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| Missing Links Volume Three | ||||
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| Compilation album by | ||||
| Released | March 26, 1996 | |||
| Recorded | 1966–1969 | |||
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| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 51:58 | |||
| Label | Rhino | |||
| Producer | Andrew Sandoval,Bill Inglot | |||
| The Monkees chronology | ||||
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| AllMusic | |
Missing Links Volume Three is acompilation album of rare and previously unreleased songs by the Americanpop rock bandthe Monkees, issued byRhino Records in 1996. It is the third and final volume of a three-volume set, preceded byMissing Links in 1987 andMissing Links Volume Two in 1990.
While many of the tracks had been featured in the Monkees'television series, only six of the tracks had ever been issued commercially: "Steam Engine" and "Love to Love" had first appeared on the Australian compilationMonkeemania (40 Timeless Hits) in 1979; "Tema Dei Monkees" and "She Hangs Out" had been issued as singles (in Italy and Canada, respectively) and had been collected on the compilationMonkee Business in 1982; the alternate mix of "Circle Sky" had first appeared on the compilationMonkee Flips in 1984; and "Tear the Top Right Off My Head" had first appeared on theListen to the Band box set in 1991.
The release marks the first time the television edit of the series' opening theme song was made available (not counting the TeeVee Tunes 1987 release,Television's Greatest Hits Volume II, where the theme appeared as track 25 on the CD version). All previous releases of the theme song featured the album version, which is twice as long but lacks the television version's final verse.
"Little Red Rider" and "Hollywood" were re-recorded byMichael Nesmith for his solo albumMagnetic South.
In 2021, Friday Music released the album on colored vinyl forRecord Store Day.[2]
| No. | Title | Lead vocals | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "(Theme From) The Monkees (TV version)" (Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart) | Micky Dolenz | 0:51 |
| 2. | "Kellogg's Jingle" (unknown) | Dolenz | 0:13 |
| 3. | "We'll Be Back in a Minute #1" (Dolenz) | Dolenz | 0:22 |
| 4. | "Through the Looking Glass (previously unissued alternate version)" (Boyce, Hart, Red Baldwin) | Dolenz | 2:36 |
| 5. | "Propinquity (I've Just Begun to Care)" (Michael Nesmith) | Nesmith | 3:21 |
| 6. | "Penny Music" (Michael Leonard, Bobby Weinstein, Jon Stroll) | Davy Jones | 2:40 |
| 7. | "Tear the Top Right Off My Head" (Peter Tork) | Tork | 2:06 |
| 8. | "Little Red Rider" (Nesmith) | Nesmith | 3:18 |
| 9. | "You're So Good" (Robert Stone) | Dolenz | 2:43 |
| 10. | "Look Down" (Carole King, Toni Stern) | Jones | 2:52 |
| 11. | "Hollywood" (Nesmith) | Nesmith | 2:17 |
| 12. | "Midnight Train (demo version)" (Dolenz) | Dolenz | 2:29 |
| 13. | "She Hangs Out (single version)" (Jeff Barry,Ellie Greenwich[3]) | Jones | 2:36 |
| 14. | "Shake 'Em Up (And Let 'Em Roll)" (Jerry Leiber,Mike Stoller) | Dolenz | 2:11 |
| 15. | "Circle Sky (alternate mix)" (Nesmith) | Nesmith | 2:32 |
| 16. | "Steam Engine (previously unissued alternate mix)" (Chip Douglas) | Dolenz | 2:25 |
| 17. | "Love to Love (previously unissued alternate mix)" (Neil Diamond) | Jones | 2:30 |
| 18. | "She'll Be There" (Sharon Sheeley, Raul Abeyta) | Dolenz | 2:35 |
| 19. | "How Insensitive" (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinicus DeMoraes,Norman Gimbel) | Nesmith | 2:33 |
| 20. | "Merry Go Round" (Peter Tork,Diane Hildebrand) | Tork | 1:44 |
| 21. | "Angel Band" (Jefferson Hascall, William Bradbury) | Nesmith | 3:26 |
| 22. | "Zor and Zam (TV version)" (Bill Chadwick, John Chadwick) | Dolenz | 2:08 |
| 23. | "We'll Be Back in a Minute #2" (Dolenz) | Dolenz | 0:23 |
| 24. | "Tema Dei Monkees" (Boyce, Hart, Carlo Nistri) | Dolenz | 1:10 |
Credits as per CD liner notes.[4]
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