    the kinks are the village green preservation society is the sixth studio album by the english rock group the kinks, released in november 1968. it was the last album by the original quartet, as bassist pete quaife left the group in early 1969. a collection of vignettes of english life,"i just wanted to do something english", uncut.co.uk,  the kinks are the village green preservation society was assembled from songs written and recorded over the previous two years. although the record is widely considered one of the most influential and important works by the kinks, it failed to chart upon release, selling about 100,000 copies. in 2003 the album was ranked number 255 on rolling stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. ==beginning== the first activity towards the village green lp was the recording of the song "village green" itself during the sessions for the kinks' 1967 lp something else.hinman, doug (2004). p. 114 davies began collecting ideas for a thematic album revolving around the village green concept and the band's interest in such a project began to grow in mid-1967. in a june interview dave davies mentioned that a ray davies solo lp was scheduled for release in september. doug hinman states this "probably refers to ray's plans for a
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