Disc 4 1969-96
1. TEAR DROP CITY
(Tommy Boyce/Bobby Hart)
Produced by TOMMY BOYCE & BOBBY HART
Engineered by DAVID HASSINGER
Recorded at RCA VICTOR STUDIO B, Hollywood, CA
(10/26/66, 10/30/66, 10/31/66 & 11/6/66)
Featuring:
MICKY DOLENZ: lead vocal
BOBBY HART: organ
WAYNE ERWIN: guitar, backing vocals
GERRY McGEE & LOUIE SHELTON: guitar
LARRY TAYLOR: bass
BILLY LEWIS: drums
GENE ESTES: percussion
TOMMY BOYCE & BOBBY HART: backing vocals, arrangement
RON HICKLIN: backing vocals
Originally issued as Colgems single #5000 (2/8/69); Pop #56
Also included on the album Instant Replay (G) (2/15/69)
2. A MAN WITHOUT A DREAM
(Gerry Goffin/Carole King)
Produced by BONES HOWE
Engineered by BONES HOWE
Recorded at WALLY HEIDER RECORDING STUDIO 3, Hollywood, CA (11/7/68);
WESTERN RECORDERS, Hollywood, CA (1/10/69 & 1/11/69)
Featuring:
DAVY JONES: lead vocals
LARRY KNECHTEL & JIMMY ROWLES: keyboards
DON ADDRISI, MIKE DEASY & TOMMY TEDESCO: guitar
JOE OSBOURNE: bass
HAL BLAINE: drums
CONTE CANDOLI, MARION “BUDDY” CHILDERS & LLOYD LUHMAN: trumpet
BOB EDMONDSON & LEW McCREARY: trombone
JAMES DECKER, VINCENT DeROSA, WILLIAM HINSHAW
& RICHARD PERISSI: French horn
BOB ALCIVAR, BILL HOLMAN & BONES HOWE: arrangement
Originally issued as Colgems single #5000 (2/8/69)
Also included on the album Instant Replay (G) (2/15/69)
3. THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
(Tommy Boyce/Bobby Hart/Red Baldwin)
Produced by TOMMY BOYCE & BOBBY HART
Engineered by HENRY LEWY
Recorded at UNITED RECORDERS STUDIO B, Hollywood, CA (12/30/67);
UNITED RECORDERS, Hollywood, CA (12/20/68)
Featuring:
MICKY DOLENZ: lead vocals
BOBBY HART: tack piano
KEITH ALLISON, GERRY McGEE & LOUIE SHELTON: guitar
JOE OSBOURNE: bass
BILLY LEWIS: drums
ALAN ESTES: percussion
DON McGINNIS: arrangement
Unknown horns & strings
From the album Instant Replay (G) (2/15/69)
4. I WON’T BE THE SAME WITHOUT HER
(Gerry Goffin/Carole King)
Produced by MICHAEL NESMITH
Engineered by HANK CICALO & DAVID HASSINGER
Recorded at RCA VICTOR STUDIO A, Hollywood, CA (7/18/66 & 7/30/66);
RCA VICTOR STUDIO B, Hollywood, CA (8/30/66)
Featuring:
MICHAEL NESMITH: lead vocals
JAMES BURTON, GLEN CAMPBELL, AL CASEY & MIKE DEASY: guitar
LARRY KNECHTEL & BOB WEST: bass
HAL BLAINE & JIM GORDON: drums
GARY COLEMAN & FRANK DeVITO: percussion
MICHAEL NESMITH: arrangement
Unknown Danelectro bass & backing vocals
From the album Instant Replay (G) (2/15/69)
5. YOU AND I
(Davy Jones/Bill Chadwick)
Produced by DAVY JONES
Engineered by HENRY LEWY
Recorded at WALLY HEIDER RECORDING STUDIO 3, Hollywood, CA (5/10/68);
SUNSET SOUND RECORDERS, Hollywood, CA (6/19/68 & 6/21/68);
RCA VICTOR STUDIOS, Hollywood, CA (9/20/68)
Featuring:
DAVY JONES: lead vocals
LARRY KNECHTEL: organ
BILL CHADWICK, GERRY McGEE, LOUIE SHELTON & NEIL YOUNG: guitar
JOE OSBOURNE: bass
HAL BLAINE: drums
SHORTY ROGERS: arrangement
STEVE PITTS: unknown
From the album Instant Replay (G) (2/15/69)
6. WHILE I CRY
(Michael Nesmith)
Produced by MICHAEL NESMITH
Engineered by HANK CICALO
Recorded at RCA VICTOR STUDIOS, Hollywood, CA (1/14/68 & 1/15/68)
Featuring:
MICHAEL NESMITH: lead vocals, guitar
KEITH ALLISON & BILL CHADWICK: guitar
RICK DEY: bass
EDDIE HOH: drums
MICHAEL NESMITH: arrangement
HARRY NILSSON: unknown
From the album Instant Replay (G) (2/15/69)
7. SHORTY BLACKWELL
(Micky Dolenz)
Produced by MICKY DOLENZ
Engineered by HENRY LEWY & HANK CICALO
Recorded at RCA VICTOR STUDIOS, Hollywood, CA (1/19/68 & 2/15/68);
UNITED RECORDERS, Hollywood, CA (2/4/68);
WESTERN RECORDERS STUDIO 1, Hollywood, CA (4/9/68);
WESTERN RECORDERS, Hollywood, CA (4/30/68, 5/2/68 & 6/7/68)
Featuring:
MICKY DOLENZ: lead vocals
BILL CHADWICK & TOMMY TEDESCO: guitar
MICHEL RUBINI: piano
MAX BENNETT: bass
JIM GORDON: drums
VICTOR FELDMAN, JOE PORCARO & EMIL RICHARDS: percussion
BUD BRISBOIS, MARION “BUDDY” CHILDERS, BOBBY HELFER,
OLLIE MITCHELL & RAY TRISCARI: trumpet
GEORGE ROBERTS & KENNY SHROYER: trombone
VINCENT DeROSA, DAVID DUKE & RICHARD PERISSI: French horn
RONALD LANGINGER, TED NASH & CLIFFORD SHANK: flute
GEORGE BERRES, ANATOL KAMINSKY, BERNARD KUNDELL,
ERNO NEUFELD, NATHAN ROSS & JOE STEPANSKY: violin
JUSTIN DiTULLIO, ARMAND KAPROFF& EDGAR LUSTGARTEN: cello
COCO DOLENZ: backing vocals
SHORTY ROGERS: arrangement
From the album Instant Replay (G) (2/15/69)
8. IF I EVER GET TO SAGINAW AGAIN
(Jack Keller/Bob Russell)
Produced by THE MONKEES
Engineer(s) unknown
Recorded at RCA VICTOR STUDIOS, Hollywood, CA (3/9/68);
RCA VICTOR STUDIO C, Hollywood, CA (1/31/69);
UNITED RECORDERS, Hollywood, CA (3/6/69)
Featuring:
MICHAEL NESMITH: lead vocals
MIKE MELVOIN: piano
DENNIS BUDIMIR, AL CASEY, MIKE DEASY,
DEL KACHER & LOUIE SHELTON: guitar
MAX BENNETT: bass
EARL PALMER: drums
MILT HOLLAND & STAN LEVEY: percussion
JACK GOOTKIN, ROBERT JUNG, GEORGE POOLE,
HEIMANN WEINSTEIN & WILLIAM WEISS: violin
GARETH NUTTYCOMBE: viola
DOUGLAS DAVIS: cello
DON McGINNIS: string arrangement
SHORTY ROGERS: arrangement
BOBBY HELFER: unknown
Originally unissued
First collected on the album Missing Links, Volume Two (U) (1/23/90)
9. SMILE
(Davy Jones)
Produced by DAVY JONES
Engineered by HENRY LEWY
Recorded at WALLY HEIDER RECORDING, Hollywood, CA (5/10/68)
Featuring:
DAVY JONES: lead vocals
LARRY KNECHTEL: keyboards
BILL CHADWICK, GERRY McGEE & NEIL YOUNG: guitar
JOE OSBOURNE: bass
HAL BLAINE: drums
SHORTY ROGERS: arrangement
STEVE PITTS: unknown
Unknown backing vocals
Originally unissued
First collected on the deluxe reissue of the album Instant Replay (G-3) (1/24/95)
10. LISTEN TO THE BAND (Single Version)
(Michael Nesmith)
Produced by MICHAEL NESMITH
Engineered by AL PACHUCKI (& others)
Recorded at RCA VICTOR STUDIOS, Nashville, TN (6/1/68);
RCA VICTOR STUDIOS, Hollywood, CA (12/9/68);
GOLD STAR RECORDING STUDIO, Hollywood, CA (12/68)
Featuring:
MICHAEL NESMITH: lead vocals, guitar
DAVID BRIGGS: piano
MICHEL RUBINI: organ
WAYNE MOSS: electric guitar
HAROLD BRADLEY & BILLY SANFORD: guitar
LLOYD GREEN: pedal steel guitar
BOBBY THOMPSON: banjo
BUDDY SPICHER: fiddle
NORBERT PUTNAM: bass
JERRY CARRIGAN: drums
BUD BRISBOIS, MARION “BUDDY” CHILDERS & RAY TRISCARI: trumpet
DICK NASH: trombone
JOHN KITZMILLER: tuba
DON McGINNIS & MICHAEL SALUZZI: horns
SHORTY ROGERS: horn arrangement
MICHAEL NESMITH: arrangement
Unknown bass harmonica, tambourine & maracas
Originally issued as Colgems single #5004 (4/26/69); Pop #63
First collected on the album Listen To The Band (V) (10/1/91)
An extended version was included on the album The Monkees Present
11. SOMEDAY MAN
(Roger Nichols/Paul Williams)
Produced by BONES HOWE
Engineered by BONES HOWE
Recorded at WALLY HEIDER RECORDING STUDIO 3, Hollywood, CA (11/7/68);
WESTERN RECORDERS, Hollywood, CA (1/10/69 & 1/11/69)
Featuring:
DAVY JONES: lead vocals
LARRY KNECHTEL & JIMMY ROWLES: keyboards
DON ADDRISI, MIKE DEASY & TOMMY TEDESCO: guitar
JOE OSBOURNE: bass
HAL BLAINE: drums
CONTE CANDOLI, MARION “BUDDY” CHILDERS & LLOYD LUHMAN: trumpet
BOB EDMONDSON & LEW McCREARY: trombone
JAMES DECKER, VINCENT DeROSA, WILLIAM HINSHAW
& RICHARD PERISSI: French horn
BOB ALCIVAR, BILL HOLMAN & BONES HOWE: arrangement
Unknown percussion & handclaps
Originally issued as Colgems single #5004 (4/26/69); Pop #81
First collected on the album The Monkees (M) (7/76)
12. SOME OF SHELLY’S BLUES
(Michael Nesmith)
Produced by MICHAEL NESMITH & FELTON JARVIS
Engineered by BILL VANDEVORT
Recorded at RCA VICTOR STUDIOS, Nashville, TN (5/29/68)
Featuring:
MICHAEL NESMITH: vocals
LARRY BUTLER: piano
BILLY SANFORD: electric guitar
LLOYD GREEN: pedal steel guitar
SONNY OSBOURNE: banjo
BUDDY SPICHER: fiddle
BOBBY DYSON: bass
WILLIAM ACKERMAN: drums
Unknown harmonica
Originally unissued
First collected on the album Missing Links, Volume Two (U) (1/23/90)
13. MOMMY AND DADDY
(Micky Dolenz)
Produced by MICKY DOLENZ
Engineer(s) unknown
Recorded at RCA VICTOR STUDIOS, Hollywood, CA (8/1/68 & 12/9/68)
Featuring:
MICKY DOLENZ: lead vocals
MICHEL RUBINI: piano
BUD BRISBOIS, MARION “BUDDY” CHILDERS & RAY TRISCARI: trumpet
DICK NASH: trombone
JOHN KITZMILLER: tuba
DON McGINNIS & MICHAEL SALUZZI: horns
MICKY DOLENZ & SHORTY ROGERS: arrangement
PAT COGHLAN & DON DEMIERI: unknown
Unknown guitar, bass & drums
Originally issued as Colgems single #5005 (9/6/69); Pop #109
Also included on the album The Monkees Present (I) (10/69)
14. GOOD CLEAN FUN
(Michael Nesmith)
Produced by MICHAEL NESMITH
Engineered by AL PACHUCKI
Recorded at RCA VICTOR STUDIOS, Nashville, TN (6/1/68)
Featuring:
MICHAEL NESMITH: lead vocals
DAVID BRIGGS: piano
WAYNE MOSS: guitar
HAROLD BRADLEY & BILLY SANFORD: guitar
LLOYD GREEN: pedal steel guitar
BOBBY THOMPSON: banjo
BUDDY SPICHER: fiddle
NORBERT PUTNAM: bass
JERRY CARRIGAN: drums
MICHAEL NESMITH: arrangement
Unknown jawbone & wood block
Originally issued as Colgems single #5005 (9/6/69); Pop #82
Also included on the album The Monkees Present (I) (10/69)
15. LOOKING FOR THE GOOD TIMES
(Tommy Boyce/Bobby Hart)
Produced by TOMMY BOYCE & BOBBY HART
Engineered by DAVID HASSINGER
Recorded at RCA VICTOR STUDIO B, Hollywood, CA
(10/26/66, 10/30/66, 11/6/66 & 11/12/66)
Featuring:
DAVY JONES: lead vocals
BOBBY HART: organ, backing vocals
WAYNE ERWIN, GERRY McGEE & LOUIE SHELTON: guitar
LARRY TAYLOR: bass
BILLY LEWIS: drums
GENE ESTES: percussion
TOMMY BOYCE, MICKY DOLENZ & RON HICKLIN: backing vocals
From the album The Monkees Present (I) (10/69)
16. STEAM ENGINE
(Chip Douglas)
Produced by CHIP DOUGLAS
Engineered by EDDIE BRACKETT (& others)
Recorded at WESTERN RECORDERS STUDIO 1, Hollywood, CA (5/12/69);
RCA VICTOR STUDIOS, Hollywood, CA (7/8/69)
Featuring:
MICKY DOLENZ: lead vocals
LARRY KNECHTEL: keyboards
CLARENCE WHITE: guitar
RED RHODES: pedal steel guitar
LYLE RITZ: bass
JIM GORDON & EDDIE HOH: drums
GARY COLEMAN: percussion
RAY BROWN, BILL PETERSON, SANFORD SKINNER
& TONY TERRAN: trumpet
BOBBY KNIGHT & LEW McCREARY: trombone
BILL GREEN, BOB HARDAWAY & SID MILLER: sax
JERRY YESTER: arrangement
Unknown backing vocals
Originally unissued
First collected on the albums Monkeemania: 40 Timeless Hits
From The Monkees (N) (10/79) & Monkee Business (O) (11/82)
17. I NEVER THOUGHT IT PECULIAR
(Tommy Boyce/Bobby Hart)
Produced by TOMMY BOYCE & BOBBY HART
Engineer(s) unknown
Recorded at RCA VICTOR STUDIO B, Hollywood, CA (10/28/66);
THE SOUND FACTORY, Hollywood, CA (9/5/69 & 9/12/69)
Featuring:
DAVY JONES: lead vocals
GERRY McGEE, WAYNE ERWIN & LOUIE SHELTON: guitar
LARRY TAYLOR: bass
BILLY LEWIS: drums
GENE ESTES: percussion
CHUCK FINDLEY: trumpet
DICK HYDE: trombone
ALAN ROBINSON: French horn
JAY MIGLIORI: sax
HAROLD AYERS, JOHN DeVOOGDT, JAMES GETZOFF,
WILLIAM HYMANSON & NORMAN SERKIN: violin
GARETH NUTTYCOMBE: viola
FREDERICK SEYKORA: cello
KIMMIE HASKELL: arrangement
MIKE ANTHONY & JOY LULE: unknown
TOMMY BOYCE, BOBBY HART & RON HICKLIN: backing vocals
From the album Changes (J) (6/70)
18. MIDNIGHT TRAIN
(Micky Dolenz)
Produced by MICKY DOLENZ
Engineered by PETER ABBOTT (& others)
Recorded at RCA VICTOR STUDIOS, Hollywood, CA (7/16/69)
Featuring:
MICKY DOLENZ: lead vocals
JAMES BURTON & LOUIE SHELTON: guitar
JOE OSBOURNE: bass
HAL BLAINE: drums
TOMMY MORGAN: harmonica
COCO DOLENZ: backing vocals
Unknown banjo
From the album Changes (J) (6/70)
19. OH MY MY
(Jeff Barry/Andy Kim)
Produced by JEFF BARRY
Engineered by MIKE MORAN
Recorded at unknown studio, New York, NY (2/5/70)
Featuring:
MICKY DOLENZ: lead vocals
Other personnel unknown
Originally issued as Colgems single #5011 (4/70); Pop #98
Also included on the album Changes (J) (6/70)
20. I LOVE YOU BETTER
(Jeff Barry/Andy Kim)
Produced by JEFF BARRY
Engineered by MIKE MORAN
Recorded at unknown studio, New York, NY (2/5/70)
Featuring:
MICKY DOLENZ: lead vocals
Other personnel unknown
Originally issued as Colgems single #5011 (4/70)
Also included on the album Changes (J) (6/70)
21. DO YOU FEEL IT TOO?
(Jeff Barry/Andy Kim)
Produced by JEFF BARRY
Engineered by MIKE MORAN
Recorded at unknown studio, New York, NY (3/26/70)
Featuring/DAVY JONES: lead vocals
Other personnel unknown
From the album Changes (J) (6/70)
22. DO IT IN THE NAME OF LOVE – Micky Dolenz & Davy Jones
(Bobby Bloom/Neil Goldberg)
Produced by JEFF BARRY
Engineer(s) unknown
Recorded at unknown studio, New York, NY (9/22/70)
Featuring:
MICKY DOLENZ & DAVY JONES: lead vocals
Other personnel unknown
Originally issued as Bell single #986 (4/71)
First collected on the deluxe reissue of the album Changes (J-3) (9/20/94)
23. THAT WAS THEN, THIS IS NOW – Micky Dolenz & Peter Tork
(Vance Brescia)
Produced by MICHAEL LLOYD
Engineer(s) unknown
Recorded at HEAVEN STUDIOS, Beverly Hills, CA (5/30/86)
Featuring:
MICKY DOLENZ: lead vocals
JIM COX: piano
MICHAEL LLOYD: synthesizer, backing vocals
LAURENCE JUBER: electric guitar
DENNIS BELFIELD & DEAN PARKS: bass
PAUL LEIM: drums
PETER TORK: backing vocals
Originally issued as Arista single #ASI-9505 (6/27/86); Pop #20
Also included on the album Then & Now…The Best Of The Monkees (P) (6/86)
24. HEART AND SOUL
(Andrew Howell/Simon Byrne)
Produced by ROGER BECHIRIAN
Engineered by ROBERT SALCEDO & ROGER BECHIRIAN,
with CLIFF KANE & SCOTT GORDON
Recorded at CHEROKEE RECORDING STUDIOS, Hollywood, CA
(5/22/87, 6/11/87 & 7/2/87)
Featuring:
MICKY DOLENZ: lead vocals
MICHAEL EGIZI: keyboards, programming
MARK CHRISTIAN: guitar
GEORGE HAWKINS: bass
CURLY SMITH: drums
ROGER BECHIRIAN: percussion, arrangement
CRAIG OSTBO: percussion
MATT HARRIS: backing vocals
Originally issued as Rhino single #RNOR-74408 (7/87); Pop #87
Also included on the album Pool It! (S) (8/1/87)
25. MGBGT (Live)
(Peter Tork)
Produced by DAVY JONES, MICKY DOLENZ & PETER TORK
Engineered by JAY MESSINA
Recorded live on tour (1986)
Mixed at THE RECORD PLANT, New York, NY
Featuring:
PETER TORK: lead vocals, guitar
LARRY NELSON: keyboards
DUSTY HANVEY: guitar
MARK CLARKE: bass
EDDIE ZYNE: drums
JIM O’CONNOR & LON SEAMAN: trumpet
KEVIN OSBOURNE: trombone
JOHN LESLIE: sax
MICKY DOLENZ & DAVY JONES: backing vocals
From the album 20th Anniversary Tour 1986 (T) (7/87)
Also issued as Rhino single #RNOR-74408 (7/87)
26. EVERY STEP OF THE WAY (Single Version)
(Ian Hunter/Mark Clarke)
Produced by ROGER BECHIRIAN
Engineered by ROBERT SALCEDO & ROGER BECHIRIAN,
with CLIFF KANE & SCOTT GORDON
Remixed by DAVY JONES & MARK CLARKE
Recorded at CHEROKEE RECORDING STUDIOS, Hollywood, CA
Featuring:
DAVY JONES: lead vocals
MICHAEL EGIZI: keyboards, programming, backing vocals
MARK CHRISTIAN & LOU NAKTIN: guitar
DAVEY FARAGHER: bass
CURLY SMITH: drums
ROGER BECHIRIAN: percussion, arrangement
CRAIG OSTBO: percussion
JIM THOMPSON: sax
MATT HARRIS: backing vocals
Originally issued as Rhino single #RNOR-74410 (11/87)
First collected on the album Listen To The Band (V) (10/1/91)
An alternate mix was included on the album Pool It! (S) (8/1/87)
27. OH, WHAT A NIGHT
(Davy Jones)
Produced by THE MONKEES
Engineered by MIKE McDONALD & BOB BULLOCK, with STEVE MIXDORF,
TERRY BATES, GRANT GREEN & TIM GERRON
Recorded at NRG RECORDING SERVICES, North Hollywood, CA;
SOUND STAGE STUDIO, Nashville, TN
Mixed at WESTLAKE AUDIO, Los Angeles, CA
Featuring:
DAVY JONES: lead vocals, percussion
PETER TORK: keyboards, bass, backing vocals
MICHAEL NESMITH: guitar, backing vocals
MICKY DOLENZ: drums, backing vocals
From the album Justus (Y) (10/15/96)
28. YOU AND I
(Micky Dolenz/Davy Jones)
Produced by THE MONKEES
Engineered by MIKE McDONALD & BOB BULLOCK, with STEVE MIXDORF,
TERRY BATES, GRANT GREEN & TIM GERRON
Recorded at NRG RECORDING SERVICES, North Hollywood, CA;
SOUND STAGE STUDIO, Nashville, TN
Mixed at WESTLAKE AUDIO, Los Angeles, CA
Featuring:
DAVY JONES: lead vocals, guitar, percussion
MICKY DOLENZ: harmony vocals, drums
MICHAEL NESMITH: electric guitar, backing vocals
PETER TORK: bass, backing vocals
From the album Justus (Y) (10/15/96)
NOTE: Numbers in italics (following original single release information) denotes peak positions obtained on Billboard’s “Hot 100” chart – courtesy BPI Communications and Joel Whitburn’s Record Research Publications. Code letters in brackets (following original album release information) refer to the listings in the discography & the corresponding minis.
