"THE KINKS ARE THE VILLAGE GREEN PRESERVATION SOCIETY" ORIG FIRST PRESSING LP

$

69

                                                DESCRIPTION

ARTIST:                                 THE KINKS

TITLE:                      “THE KINKS ARE THE VILLAGE GREEN PRESERVATION SOCIETY”

PRESSING:              1969 Original “FIRST” Pressing STERO LP

CATALOG #:           REPRISE RS-6327

LABELS:                   Super clean Two-tone “Orange” labels with an “r:” and “W7” logos, along with “Steamboat” in the upper left corner of the label.

                                                CONDITION  ( Please refer to Grading Standards below)

COVER:                    Very Strong VG+

Comments:                Extremely clean “gatefold” cover displays sharp, vivid colors with No marks or writing, No creases, No seam splits, and No cut out marks, discount holes or bar codes. Light ring wear and corner wear (see photographs) are the only flaws, and mentioned for accuracy. The psychedelic photo of the group inside the gatefold is in superb, untouched condition. Overall, this is a relatively clean cover for this particular release.

VINYL:                      VG++

Comments:                Extremely clean, full original gloss “Rigid” vinyl with some very minor insignificant faint hairlines (No scratches) seen under bright light, mainly from sliding in and out of the original inner sleeve. The vinyl has been play tested and plays beautifully throughout the entire recording.

INNER SLEEVE:    Original and correct late-sixties REPRISE paper inner sleeve advertising other artists and selections from their catalog, which was used during the time period of the release of this classic album.

Comments:                 In addition to the title track, the LP features several classic Kinks songs including “Johnny Thunder”, “Big Sky”, “Village Green”, and “All of My Friends Were There”!!

I have listed additional pristine First pressing Kinks albums from the “sixties” this week, so please check out my other auctions!

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                                    GRADING STANDARDS

                        COVER

MINT             Perfect in every way, rarely used grade

NrMT+           Hint of corner/edge wear, no ring wear

NrMT             Slight corner/edge wear, hint of ring wear

NrMT-            Very light corner/edge wear, faint ring wear

VG+                Light overall corner/surface wear, light ring wear

VG                  Moderate shelf wear, light to moderate ring wear

                        VINYL

MINT             Absolutely no marks on the vinyl surface, rarely used grade

NrMT+           Very faint rub or two with no surface marks

NrMT             No scratches or spindle marks – may have a few extremely faint, inaudible hairlines or a paper scuff seen only under very bright light

NrMT-            No scratches or spindle marks – may have a few light, inaudible hairlines seen under bright light from sliding in and out of the inner paper sleeve

VG+                No scratches, may have a spindle mark – light inaudible hairlines and/or paper scuffs will be present, which do not affect play or overall quality of the recording