The Monkees - Missing Links (Vol. 1-3) (1987,92,96)

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Artist: The Monkees
Title: Missing Links (Vol. 1-3)
Year Of Release: 1987,92,96
Label: Rhino Records
Genre: Psychedelic Pop, Pop Rock
Quality: Mp3 320 / Flac (tracks)
Total Time: 47:10 + 47:33 + 51:46
Total Size: 464/988 Mb (scans)
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist:

The Monkees - Missing Links (Vol. 1-3) (1987,92,96)

Vol. 1:
01. Apples, Peaches, Bananas and Pears
02. If You Have the Time
03. I Don't Think You Know Me
04. Party
05. Carlisle Wheeling
06. Storybook of You
07. Rosemarie
08. My Share of the Sidewalk
09. All of Your Toys
10. Nine Times Blue
11. So Goes Love
12. Teeny Tiny Gnome
13. Of You
14. War Games
15. Lady's Baby
16. Time and Time Again

Missing Links is a 1987 compilation album by The Monkees. While "Apples, Peaches, Bananas And Pears" and "If You Have the Time" both featured in the reruns of their 1960s television series, none of the tracks had ever been issued commercially. Missing Links is the first volume of a three-volume set (followed by Missing Links Volume 2 and Missing Links Volume 3). "All Of Your Toys", written by Bill Martin, was the first recording to feature all four Monkees performing playing on the track, and was intended to become their third single. A publishing issue prevented the songfrom being released, and Neil Diamond's "A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You" was chosen instead. Michael Nesmith re-recorded "Nine Times Blue" for his Magnetic South album and "Carlisle Wheeling" (as "Conversations") for his Loose Salute album. When originally released on vinyl in the U.S. in 1987, tracks 7, 8, 15 and 16 were not included. The compact disc was released in the U.S. and UK in 1988.

Vol. 2:
01. All The King's Horses
02. Valleri
03. St. Matthew
04. Words
05. Some Of Shelly's Blues
06. I Wanna Be Free
07. If I Ever Get To Saginaw Again
08. Come On In
09. I'll Be Back Up On My Feet
10. Michigan Blackhawk
11. Hold On Girl
12. The Crippled Lion
13. Changes
14. Mr. Webster
15. You Just May Be The One
16. Do Not Ask For Love
17. Circle Sky
18. Seeger's Theme
19. Riu Chiu

Nineteen rare and unreleased tracks that, like the rest of the Monkees' output, ranges from excellent to insufferable, with plenty of mediocre material between. The highlights are the sprightly pop-rocker "All the King's Horses" (a 1966 Mike Nesmith original) and alternate versions of two of the group's best singles, "Words" and "Valleri." These alternate takes aren't exactly better, but they are definitely different and less elaborately produced. Most of the rest is either lightweight 1966 pop/rock or weedy 1968 Mike Nesmith country-rock tunes that foreshadow his solo work; several cuts are alternate versions of songs that were hardly notable efforts in the first place. An exception is the live 1968 recording of the unusually forceful Nesmith original "Circle Sky," which was featured in their movie Head (although a studio version was substituted on the actual soundtrack album). Odds and ends like an instrumental banjo piece by Peter Tork and a Spanish Christmas carol are pleasant but inessential. A thoughtfully compiled CD, it nonetheless really gives this group more respect than they're due by treating these artifacts with such importance.

Vol. 3:
01. (Theme from) The Monkees (TV Version) (Boyce & Hart)
02. Kellogg's Jingle
03. We'll Be Back In A Minute (Dolenz)
04. Through The Looking Glass (Previously Unreleased Alternate Version) (Boyce, Hart, & Baldwin)
05. Propinquity (I've Just Begun To Care) (Nesmith)
06. Penny Music (Leonard, Weinstein, Stroll)
07. Tear The Top Right Off My Head (Tork)
08. Little Red Rider (Nesmith)
09. You're So Good (Stone)
10. Look Down (King & Stern)
11. Hollywood (Nesmith)
12. Midnight Train (Demo Version) (Dolenz)
13. She Hangs Out (Single Version) (Barry)
14. Shake 'Em Up (Leiber & Stoller)
15. Circle Sky (Alternate Mix) (Nesmith)
16. Steam Engine 99 (Previously Unreleased Alternate Version) (Douglas)
17. Love To Love (Previously Unreleased Alternate Version) (Diamond)
18. She'll Be There (unknown)
19. How Insensitive (Jobim, Moraes, & Gimbel)
20. Merry Go Round (Tork & Hilderbrand)
21. Angel Band (Bradbury & Hascall)
22. Zor And Zam (TV Version) (Chadwick & Chadwick)
23. We'll Be Back In A Minute #2 (Dolenz)
24. Tema Dei Monkees (Nistri, Boyce & Hart)

Here's the third and final installment in Rhino's Missing Links series of Monkees rarities compilations. Not as consistently impressive as the first pair, it's still a thoroughly entertaining 50 minute collection. Oddly, this is the first time the original TV theme song has been made available in its TV edit on a Monkees release (it had appeared on V/A comps and samplers). Recorded 1966-1969. The ever-reliable Andrew Sandoval provides extensive liner notes and the once-reliable Inglot / Hersch handled the mastering. Nice artwork too.

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