THE KINKS Are The Village Green Preservation Society 1968 RS-6327 PITMAN VG++

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The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society LP Stereo RS-6327. 1st U.S. Reprise pressing on two-Tone labels. Pitman pressing as indicated by the "P" in the dead wax, Customatrix pressing. Hard to find in this condition, the vinyl is extremely clean! The covers for this pressing typically are plagued with ring wear, this one isn't perfect, but a solid VG+ for sure!
Vinyl in VG++/EX condition, very clean, excellent sound quality.
Cover in VG+ with corner crease (see photo), light ring wear on the front, corner bumps.
Included original Reprise inner sleeve.
Companies, etc. Manufactured By –  Record Company –  Pressed By –  Mastered At –  Credits Arranged By –  Bass – * Drums – * Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals – * Guitar, Vocals – * Photography – John Prosser (3) Producer –  Written-By –  Notes First American issue on Two-Tone Orange Steamboat Label.
Gatefold sleeve, no text inside apart from "6327 Made in U.S.A." at bottom.

This version pressed at  and mastered at , as indicated by the faintly stamped 'P' (Pitman) and the 'o' (Customatrix) in the deadwax.
The listing for Two-Tone pressings with no pressing plant indicated is here: .

Cat. No. on front & inside gatefold: 6347
Cat. No. on spine & labels: RS 6347

Track times are taken from the contemporaneous white label promo ().

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.

NB: The credits on this copy (though probably not all copies) are so low on the rear sleeve layout that the last two lines wrap around and appear upside down on the very bottom of the inside gatefold paste-over. They are:
Photography: John Prosser
An original Pye Records production Barcode and Other Identifiers Matrix / Runout (Side A, label): (30,841) Matrix / Runout (Side B, label): (30,842) Matrix / Runout (Side A, etched, exc. 'P o'): 30841 RS 6327 A -1C. P o Matrix / Runout (Side B, etched, exc. 'P o'): 30842 RS 6327 B -1C. P o