The monkees general discontentment stemmed from a strict screen gems edict that the group take a nonperforming, vocalonly role in the production of their records. The monkees tv series 19661968 the monkees tv series. The monkees, headquarters sessions cds, sample on spotify, allmusic. Headquarters is also the first lp i had ever purchased as i got my first record player that summer and i played this record a lot until i was able to buy my next new new record which was the monkees, their. Why digital liner notes will change the way you listen to music.
The format of this document is largely based on mark lewisohns the beatles recording sessions. Reviews of the monkees by the monkees album, pop rock. Enter your email below to be the first to hear about new releases, upcoming events, and more from rhino. Changes in the way music is delivered to listeners, however, have changed the function and utility of liner notes, which have also been affected by social and political trends. It was recorded during the final kirshnersupervised monkees sessions for what would become known as headquarters. This day sees a marathon fifteenhour session as the monkees rush to complete headquarters. The monkees selections from the headquarters sessions vinyl. The beatles were, obviously, four immensely talented singers and musicians, with their cornerstone being the. Download and print sheet music or learn how to play online. The song was recorded during the sessions for the monkees 1967 album pisces.
Tracks, liner notes, credits and special notes spaced 1977. In the liner notes to the 1995 rerelease of the pisces, aquarius. But this would be manifestly unfair to an artist of such unique talent, to the record buyer yet to sample shawns electrifying. Numbers following original single release information denote peak positions obtained on billboards hot 100 chart courtesy bpi communications and joel whitburns record research publications. It includes recordings from sessions where the band exercised creative control over all aspects of the recording process and where they played most of the. And at the head of this arm was the foot of don kirshner. The monkees the monkees 2014, super deluxe edition, box. Headquarters has more interesting songs and a better quality level than previous albums. The headquarters sessions is an 84track threecd set by the monkees containing 60 previously unreleased recordings from the sessions that produced the bands third album, headquarters. The monkees last train to clarksville bass, acoustic guitar. The final headquarters session took place on march 23, 1967, and ran from one in the afternoon to 2. The result was songs like peter torks for petes sake, which displayed a wider harmonic palette than most of the bands previous output, and became the tv shows. Tracks, liner notes, credits and special notes shawn 1965.
And when i heard the monkees, one can only imagine my gladness that my expectations werent justified at all, i mean at all. After a struggle for creative autonomy with their record label, the group had been allowed to record by themselves. Headquarters deluxe edition, 2 cd by monkees deluxe. More of the monkees is the second studio album by the american pop rock band the monkees. Liner notes the civil rights movement in a drum solo among the many important events of the civil rights movement were the demonstrations known as the freedom rides, in which activists rode interstate buses in the south in 1961 and beyond in protest of local laws enforcing segregation in bus seating and in bus terminals in defiance of. It displaced the bands debut album from the top of the billboard 200 chart and remained at no. Aug 14, 2017 this essay was originally published by the washington post. It is the first monkees studio album since justus 1996, marking the longest gap between monkees albums to date, and the first since the death of. It was recorded at rca studio b, new york city, january 21, 24, and february 4, 5, and 6, 1967, featuring david jones on lead vocals. Sep 12, 2017 in liner notes, loudon wainwright looks squarely at his flaws and his musical family tree. An episode of the television series was also screened for the contest. The song is about the search for happiness, and is. Subscriptionbased streaming music service rhapsody may change the way we discover music.
There is a japanese visual art in which the artist is forced to be spontaneous. The first of kirshners new york city monkees sessions occurred on october when carole king taped two of her songs for the group. Keller was involved with the monkees virtually from the groups inception, coproducing several songs on their debut album. Changes was their last new album for colgems records and the groups last album of all new material until 1987s pool it. Although monkees researcher and liner note author andrew sandoval has already published his own detailed account of the monkees recording sessions, the author of this site has learned that an audience still exists for this document and hopes that. Despite the joint production credit for the album, the four principals only appear one song together the. By december 1968, during the filming of what would become the bands april 1969 nbc television special 33 revolutions per monkee, peter tork had made it clear that he was leaving the monkees. The most comprehensive online discography of the monkees is maintained by jd mccutcheon at and features highresolution images of sleeves, labels, and liner notes from around the world. Liner notes for diane hildebrands early morning blues. Their set included michaels papa genes blues and a cover of baker knights shes so far out shes in, a song that was later performed during the first monkees tour in late 1966early 1967 and tracked, sans vocals, during the headquarters album sessions in early 1967. The monkees psychedelic fantasy bombed at the box office, and nobody on. That said, this album was never one of my favorites heres to hoping that headquarters and pices get the same treatment, but the plethora of outtakes from the early mike nesmith helmed sessions give you a taste that the monkees were involved in even these early sessions a bit more than we may have expected.
If i could offer one piece of unsolicited advice to new parents, it would be to think through your bedtime song selections with an eye to when that partially formed newborn cooing in your arms weighs 100 pounds and can beat you at chess. In liner notes, loudon wainwright looks squarely at his. Pressed at rti and housed in mirrorlike jacket with custom hype sticker on shrink. To this end, this headquarters sessions box set includes only recordings from those sessions where the band had the requisite control over all aspects of the recording process and, as a result, where they played most, if not all, of the instruments. As you listen to this, or any of my other albums, please bear in mind that there has never ever.
Jones later stated that changes was his least favorite monkees effort, going so far as to comment in the cd versions liner notes that the album was jeff barry and andy kim doing an andy kim album, adding that he had terrible memories of the recording sessions. Text monkees 74466 for official monkees mobile content. Liner notes, the written accounts accompanying a record, cassette or cd, have been an important element in the presentation of commercial music. However, the groups 1968 film head, a surreal, deliberately plotless deconstruction of the bands journey through the show business meat grinder, was a flop although its become a cult classic. The monkees is the first album by the band the monkees. The packaging includes the original album back cover with kirshners carny barker liner notes and, inside, songwriting and performance credits. Liner notes shawn shawn phillips first collection of recordings appeared during the summer of 1965. Each episode relives a time someone was censored, looks at how they fought back, and examines what the things we try to censor reveal about our culture.
The hits continued for a while, even after the monkees gave up their tv series after its second season. It was released in october 1966 by colgems records in the united states and rca victor in the rest of the world. Print and download lead sheets for theme from the monkees by the monkees includes complete lyrics in c major transposable. The monkees headquarters sessions 2000, cd discogs. Longtime monkees archivists experts andrew sandoval and bill inglot have searched through all of the known surviving headquarters session reels both complete and intermediate mixes to assemble a strikingly cohesive peek into the monkees inner workings as a finally unencumbered creative entity and at the actual if sometimes still yet learning musicians that they then were. The press went into a fullscale war against us, talking about how the monkees are four guys who have no credits, no credibility whatsoever and have been trying to trick us into believing they are a rock band. Though the music leans toward a country sound in places and is a departure from the sound of the monkees first two studio records. Album notes 101 the following is a list of information that should be included on your album or demo. Later recut during the sessions for the monkees present and released on changes available on headquarters sessions while micky dolenz is officially credited as the writer of the song, several sites and sources claim chris mccarty, kenny lee lewis and steve miller to have cowritten the track. The packaging contained a gatefold digipack with a 40page booklet. Liner notes is a music blog founded in 2010 by jason freitag and owen milbury.
Liner notes to the listener, in the public eye, i have been known almost exclusively as a singersongwriter. This list shows recordings released as the monkees and those released under different names with the participation of at least two of the groups members. Frank zappa in the liner notes of the lost episodes. This image has tended to limit the number of instrumental pieces i have composed over the years and wished to place on albums. The album version runs 2 minutes and 45 seconds, 15 seconds longer than the single version. Funky midnight mover the atlantic studio recordings 1962 1978 track listing. The monkees were by now a trio nesmith, micky dolenz and davy jones, with peter tork having left in december 1968. Monkees 1966 promotional tour monkees live almanac. A little bit me, a little bit you culture wikia fandom. While there are only a few items that are legally required to be added such as per a contract or statute, its probably a good idea to include most, if not all of the following.
The author is 71, and in liner notes, while discussing his memorial service, he writes. The album is due for release on april 3rd, 2020 as the 2020 monkees. More of the monkees may not, technically, be the best monkees album in terms of artistic achievement, but it is the album that launched them on their way and which also captures the mid60s pop sound. An examination of the monkees 1969 north american tour. Headquarters is the third album issued by the monkees and the first with substantial songwriting and instrumental performances by members of the group itself, rather than by session musicians and professional songwriters. Missing links volume two is a compilation album of rare and previously unreleased songs by the monkees, issued by rhino records in 1990. Produced mainly by adam schlesinger with some additional bonus tracks produced by andrew sandoval, the album was recorded to commemorate the bands 50th anniversary. The title came from the robert heinlein book the door into summer, which was about time travel, martin told monkees archivist andrew sandoval in the liner notes of the 1991 listen to the band box set. Partly to deflect criticism of the group as nothing more than puppets, and partly to effect control over their musical destiny some of their early recordings had been packaged and released without their consent, the monkees did indeed play and write much of the music on their third album, headquarters 1967, with a lot of help from producer.
By the end of 20, the company will be the first such service to include digital liner notes in song data. Introduced standouts including the top 40 michael nesmithpenned hit, the girl i knew somewhere, you just may be the one, randy scouse git. Kind of blue is, in a sense, all melodyand atmosphere. Track list disc 1 all of your toys mono the girl i knew somewhere mono cripple creek randy scouse git alternate mix with unused tag disc 2 nine times blue demo until its time for you to go demo midnight train demo no time second version wbacking vocals protection each record is protected within its record sleeve by a white vellum antidust sleeve. The white stripes white blood cells in 3 minutes by pitchfork. Awesome collection puts the first missing links to shame even though that is a great album. For this track, tork played electric sixstring guitar, nesmith stabbed at the hammond b3 organ, davy rattled the tambourine, and producer chip douglas played bass. He must paint on a thin stretched parchment with a special brush and black water paint in such a way that an unnatural or interrupted stroke will destroy the line or break through the parchment.
Created to perform roles in a television series, the monkees were greeted with scepticism by certain sections of the. Also attempted at this session, but never completed, was a. The album was issued after michael nesmiths exit from the band, leaving only micky dolenz and davy jones to fulfill the recording contract they had signed in the mid1960s. Buy the monkees s album titled selections from the headquarters sessions to enjoy in your home or car, or gift it to another music lover. Liner notes also sleeve notes or album notes are the writings found on the sleeves of lp record albums and in booklets which come inserted into the compact disc jewel case or the equivalent packaging for vinyl records and cassettes.
Sometime in the morning and i dont think you know me originally attempted by nesmith for the first monkees album. The monkees started out being actors playing the parts of musicians singing songs written by and. The song at hand was peter torks standout for petes sake. The monkees theme from the monkees sheet music leadsheet. Accompanied by a thirty page booklet full of photos and informative liner notes the deluxe edition of the monkees is an excellent document of the making of the monkees at its definitive moment. A little bit me, a little bit you is a song by neil diamond that was released by the monkees in 1967 see 1967 in music. John, mad river, ramblin jack elliott, eclection, tom rush, judy henske, and jack nitzsche.
The monkees headquarters sessions the stooges complete funhouse sessions television live at the old waldorf allen toussaint complete warner bros. Finally all the kings horses is released the first television version of i wanna be free, valleri, you just may be the one, ill be back upon my feet is icing on the cake for this release i just wish it was released on vinyl a true must for all monkees fansno neck. In the novel glimpses by lewis shiner, the protagonist develops the power of time travel, but a very specific sort of time travel. The daybyday story of the 60s tv pop sensation 2005 by andrew sandoval and double checked against more recent liner notes by the same author. The bands television special, 33 revolutions per monkee, flopped as well, at which point. The third monkees album, headquarters, was the first to feature substantial performances and production assistance by band members. Print and download last train to clarksville sheet music in pdf. The collectors choice label puts out a very wide gamut of reissues spanning the pop spectrum, mostly from between 19401975, and including some titles that the author has written liner notes for by the electric prunes, fred neil, quicksilver messenger service, phil ochs, dr. The monkees wrote five of the 12 songs on the album, plus the two tracks band 6 and zilch. Indeed, these songs are the kind of stuff i was expecting to hear on their debut record, namely, adult orchestral pop. Davy jones sang the lead vocal this was jones first lead vocal on a monkees single. By the time the groups next album, instant replay, hit stores in 1969, peter tork had left the band, ostensibly due to the lack of a proper group dynamicor, as he puts it in the liner notes for rhino handmades deluxe edition of the head soundtrack, i did what i could, but i didnt feel like there was any reason for me to be there. The liner notes for the 1995 rerelease of this album quote nesmith. Deluxe booklet features new liner notes by andrew sandoval and rachel lichtman highlighted by brandnew interviews with michael nesmith and director bob rafelson about head.
The last monkees album to feature nesmith until the 1990s, and to all intents. Although it is not uncommon for a jazz musician to be expected to improvise on new material at a recording session, the character of these pieces represents a. The song was later included on the monkees album the monkees present, released on colgems 117 on october 11, 1969. Recordings jimmy webb the moon is a harsh mistress. For their third album, the monkees headquarters, they played on every song with minimal outside accompaniment. Mar 03, 2020 liner notes definition is comments or explanatory notes about a recording printed on the jacket or an insert. The packaging, sound restoration, liner notes and song selection can hardly be matched by any label, with any other artists, and for this, i thank them. It includes recordings from sessions where the band exercised creative control over all aspects of the recording process and where they played most of the instruments. Interesting facts about the beatles and the monkees. From the creators of between the liner notes, bleeped is a new podcast about censorship and the people who stand up to it. The basic track was recorded at armadillo world headquarters, austin. Features two tracks from 1966 sessions plus solo tracks from each of the three remaining monkees. An annotated look at the grateful dead by pitchfork.
Mar 05, 2020 in this installment of liner notes with rabbi and jazz historian neil blumofe, we learn about the life and career of jazz great joe lovano, who continues to collaborate and create while bringing. Learn how to play the monkees songs for bass, acoustic guitar, tuba, effects, drums and voice online. Of this, his columbia album, it would be easy simply to say mixture as before, and rest our case. Rare bonus tracks and in depth liner notes more details. They credited the extra 2 or 3 musicians in the liner notes, something other bands beatles included were not so forthcoming about. Buy the monkeess album titled selections from the headquarters sessions to enjoy in your home or car, or gift it to another music lover. It is the second volume of a threevolume set, preceded by missing links in 1987 and followed by missing links volume three in 1996.
The number is on the lowerright hand side of the booklet back cover. Funky midnight mover the atlantic studio recordings. With comprehensive retrospectives like the ones below, theyve treated monkees fans to far more sympathetic overviews than most critics would allow the band deserved. In essence, miles davis was looking for new forms that would encourage his musicians to improvise in streams of pure melody, which is an aspect of music as easily appreciated by the layman as by those who speak modal. The origins of the monkees headquarters project lay in the groups dissatisfaction with their second album, more of the monkees. Today is the first session listing for the moody early morning blues and greens, however work tapes indicate it may have been tracked four days earlier on march 18th, 1967. Unreleased track from mgm 1966 sessions russo 2017, p. Liner notes for a 2006 rerelease of more of the monkees also noted that the. Combined, the first two monkees albums were at the top of the billboard chart. Selections from the headquarters sessions by the monkees.
In a studio outtake included in the 1990s rerelease of headquarters, nesmith. The monkees sheet music, tabs and lead sheets jellynote. Headquarters was the first monkees album that had the members of the group themselves doing most of the writing and instrumental performances, instead of session musicians and professional songwriters. For their followup lp more of the monkees, keller teamed up with hildebrand to write your auntie grizelda, and the pair also penned early morning blues and greens for the third monkees lp, 1967s headquarters. Liner notes definition of liner notes by merriamwebster. You can also follow the album of the day a classic album presented in its entirety.