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You Bring the Summer: The Monkees’ ‘Good Times!’ Revisited for 10th Anniversary

April 30, 2026 by Joe Marchese | 4 Comments

Back in 2016, The Monkees celebrated their 50th anniversary with their first album of new material since 1996’s Justus. The appropriately-titled Good Times!, produced by Fountains of Wayne’s Adam Schlesinger, was a true return to form. As TSD noted in its original review, “The Monkees have just released their first new album in twenty years, and all is right with the world…Good Times makes no concession to the sound of modern pop. Rather, it’s most often the classic Monkees style refracted through a muscular, power-pop prism…Don’t hesitate. Listen to the band!” The…

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Release Round-Up: Week of July 21

July 21, 2023 by The Second Disc | 3 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles in stores today! Various Artists, Dance Masters: Arthur Baker (The Classic Dance Remixes) (Demon) 4CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 4CD with signed print: Amazon U.K. 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 6LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. (includes signed print) / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Dance Masters: Arthur Baker (The Classic Dance Remixes) bring Baker’s work behind the mixing boards to life with a spectacular offering of classic 12″ mixes. From club hits like Afrika…

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Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock

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Aerosmith, Arthur Baker, Blur, Boyce and Hart, Greta Van Fleet, Nils Lofgren, Nina Simone, The Isley Brothers

I’m Digging You, Digging Me: 7a Reissues Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart’s “I Wonder What She’s Doing Tonite”

July 20, 2023 by Joe Marchese | 15 Comments

Boyce and Hart I Wonder What She's Doing Tonite

When Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart made their long-playing debut as a recording duo with the 1967 release on A&M Records of Test Patterns, it was clear that the duo had the goods. They were singers, writers, producers, and musicians, and showcased all of those talents on the album. It was the culmination of a relatively short but prolific period of time that saw them – individually and collectively – behind some of the most enduring hits of that era or any other: “Last Train to Clarksville,” “(I’m Not Your) Stepping Stone,”…

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Release Round-Up: Week of July 15

July 15, 2022 by The Second Disc | 2 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! The Beatles, Get Back (Apple/Disney) DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada After a manufacturing delay scuttled a release earlier this year, The Beatles: Get Back finally made it to DVD and Blu-ray on Tuesday. Both presentations offer director Peter Jackson’s three-part, 468-minute Get Back on three discs – one part per disc. No additional bonus features have been included, although the packages do come with four photo cards (one per Beatle). Both Blu-ray and DVD boast numerous audio options. The former has Dolby Atmos, 7.1 PCM…

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Alan Parsons, Boyce and Hart, Chicago, Daryl Hall and John Oates, Dolenz Jones Boyce and Hart, Elizabeth Ward Land, Michael Jackson, The Beatles, The Monkees

I Remember the Feeling: 7a Records Reissues Studio and Live Albums from Dolenz, Jones, Boyce and Hart

May 18, 2022 by Joe Marchese | 2 Comments

The names of Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart have long been inextricably linked with that of The Monkees. The duo penned many of the band’s most familiar songs including “(Theme From) ‘The Monkees,’” “I Wanna Be Free,” “(I’m Not Your) Stepping Stone,” “Valleri,” and the chart-topping “Last Train to Clarksville.” So when promoters were seeking a Monkees reunion in the mid-1970s, and with Michael Nesmith and Peter Tork unavailable, it’s unsurprising that Davy Jones and Micky Dolenz turned to Boyce and Hart – hitmakers in their own right with “I Wonder What…

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“The First Bobby Hart Solo Album” OUT TODAY From 7a Records!

December 7, 2015 by Joe Marchese | 1 Comment

UPDATED 12/7: The 7a Records label made a big splash earlier this year with its first-ever release. The MGM Singles Collection brought together Micky Dolenz’s rare MGM Records sides in a lavishly designed and annotated presentation that was a fan and collector’s dream. Now, we’re thrilled to report that the Monkees specialists at 7a have turned their attention to another key figure in Monkees lore with the first-ever CD release today of 1980’s aptly-titled The First Bobby Hart Solo Album. There was little Bobby Hart and his partner Tommy Boyce couldn’t accomplish. Subjects of the recent…

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Hurt So Bad: 7a Records Rescues “The First Bobby Hart Solo Album” With Expanded CD Reissue

November 12, 2015 by Joe Marchese | 1 Comment

The 7a Records label made a big splash earlier this year with its first-ever release. The MGM Singles Collection brought together Micky Dolenz’s rare MGM Records sides in a lavishly designed and annotated presentation that was a fan and collector’s dream. Now, we’re thrilled to report that the Monkees specialists at 7a are turning their attention to another key figure in Monkees lore with the first-ever CD release on December 7 of 1980’s aptly-titled The First Bobby Hart Solo Album. There was little Bobby Hart and his partner Tommy Boyce couldn’t accomplish. Subjects…

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Hey Hey! They’re Boyce and Hart – And You Can Help Complete Their Documentary!

April 14, 2014 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

For a few years in the halcyon days of the sixties, Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart were on top of the world. Singers, songwriters and producers, Boyce and Hart – individually or collectively – were behind some of the most enduring hits of that era or any other: “Last Train to Clarksville,” “(I’m Not Your) Stepping Stone,” “Come a Little Bit Closer,” “Hurt So Bad,” “I Wanna Be Free,” “Valleri,” “Pretty Little Angel Eyes,” and of course, the immortal “Theme from The Monkees.” As if turning out hits for The Monkees and so…

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Bobby Hart, Boyce and Hart, Keith Allison, The Monkees, Tommy Boyce