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I'm a Believer: Super Deluxe "More of The Monkees" Coming In December

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There's more on the way from The Monkees - More of The Monkees, in fact!  The long-awaited Super Deluxe Edition of the band's classic 1967 sophomore album has been confirmed for arrival from Rhino on December 15, with 91 tracks on three CDs - 55 of which are previously unreleased!

This collection lives up to its Super Deluxe description with a plethora of alternate takes, new and vintage mixes, and perhaps most excitingly, newly-discovered live concert material from 1967.  This new edition expands upon the 2006 2-CD iteration, with producer Andrew Sandoval stating in the press release that "This is the most exciting archival dig through The Monkees' vault since 2009's The Birds, The Bees and The Monkees Deluxe Edition.  Every track is newly mastered for this set; the live material is the most historically significant of their career."

In addition to the original mono and stereo mixes of the multi-platinum album, this upcoming edition includes numerous outtakes such as the first-ever versions of "Words," "Valleri," "Hold On Girl" and more. Backing tracks are present for early attempts at "Sometime in the Morning," "I'm A Believer," "Look Out (Here Comes Tomorrow)" and more, as well as mono TV mixes, TV performances, and new 2017 remixes.  Ten live tracks make their debut, recorded in Arizona in 1967.  These constitute the band's earliest live recordings, and feature songs from The Monkees ("I Wanna Be Free" and "Papa Gene's Blues"), as well as covers of Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse's "Gonna Build a Mountain," Ray Charles' "I Got A Woman" and Willie Dixon's "You Can't Judge A Book By The Cover."

More of The Monkees: Super Deluxe Edition is limited to 4,500 numbered copies and housed in a hardbound 7"x7" box matching the style of past box sets dedicated to The Monkees; The Birds, The Bees, and The Monkees; Head; Instant Replay; and The Monkees Present, as well as the Blu-ray set The Monkees: The Complete Series.  The set will ship with a limited edition 7-inch vinyl single of "I'm A Believer" (Remix)/"(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone" (Vocals Only).  It's available exclusively from monkees.com and rhino.com. It arrives on December 15, but you can pre-order now at the links below!

The Monkees, More of The Monkees: Super Deluxe Edition (Colgems COM/COS-102, 1967 - reissued Rhino, 2017) (Monkees.com / Rhino.com)

CD 1

The Original Mono Album (Colgems COM-102, 1967)

  1. "She"
  2. "When Love Comes Knockin' (At Your Door)"
  3. "Mary, Mary"
  4. "Hold On Girl"
  5. "Your Auntie Grizelda"
  6. "(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone"
  7. "Look Out (Here Comes Tomorrow)"
  8. "The Kind Of Girl I Could Love"
  9. "The Day We Fall In Love"
  10. "Sometime In The Morning"
  11. "Laugh"
  12. "I'm A Believer"

The Original Stereo Album (Colgems COS-102, 1967)

  1. "She"
  2. "When Love Comes Knockin' (At Your Door)"
  3. "Mary, Mary"
  4. "Hold On Girl"
  5. "Your Auntie Grizelda"
  6. "(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone"
  7. "Look Out (Here Comes Tomorrow)"
  8. "The Kind Of Girl I Could Love"
  9. "The Day We Fall In Love"
  10. "Sometime In The Morning"
  11. "Laugh"
  12. "I'm A Believer"

Bonus Material

  1. "I'll Be Back Up On My Feet" (First Recorded Version)
  2. "Of You" (Mono Mix)
  3. "I Don't Think You Know Me" (Second Recorded Version - Mono Mix)
  4. "Words" (First Recorded Version - Mono Mix) *
  5. "Look Out (Here Comes Tomorrow)" (Mono TV Mix) *
  6. "Tear Drop City" (1966 Mono Mix)
  7. "Sometime In The Morning" (Alternate Mono Mix) *
  8. "Valleri" (First Recorded Version - Mono TV Mix)

CD 2

  1. "Whatever's Right" (Backing Track) *
  2. "Valleri" (First Recorded Version - Backing Track - Takes 1 & 2) *
  3. "(Theme From) The Monkees" (Second Version - Backing Track - Take 1) *
  4. "Words" (First Recorded Version - Mono TV Mix)
  5. "She" (Mono TV Mix) *
  6. "I Love You Really" (Version One) *
  7. "I Love You Really" (Version Three) *
  8. "I Love You Really" (Version Two) *
  9. "Ladies Aid Society" (Backing Track - Part One - Take 22) *
  10. "Ladies Aid Society" (Backing Track - Part Two - Take 1) *
  11. "Ladies Aid Society" (Original Mono Mix)
  12. "Kicking Stones" (Backing Track - Take 11) *
  13. "Kicking Stones" (Original Mono Mix) *
  14. "I Don't Think You Know Me" (First Recorded Version - Mike's Vocal - 2017 Stereo Remix) *
  15. "Mr. Webster" (First Recorded Version - 2017 Stereo Remix) *
  16. "Hold On Girl" (First Recorded Version - 2017 Stereo Remix) *
  17. "Through The Looking Glass" (First Recorded Version - 2017 Stereo Remix) *
  18. "Different Drum" (TV Version) *
  19. "Undecided" *
  20. "Sometime In The Morning" (Backing Track - Take 1) *
  21. "Sometime In The Morning" (2017 Stereo Remix) *
  22. "I Don't Think You Know Me" (Second Recorded Version - Backing Track - Take 4) *
  23. "I Don't Think You Know Me" (Second Recorded Version - 2017 Stereo Remix) *
  24. "Your Auntie Grizelda" (Session Excerpt) *
  25. "Your Auntie Grizelda" (Mono TV Mix)
  26. "Hold On Girl" (Second Recorded Version - Alternate Backing Track) *
  27. "Hold On Girl" (Second Recorded Version - 2017 Stereo Remix) *
  28. "I'm A Believer" (Backing Track - Take 4) *
  29. "I'm A Believer" (Alternate Vocal Take - 2017 Stereo Remix) *
  30. "Look Out (Here Comes Tomorrow)" (Backing Track - Take 3) *
  31. "Look Out (Here Comes Tomorrow)" (Unedited Version - 2017 Stereo Remix) *
  32. "Mary, Mary" (Vocal Overdub Session) *

CD 3

  1. "(I Prithee) Do Not Ask For Love" (First Recorded Version - 2017 Stereo Remix) *
  2. "Tear Drop City" (Original Speed - 2017 Stereo Remix) *
  3. "Looking For The Good Times" (Backing Track With Backing Vocals) *
  4. "I'll Spend My Life With You" (First Recorded Version - 2017 Stereo Remix) *
  5. "Apples, Peaches, Bananas And Pears" (2017 Stereo Remix) *
  6. "Don't Listen To Linda" (First Recorded Version - 2017 Stereo Remix) *
  7. "I Never Thought It Peculiar" (Mono TV Mix)
  8. "Laugh" (Mono TV Mix) *
  9. "The Day We Fall In Love" (2017 Stereo Remix) *
  10. "The Girl I Left Behind Me" (First Recorded Version - Backing Track)
  11. "Mary, Mary" (2017 Stereo Remix) *
  12. "Valleri" (First Recorded Version - 2017 Stereo Remix) *
  13. "Words" (First Recorded Version - 2017 Stereo Remix) *
  14. "Your Auntie Grizelda" (2017 Stereo Remix) *
  15. "Look Out (Here Comes Tomorrow)" (With Peter's Narration - 2017 Stereo Remix) *
  16. "I Never Thought It Peculiar" (2017 Stereo Remix) *
  17. "Laugh" (2017 Stereo Remix) *
  18. "She's So Far Out, She's In" (Live In Arizona, 1967) *
  19. "You Just May Be The One" (Live In Arizona, 1967) *
  20. "I Wanna Be Free" (Live In Arizona, 1967) *
  21. "Sweet Young Thing" (Live In Arizona, 1967) *
  22. "Papa Gene's Blues" (Live In Arizona, 1967) *
  23. "I Can't Get Her Off Of My Mind" (Live In Arizona, 1967) *
  24. "Cripple Creek" (Live In Arizona, 1967) *
  25. "You Can't Judge A Book By The Cover" (Live In Arizona, 1967) *
  26. "Gonna Build A Mountain" (Live In Arizona, 1967) *
  27. "I Got A Woman" (Live In Arizona, 1967) *

(*) denotes previously unreleased track

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  1. Instant buy as MOTM was the first LP I ever bought with my own money. Of course it doesn't reach the heights of HEADQUARTERS or PISCES but I'm really looking forward to the bonuses here, especially the live tracks.

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  2. I ordered it immediately. I've bought all of the Rhino & Rhino Handmade Monkees CD,DVD & Blu-ray boxed sets. and I'm an original Monkees fan. Their debut album was (in 1966) only the second L.P. in my collection. I also saw the group on their summer 1967 tour(the first concert that I ever attended). With the release of this set, the only 1960's Monkees album that has not received the 3-CD treatment is "Pisces, Aquarius,Capricorn & Jones Ltd." (I don't consider 1970's Dolenz/Jones "Changes" album to be a true Monkees album, and neither did they. It was a contractual obligation)

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    • Actually, compiler Andrew Sandoval says that he's got enough new material, that if he gets the go-ahead to compile a "Headquarters" box set for this 7"x7' boxed set series, it will be different to "The Headquarters Sessions"

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  6. I've now got the set, and compiler Andrew Sandoval has done his usual superb job, though I'll concede, that even more than the other 3-CD expanded Monkees albums, that this one is definitely for hardcore fans. In the course of this box, Sandoval remixes all of the songs from "More of the Monkees"(though "I'm a Believer" is represented by an alternate take).
    The box contains not one, but two mixes of "Tear Drop City", with the tape running at the actual speed that the instruments were recorded at, though i'm still convinced (as are many fans), that these "correct speed" mixes present Micky Dolenz's vocal running slow.(I.E. that Dolenz was hearing a sped-up playback of the instrumental tracks when he recorded his vocal). Only Dolenz can answer that question....if he remembers this session more than 50 years later.

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