The Kinks - Preservation Acts 1-2 (1973-1974) [Japanese Editions 2013] (Repost)

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The Kinks - Preservation Acts 1-2 (1973-1974) [Japanese Editions 2013]
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 808 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 298 MB | Covers - 498 MB
Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Rock | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Universal Music

Preservation Act 1 (1973). Preservation is Ray Davies' most ambitious project - a musical that used the quaint, small-town nostalgia of Village Green as a template to draw the entirety of society and how it works. Or, at least that's what the concept seems to be, since the storyline was so convoluted, it necessitated three separate LPs, spread over two albums, and it still didn't really make sense because the first album, Preservation, Act 1, acted more like an introduction to the characters, and all the story was condensed into the second album. Davies intended all of Preservation to stand as one double-album set, but he scrapped the first sessions for the album, which led to record company pressure to deliver an album before the end of 1973 - hence, the appearance of Preservation, Act 1 in mid-November. Stripped of much of the narrative, Preservation winds up playing like an explicitly theatrical Village Green, this time with specific characters - a bit like a novella instead of short stories. There are moments where everything clicks on Preservation and they're the ones that are closest to typical Davies - the stately "Daylight," the endearingly lazy "Sitting in the Midday Sun," the fairly rocking "Here Comes Flash," "Where Are They Now?," and the absolutely gorgeous "Sweet Lady Genevieve," a real candidate for Davies' forgotten masterpiece. Then, there's the rest of the record: unfocused attempts at story, showtunes, and characterizations, some of which are interesting, but the whole of it is rather tedious. Preservation, Act 1 winds up as listenable due to the strength of those five songs, which form the core not only of this record, but the musical drama as a whole. The rest plays as artistic hubris, which is exactly what swallows Preservation, Act 2 alive.

Preservation Act 2 (1974). Ray Davies released the "song" songs from Preservation - the character sketches, the wry observations, the lovely ballads – on the first record (or "Act") of the musical drama, leaving the narrative for Preservation, Act 2, a double album released six months after its companion. Simply put, the record is a mess, an impenetrable jumble of story, theater, instrumentals, "announcements," unfinished ideas, guest singers, and, on occasion, a song or two. There may have been a workable theatrical production hidden somewhere in Preservation, but it was utterly lost on record (reportedly it was better live), due in no small part to how it was unevenly divided, a practice that revealed Davies' lack of realized songs for the project, plus his unfinished story. It was later revealed that Ray was at the end of his rope during the making of Preservation - he would have a breakdown during its supporting tour - so, perhaps it shouldn't be a surprise that the album doesn't work on its own.


The Kinks - Preservation Act 1 (1973) [Japanese Edition 2013]
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 301 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 111 MB | Covers - 241 MB
Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Rock | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Universal Music (UICY-25358)

Tracklist:
01. Preservation
02. Morning Song
03. Daylight
04. Sweet Lady Genevieve
05. There's A Change In The Weather
06. Where Are They Now?
07. One Of The Survivors
08. Cricket
09. Money And Corruption / I Am Your Man
10. Here Comes Flash
11. Sitting In The Midday Sun

Bonus tracks:
12. Demolition
13. One Of The Survivors

Total time: 47:05

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The Kinks - Preservation Act 2 (1974) [Japanese Edition 2013]
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 507 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 181 MB | Covers - 257 MB
Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Rock | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Universal Music (UICY-25359)

Tracklist:
01. Announcement
02. Introduction To Solution
03. When A Solution Comes
04. Money Talks
05. Announcement
06. Shepherds Of The Nation
07. Scum Of The Earth
08. Second-Hand Car Spiv
09. He's Evil
10. Mirror Of Love
11. Announcement
12. Nobody Gives
13. Oh Where Oh Where Is Love?
14. Flash's Dream (The Final Elbow)
15. Flash's Confession
16. Nothing Lasts Forever
17. Announcement
18. Artificial Man
19. Scrapheap City
20. Announcement
21. Salvation Road

Bonus tracks:
22. Mirror Of Love
23. Slum Kids (Take 1)

Total time: 01:17:03

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The Kinks / Preservation Act 2

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