Monkees Instant Replay: Deluxe Edition preview

 

Rhino Handmade continues their Monkees reissue project with Instant Replay, the group’s 1969 album that followed-up their movie Head and marked their debut without Peter Tork.

The triple-CD set contains 87 tracks, 58 of which are unreleased along with a 45-RPM vinyl single. The package includes mini-LP reproduction sleeves, vintage trade ads and an in-depth essay by Andrew Sandoval.

The first CD is dedicated to the stereo mixes of the album and contains the remastered version of the album along with 16 additional mixes. Highlights of the disc are an almost complete version of Michael Nesmith’s 1968 Nashville sessions and a 1968 mix of Mickey Dolenz’ anti-war song Mommy and Daddy.

Disc two has an almost complete mono mix of the album along with rare and unreleased recordings. Included are mono mixes of backing tracks for All the Grey Haired Men and an early 1969 version of Michael Nesmith’s My Share of the Sidewalk.

The final disc let’s you hear the creative process behind the making of Instant Replay with alternate takes, backing tracks and tapes from the group’s TV special 33-1/3 Revolutions Per Monkee.

Track List:

Disc 1 (Stereo Mixes)

Through the Looking Glass

Don’t Listen to Linda

I Won’t Be the Same Without Her

Just a Game

Me Without You

Don’t Wait For Me

You and I

While I Cry

Tear Drop City

The Girl I Left Behind

A Man Without a Dream

Shorty Blackwell

Someday Man

Carlisle Wedding (Alternate Stereo Mix)

Mommy and Daddy (Stereo Mix)

Look Down

If I Ever Get to Saginaw Again

Me Without You (Alternate Stereo Mix)

Smile

Nine Times Blue

Shorty Blackwell (Alternate Stereo Mix)

St. Matthew

Some of Shelly’s Blues (1968 Stereo Mix)

Hollywood (1968 Stereo Mix)

Don’t Wait For Me (1968 Stereo Mix)

Propinquity (I’ve Just Begun to Care) (1968 Stereo Mix)

The Crippled Lion (1968 Stereo Mix)

How Insensitive

Disc 2 (Mono Mixes)

Through the Looking Glass (1969 Mono Mix)

Don’t Listen to Linda (1968 Mono Mix)

I Won’t Be the Same Without Her (1966 Mono Mix)

Just a Game (Alternate Vocal, Mono Mix)

Me Without You (Fuzz Guitar Version, Mono Mix)

Don’t Wait For Me (Mono Mix)

You and I (Mono Mix)

While I Cry (U.K. Mono Mix)

Tear Drop City (Mono Promo Single Mix)

A Man Without a Dream (Mono Promo Single Mix)

Someday Man (1969 Mono Mix)

Hollywood (Mono Mix)

Mommy and Daddy (1968 Mono Mix)

You and I (1968 Rough Mix)

Carlisle Wheeling (Alternate Vocal, 1969 Mono Mix)

Rosemarie (1969 Mono Mix)

Changes (1968 Mono Mix)

Good Clean Fun (Mono Mix)

Through the Looking Glass (Fuzz Guitar Version, Mono Mix)

All the Grey Haired Men (Mono Backing Track)

War Games (1968 Mono Mix)

Propinquity (I’ve Just Begun to Care) (Mono Mix)

My Share of the Sidewalk (Version 2, Mono Backing Track)

Party (Mono Mix)

The Crippled Lion (Mono Mix)

If I Ever Get to Saginaw Again (Mono Backing Track)

Some of Shelly’s Blues (1968 Mono Mix)

Smile (1968 Mono Mix)

Nine Times Blue (Mono Mix)

Disc 3 (Rarities)

Through the Looking Glass (Backing Track, Take 11)

Don’t Listen to Linda (Backing Track, Take 1-3)

I Won’t Be the Same Without Her (Backing Track, Take 1)

Carlisle Wedding (Backing Track, Take 1)

Nine Times Blue (Backing Track, Take 6)

Look Down (Backing Track, Take 1)

Just a Game (Backing Track, Take 1-2)

You and I (Backing Track, Take 1)

That’s What It’s Like Loving You (Backing Track, Take 1)

Smile (Backing Track, Take 1)

A Man Without a Dream (Backing Track, Take 1)

A Man Without a Dream (Alternate Vocal, Take 14)

Someday Man (Backing Track, Take 1)

Someday Man (Alternate Mix)

(I Prithee) Do Not Ask for Love (1968 Backing Track, Take 12)

I Go Ape (Backing Track, Take 10)

Wind Up Man (Backing Track, Take 1)

String For My Kite (Version 1 Backing Track, Take 1)

Naked Persimmon (Backing Track, Take 1)

Goldie Locks Sometime (Backing Track, Take 4)

String For My Kite (Version 2 Backing Track, Take 1)

Darwin (Backing Track, Take 2)

St. Matthew (Alternate Vocal)

Don’t Wait For Me (Alternate Stereo Mix)

Rosemarie (Alternate Stereo Mix)

(I Prithee) Do Not Ask for Love (1968 Version)

Naked Persimmon

Goldie Locks Sometimes

Darwin

I Go Ape

7″ Vinyl 45

(I Prithee) Do Not Ask for Love (Acetate Version)

I Go Ape (Acetate Version)

Artist: Monkees

Title: Instant Replay: Deluxe Edition

Release Date: November 22, 2011

Label: Rhino Handmade

Format(s): 3-CDs

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