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Track Listing
DISC 1:
1. You Told Me
2. I'll Spend My Life With You
3. Forget That Girl
4. Band 6
5. You Just May Be the One
6. Shades of Gray
7. I Can't Get Her Off My Mind
8. For Pete's Sake
9. Mr. Webster
10. Sunny Girlfriend
11. Zilch
12. No Time
13. Early Morning Blues and Greens
14. Randy Scouse Git
15. All of Your Toys - (Stereo Remix, previously unreleased)
16. Girl I Knew Somewhere, The - (First Recorded Version/Stereo Remix)
17. Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You, A - (Stereo Remix, previously unreleased)
18. She Hangs Out - (Stereo Remix, previously unreleased)
19. Love to Love - (Stereo Remix, previously unreleased)
20. You Can't Tie a Mustang Down - (Stereo Remix, previously unreleased)
21. If I Learned to Play the Violin - (Stereo Remix, previously unreleased)
22. 99 Pounds - (Stereo Remix, previously unreleased)
23. Girl I Knew Somewhere, The - (Stereo Remix, previously unreleased, Single Version)
24. Randy Scouse Git - (Alternate Version)
25. Tema Dei Monkees - (Stereo Remix, previously unreleased)
DISC 2:
1. You Told Me
2. I'll Spend My Life With You
3. Forget That Girl
4. Band 6
5. You Just May Be the One
6. Shades of Gray
7. I Can't Get Her Off My Mind
8. For Pete's Sake
9. Mr. Webster
10. Sunny Girlfriend
11. Zilch
12. No Time
13. Early Morning Blues and Greens
14. Randy Scouse Git
15. All of Your Toys - (Mono Mix)
16. Girl I Knew Somewhere, The - (Alternate Mono Mix, First Recorded Version)
17. Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You, A - (Mono Single Mix)
18. She Hangs Out - (Mono Single Mix)
19. Girl I Knew Somewhere, The - (Mono Single Mix)
20. Nine Times Blue - (Demo Version)
21. She'll Be There
22. Midnight Train - (Demo Version)
23. Peter Gunn's Gun
24. Jericho
25. Pillow Time - (Demo Version)
Album Notes
The Monkees: Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork.
The Monkees: Peter Tork (acoustic 12-string guitar); Davy Jones, Michael Nesmith (12-string guitar); Micheal Nesmith (pedal steel guitar); Micky Dolenz (background vocals).
Additional personnel: Don Thomas, Sal DiTroia, Gerry McGee, Hugh McCracken, Al Gorgoni, Louie Shelton, Wayne Erwin (guitar); 'Unknown' (acoustic guitar); Frederick Seykora (cello); Vincent DeRosa (French horn); Stan Free (Clavinet); Artie Butler (organ); Jerry Yester, Larry Taylor, John London, Lou Mauro, James Tyrell (bass guitar); Billy Lewis, Herb Lovelle (drums); Tom Cerone, Gene Estes (tambourine); Neil Diamond, Chip Douglas (background vocals).
Audio Remasterers: Andrew Sandoval; Dan Hersch; Bill Inglot.
Recording information: 1967.
One of the Monkees' two best albums, HEADQUARTERS is also the one '60s album on which the band played nearly all the instruments, save for a string section and occasional bass from producer Chip Douglas. Since Michael Nesmith had instigated the revolt that led to the band's musical independence, he's in the forefront here, and his songs are uniformly excellent. The banjo-driven "You Told Me" and "Sunny Girlfriend" are two of his best country-influenced tunes, and "You Just May Be the One" is magnificent REVOLVER-influenced psychedelic pop.
Douglas' "Forget That Girl" features one of Micky Dolenz's best vocals, and Dolenz's own "Randy Scouse Git" is an impressionistic, trippy delight. Perhaps the album's best track is the Davy Jones lead "Early Morning Blues and Greens," a moody slice of atmospheric pop. Even oddities like "Band 6" and "Zilch" are interesting ephemera. This reissue features six interesting alternate takes and demos.
Industry Reviews
4 Stars - Excellent - ...the only one which features Tork, Nesmith, Jones and Dolenz playing on every cut without heaps of session players. Even their songwriting stands up as classic country-esque 12-string folk-pop...
Q (05/01/1995)
7 - Very Good - ...Palpably fun and groovy, it is the sound of blind men suddenly marvelling at the gift of sight, with at least three self-composed gems: Nesmith's `You Just May Be The One,' Tork's `For Pete's Sake' and Dolenz's `Randy Scouse Git,' a wild portrait of London life at the height of Beatlemania...
NME (02/18/1995)
3 stars out of 5 -- [A]s a pop encounter with the hippie moment, it's hard to beat.
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