THE MONKEES "Headquarters" Sealed Original 1967 Mono LP
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Jul 2, 2011
Sold Date
Jun 25, 2011
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Description
The Monkees / Headquarters - Colgems Records COM-103 (Mono)(US)(1967) ...This auction is for a factory Sealed, original Issue Mono Record on U.S. vinyl.
Headquarters doesn't contain any of The Monkee's biggest hits, but it does have some of their best songs, like Michael Nesmith's stirring folk-rocker "You Just May Be the One," the rocker "No Time," the soul ballad "Forget That Girl," (which features one of Davy Jones' best vocals), Peter Tork's shining moment as a songwriter, "For Pete's Sake" and the thoroughly amazing (and surprisingly political) "Randy Scouse Git," which showed just how truly out-there and almost avant-garde Micky Dolenz could be when he tried.
Track listings and review below...
Detailed item info:
Track listing(Side One)
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
(Side Two)
1. For Pete's Sake
2. Mr. Webster
3. Sunny Girlfriend
4. Zilch
5. No Time
6. Early Morning Blues and Greens
7. Randy Scouse Git
Details Distributor: RCA/Colgems Records (USA)
Recording type: Studio Recording mode: Mono
Album notes The Monkees: Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork.
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.
Editorial reviews 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
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 (19950501)
3 stars out of 5 -- [A]s a pop encounter with the hippie moment, it's hard to beat.
Rolling Stone
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