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Here They Come: Run Out Groove Reissues, Remasters, and Expands The Monkees' Debut on Limited Edition Vinyl

October 9, 2020 By Joe Marchese 7 Comments

The Monkees The Monkees

PRE-ORDER NOW FROM RUN OUT GROOVE

The Monkees are coming back to vinyl with the next release from Run Out Groove!  Today, the label announced that its next fan-voted title will be the 1966 debut of Micky, Davy, Michael, and Peter.  It will arrive 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."

The Monkees will be pressed on two 180-gram vinyl LPs and housed in a tip-on-style gatefold jacket with new liner notes from band historian and manager Andrew Sandoval as well as never-before-published photos.  Pre-orders are open now, and will be accepted through November 9 only.

It's also time to vote for the next ROG release.  Three new titles are up for the vote here (with descriptions provided by ROG):

Belly - Bees: Vote for alternative rockers led by former Throwing Muses/Breeders member Tanya Donelly and ROG will create a new 2LP collection of rare B-sides, most of which have never been collected on wax before.

Sinéad O'Connor - Faith And Courage: Vote for Ms. O'Connor's Atlantic debut and ROG will issue this album on vinyl for the first time and press on colored vinyl.

Marvelous 3 - Hey! Album: Vote for '90s rock band fronted by Butch Walker and ROG will issue this album on vinyl for the first time and add non-LP bonus tracks.

You'll find the track listing and pre-order link for The Monkees below.  The first 1,000 orders will be pressed on limited translucent yellow vinyl.

The Monkees, The Monkees (Colgems COS-101, 1966 - reissued Run Out Groove, 2020)

Side A

  1. (Theme From) The Monkees (stereo mix) 2:20
  2. Saturday's Child (stereo mix) 2:44
  3. I Wanna Be Free (stereo mix) 2:25
  4. Tomorrow's Gonna Be Another Day (stereo mix) 2:41
  5. Papa Gene's Blues (stereo mix) 2:01
  6. Take A Giant Step (stereo mix) 2:37

Side B

  1. Last Train To Clarksville (stereo mix) 2:47
  2. This Just Doesn't Seem To Be My Day (stereo mix) 2:08
  3. Let's Dance On (stereo mix) 2:30
  4. I'll Be True To You (stereo mix) 2:49
  5. Sweet Young Thing (stereo mix) 1:56
  6. Gonna Buy Me A Dog (stereo mix) 2:39

Side C

  1. The Monkees (radio spot) (previously unissued) 2:12
  2. (Theme From) The Monkees (TV version) (unissued on vinyl) 0:50
  3. This Just Doesn't Seem To Be My Day (mono TV version) (unissued on vinyl) 2:14
  4. All The King's Horses (mono TV version) (unissued on vinyl) 2:12
  5. I Wanna Be Free (fast version - mono TV mix) (unissued on vinyl) 2:38
  6. You Just May Be The One (mono TV version) (unissued on vinyl) 1:54
  7. Take A Giant Step (mono TV version) (unissued on vinyl) 2:29

Side D

  1. (Theme From) The Monkees (second version) (unissued on vinyl) 0:50
  2. Saturday's Child (mono TV version) (unissued on vinyl) 2:26
  3. I Don't Think You know Me (2014 remix) (previously unissued) 2:29
  4. So Goes Love (2020 remix) (previously unissued) 3:26
  5. I Can't Get Her Off My Mind (2014 remix) (previously unissued) 2:50
  6. (I Prithee) Do Not Ask For Love (2020 remix) (previously unissued) 2:58
  7. I Wanna Be Free (demo - take 5) (previously unissued) 1:00​

Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Pop Tags: The Monkees

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Joe Marchese

JOE MARCHESE (Editor) joined The Second Disc shortly after its launch in early 2010, and has since penned daily news and reviews about classic music of all genres. In 2015, Joe formed the Second Disc Records label. Celebrating the great songwriters, producers and artists who created the sound of American popular song, Second Disc Records, in conjunction with Real Gone Music, has released newly-curated collections produced by Joe from iconic artists such as Johnny Mathis, Bobby Darin, Laura Nyro, Melissa Manchester, Chet Atkins, and many others. He has contributed liner notes to reissues from a diverse array of artists, among them Nat "King" Cole, Paul Williams, Lesley Gore, Dusty Springfield, B.J. Thomas, The 5th Dimension, Burt Bacharach, The Mamas and the Papas, Carpenters, Perry Como, Rod McKuen, Doris Day, Jackie DeShannon, and Andy Williams, and has compiled releases for talents including Robert Goulet and Keith Allison of Paul Revere and the Raiders. Over the past two decades, Joe has also worked in a variety of capacities on and off Broadway as well as at some of the premier theatres in the U.S., including Lincoln Center Theater, George Street Playhouse, Paper Mill Playhouse, Long Wharf Theatre, and the York Theatre Company. He has felt privileged to work on productions alongside artists such as the late Jack Klugman, Eli Wallach, Arthur Laurents, Betty Comden and Adolph Green. In 2009, Joe began contributing theatre and music reviews to the print publication The Sondheim Review, and in 2012, he joined the staff of The Digital Bits as a regular contributor writing about film and television on DVD and Blu-ray. Joe currently resides in the suburbs of New York City.

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Comments

  1. Chris says

    October 9, 2020 at 3:51 pm

    I know that (unissued on vinyl) probably means within an official Monkees album but just as a clarification "The Monkees (TV) Theme" was released on vinyl back in 1986 on "Television's Greatest Hits" volume II [Tee-Vee Tunes.]

    My question is will this new release be a stereo version of the TV mix? That would be cool!

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    • Avatar photoJoe Marchese says

      October 9, 2020 at 4:00 pm

      Thanks, Chris! The info comes directly from ROG but we’ll see if we can find out anything further.

      Reply
      • Chris says

        October 9, 2020 at 10:46 pm

        Thanks, Joe - love The Second Disc!

        Reply
        • Avatar photoJoe Marchese says

          October 10, 2020 at 12:49 am

          Thanks, Chris!

          Reply
  2. Jason Michael says

    October 9, 2020 at 6:15 pm

    I can't find the pre-order link.

    Reply
    • Avatar photoJoe Marchese says

      October 9, 2020 at 7:04 pm

      Hey Jason, the link in the text right above the track listing should be working now. (There also is a link on the album cover.)

      Reply
  3. Terri Tawater says

    March 10, 2021 at 2:53 pm

    I love the Monkees! I had their greatest hits album and someone stole it. I know who did it! Where can I get another album with their Greatest Hits? Thank you.

    Reply

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