What is the Village Green Preservation Society?

The Village Green Preservation Society is a concept created by Ray Davies of The Kinks, featuring a fictional English village that he built through music and storytelling, which he later mourned in his work.

Who created the Village Green Preservation Society concept?

Ray Davies, the lead singer and songwriter of The Kinks, created the Village Green Preservation Society as a musical and narrative project.

Why did it take a decade for people to notice the Village Green Preservation Society?

The Village Green Preservation Society remained largely unnoticed for about a decade because its significance and Ray Davies' mourning of the fictional village were not immediately recognized or appreciated by mainstream audiences and critics.

Liner Note · May 11, 2026

Village Green Preservation Society

The Kinks · 1968 Spin it Again - It sold nothing in 1968 and Ray Davies made it anyway, for reasons that took the rest of the world twenty years to catch up to.

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