The Kinks - Arthur Or The Decline - OZ 1969 Original Astor G/fold LP - Psych
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Description
The Kinks
Arthur Or The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire
An Australian Original press on the Astor label catalog # SPLP 1308 and made in Australia 1969
Comments:
'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. (Discogs)
Condition:
Record: E
This record is in excellent condition and is very clean except for one small light mark that does not have an effect on the sound. It plays great loud and clean with no background noise. Labels are clean.
Sleeve: VG
This gatefold record cover is clean except for a cover tear at the top right front. There is also some minor shelf wear and some minor creases.There is a couple of splits along the spine but its still holding together.
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