I've never been a fan of Ray Davies's preoccupations with the quaint minutiae of English life, but Sanctuary's update of this revered nugget from the Kinks' catalogue has left no cobwebby corner unswept in its hunt for outtakes and rarities.

Village Green was released in 1968 at the dawn of the concept album, but bears little relation to the Who's Tommy or the Pretty Things' chaotic SF Sorrow. Davies concentrated on characterisation and detail and omitted the cosmic pretensions, and hence the mood is mellow, nostalgic and sentimental. Maybe I just prefer the rockin' Kinks of You Really Got Me.