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The kinks the village green preservation society classic. It was the last album by the original quartet ray davies, dave davies, pete quaife, mick avory, as bassist quaife left the group in early 1969. The kinks supreme achievement and the best british album of 1969. Most of these albums escaped notice here in america or at least on american radio. The village green preservation society do you remember walter. The kinks the kinks are the village green preservation society 1968 2018, 50th anniversary, super deluxe box, remastered, 5cd. Oct 26, 2018 listen to your favorite songs from the kinks are the village green preservation society 2018 deluxe by the kinks now. Yet thirtyfive years after its release, andy miller identified the kinks are the village green preservation society as the kinks greatestselling album of all time in his book about it in the thirtythree and a third series.
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