jeudi 4 juin 2009

The Kinks - Village Green Preservation Society (Deluxe Edition)

Il y a des groupes dont on ne sait que piocher dans la carrière pour signifier leur talent. Les Kinks sont de ceux-là. Et Ray Davies est sans doute le seul musicien anglais à avoir, à l'époque, rivalisé d'inventivité créatrice avec Brian Wilson. Ces deux-là ont en commun l'obsession des compositions et des arrangements allié à un certain sens du pilotage, et la parenté semble évidente entre les Pet Sounds, Smiley Smile ou Wild Honey des Américains et ce Village Green Preservation Society, LA symphonie de Ray Davies. Entreprise titanesque, tant au niveau de l'écriture que des arrangements, ce disque sera aussi le plus bel échec commercial du groupe. Trop ambitieux ? Sans doute, si l'on considère la somme d'heures passées en studio... Négligé par la maison de disque ? Sûrement, elle qui considérait avant tout les Kinks comme un groupe à singles (rôle qu'ils remplissaient d'ailleurs sacrément bien)... Et Ray Davies de leur prouver définitivement le contraire! Dites, c'est où, le village vert ? Oh! c'est par là, un petit peu à côté du temps...

I felt that albums needed to take a new direction, and
not just be a collection of singles with a few throwaway
tracks. I wanted Village Green to be a statement.
Ray Davies

9 commentaires:

Dr Faustroll a dit…

http://www.mediafire.com/file/3dmmmzimtzx/KKS_VGPS.part1.rar
http://www.mediafire.com/file/11ymwny2wzn/KKS_VGPS.part2.rar
http://www.mediafire.com/file/2mjuqkoyqrk/KKS_VGPS.part3.rar

Comments are very welcome...

CD1 (Stereo)

01.The Village Green Preservation Society
02.Do You Remember Walter
03.Picture Book
04.Johnny Thunder
05.Last Of The Steam Powered Trains
06.Big Sky
07.Sitting By The Riverside
08.Animal Farm
09.Village Green
10.Starstruck
11.Phenomenal Cat
12.All Of My Friends Were There
13.Wicked Annabella
14.Monica
15.People Take Pictures Of Each Other
16.Mr. Songbird (From 12 Track Edition)
17.Days (From Single And 12 Track Edition)
18.Do You Remember Walter (Original Stereo Mix From 12 Track Edition)
19.People Take Pictures Of Each Other (Original Stereo Mix From 12 Track Edition)

CD2 (Mono)

01.The Village Green Preservation Society
02.Do You Remember Walter
03.Picture Book
04.Johnny Thunder
05.Last Of The Steam Powered Trains
06.Big Sky
07.Sitting By The Riverside
08.Animal Farm
09.Village Green
10.Starstruck
11.Phenomenal Cat
12.All Of My Friends Were There
13.Wicked Annabella
14.Monica
15.People Take Pictures Of Each Other
16.Days
17.Mr. Songbird
18.Polly
19.Wonderboy
20.Berkeley Mews
21.Village Green (No Strings Version)

CD3 (Rareties)

01.Village Green (Orchestra Overdub)
02.Misty Water (Stereo)
03.Berkeley Mews (Stereo)
04.Easy Come, There You Went (Stereo)
05.Polly
06.Animal Farm (Alternate Stereo Mix)
07.Phenomenal Cat (Mono Instrumental)
08.Johnny Thunder (Stereo Remix)
09.Did You See His Name
10.Mick Avory's Underpants
11.Lavender Hill
12.Rosemary Rose
13.Wonderboy (Stereo)
14.Spotty Grotty Anna
15.Where Did My Spring Go
16.Groovy Movies
17.Creeping Jean
18.King Kong
19.Misty Water (Mono)
20.Do You Remember Walter (BBC Session Remix)
21.Animal Farm (BBC Session Remix)
22.Days (BBC Session Remix)

lunell a dit…

mon exemplaire vinyl donnait de sérieux signes de fatigue. Merci doc

Unknown a dit…

Tremendous! Thanks so much.

GaragePunk66 a dit…

Even though I own this, I just have to comment anyhow. This is one of the greatest records of all time, definitely top ten on my list. Something Else is a really great record. If anybody out there has not heard Village Green, now is your chance. Make sure to thank the Dr. with a nice comment.

Exeter a dit…

Wow!
Thanks a lot for all your great posts!
I haven't had a chance to listen to this one for many years.

Ira Seigel a dit…

Wow...this is high on my list...what a set...merci Doc

Ricardo a dit…

Thanks a lot. This is so underrated...

Alain a dit…

Bonjour
Le fichier 2 est inaccessible.
Merci pour tout
Alain

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