THE MONKEES The Monkees Deluxe Edition SEALED limited & numbered 180 Gram 2LP

Description: THE MONKEES The Monkees Deluxe Edition hails from 2021 and is a SEALED limited edition and numbered 180 Gram 2LP that comes in a tip-on style gatefold sleeve and was mastered for vinyl by Kevin Grey and Andrew Sandoval for Run Out Groove. The Monkees arrives as a deluxe 2-LP set featuring an entire disc of new-to-vinyl bonus tracks (including two previously unissued tracks and four previously unissued mixes). Kevin Gray and Andrew Sandoval have cut the lacquers directly from the original analog master tapes. Though The Monkees didn’t organically come together as a band, they ended up as one – a triumphant rock-and-roll story. While The Monkees features Dolenz, Jones, Nesmith, and Tork primarily as vocalists, the LP boasts songs written and produced by Nesmith, plus instrumental contributions from Tork. Producers Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart, and entrepreneur/mastermind Don Kirshner, weren’t yet ready to hand over creative freedom to their charges, but they certainly surrounded The Monkees with the best. Boyce provided seven compositions – six with Bobby Hart and one with Steve Venet, including “(Theme from) The Monkees,” “I Wanna Be Free” and the No. 1 smash “Last Train to Clarksville.” The album also has tunes from Nesmith (“Papa Gene’s Blues”) David Gates (“Saturday’s Child”), Carole King and Gerry Goffin (“Take a Giant Step,” “Sweet Young Thing,” co-written with Nesmith) and Goffin and Russ Titelman (“I’ll Be True to You”). The cream of the crop from the L.A. Wrecking Crew brought their considerable skills to the album, too, including Glen Campbell, James Burton, Hal Blaine, Larry Knechtel, Jim Gordon, Al Casey and Mike Deasy. Upon its release, The Monkees spent 78 weeks on the Billboard chart – thirteen of those at No. 1. It’s still one hell of a record. The first disc of ROG’s upcoming edition features the original stereo album. The second disc has 14 additional tracks including a never-before-released radio spot and the Take 5 demo of “I Wanna Be Free” plus previously unreleased mixes of “(I Prithee) Do Not Ask for Love,” “So Goes Love,” “I Can’t Get Her Off My Mind,” and “I Don’t Think You Know Me.” A number of TV versions from The Monkees’ acclaimed sitcom make their debut on vinyl here including “(Theme From) The Monkees,” “You Just May Be the One,” “Take a Giant Step,” and “Saturday’s Child.” Side A (Theme From) The Monkees (stereo mix) 2:20Saturday’s Child (stereo mix) 2:44I Wanna Be Free (stereo mix) 2:25Tomorrow’s Gonna Be Another Day (stereo mix) 2:41Papa Gene’s Blues (stereo mix) 2:01Take A Giant Step (stereo mix) 2:37 Side B Last Train To Clarksville (stereo mix) 2:47This Just Doesn’t Seem To Be My Day (stereo mix) 2:08Let’s Dance On (stereo mix) 2:30I’ll Be True To You (stereo mix) 2:49Sweet Young Thing (stereo mix) 1:56Gonna Buy Me A Dog (stereo mix) 2:39 Side C The Monkees (radio spot) (previously unissued) 2:12(Theme From) The Monkees (TV version) (unissued on vinyl) 0:50This Just Doesn’t Seem To Be My Day (mono TV version) (unissued on vinyl) 2:14All The King’s Horses (mono TV version) (unissued on vinyl) 2:12I Wanna Be Free (fast version – mono TV mix) (unissued on vinyl) 2:38You Just May Be The One (mono TV version) (unissued on vinyl) 1:54Take A Giant Step (mono TV version) (unissued on vinyl) 2:29 Side D (Theme From) The Monkees (second version) (unissued on vinyl) 0:50Saturday’s Child (mono TV version) (unissued on vinyl) 2:26I Don’t Think You know Me (2014 remix) (previously unissued) 2:29So Goes Love (2020 remix) (previously unissued) 3:26I Can’t Get Her Off My Mind (2014 remix) (previously unissued) 2:50(I Prithee) Do Not Ask For Love (2020 remix) (previously unissued) 2:58 I Wanna Be Free (demo – take 5) (previously unissued) 1:00

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