Then Now And Inbetween

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Album Info

Release Date: 1969

Label: Reprise Records

The "Then Now And Inbetween" LP was a focal point of a large promotional campaign to reacquaint the US public with the Kinks, who would be returning to the US on tour for the first time since 1965. Copies of the LP were sent to radio stations and reviewers, as well as being offered for sale directly to the public via advertisements in various national music magazines.

Track B8 "Berkeley Mews" was unreleased at the time.
Track B9 "Days" is an especially sloppy rough mix in stereo with all vocals in one channel opposite the Mellotron and mandolin in the other. Other mixes are also unique.
Tracks A1, B1 to B4, B6, and B7 are abridged edits of the original recordings.
The Track A1 medley was edited by Reprise Records, May-June 1969.

A very limited number of Then Now And Inbetween LPs were included in the "God Save The Kinks" boxed edition [see Images]: a plain beige cardboard box with a circular tan sticker "GOD SAVE THE KINKS", brown and black. Boxes contain:
• "God Save The Kinks" metal badge
• A stapled plastic bag of grass with a sticker, "Official Souvenir From The Daviesland Village Green"
• A small "waving" Union Jack flag mounted on a 2.5" pin
* A facsimile sepia-tone "God Save The Kinks!" postcard
• "God Save The Kinks" sticker (identical to the one on the box)
• "A Consumer's Guide To The Kinks" (4"x14" on mustard-colored cardstock)
• 12"x12" puzzle die-cut from the front panel of the gatefold sleeve for The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society
• 2-page hype letter on W7 Warner Bros - Seven Arts stationery dated "Summer, 1969"

later versions of the box also included:
• A yellow "Just Released" insert promoting Arthur Or The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire
• 8"x10" glossy photo of The Kinks
• A 11"x17" sheet with a reprint of Rolling Stone's November 1, 1969 review of "Arthur" on one side and dates for "The Kinks American Tour 1969" on the other.

Contents varied over time, and fully "complete" copies varied accordingly: in particular the "Arthur"-era pieces were not part of the original promotion (as explained in the original 2-page W7 letter, which pre-dates both "Arthur" and the tour and refers to "Village Green" as the Kinks' "latest"). The later pieces also re-appeared in a (not-quite-as-deluxe) 13"x26" promo folder for "Arthur" with the headline, "Kinks Arrive in U.S. for 1st National Tour".

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