Best Of The Monkees (Bonus Tracks) (2003)

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Format: CD

Manufacturer: Rhin/mesa/bluemoon Records

Buy.com Sku: 60595981

UPC: 081227387525

UPC 14: 00081227387525

Release Date: 4/29/2003

Buy.com Sales Rank: 8560

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Song Listing

Disc 1

Song Title

Sample

1. Monkees, The (Theme From) ~ The Monkees

2. Last Train To Clarksville ~ The Monkees

3. I Wanna Be Free ~ The Monkees

4. Papa Gene's Blues ~ The Monkees

5. I'm A Believer ~ The Monkees

6. Steppin' Stone, (I'm Not Your) ~ The Monkees

7. She ~ The Monkees

8. Mary, Mary ~ The Monkees

9. Your Auntie Grizelda ~ The Monkees

10. Look Out (Here Comes Tomorrow) ~ The Monkees

11. Sometime In The Morning ~ The Monkees

12. Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You, A ~ The Monkees

13. Girl I Knew Somewhere, The ~ The Monkees

14. Shades Of Gray ~ The Monkees

15. Randy Scouse Git ~ The Monkees

16. For Pete's Sake ~ The Monkees

17. You Just May Be The One ~ The Monkees

18. Pleasant Valley Sunday ~ The Monkees

19. Words ~ The Monkees

20. Daydream Believer ~ The Monkees

21. Goin' Down ~ The Monkees

22. What Am I Doing Hangin' 'Round? ~ The Monkees

23. Valleri ~ The Monkees

24. Porpoise Song (Theme From "Head") ~ The Monkees

25. Listen To The Band ~ The Monkees

Disc 2

Song Title

Sample

1. Monkees, The (Theme From) ~ The Monkees

2. I'm A Believer ~ The Monkees

3. Steppin' Stone, (I'm Not Your) ~ The Monkees

4. Pleasant Valley Sunday ~ The Monkees

5. Daydream Believer ~ The Monkees

Album Notes and Credits

Notes & Personnel Info
	Includes a bonus karaoke disc.
	The Monkees: Michael Nesmith (vocals, guitar, pedal steel guitar, organ); Peter Tork (vocals, guitar, banjo, piano, celeste, electric piano, harpsichord, keyboards, bass); Micky Dolenz (vocals, guitar, zither, Moog synthesizer, drums, timpani, percussion); Davy Jones (vocals, organ, maracas, percussion, chimes).
	Producers include: Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart, Jack Keller, The Monkees, Carole King.
	Compilation producers: Andrew Sandoval, Bill Inglot.
	Recorded between 1966 & 1968. Includes liner notes by Andrew Sandoval.
	Personnel: Peter Tork (vocals, guitar, banjo, piano, celesta, electric piano, harpsichord, organ, keyboards, background vocals); Micky Dolenz (vocals, guitar, zither, Moog synthesizer, drums, timpani, percussion, background vocals); Michael Nesmith (vocals, guitar, organ); Davy Jones (vocals, organ, maracas, tambourine, percussion, chimes, background vocals).
	Audio Remasterers: Dan Hersch; Bill Inglot.
	Liner Note Author: Andrew Sandoval.
	Photographer: Henry Diltz.
	Unknown Contributor Role: Davy Jones.
	This is as fine a job as anyone could look for in a single-disc Monkees career summary. Over the course of this generous 25-song disc, all of the Monkees numerous hits are included ("Last Train to Clarksville," "Daydream Believer," etc.), but perhaps more significantly, many lesser-known songs of equal quality can be heard. While the Monkees' many unforgettable hits were generally written by great pop composers of the day like Neil Diamond ("I'm a Believer"), Gerry Goffin & Carole King ("Pleasant Valley Sunday"), and the team of Boyce & Hart (damn near everything else), that's not the whole story.
	Though the Monkees were criticized for being merely actors playing a band, Mike Nesmith was in fact a superb songwriter. He's represented by several songs here (the garagey "Mary Mary," the expansive "The Girl I Knew Somewhere," et al), and went on to release some of the best country-rock albums ever made. And though most of the playing on Monkees tracks was done by L.A. studio musicians, the blend of British-Invasion and pop-psych is totally convincing in a manner not unlike self-contained fellow Californians the Beau Brummels. Besides, as great as the Brummels were, would you really want to put their rhythm section up against the likes of Carole Kaye and Hal Blaine?
Engineer: Chris Hinshaw; Dave Hassinger; Hank Cicalo; Henry Lewy; Al Pachucki; Ray Hall; Richard Polodor; Richie Schmitt

Artist Overview

One of the most memorable '60s US pop groups, the Monkees were put together by US television producers to play members of a pop band based on the Beatles. They were critcized as a pre-fabricated outfit, but the passage of time has left behind much of the critical drubbing, leaving in its place some great, catchy pop music. By the late '60s HEADQUARTERS, BEES & THE MONKEES, and their musical/cinematic classic HEAD, showed a proper band writing, recording, and producing their own records while garnering commercial and critical success. Michael Nesmith went on to pioneering work in country-rock and music video, while the rest of the band reunited periodically over the years to the delight of an unflagging fanbase.

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	Ultimate Rock & Roll Collection-60's
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	Pure 60's The # 1 Hits
	That's What Little Girls Are Made Of
	Casey Kasem Presents: americas Top Ten
	Forever Neil Diamond / Variou
	Ant Bully: Album
	Summer Of Love: Hits Of 1967 (w/ Bonus DVD)
	Honey Wine:another Gerry Goffin C
	Where The Action Is Los Angeles Nugge
	Flower Power:music Of The Love Genera

Associated Artists and Works

Original Soundtrack

Technical Info

	Release Date : 04/29/2003
	Original Release Date : 2003
	Catalog ID : 73875
	Label : Rhino
	Number of Discs : 2
	Studio/Live : Studio
	Mono/Stereo : Stereo
	SPAR Code : n/a
	UPC : 00081227387525