The new Zilch episode is out! We finally got to PAC&J, Side 1! The Steve Hoffman Forum kind of gets a shoutout! ;-)
I'll be on Ken Michaels 'Every Little Thing' syndicated radio show this week talking about my Monkees book and the relationship between the Beatles and the Monkees. Check the radio listings on Ken Michaels website. http://www.kenmichaelsradio.com/every-little-thing.html
Anyone else get the new Micky Dolenz CD on Broadway Records "A Little Bit Broadway ... A Little Bit Rock 'N Roll" [Live]? It's nicely recorded. Odd that people are eating and clinging their plates and glasses though. Lol. It is nice to hear Micky do other songs than what is usually heard. He gets pretty emotional talking about his wife. Would have like to heard a Nilsson tune or even a Nesmith tune but overall it's a nice listen. Bring on the Nesmith covers album though.
Also to note... Nesmith has posted on FB that his book Listen To The Band has found a publisher. He's also writing a new book that continues the story of Nez in Neftoon Zamora. He also stated that Infinitia ships a week from Monday. I really have high hopes for The Ocean. Can't wait to hear it. Just hoping it's not all instrumental electronica synthesizer music. This release kinda came out of nowhere. I mean I know he's talked about it in the past.. But thought he'd abandoned the ideal. Glad he didn't. Wonder if there will be some Davy Jones releases from his family? He was working on some stuff before his death. I really liked that song "Written In My Heart". Wonder if there is enough recorded for an album?
For those who missed my interview with Ken Michaels on the Beatles/Monkees relationship, here's a link to the show. http://globaltexanchronicles.com/beatles-show-elt-w-ken-michaels-21/
Flower Power Cruise 2015 with Micky Dolenz (The cruise also features Circe Link and Christian Nesmith): http://flowerpowercruise.com/RHINO?utm_medium=email&utm_source=FPCEM_092915_Rhino&utm_content=Rhino http://flowerpowercruise.com/message-from-micky-dolenz
With the latest nominees announcement for the 2016 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and taken from a thought I posted on the subject on the Hoffman Music Board, here's my latest Monkees Blog post on the subject of the Monkees and the RRHOF. http://www.monkees.net/a-thought-on-the-monkees-and-the-rock-roll-hall-of-fame/
Reissue time ??????? Any titles coming out on vinyl. Folks seem to be snapping up vinyl these days, very much in the vogue. Seems logical.
In the Music Box Disc 4 liner note...it mentions that they were offered 4 new tunes...what was the fourth one? Micky Dolenz: “When they found out we were going on tour they came to us individually. They said, ‘Do you want to record new songs? We’re putting together a compilation album, and we want four new tunes on it.’ I thought it was a marvelous opportunity. In fact, I think they approached me before I even started rehearsals. I thought it was a done deal. I said, ‘I’ll want more money.’ They said, ‘Fine, we’ll renegotiate on the new tunes.’ Then I heard as time went on that Davy wasn’t making a deal. He wasn’t returning phone calls. He was having a real big problem. Peter was also. He said, ‘I don’t like this song’ – the same old stuff. I certainly wasn’t going to put the kibosh on the deal because of Peter’s problems or Davy’s. That wouldn’t have been right. Indeed Peter showed up at the session only out of my badgering. Davy never even showed up. Basically he couldn’t make a deal for whatever reasons, and I did the songs.”
Beware of the Friday Music vinyl re-issues. Cover art dodgy and the true audio source has never been revealed. Rhino did an awesome Head vinyl re-issue a couple of years back. Look for the old Sundazed 180 grm or colored vinyl from the late 90s.
Andrew posted on Instagram today the shows are being scanned in 4K and posted a still https://instagram.com/p/8y9IuLEfhJ/
He posted that on FB too and noted that was from the grainy Monkees in Paris episode... Well usually grainy but now looking stellar!
That's because most syndication prints were sourced from a 16mm source. I bet it looked much better when first aired on NBC from a 35mm master and print. It would make sense the wrap-arounds would look good as they were shot in 35mm, so I wonder what the French footage (almost certainly 16mm based) will look like since they would be blow-ups if Andrew is working from that source. I also wonder if Andrew can go back to the original 16mm camera negs of that French footage to work with.
The latest Zilch Monkees podcast has an exclusive interview with Andrew Sandoval all about the upcoming Monkees blu Ray set. http://zilchmonkeescast.blogspot.com/2015/11/zilch-42-monkees-on-blu-ray-andrew.html?m=1
