004 13:40 (twenty-one years ago)

i own the original album in two formats. i will feel no guilt about downloading this from slsk.

― stockholm cindy (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 29 August 2004 13:43 (twenty-one years ago)

Does the triple disc reissue have songs from the Great Lost Kinks album? I thought Ray Davies prevented sanctuary from putting those tracks on the reissue. The original version of this triple disc was set to have 73 songs but I think the actual release has 62 (which is still a lot). It still looks amazing and I'll likely get it, but I thought the Great Lost songs were kept off.

― Jonathan (Jonathan), Sunday, 29 August 2004 14:52 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah, it seems as if Lavender Hill, Rosemary Rose, Where Did My Spring Go and Misty Water are all credited from the GLKA, though there's a mono mix of Misty never released. That song When I Turn Off the Living Room Light is missing, maybe Ray singing "who cares if you're Jewish and your breath smells like garlic" is a bit sensitive moreso these days?!

― Brian Turner (btwfmu), Sunday, 29 August 2004 22:34 (twenty-one years ago)

one month passes...

Oh god. I've been listening to this for a week straight and am so gone for it. My local record shop was selling it for only 2 bucks more than the Castle single-disc reissue, I think I paid like $25 Cdn for it.
I like the mono version best.

― Huk-L, Friday, 1 October 2004 15:51 (twenty-one years ago)

three years pass...

I've been looking for this release for a long time from rekkid stores and found it this weekend. Wow - pure bliss - I've always dug 'Something Else' a bit more, but the GLKA and other extra tracks make for a fun, cohesive listen - this may surpass! It still sounds original and different from other fare of the day - I can only imagine the reaction at the time ...

― BlackIronPrison, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 18:36 (eighteen years ago)

... abject commercial failure you mean?

― Tom D., Tuesday, 6 November 2007 18:40 (eighteen years ago)

Another brilliant album that takes 10+ listens to even start settling in.

― Autumn Almanac, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 10:05 (eighteen years ago)

Not around my house it didn't.

― If Timi Yuro would be still alive, most other singers could shut up, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 10:12 (eighteen years ago)

40+?

― Autumn Almanac, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 10:14 (eighteen years ago)

1 in mine

― Tom D., Thursday, 8 November 2007 10:18 (eighteen years ago)

In 1986 my best friend went into the Army and gave away all his records. He was selective, and didn't let his friends choose. He gave me his lamest Tull and Doors LPs, since we both felt we'd given those bands more attention then they deserved, and then to compensate, Village Green.

At first, I didn't quite get the fuss behind the reputation. I liked the details, but it didn't have any track as impressive as "David Watts", "Shangri-La" or "20th Century Man".

But within a year, it had surpassed the other Kinks albums for me. And even though I was mostly listening to Killdozer and Swans, I kept playing it, even though I'd filed Something Else and Arthur away.

It's the only album I've returned to consistently through out my life. Pulled me out of the dumps one weekend about a year ago- the way it celebrates life's trivialities but also keeps it's distance can be immensely reassuring when the day-to-day has a crushing weight. I love the way "Last of the Steam Powered Trains" is made up of blues riffs, but has no blues swing at all. It's a tin toy, not a locomotive, a clockwork spring unwinding. But it has the sadness of a toy on a thrift store shelf.

I just played it on a long drive this weekend. It's a bit like a radio documentary in that context. It transports me cramped but cozy living room with an old woman who keeps plastic slipcovers on her furniture and keeps giving me stale sweets. She's grateful someone is listening to her, and I feel grateful for the change of pace.

― bendy, Thursday, 8 November 2007 12:34 (eighteen years ago)

Lamenting a world that never existed. Or something.

― Autumn Almanac, Friday, 9 November 2007 12:49 (eighteen years ago)

bestest music evar !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

― jhøshea, Friday, 9 November 2007 12:51 (eighteen years ago)

Wish my relatives would listen to People Take Pictures of Each Other and fucking pay attention.

― Autumn Almanac, Friday, 9 November 2007 12:55 (eighteen years ago)

"Smile for the camera! Come on, smile!" Because when I'm dead you'll have a shoe box full of photos of me grinning awkwardly for no discernible reason. YEAH THAT'S A FAIR REPRESENTATION.

― Autumn Almanac, Friday, 9 November 2007 12:57 (eighteen years ago)

Smiling in photos

― Alba, Friday, 9 November 2007 13:21 (eighteen years ago)

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