Monkees - Headquarters (Deluxe Edition, 2 CD)
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Artist: MonkeesEdition: Music CD
Format: Deluxe Edition, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2007-07-10
Music Label: Rhino / Wea
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- You Told Me [1]
- I'll Spend My Life With You [1]
- Forget That Girl [1]
- Band 6 [1]
- You Just May Be The One [1]
- Shades of Gray [1]
- I Can't Get Her Off My Mind [1]
- For Pete's Sake [1]
- Mr. Webster [1]
- Sunny Girlfriend [1]
- Zilch [1]
- No Time [1]
- Early Morning Blues and Greens [1]
- Randy Scouse Git [1]
- All of Your Toys [1]
- The Girl I Knew Somewhere [1]
- A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You [1]
- She Hangs Out [1]
- Love To Love [1]
- You Can't Tie A Mustang Down [1]
- If I Learned to Play the Violin [1]
- 99 Pounds [1]
- The Girl I Knew Somewhere [1]
- Randy Scouse Git (Alternate Version) [1]
- Tema dei Monkees [1]
- All of Your Toys (Mono) [2]
- The Girl I Knew Somewhere (Alternate Version)[2]
- A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You (Mono)[2]
- She Hangs Out (Mono)[2]
- The Girl That I Knew Somewhere (Mono)[2]
- Nine Times Blue [2]
- She'll Be There [2]
- Midnight Train [2]
- Peter Gunn's Gun [2]
- Pillow Time [2]
Music reviews of Headquarters (Deluxe Edition, 2 CD)
Music Review: The Monkees become a BAND and the result is one of their finest efforts
Rating: 4 Stars
Revolutions can be caused by funny things such as not allowing a TV rock group to perform on their own album of songs. One of The Monkees finest albums gets a deluxe reissue. Some audiophiles will quibble with the mastering choices that Bill Inglot made for this set but the music itself is terrific. We get both the stereo and mono mixes for the first time on CD as well as some new remixes (some of the bonus material was never mixed for stereo). I'm happy to see the single version of "The Girl I Knew Somewhere" a terrific Nesmith song that was on the b-side of "A Little Bit of Me, A Little Bit of You" (a Neil Diamond song that's a very good song but can't compare to Nesmith's tune).
The sound quality is pretty good although this is a bit brighter than I remember it. It also sounds like Bill Inglot was fiddling with the EQ and compressed this a bit as the midrange doesn't sound quite as good here to me as on the previous edition. Still, overall, it's pretty good. If you don't like it adjust your sound accordingly afterall no one has the same set of ears). Andrew Sandoval does a terrific job with the liner notes including personnel for each and every song and incorporates some of the material from the previous booklet in the other release as well.
Nesmith checks in with a pair of his best songs "You Might Just Be The One" and "You Told Me" (I like "Sunny Girlfriend" as well)while Dolenz and Tork contribute to terrific songs of their own --"Randy Scouse Git" and "For Pete's Sake" (which would become the show's closing theme)respectively. Chip Douglas (Douglas Farthing Hatlelid formerly of The Turtles who arranged "Happy Together")contributes fluid, melodic bass lines ( along with Tork who plays the wonderful bass part on "You May Just Be the One" and John Londonas does future The Lovin' Spoonful member Jerry Yester).
Arguably The Monkees finest hour as a group, "Headquarters" is one of their finest most consistent releases. I'm curious though since Nesmith, Tork and Dolenz actually wrote "No Time" why the credits haven't been corrected to reflect this (at the time they had a limitation on how many originals they could do and they wanted to thank their engineer so gave him credit for the song so he could collect the royalties). It's a fine Chuck Berry inspired rocker that I've always liked. For the record the band perform admirably--Mickey turns out to be a competant drummer in the Ringo mode focusing more on feel than technique. Mike was always a terrific rhythm guitarist and singer. Tork the musical polymath of the group (he could read, notate music for arrangements, play keyboards, banjo, bass, guitar and just about any other instrument you cared to name)contributes some terrific playing. Davy checks in with some of his most soulful singing and his songs lack the Broadway embelishments that marred some of his later contributions. I would also recommend their album Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd(Deluxe Edition, 2CD)] or[[ASIN:B0000063F8 Anthologyin additon to this terrific reissue. The latter CD has their most popular hits, singles and some of their best album tracks.
For me of the reissues, this was one of the finest in its original incarnation. I have some minor issues with the mastering but overall am pleased with the result.
Description of Headquarters (Deluxe Edition, 2 CD)
In an effort to restore and remaster the music of The Monkees, Headquarters is back in a new and improved way! Featuring "The Girl I Knew Somewhere," "You Just May Be The One," and "Randy Scouse Git," this album is a great addition to any Monkees fan's collection.Classic Rock CDs
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