The All right, okay, so this is what I did last night. I went to the launch party of an

album that came out 50 years ago. That is great. And ago and the launch

party of an album that I wrote an entire book about about 15

years ago and the album is the Kinks of the Village Green

Preservation Society by the Kinks It is my favorite record. Anyway, so last night I got to go to this launch party even though I was told about an hour beforehand that Ray Davis wouldn't be entirely happy if he learned

that I was there.

So that was, that was, that sort of, that's all right.

I mean that, that's sort of that I didn't even know then the to the

he'd actually read the book but that proves that he has read the book and I'll

take that everybody falls out with radio is it's absolutely fine so this

album this album came out on the same day as the

White Album by The Beatles and Electric Lady Land by Jimmy Hendricks and the White

album went to number one all over the world

Jimmy Hendrix slept so you had huge record.

I missed the year what yeah? 1968 50 years ago.

Village Green Preservation Society about the Kinks.

Charts nowhere in the world.

Hardly sells any copies at all.

Nearly finishes the Kinks career is a terrible flop. 50 years later they have the launch party for it.

And there in the room at the same time were Ray Davis, his brother Dave Davis, their drummer Mick Avery, not the bass player who plays

on the record because he's dead, but John Dalton, his replacement bass player, even Barry Wensel the photographer who took the

picture on the front cover was there how old is he they are all old let's not mean it's our words. Also it must be noted it was

...