Originally-unreleased bonus tracks from the '60s are certainly fair game. The rules in effect require each disc to be approximately 74 minutes long, and the compilation must include at least one track from each of The Monkees' twelve albums. We start today with a four-CD set called Rows Of Houses That Are All The Same. I believe we have already mentioned that word obsessive. Four? Yeah, I'm putting together a four-disc set, a three-disc, a two-disc, and a single-disc. So I've set myself the task of slappin' together four new Monkees career anthologies, each charged with the task of summing up the best of The Monkees from 1966 to 2016. Both sets include at least one track from Good Times!, acknowledging the consensus that The Monkees in 2016 have created a new record that stands with their best work.īut I'm going to ignore Forever and The Monkees 50, because it's the role-the duty, I say!-of obsessive fans to ignore official compilations and, y'know, concoct our own. Since you can't have a proper 50th anniversary without repacking old product, Rhino Records has compiled two new sets commemorating 50 years of The Monkees, a single-disc set called Forever and a three-CD set called The Monkees 50. There has been renewed critical appraisal and appreciation of The Monkees' recorded legacy, and even increasing speculation that The Monkees might maybe possibly be considered for induction into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. The Monkees' current album Good Times! earned both terrific reviews and terrific sales, the group's TV series was released in a lovely, comprehensive Blu-ray set, and their current tour (featuring Micky Dolenz and Peter Tork, with Michael Nesmith set to join to rejoin his erstwhile prime mates for one farewell show on September 16th) has been shakin' all over like the late Davy Jones' red maracas. Once again, we ask everyone to remain too busy singing to put anybody down.Īs 50th anniversary celebrations go, I'd say The Monkees have had a pretty damned good year.

NEXT TIME: Walking Down The Street, a two-CD set of The Best Of The Monkees. The last one in was-again-'Our Own World.' We'll see if that can survive one more cut. 'You Didn't Feel That Way Last Night (Don't You Remember)' These are the tracks dropped in transition from 4 discs to 3 discs:

Long Title: Do I Have To Do This All Over Again Like our 4-disc set, this is arranged in rough chronological order (albeit lightly tweaked here 'n' there) as we move to the 2-CD and single-disc sets, we will switch to more creative sequencing.Ī Three-CD Set Of The Best Of The Monkeesģ. We started with a 4-disc best-of set called Rows Of Houses That Are All The Same, and continue today with a 3-CD set we call Only True In Fairy Tales. Continuing a 50th anniversary reassessment of the best of The Monkees, factoring in tracks from the group's splendid 2016 album Good Times! alongside the rest of The Monkees' recorded legacy.

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