Monkees
![]() | DlxBy Monkees Rhino / Wea, 2006, Audio CD Customer Rating: 22 reviews Recommend |
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Originally released in 1966, THE MONKEES scored an amazing 78-week run on the Billboard® album chart, with 13 weeks at #1. Includes the #1 smash "Last Train To Clarksville" and the infectious "(Theme From) The Monkees," both written for the band by hit songwriting team Boyce & Hart. Also features Goffin & King’s "Take A Giant Step" and David Gates’ "Saturday’s Child. " Disc 1’s nine bonus tracks include previously unreleased alternate mixes of "The Kind Of Girl I Could Love" and "Papa Gene’s Blues" plus a take of "I Don’t Think You Know Me" featuring Micky Dolenz on vocals. Disc 2’s eight bonus cuts include a previously unreleased demo version of "Propinquity (I’ve Just Begun To Care)" and a rare Kellogg’s jingle. Each 2-CD Deluxe Limited EDITION features the original stereo album with bonus rarities on Disc 1, and the original mono album with even more rare treasures on Disc 2.
Disc 1Disc 2
- (Theme From) The Monkees
- Saturday’s Child
- I Wanna Be Free
- Tomorrow’s Gonna Be Another Day
- Papa Gene’s Blues
- Take A Giant Step
- Last Train To Clarksville
- This Just Doesn’t Seem To Be My Day
- Let’s Dance On
- I’ll Be True To You
- Sweet Young Thing
- Gonna Buy Me A Dog
- The Kind Of Girl I Could Love (Alternate Mix)†
- I Don’t Think You Know Me (Micky’s Vocal)
- (Theme From) The Monkees(Second Recorded Version)
- So Goes Love
- Papa Gene’s Blues (Alternate Mix)†
- I Can’t Get Her Off My Mind
- Of You
- (I Prithee) Do Not Ask For Love (Alternate Mix)†
- Gonna Buy Me A Dog (Backing Track)†
- (Theme From) The Monkees
- Saturday’s Child
- I Wanna Be Free
- Tomorrow’s Gonna Be Another Day
- Papa Gene’s Blues
- Take A Giant Step
- Last Train To Clarksville
- This Just Doesn’t Seem To Be My Day
- Let’s Dance On
- I’ll Be True To You
- Sweet Young Thing
- Gonna Buy Me A Dog
- (Theme From) The Monkees(Third Recorded Version)
- Kellogg’s Jingle
- All The King’s Horses
- You Just May Be The One (TV Version)
- I Wanna Be Free (Fast Version)
- I Don’t Think You Know Me (Mike’s Vocal)
- Propinquity (I’ve Just Begun To Care)(Demo Version)†
- Jokes (Backing Track)†
Title: Monkees (Dlx)
Sales Rank: 18237 in Music
Artist: Monkees
Label: Rhino / Wea, 2006-08-15, Audio CD, 2 Discs
Format: Deluxe Edition, Extra tracks, Limited Edition
Item Dimensions: 0.2 pounds
Package Dimensions: 5.35 x 4.88 x 0.63 inches, 0.26 pounds
- Lots of Bonus Tracks
- This is the Monkee's first album, re-issued in two discs-one is a stereo mix, the other mono. I prefer the stereo mix. The mono seems kind of redundant and won't be very interesting to casual fans. But you can hear differences obviously. The album is pretty fun. The Monkees theme, Take a Giant Step, Last Train to Clarksville, and Let's Dance More reviews
- Great Debut Album
- This was one of the best debut albums of the 60's or possibly ever. If you are a Monkee fan, or not, you'll enjoy the fresh sound of every track on this album. More reviews
- Great Music from a Classic Group
- I am fifty and male, and loved the Monkees since I was a kid. I love they way they tweek these old albums from time to time. If you are a Monkees fan, I highly recommend it. More reviews
- I'm so mad I could squish grapes!
- This, of course, is the legendary first album by the Monkees. Most of the album was produced by Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart, with the exception of the two Michael Nesmith songs, which Nesmith produced himself. Most of the material is quite good. The weak parts of the album, to me, are the Davy Jones songs. Nothing against Davy, but More reviews
- how in the world did they ever become so huge?
- A middling album with a lot of uninteresting songs. How it ever became such a sensation is anybody's guess. The three stars are for the overall album as an interesting trove of different takes (different primarily, or exclusively, in who took the lead vocal on a given song), but really, how often you'll listen to the same album in stereo and then mono depends entirely More reviews

