The cd's and mp3's of Monkees music can be bought from Amazon : www.amazon.com/... The Monkees - Sunny Girlfriend. The original version is available on the Headquarters album.
This is one of my favorites. I know that Mike Nesmith wrote this song. So when you hear this kind of stuff you wonder why the producer balked over letting them write or produce their own stuff, instead of trying to sell the idea that these guys were the American Beatles. They should have let them have cart blanc in the studios and let them do their own thing. It would have fared a lot better for them.
The one who balked was Don Kirshner. Kirshner it seems clear now completely undervalued Mike and also Boyce/Hart to where he got enraged when the first LP - which was basically Boyce/Hart and Mike in complete charge - did so well; those were the guys Kirshner DIDN’T want producing the albums. He produced More Of The Monkees as a power play and when Colgems sided with Mike and the boys over Kirshner for future releases he got angered again and commissioned his session guys in New York to whip up tracks for another power play (one of which, Gotta Give It Tine, is a highlight on Good Times) - Little Bit Me was one bad he got Davy to sing on several of them. Kirshner’s unauthorized release of She Hangs Out is what got him fired.
I always thought the Monkees should be in the RNRHOF just for the unique TV show, the hit records and the "Leonard Nimoy actually becoming a Vulcan" story. But finding all the rare, live, and acoustic performances lately on RU-vid, there was a lot of talent there in Mike's writing, Micky's singing, and Peter's playing. They could have done so much more if allowed to grow up and out of the teen idol mold.
Tops the singing ability of the Everly Brothers, Dolenz shows he can be the workhorse behind the sound, not just the showpony. Thanks for publishing this, losing tracks like this would be a sin.
Susan Jenssen A great track for sure, but let’s not get carried away. Topping Phil and Don is a mighty bold statement! And I’m the hugest of Monkees/Nez fans.
Susan, I agree with Paul about Phil and Don; the sound they made was heavenly and can't be duplicated. But Mike and Micky are my favorite harmonizers in the Monkees for sure; their voices just meld together and support each other's so well. Both are underrated singers IMO.
Ya, those are vocals from the master. I'm assuming Andrew just re-mixed a version with only Davy's percussion, the guitar and the two vocals. It's great!
It’s an admitted “out-fake” - the CD tells you that in the re-mastering process they did chance upon the combination of tracks used here while listening to the multi-track master; although they had generally shied away from producing new mixes, in this case they felt the result was so nice that they would include it anyway.
I've only just realised where Mike got thee intro from. Listen to the Rolling Stones 'It's All Over now' and Mike's definitely paying homage at the beginning. Just shows you can take a certain idea as a starting point and then go in a v different direction and make another great song.
This life sucks. We lost Mike the fez Nes and honestly I love them more than my real family. I don't know how I can go on while I lose all the people who kept me alive and from killing myself. I don't know no more. This has been one of my favorite songs for 3 years. Im 23. Idk how I can go on, losing Charlie watts and now mike. Idk how to continue anymore.
Ok, here's how this version was most likely done. The main backing track was recorded first, either onto 4-track or 8-track. Possibly edited different takes together due to Micky's tempo shifts. Mike overdubbed this acoustic (tuned down to D) & Davy prolly added the shaker, each on a different track, judging by the final stereo mix. After the instruments were all taped, the tape was "bounced" to another 4track or 8track to allow vocal overdubs. Hence the vast stereo separation on the whole album
POR FIN...... luego que la escuche en una fiesta en 1971 pasaron 47 años despues para volverla a escuchar gracias a the audiomystic hoy 17-10-2018..aqui reportando the duke,,,caracas venezuela
@wallofvideo Yes it is, and there are a LOT of terrific tracks from HQ Sessions - please post "Memphis Tennessee jam" with Micky flipping out at the end, "Twelve-String Improvisation" (how that never got released is baffling), and "Masking Tape."
This IS the original version (just acoustic and vocals). The one on record is exactly the same except it was sped up. This is the original speed of the recording
well, I wasn't putting you down or slamming your comment. I realized that this was indeed the original track and thought I might inform you of this. (double sheesh)
beatlesfan675, I knew that but just thought the picture was cute and made that remark. :-) The Monkees really did have a lot of great songwriters, including the Monkees themselves, Mike mainly but Peter wrote alot and Micky did well also. Does anyone know which ones Davy collaborated on? I heard Peter comment he and Davy worked on some together but do not recall which ones. But regardless great music!
And Mary Mary recorded by The Paul Butterfield blues band and Some of Shellys blues covered by the Nitty Gritty Dirt band and I think Linda did it as well.
Either the full version was dead-on balls-accurate to this demo, or someone just took the isolated vocal tracks and put 'em against an acoustic guitar and shaker backing.
