28/07/2020 8pm

OK tonight for a total change, instead of reducing double lps to stronger single ones I have taken the liberty of turning a classic single lp into an equally classic double more along the lines of Ray’s original ideas, join me at 8 to celebrate one of the finest songwriters, groups and projects of the Rock Age, released the same month as The Beatles and culled from tracks recorded from November 66 through to October 68 it was a commercial disaster but is now justly viewed as a masterpiece.

Intro – Waterloo Sunset,Autumn Almanac
THE KINKS – The Village Green Preservation Society Expanded
SIDE 101 – The Village Green Preservation Society 02 – Do You Remember Walter  03 – Picture Book  04 – Johnny Thunder  05 – Last of the Steam-Powered Trains 06 – Animal Farm
SIDE 207 – Big Sky 08 – Did You See His Name 09 – Polly  10 – Misty Water 11 – Sitting By The  Riverside 12 – Starstruck
SIDE 313 – Phenomenal Cat  14 – Rosemary Rose  15 – All of My Friends Were There 16 – Berkeley Mews 17 – Wicked Annabella  18 – Days
SIDE 419 – Village Green  20 – Pictures In The Sand 21 –  Wonderboy 22 – Monica 23 – People Take Pictures of Each Other  24 – The Village Green Preservation Society [Reprise]
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