Picture Book
Written by: Ray DaviesPublished by: Noma Music, Inc./Hi-Count Music, Inc. BMI
Lyrics:
Picture yourself when you're getting old,
Sat by the fireside a-pondering on[?].
Picture book, pictures of your mama, taken by your papa a long time ago.
Picture book, of people with each other, to prove they love each other a long ago.
Na, na, na, na, na na.
Na, na, na, na, na na.
Picture book.
Picture book.
A picture of you in your birthday suit,
You sat in the sun on a hot afternoon.
Picture book, your mama and your papa, and fat old Uncle Charlie out boozing with their friends.
Picture book, a holiday in August, outside a bed and breakfast in sunny Southend.
Picture book, when you were just a baby, those days when you were happy, a long time ago.
Na, na, na, na, na na.
Na, na, na, na, na na.
Picture book.
Picture book.
Picture book.
Picture book.
Picture book,
Na, na, na, na na,
Na, na, na, na na,
A-scooby-dooby-doo.
Picture book,
Na, na, na, na na,
Na, na, na, na na,
A-scooby-dooby-doo.
Picture book, pictures of your mama, taken by your papa a long time ago.
Long time ago,
Long time ago,
Long time ago,
Long time ago,
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
This song can be found on the following releases:
2018 stereo mix with session chat (2:53), recorded March or May 1968 at Pye Studios No. 2, Marble Arch, LondonThe Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society (50th Anniversary Super Deluxe Box Set) | 26 Oct 2018 | UK | BMG/Sanctuary Records SKU: B07GJ397BS | Multi CD box set |
mono mix (2:34), recorded Apr 1968 at Pye Studios (No. 2), London
The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society | 22 Nov, 1968 | UK | Pye NPL 18233 | 12" vinyl LP (album), 33 1/3 RPM |
Starstruck/Picture Book | Dec 1968 | Sweden/Norway | Pye 7N 319 | 7" vinyl single, 45 RPM |
The Village Green Preservation Society/Picture Book | Dec 1968 | Denmark | Pye 7N 319 | 7" vinyl single, 45 RPM |
Starstruck/Picture Book | 8 Jan, 1969 | USA | Reprise 0806 | 7" vinyl single, 45 RPM |
The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society | 25 May, 1998 | UK | Essential/Castle Communications ESM CD 481 | CD |
The EP Collection | 9 Nov, 1998 | UK | Castle ESFCD 667 | Multi CD box set |
The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society (Special Deluxe Edition) | 28 Jun, 2004 | UK | Sanctuary Records Group SMETD 102 | 3 CD set |
The Kinks In Mono | 21 Nov, 2011 | UK | Sanctuary/Universal Music 602527769448 | Multi CD box set |
The Anthology - 1964-1971 | 17 Nov 2014 | UK | Sony/Legacy/BMG 88875021542 | Multi CD box set |
The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society (50th Anniversary Super Deluxe Box Set) | 26 Oct 2018 | UK | BMG/Sanctuary Records SKU: B07GJ397BS | Multi CD box set |
stereo mix (2:34), recorded Apr 1968 at Pye Studios (No. 2), London
The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society | Oct 1968 | France | Pye CLVLXPY 298 | 12" vinyl LP (album), 33 1/3 RPM |
The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society | Oct 1968 | Sweden/Norway | Pye NSPL 18233 | 12" vinyl LP (album), 33 1/3 RPM |
The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society | 22 Nov, 1968 | UK | Pye NSPL 18233 | 12" vinyl LP (album), 33 1/3 RPM |
The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society | Dec 1968 | New Zealand | Pye NSPL 18233 | 12" vinyl LP (album), 33 1/3 RPM |
The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society | Jan 1969 | Italy | Pye SLBP 63.003 | 12" vinyl LP (album), 33 1/3 RPM |
The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society | Jan 1969 | USA | Reprise RS 6327 | 12" vinyl LP (album), 33 1/3 RPM |
Golden Hour "Kinks"-Lola, Percy & The Apeman Come Face To Face With The Village Green Preservation Society... Something Else! | 11 Oct, 1974 | UK | Pye/Golden Hour GHD 50 | 12" vinyl 2-LP set (double album), 33 1/3 RPM |
The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society | Dec 1987 | UK | PRT PYL 6008 | 12" vinyl LP (album), 33 1/3 RPM |
The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society | Jan 1988 | Germany | PRT (TELDEC) 8.26676 ZR | CD |
The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society | 18 Dec, 1989 | UK | Castle Communications CLACD 161 | CD |
The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society | 15 May, 1990 | USA | Reprise RS 6327-2 | CD |
The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society | 25 May, 1998 | UK | Essential/Castle Communications ESM CD 481 | CD |
The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society | 17 Sep, 2001 | UK | Castle Music/Sanctuary CMTCD319 | CD |
The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society (Special Deluxe Edition) | 28 Jun, 2004 | UK | Sanctuary Records Group SMETD 102 | 3 CD set |
The Pye Album Collection | 25 Apr 2005 | UK | Castle Music/Sanctuary Records Group CMXBX 1125 | Multi CD box set |
Picture Book | 8 Dec, 2008 | UK | Universal/Sanctuary 5313049 | Multi CD box set |
The Essential Kinks | 14 Oct 2014 | USA | RCA/Arista/Legacy (Sony Music) 88843066622 | 2 CD set |
The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society (50th Anniversary Super Deluxe Box Set) | 26 Oct 2018 | UK | BMG/Sanctuary Records SKU: B07GJ397BS | Multi CD box set |
mono mix, BBC recording, alteration of commercial release, "off-air bootleg" (2:10), recorded 22 Jul, 1968 at BBC Television Centre, Studio 8, London
The Kinks At The BBC - Radio & TV Sessions And Concerts: 1964-1994 | 13 Aug 2012 | UK | Sanctuary Records/Universal Music 279 721-8 | Multi CD box set |
stereo mix, recorded Apr 1994 at Konk Studios, Hornsey, London
To The Bone | 15 Oct, 1996 | USA | Guardian 7243 8 37303 2 2 | 2 CD set |
To The Bone | 3 Mar, 1997 | UK | Guardian 7243 8 37303 2 1 | 2 CD set |
live, stereo mix (2:53), recorded 30 Apr 1997 at The Galaxy Theatre, Santa Ana, California
Around The Galaxy | 24 Feb 2009 | UK | Meta Media MM-010 | CD |
live, stereo mix, recorded 26 or 29 Nov, 1997 at The Bottom Line, New York City
Rock Bottom - Live At The Bottom Line | 27 Jun, 2000 | USA | Meta Media/Koch Records KOC-CD-8087 | CD |
Kinked | 7 Mar, 2006 | USA | Koch Records KOC-CD-9996 | CD |
stereo mix, by Superhype, recorded 2000
The Great Lost KPS Album - The Kover Kontroversy Kontinues | Jul 2000 | UK | Pie KPSCD003 | CD |
stereo mix, by Bill Lloyd & Tommy Womack, recorded 2002
This Is Where I Belong - The Songs Of Ray Davies & The Kinks | 2 Apr, 2002 | USA | Ryko/Praxis RCD 10621 | CD |
stereo mix, by Monti Beton, recorded 2002
The Kinks Acoustic Songbook - Monti Beton | Apr 2002 | Austria | Beton Music CD-LSP 1884 | CD |
live, stereo mix, recorded Spring-Summer 2002 at Unknown venue
Bugged... Live! | 22 Oct, 2002 | USA | Meta Media MM 005 | CD |
live, stereo mix, recorded 23 May, 2003 at Alex Theatre, Glendale, California
Transformation - Live At The Alex Theatre | 6 Aug, 2003 | USA | Meta Media MM06 | CD |
Transformation - Live At The Alex Theatre | 5 Sep, 2005 | UK | Angel Air Records SJPCD212 | CD |
stereo mix, Ray with the Crouch End Festival Chorus (2:32), recorded Spring 2009 at Air Studios & Konk Studios, London
The Kinks Choral Collection | 15 Jun, 2009 | UK | Decca Records/Universal 2703909 | CD |
The Kinks Choral Collection | 2 Sep, 2009 | Australia | Decca Records/Universal 2703909 | CD |
The Kinks Choral Collection | 15 Jun, 2009 | USA | Decca Records/Universal ? | CD |
The Kinks Choral Collection (Special Edition) | 7 Dec, 2009 | UK | Universal Music TV 2724050 | CD |
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