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March 27, 2011 by raj
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From: Rhino Handmade
Rhino Handmade Early Warning Number 14
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Greetings Earthling!
This Monday, 19 June 2000, at Noon Pacific Daylight Savings Time [1900
UTC], we will begin taking orders for THE MONKEES ‘Headquarters Sessions’.
This is an 84-track 3-CD set which contains 60 PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED
recordings and which also, most delightfully, includes the complete
original MONO version of the album on compact disc for, as they say on
TV, “the first time anywhere”.
Lovingly compiled by longtime MONKEES Archivists/Experts Andrew Sandoval
and Bill Inglot, THE MONKEES ‘Headquarters Sessions’ collects almost four
hours of unique audio insight into the ‘Headquarters’ album recording
process including almost three-and-one-half-hours of alternate takes,
demos, backing tracks, recording session audio hijinx and MONO masters
never before preserved on compact disc.
It will be available in an individually-numbered limited edition of 4,500
copies. Or, to put it another way, One Thousand One Hundred Twenty Five
Per Monkee.
We all know the story.
From their pre-fab inception THE MONKEES albums were the brainchild of
the marketing division of the television arm of a motion picture studio.
And at the head of this arm was the foot of Don Kirshner.
THE MONKEES started being Actors playing the parts of Musicians singing
songs written by and selected for them by Others. That some of them were,
in fact, already Actual Musicians In Real Life was merely amusingly
anecdotal to The Machine which churned out their New Episode Every Week.
In 1967, this changed. After a series of creative tug-of-wars, Mr
Kirshner was relieved of his responsibilities for the creation of
MONKEES’ music and Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork, Davy Jones and Micky
Dolenz were -for the first time ever- given creative control over the
making of a MONKEES album. They were now in reality just as they had
always been on the small screen: A Band.
The album they were about to create was, of course, ‘Headquarters’.
‘Headquarters’ was originally released on 20 May 1967. A month later it
was Number One on the Billboard Hot 100. One week after that it was
replaced at the top of the chart when THE BEATLES released ‘Sgt Pepper’s
Lonely Hearts Club Band’. ‘Headquarters’ then went to Number Two where it
remained for almost the next three months.
And telling you that brings us back to this Rhino Handmade release which
we now most humbly -yet most heartily- present.
‘Headquarters’ was recorded, as most albums are, in layers. For example,
percussion tracks are recorded separately from guitar tracks which are
also recorded separately from vocal tracks. Then, to make the final
stereo (or mono) recording, all of these multi-tracks are mixed down to
two stereo tracks (or one mono track).
THE MONKEES ‘Headquarters Sessions’ collects all of the vocal masters
that were not included on the original stereo album as well as all of the
surviving vocal demos and a few tracks with vocals which were never
completed. However, the beefy middle of this tasty digital triple-decker
is the collection of PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED instrumental backing track
sessions (both for familiar and previously unknown compositions),
rehearsals, spoken word oddities and studio chatter and, to top it all
off, the MONO masters in an originally proposed, but ultimately unused,
running order.
The Archivists at The Rhino Handmade Institute Of Petromusicology have
wrapped up all of this Unheard Audio Splendidness in a gatefold digipack
with a 32-page booklet filled with photographs, a day-to-day chronology,
track notes as well as other appropriately interesting ephemera.
We invite you to put on your headphones (or turn up your speakers) and
put yourself smack dab in the middle of RCA Studio C in Hollywood and
enjoy the making of ‘Headquarters’ as only THE MONKEES, their producer
and their engineer had heretofore ever been able to do.
THE MONKEES ‘Headquarters Sessions’ is available in an
individually-numbered limited edition of 4,500 (four thousand five
hundred) copies.
It is not distributed to any store on the planet.
It is distributed directly from us to you.
It is available only from The Archivists at the Rhino Handmade Website at:
http://www.rhinohandmade.com
The complete track listing for THE MONKEES ‘Headquarters Sessions’ is at
the bottom of this e-mail.
And sound samples for every track will be available on the Rhino Handmade
Website this coming Monday at Noon Pacific.
Up next from The Archivists is our JACK WEBB release.
I told you last time that we hadn’t forgotten about it. So please get
ready to be thoroughly astonished. And to, of course, recite your Miranda
rights.
Always Microgroovingly Yours,
R W Hand
Curator
Rhino Handmade Institute Of Petromusicology
e-mail: mr.hand@rhino.com
[Mr Hand does indeed read each and every e-mail you send but,
regretfully, cannot always personally answer each one.]
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THE MONKEES
‘Headquarters Sessions’
Catalogue Number:
RHM2 7715
ALL TIMES APPROXIMATE
DISC ONE:
[Approximately 78:30 Total Time]
1. So Far Out, She’s In TRACKING SESSION Takes 1 & 2 4:01
2. The Girl I Knew Somewhere (First Version) TRACKING SESSION
COMPOSITE TAKES 1 TO 16 8:49
3. The Girl I Knew Somewhere (First Version) MASTER BACKING TRACK TAKE 22 2:54
4. All Of Your Toys REHEARSAL 1:52
5. All Of Your Toys TRACKING SESSION COMPOSITE TAKES 1 TO 10 5:31
6. All Of Your Toys MASTER BACKING TRACK TAKE 20 3:13
7. The Girl I Knew Somewhere (Second Version) TRACKING SESSION COMPOSITE
FEATURING TAKE 15 3:22
8. The Girl I Knew Somewhere (Second Version) TRACKING OVERDUB
9. The Girl I Knew Somewhere (Second Version) MASTER BACKING TRACK TAKE
13A 2:58
10. Seeger’s Theme DEMO 1:23
11. Can You Dig It DEMO 2:19
12. Nine Times Blue DEMO 2:10 VOCAL
Track 12 taken from Rhino compact disc R2 71792 ‘HEADQUARTERS’
13. Until It’s Time For You To Go DEMO 3:04 VOCAL
14. She’ll Be There DEMO 2:34 VOCAL
15. Midnight Train DEMO 2:27 VOCAL
Tracks 14 and 15 taken from Rhino compact disc R2 72153 ‘MISSING LINKS
VOLUME THREE’
16. Sunny Girlfriend ACOUSTIC REMIX OF MASTER 2:12 VOCAL
17. Sunny Girlfriend TRACKING SESSION TAKE 7 WITH SCRATCH VOCAL 2:35 VOCAL
18. Mr Webster TRACKING SESSION TAKE 28 2:11
19. Band Six STEREO MASTER 0:40
Track 19 taken from Rhino compact disc R2 71792 ‘HEADQUARTERS’
20. SETTING UP THE STUDIO FOR RANDY SCOUSE GIT 6:18 SPOKEN WORD
21. Randy Scouse Git TRACKING SESSION COMPOSITE 6:28
22. Randy Scouse Git ALTERNATE VERSION TAKE 18 2:25 VOCAL
23. You Told Me MASTER BACKING TRACK 2:25
24. Monkee Chat 2:40 SPOKEN WORD
DISC TWO:
[Approximately 79:10 Total Time]
1. You Told Me TAKE 15 WITH ROUGH LEAD VOCAL 2:34
2. Zilch PETE TORK VOCAL TRACK 1:06 SPOKEN WORD
3. Zilch DAVY JONES VOCAL TRACK 1:10 SPOKEN WORD
4. Zilch MICKY DOLENZ VOCAL TRACK 1:06 SPOKEN WORD
5. Zilch MICHAEL NESMITH VOCAL TRACK 1:18 SPOKEN WORD
6. I’ll Spend My Life With You MASTER BACKING TRACK TAKE 9 2:32
7. Randy Scouse Git MASTER BACKING TRACK TAKE 23 2:40
8. Forget That Girl REHEARSAL 2:56
9. Forget That Girl MASTER BACKING TRACK 2:34
10. Where Has It All Gone (First Version) TRACKING SESSION TAKE 1 2:51
11. Memphis Tennessee 2:09
12. 12-String Improvisation 3:07
13. Where Has It All Gone (Second Version) MASTER BASIC TRACK TAKE 12 2:37
14. Jericho 2:28
Track 14 taken from Rhino compact disc R2 71792 ‘HEADQUARTERS’
15. Forget That Girl ROUGH BACKING VOCALS 2:36
16. Peter Gunn’s Gun 3:40
Track 16 taken from Rhino compact disc R2 71792 ‘HEADQUARTERS’
17. I Was Born In East Virginia INFORMAL RECORDING 2:30 VOCAL
18. Forget That Girl REJECTED OVERDUB SESSION 5:10 VOCAL
19. Randy Scouse Git ALTERNATE MIX WITH UNUSED TAG 2:57 VOCAL
20. Micky In Carlsbad Cavern 1:06 SPOKEN WORD
21. Pillow Time TAKE 1 7:22 VOCAL
Track 21 taken from Rhino compact disc R2 71792 ‘HEADQUARTERS’
22. Shades Of Gray MASTER BACKING TRACK TAKE 9B 3:43
23. Masking Tape TRACKING SESSION COMPOSITE TAKES 6 TO 8 4:50
24. You Just May Be The One TRACKING SESSION COMPOSITE 3:18
25. You Just May Be The One MASTER BACKING TRACK 2:08
26. No Time (First Version) TRACKING SESSION COMPOSITE TAKES 3 TO 5 4:44
27. Blues 4:05
DISC THREE:
[Approximately 79:30 Total Time]
1. I Can’t Get Her Off Of My Mind MASTER BACKING TRACK 2:31
2. Banjo Jam 4:22
3. Cripple Creek 1:46
4. 6-String Improvisation 0:46
5. The Story Of Rock And Roll (First Version) TRACKING SESSION TAKE 23 2:40
6. Early Morning Blues And Greens MASTER BACKING TRACK 3:07
7. Bach’s Tocatta INFORMAL RECORDING 1:34
8. The Story Of Rock And Roll (Second Version) TRACKING SESSION TAKE 5A 3:25
9. Don’t Be Cruel 0:45
10. For Pete’s Sake MASTER BACKING TRACK 2:16
11. No Time (Second Version) TRACKING SESSION COMPOSITE 4:11
12. No Time (Second Version) MASTER BACKING TRACK TAKE 7A 2:40
13. Just A Game DEMO TAKES 1 To 3 3:51
14. Fever 1:49
15. Sunny Girlfriend MASTER BACKING TRACK 2:34
16. No Time (Second Version) MASTER TAKE 7A WITH BACKING VOCALS 2:27
17. All Of Your Toys MONO MASTER 3:00
18. The Girl I Knew Somewhere (First Version) MONO MASTER 2:36
Tracks 17 and 18 taken from Rhino compact disc R2 71792 ‘HEADQUARTERS’
19. For Pete’s Sake MONO MASTER 2:10
20. I’ll Spend My Life With You MONO MASTER 2:26
21. Forget That Girl MONO MASTER 2:25
22. You Just May Be The One MONO MASTER 2:00
23. Shades Of Gray MONO MASTER 3:20
24. Band Six MONO MASTER 0:38
25. Sunny Girlfriend MONO MASTER 2:31
26. Mr Webster MONO MASTER 2:02
27. You Told Me MONO MASTER 2:22
28. The Girl I Knew Somewhere (Second Version) MONO MASTER 2:36
29. Zilch MONO MASTER 1:05
30. Early Morning Blues And Greens MONO MASTER 2:33
31. Randy Scouse Git MONO MASTER 2:35
32. I Can’t Get Her Off Of My Mind MONO MASTER 2:24
33. No Time MONO MASTER 2:06
Tracks 19 to 33 taken from an early alternate MONO assembly of Colgems
album COM-103 ‘Headquarters’
ALL TRACKS PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED EXCEPT
DISC 1 Tracks 12 and 19 + DISC 2 Tracks 17, 18 and 21 + DISC 3 Tracks 17
and 18 taken from Rhino compact disc R2 71792 ‘HEADQUARTERS’
DISC 1 Tracks 14 and 15 taken from Rhino compact disc R2 72153 ‘MISSING
LINKS VOLUME THREE’
DISC 3 Tracks 19 to 33 taken from Colgems album COM-103 ‘HEADQUARTERS’
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From: “Grant Taylor”
Greetings,
For all Australian fans out there, The E! True Hollywood Stories Monkees
documentary is getting its first screening on Australian TV. It has been
re-titled “The Monkees Exposed” and will likely be an edited down version
filling a 1 hour time-slot.
It screens at 6.30pm this Sunday 18th June on Network Ten.
Cheers
Grant Taylor
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From: Kat
Message-ID:
On ESPN I learned that there is going to be a commercial campaign
funny! Sorry..beautiful information learned!
Peace Out!
Kat
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