 "Lincoln County" was recorded around the sessions of "The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society", and, like "Death of a Clown" and "Susannah's Still Alive", featured all of the members of the Kinks participating.Dave Davies' third solo 45 had a checkered history, two release dates came and went before it was released, contrary to popular belief the single was not released and withdrawn, although a handful of promo copies were date stamped with the previous release dates.The delays were partly down to PYE not wanting competing Kinks' product and the Kinks' uncertainty of what their next single would be and it was left waiting in the wings until an appropriate gap in the release schedule became available.