4.0 out of 5 stars
A book for phenominal cats!, Jan 8 2005
By A Customer
This review is from: Kinks' The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society (Paperback)
I devoured this book in one sitting! The author discusses the music and the atmosphere surrounding the group in detail without getting caught up in band politics. He provides considerable insight into many of the tracks and explores other Kinks songs of the era. Both Mick Avory and Peter Quaife are quoted throughout, which adds a great deal to the book's credibility.
A brief summary for this book would be "People give copies to their best friends. Just to show how much they enjoyed it."
God bless the Village Green.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
A perfectly timed book!, Oct 4 2003
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This review is from: Kinks' The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society (Paperback)
Just in time for the re-issue of this classic record by Sanctuary, Mr. Miller's book is a fine example of rock writing without pretension or artifice. His writing is clear, well-informed, illuminating, and witty. A pleasure to read. A shame that he couldn't get Ray Davies to talk, but then not many can. Still, there is some good input from the rest of the band, including a wonderful remark from Pete Quaife, which is too rude to repeat here!
Another positive feature of the book is that Mr. Miller devotes almost as much time to the songs which never made it on to the LP as he does to those that did. I am sure the sleevenotes for the reissue will be good, but they are unlikely to be as fascinating as Mr. Miller's book.
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