The Kinks - The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society (LP, Album, Pit) (Very Good Plus (VG+))

Media Condition:  Very Good Plus (VG+)
Sleeve Condition: Very Good Plus (VG+)
Country:    US  
Released:  05 Feb 1969
Genre:       Rock
Style:         Pop Rock

Comments:
Great copy ! No splits, white inner sleeve almost a NM !!! Cover has mild ring
 

Notes:

First [l447694, pressing, denoted by small, faintly stamped "P" in runouts. Remainder of runouts etched, except Customatrix stamp.

Issued on Reprise W7 two-tone orange and brown "steamboat" labels, with Stereo at the bottom.

First version of gatefold sleeve, with the rear sleeve type set so low that the bottom lines of credits wrap around or are cut off on many if not all copies (see pics). Later issues have the credits reset and centered higher on the wheat-field background. 

No text inside the gatefold apart from "6327 Made in U.S.A." at bottom.

Catalog number on spine, labels: RS 6347
Catalog number on jacket front, inside gatefold: 6347

Rear sleeve:
I are Michael Charles Avory — drummer
I be Peter Alexander Greenlaw Quaife — bass player
I is David Russell Gordon Davies — guitarist and singer
I am Raymond Douglas Davies — guitarist, keyboard player and singer
They are Brian Humphries, Alan MacKenzie who contributed
You are our friends for playing the record.

An original Pye Records production

A1. The Village Green Preservation Society
A2. Do You Remember Walter?
A3. Picture Book
A4. Johnny Thunder
A5. Last Of The Steam-Powered Trains
A6. Big Sky
A7. Sitting By The Riverside
B1. Animal Farm
B2. Village Green
B3. Starstruck
B4. Phenomenal Cat
B5. All Of My Friends Were There
B6. Wicked Annabella
B7. Monica
B8. People Take Pictures Of Each Other

Barcode and Other Identifiers:

Pressing Plant ID P
Matrix / Runout 30,841
Matrix / Runout 30,842
Matrix / Runout 30841 RS 6327 A -1C. P o
Matrix / Runout 30842 RS 6327 B -1C. P o
Matrix / Runout 30841 RS 6327 A-1C.1 P
Matrix / Runout 30842 RS 6327 B -1C.1 3
Matrix / Runout 30841 RS 6327 A -1C.1 P B5 o
Matrix / Runout 30842 RS 6327 B -1C.1 A 7 P o

Record Company Warner Bros. - Seven Arts Records, Inc.
Manufactured By Bethevin Productions, Ltd.
Mastered At Customatrix
Pressed By Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman