The Kinks Arthur 180 gram virgin vinyl 2000 reissue NEAR MINT

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The Kinks

Arthur

Limited Edition 180g Vinyl Reissue

Earmark 42012  LP 33RPM 12" 2000 (Italy)

'Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)' is the seventh studio album by The Kinks, released in October 1969. Kinks frontman Ray Davies constructed the concept album as the soundtrack to a Granada Television play and developed the storyline with novelist Julian Mitchell; however, the television programme was cancelled and never produced. The rough plot revolved around Arthur Morgan, a carpet-layer, who was based on Ray Davies' brother-in-law Arthur Anning.

'Arthur...' was met with almost unanimous acclaim upon release. It received generous coverage in the US rock press, with articles running in underground magazines such as Fusion and The Village Voice. It garnered back-to-back reviews by Mike Daly and Greil Marcus in Rolling Stone magazine's lead section; Daly rated it as "the Kinks' finest hour", and Marcus went so far as to call it "the best British album of 1969". Reviews in the UK were also positive. Although it received a mixed review in New Musical Express, Disc & Music Echo praised the album's musical integrity, and Melody Maker called it "Ray Davies' finest hour... beautifully British to the core".

The album, although not very successful commercially, was a return to the charts in the US for The Kinks. The album itself reached number 50 on the Record World charts, and number 105 on Billboard, their highest position since 1965. It failed to chart in Britain.

Tracklist
A1 Victoria 3:37
A2 Yes Sir, No Sir 3:42
A3 Some Mother's Son 3:22
A4 Drivin'  Engineer – Brian Humphries  3:15
A5 Brainwashed 2:30
A6 Australia 6:40
B1 Shangri-La 5:17
B2 Mr. Churchill Says 4:40
B3 She's Bought A Hat Like Princess Marina 3:05
B4 Young And Innocent Days 3:20
B5 Nothing To Say 3:07
B6 Arthur 5:20

Manufactured By – Abraxas Srl
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Castle Communications PLC
Copyright (c) – Castle Communications PLC
Recorded At – Pye Studios

Arranged By – The Kinks
Art Direction – The Kinks
Artwork, Design – Bob Lawrie
Conductor [Brass, Strings] – Lew Warburton
Engineer – Andrew Hendriksen
Liner Notes – Geoffrey Cannon, Julian Mitchell
Performer – Dave Davies, John Dalton, Mick Avory, Ray Davies
Producer, Written-By – Ray Davies

Recorded at Pye Studios, London.

Original story of Arthur written by Julian Mitchell and Ray Davies. Sleeve contains liner notes by Julian Mitchell and John Mendelsohn.

180gram Vinyl is NEAR MINT  in a plastic inner sleeve in a hard card inner sleeve in a gatefold picture sleeve in EXCELLENT condition in a plastic protector sleeve..

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