The Monkees "More of the Monkees" Rhino Handmade Deluxe Box Set

So no other retail availability other then the Monkee store ?

Any HiRez download ?

 

Pretty sure the Monkees store is the only place you can get it, unless someone is reselling it from there. No downloads that I'm aware of.

 

MORE OF THE MONKEES SUPER DELUXE 3 CD EDITION BOX SET Handmade RHINO NEW SEALED 81227935665 | eBay

Pretty funny, huh?!

 

What a vampire!

 

The boxset also being sold at the Mike and Micky merchandise stand.

 

Any chance of uploading the B-side to youtube?

 

Just received the box set and looking at the production notes and wow....Mike with the exception of Mary Mary and The Kind of Girl I Could Love...had nothing to do with this album. Not even one backing track. Crazy

 

True but there were plenty of tracks that Krishner could have put on the album highlighting Nesmith that were recorded around the time (four or maybe five tracks I can't remember). I'm sure Nesmith would have provided more IF he had known there was going to be an album and not recording stuff for the TV show.

 

I did not realize this. Seeing his name associated with those two tracks, I just figured he was well involved in at least half the album. Realizing his involvement was so severely limited adds a big piece of the story and what motivated him to put his hand through the wall. That and the J.C. Penney ad cover - being so creative but with no creative control in the project would drive any reasonable artist to the edge.

 

Yeah unfortunately Mike's involvement was minimal. They did let him try to sing "I'm A Believer" (the picture is on the back of the original album sleeve shows Mike singing for the session) but that session was either lost or destroyed) but two songs on the album was another insult to Mike. Admittedly, he didn't endear himself to Carol King when writing "Sweet Young Thing", Jeff Berry or Don Kirshner but given that Kirshner misled him (at least according to Mike), one can easily see why that happened.

 

What was the issue with "Sweet Young Thing"?

 

No one has really gone into depth on this. I just remember that the booklet for More of The Monkees indicated she didn't want to work with him again. Mike has always been respectful of King and her work so i'm not sure exactly what happened.

 

I know there was one song he did that clearly used a Geoffen/ King tune as an outline. It didn't take any of the melody but the structure was very similar. I'm pursuing sure it wasn't Sweet Young Thing. I'll have to check out the More of the Monkees booklet.

 

The Nesmith production of "I Don't Think You Know Me" is fairly similar to the "Headquarters" take of "You Just May Be the One". One of the drum parts on the former is almost exactly what Dolenz plays on the latter, and the bridges aren't dissimilar.

 

One surreal moment of the last ten years-- seeing and hearing Peter sing "I Don't Think You Know Me" live at a monkees show.

 

Definitely !

 

Where/when did that happen?

 

45th Anniversary Tour in 2011 (Last Monkees' tour with Davy)
Peter singing "I Don't Think You Know Me At All"

 

Not bad at all. Go Pete!

 

Peter is a considerably stronger singer now than he was in the 60s.

 

I agree, I believe Peter's voice improved as he aged.

 

+3.

You can tell he's never given up on it, and it's paid off.

 

Peter Tork is a stronger singer past his sixties than he was in the '60s.

 

I was surprised at how good he sounded.

 

He sounds more comfortable singing. I can't imagine having to deal with what he did and being able to sing proper. His best moments were in "Shades of Gray" and "Words" IMO. I have a feeling he was pretty comfortable since those are more band oriented songs and he wasn't the lead. He is a good complimentary singer on those tunes. Trying to sing solo in a Jeff Barry session with a bunch of other guys playing the song couldn't have been his bag. Some of the later stuff like "Lady's Baby" aren't terrible but certainly products of too much *intake*. I don't think his singing was ever anything he wanted to focus on until he found the blues again. The Monkees stuff just seems like obligation (besides the more band oriented albums) and having his toe kept in the water.