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    ORIGINAL 1971 FIRST PRESS STILL FACTORY SEALED
  
                   N0 DELETE MARKS!!!!

             

          

      

                    THE KINKS

       MUSWELL HILLBILLIES

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\                                                  USA - RCA RECORDS - LSP 4644 

rare song titles sticker on outer cellophane BACK cover!

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FINAL COLLECTION ARCHIVE COPY! = FACTORY SEALED

The are NO delete marks - almost all copies were deleted - the LP was criminally ignored when bands like Sabbath & Zeppelin ruled the day...collectors back then didn't even give the mighty KINKS a chance for a listen.....

Original 1971 first pressing in gatefold cover of one of the Kinks most underestimated albums - and one that completely grows in leaps and bounds with repeat listens::::

This 1971 aggregation stands as one of the pivotal titles in the group's extensive oeuvre. Check out the cover for a sense where this collection is rooted: the five longhaired lads mill about at a sunlit working-class pub where the regulars go about their libationary affairs. The album's keynote tracks--"20th Century Man," "Holiday," "Here Come the People in Grey"--focus on proletariat proceedings that were familiar to frontman Ray Davies and his guitar-slinging brother, Dave.

Ray Davies called this album his "existentialist-type record," noting that he resisted the temptation to design a radio-friendly single to succeed "Lola" in favor of devising a conceptual collection of tunes.

Following the international success of "Lola", RCA signed the Kinks to a record deal, anticipating more smash hit singles. What they got was something quite different.

Ray Davies had already produced some fine concept albums ("Village Green Preservation Society" and "Arthur") in the late 60s for the Reprise label, and "Muswell Hillbillies" returns to some of those themes: the ordinary man or woman, caught up in forces beyond their control "Holloway Jail", "Uncle Son"; the good old days before technology ("Twentieth Century Man", "Complicated Life"). In passing the Kinks comment on fad diets ("Skin and Bone"), addiction ("Alcohol") and bureaucracy ("Here Come the People in Gray").

There's not a false note or a weak song to be found on this elegant and touching album. The overarching theme is a whimsical view of British fascination with the mythical America of movies ("Take me back to those black hills/That I have never seen", sings Ray in the title track). However, this is not the three-chord power rock of the Kinks' early singles; nor is it the para-metal of their later hits like "Low Budget". While their hard rock albums sold much better, our preference is for the lighter, more whimsical Kinks, alka "Face to Face" with their uniquely British perspective on pop music.  We rate this as one the Kinks' four or five best records.

20th Century Man

Acute Schizophrenia Paranoia Blues

Holiday

Skin & Bone

 Alcohol

 Complicated Life

 Here Come The People In Grey

 Have A Cuppa Tea

 Holloway Jail

 Oklahoma U.S.A.

 Uncle Son

 Muswell Hillbilly

 Mountain Woman

 Kentucky Moon

 

CONDITION: Completely SEALED (never opened) 1971 first press in gatefold cover ....still has fresh original colors, no delete marks, no split seams, no bends, and no writing  ... collection worthy rarity ...NEVER OPENED STILL FACTORY FRESH 46 years later!

Very RARE song titles sticker (photos #2) on back cover --- there is the usual (for-40+ years ago sealed records) to have dust particles settled in under the cellophane; completely harmless will easily wipe away ....  NO delete marks (amazing for this Kinks title, no bends, no writing, no split seams, no problems anywhere!

FACTORY SEALED = NEVER OPENED IN 46 years!!!

                            

       

      A cool addition to anyone's music library!

 

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