Classic Album Collection

Tracklist

• CD 1: The Monkees
• 1
  (Theme From) The Monkees
  2:21
  4.4 ★
• 2
  Saturday’s Child
  2:44
  4.0 ★
• 3
  I Wanna Be Free
  2:25
  4.5 ★
• 4
  Tomorrow’s Gonna Be Another Day
  2:41
• 5
  Papa Jeam’s Blues
  1:59
• 6
  Take a Giant Step
  2:35
  4.5 ★
• 7
  Last Train to Clarksville
  2:47
  4.6 ★
• 8
  This Just Doesn’t Seem to Be My Day
  2:08
• 9
  Let’s Dance On
  2:30
  4.0 ★
• 10
  I’ll Be True to You
  2:49
  5.0 ★
• 11
  Sweet Young Thing
  1:57
  3.0 ★
• 12
  Gonna Buy Me a Dog
  2:40
  1.0 ★
• CD 2: More of the Monkees
• 1
  She
  2:38
  4.0 ★
• 2
  When Love Comes Knockin’ (At Your Door)
  1:48
• 3
  Mary, Mary
  2:17
• 4
  Hold on Girl
  2:28
• 5
  Your Auntie Grizelda
  2:30
• 6
  (I’m Not Your) Steppin’ Stone
  2:26
  4.4 ★
• 7
  Look Out (Here Comes Tomorrow)
  2:16
  5.0 ★
• 8
  The Kind of Girl I Could Love
  1:52
• 9
  The Day We Fall in Love
  2:25
• 10
  Sometime in the Morning
  2:30
• 11
  Laugh
  2:29
• 12
  I’m a Believer
  2:47
  4.6 ★
• CD 3: Headquarters
• 1
  You Told Me
  2:25
• 2
  I’ll Spend My Life With You
  2:26
• 3
  Forget That Girl
  2:25
• 4
  Band 6
  0:41
• 5
  You Just May Be the One
  2:03
• 6
  Shades of Gray
  3:22
  3.0 ★
• 7
  I Can’t Get Her Off My Mind
  2:31
• 8
  For Pete’s Sake
  2:11
• 9
  Mr. Webster
  2:04
• 10
  Sunny Girlfriend
  2:33
• 11
  Zilch
  1:07
• 12
  No Time
  2:08
• 13
  Early Morning Blues and Greens
  2:35
• 14
  Randy Scouse Git
  2:38
  4.5 ★
• CD 4: Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd
• 1
  Salesman
  2:36
• 2
  She Hangs Out
  2:58
  5.0 ★
• 3
  The Door Into Summer
  2:50
• 4
  Love Is Only Sleeping
  2:31
• 5
  Cuddly Toy
  2:39
• 6
  Words
  2:52
  4.0 ★
• 7
  Hard to Believe
  2:36
• 8
  What Am I Doing Hangin’ ’Round?
  3:09
  5.0 ★
• 9
  Peter Percival Patterson’s Pet Pig Porky
  0:27
• 10
  Pleasant Valley Sunday
  3:15
  4.4 ★
• 11
  Daily Nightly
  2:33
• 12
  Don’t Call on Me
  2:52
• 13
  Star Collector
  4:27
• CD 5: The Birds, the Bees & The Monkees
• 1
  Dream World
  3:20
  5.0 ★
• 2
  Auntie’s Municipal Court
  4:03
  5.0 ★
• 3
  We Were Made for Each Other
  2:25
• 4
  Tapioca Tundra
  3:06
  4.0 ★
• 5
  Daydream Believer
  3:00
  4.7 ★
• 6
  Writing Wrongs
  5:08
  3.0 ★
• 7
  I’ll Be Back Up on My Feet
  2:26
• 8
  The Poster
  2:21
• 9
  P.O. Box 9847
  3:16
  5.0 ★
• 10
  Magnolla Simms
  3:47
  5.0 ★
• 11
  Valleri
  2:13
  5.0 ★
• 12
  Zor and Zam
  2:08
  5.0 ★
• CD 6: Head
• 1
  Opening Ceremony
  1:11
• 2
  Porpoise Song (Theme From “Head”)
  3:04
• 3
  Ditty Diego – War Chant
  1:26
• 4
  Circle Sky
  2:29
• 5
  Supplicio
  0:47
• 6
  Can You Dig It
  3:22
• 7
  Gravy
  0:11
• 8
  Superstitious
  0:07
• 9
  As We Go Along
  3:53
• 10
  Dandruff?
  0:39
• 11
  Daddy’s Song
  2:29
• 12
  Poll
  1:12
• 13
  Long Title: Do I Have to Do This All Over Again
  2:38
• 14
  Swami – Plus Strings
  5:14
• CD 7: Instant Replay
• 1
  Through the Looking Glass
  2:43
• 2
  Don’t Listen to Linda
  2:48
• 3
  I Won’t Be the Same Without Her
  2:42
• 4
  Just a Game
  1:49
• 5
  Me Without You
  2:10
• 6
  Don’t Wait for Me
  2:40
• 7
  You and I
  2:14
• 8
  While I Cry
  3:00
• 9
  Tear Drop City
  2:01
• 10
  The Girl I Left Behind Me
  2:44
• 11
  A Man Without a Dream
  3:03
• 12
  Shorty Blackwell
  5:40
• CD 8: The Monkees Present
• 1
  Little Girl
  1:58
• 2
  Good Clean Fun
  2:15
• 3
  If I Knew
  2:19
• 4
  Bye Bye Baby Bye Bye
  2:18
• 5
  Never Tell a Woman Yes
  3:43
• 6
  Looking for the Good Times
  2:03
• 7
  Ladies Aid Society
  2:39
• 8
  Listen to the Band
  2:44
  3.0 ★
• 9
  French Song
  2:22
• 10
  Mommy and Daddy
  2:11
• 11
  Oklahoma Backroom Dancer
  2:36
• 12
  Pillow Time
  2:27
• CD 9: Changes
• 1
  Oh My My
  3:02
• 2
  Ticket on a Ferry Ride
  3:30
• 3
  You’re So Good to Me
  2:33
• 4
  It’s Got to Be Love
  2:25
• 5
  Acapulco Sun
  2:55
• 6
  99 Pounds
  2:28
• 7
  Tell Me Love
  2:38
• 8
  Do You Feel It Too?
  2:37
• 9
  I Love You Better
  2:26
• 10
  All Alone in the Dark
  2:52
• 11
  Midnight Train
  2:07
• 12
  I Never Thought It Peculiar
  2:26
• CD 10: Bonus Disc
• 1
  A Little Bit Me, a Little Bit You
  2:48
  4.5 ★
• 2
  She Hangs Out
  2:35
• 3
  The Girl I Knew Somewhere
  2:37
• 4
  All of Your Toys
  3:08
• 5
  Goin’ Down
  4:23
• 6
  D. W. Washburn
  2:49
• 7
  It’s Nice to Be With You
  2:52
• 8
  Porpoise Song (Theme From Head)
  4:09
• 9
  Someday Man
  2:39
• 10
  Do It in the Name of Love
  2:07
• 11
  Lady Jane
  2:45
• 12
  That Was Then, This Is Now
  4:02
• 13
  Daydream Believer
  3:02

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Release credits

• Al Casey
  banjo [5], electric bass guitar [11], guitar [5.7-8, 2.8-9, 2.11, 1.11]
• Al Gafa
  guitar [2]
• Al Gorgoni
  guitar [10.1, 2.12]
• Al Hendrickson
  guitar [1, 3]
• Al Porcino
  trumpet [4.2, 5.5]
• Alex Murray
  violin [1, 3, 5, 8, 12]
• Ambrose Russo
  violin [8, 12]
• Anthony Terran
  flugelhorn [7], trumpet [8, 12]
• Arnold Belnick
  violin [7]
• Arthur Maebe
  horn [1]
• Artie Butler
  conductor [9], organ [10.1, 2.12]
• Bill Chadwick
  acoustic guitar [10.6, 4.10], additional [3], arranger [3, 9], background vocals [5.2, 8.3], guitar [2, 12], producer [3, 9]
• Bill Hood
  saxophone [5.7, 10.6]
• Bill Nuttycombe
  violin [7]
• Billy Lewis
  drums (drum set) [9, 11], percussion [9], tambourine [11]
• Billy Lewis
  drums (drum set) [1.1-2, 1.6-7, 1.9-10, 1.12, 8.6-7, 2.1, 2.6, 5.11]
• Bob Cooper
  oboe [6]
• Bob Jung
  horn [7]
• Bob West
  bass [11], electric bass guitar [8]
• Bobby Hart
  arranger [6], background vocals [8.6-7, 1.1-2, 1.9-10, 2.1, 2.6], glockenspiel [6, 10], organ [8.6, 2.1, 2.6, 1.1-2, 1.9, 1.12], piano [7], producer [1.1-3, 1.6-7, 1.9-10, 1.12, 8.6-7, 9.12, 2.1, 2.6], tack piano [9]
• Bobby Helfer
  trumpet [6]
• Bobby Knight
  bass trombone [7]
• Bobby Thompson
  banjo [2, 8]
• Bonnie Douglas
  violin [3]
• Brendan Cahill
  percussion [6]
• Bud Brisbois
  trumpet [8, 10]
• Bud Shank
  reeds [5]
• Buddy Childers
  trumpet [5.1, 5.3, 5.7-8, 5.12, 8.8, 8.10]
• Buddy Salzman
  drums (drum set) [7, 12]
• Buddy Spicher
  fiddle [2]
• Carol Kaye
  bass [9], electric bass guitar [9], guitar [11]
• Carole Bayer Sager
  producer [2]
• Carole King
  background vocals [10], producer [10]
• Carroll Lewis
  trumpet [6]
• Charlie McCoy
  harmonica [8]
• Charlie Rockett
  spoken vocals [12]
• Chip Douglas
  acoustic guitar [12], background vocals [3.3, 3.5, 4.2, 4.4-5, 4.8, 4.13], bass [4.6, 4.10, 5.5, 3.1-3, 3.12-14, 10.6], classical guitar [1], electric bass guitar [5.12, 4.1-5, 4.8, 4.11-13], guitar [3-4], producer [4.1-8, 4.10-13, 3.1-6, 3.9-14, 5.5, 10.5], spoken vocals [4]
• Clyde Reasinger
  trumpet [8, 12]
• Coco Dolenz
  additional [10], background vocals [1, 10]
• Darrel Terwillinger
  violin [7]
• David Briggs
  piano [2, 8]
• David Cohen
  acoustic guitar [3]
• David Duke
  horn [1, 3]
• David Sackson
  viola [9]
• David Walters
  percussion [7]
• Davy Jones
  acoustic guitar [3], background vocals [2.1, 2.7, 2.11-12, 3.1, 3.3, 3.5-6, 3.9-10, 3.12, 3.14, 4.1-2, 4.4-6, 4.8, 4.10, 4.13, 8.3-4], bell tree [6], chimes [6], lead vocals [4.2, 4.5, 4.7, 4.13, 8.3, 8.7, 1.3, 1.10, 1.12, 5.5, 5.11, 10.1, 2.2, 2.4, 2.7, 2.9, 2.11, 3.3, 3.6, 3.13], maracas [3, 6, 10, 13], percussion [10.5, 4.1], producer [3, 9], spoken vocals [3.11, 4.12], tambourine [3.1-2, 3.5-6, 3.9, 3.12, 4.4-5], vocal [1.12, 3.14, 5.1, 5.3, 5.8, 8.6, 8.9]
• Dean Parks
  bass [12]
• Dennis Belfield
  bass [12]
• Dennis Budimir
  guitar [7]
• Dick Hyde
  trombone [7]
• Dick Nash
  trombone [8, 10]
• Dick Noel
  trombone [2]
• Dominick de Mieri
  guitar [10]
• Don McGinnis
  brass [8, 10], horn [5.11, 8.7], strings [9]
• Don Randi
  harpsichord [5.1, 2.9, 2.11], organ [2.9, 2.11, 5.8]
• Don Thomas
  guitar [1]
• Donald Peake
  arranger [8], guitar [8]
• Donald Thomas
  guitar [2]
• Doug Dillard
  banjo [8]
• Earl Palmer
  drums (drum set) [8.1, 8.12, 5.1, 5.3, 5.7, 5.10]
• Eddie Hoh
  claves [12], drums (drum set) [8.11, 10.5, 4.1-4, 4.6, 4.8, 4.10-13, 5.2, 5.4-6, 5.12], percussion [4.10, 5.6, 5.12]
• Edgar Lustgarten
  cello [4.5, 5.1]
• Eleanor Slatkin
  cello [3]
• Emil Richards
  chimes [9], percussion [7, 9], shakers [9], vibraphone [9]
• Ernie Olerich
  engineer [2]
• Erno Neufeld
  violin [1, 3, 5, 8, 12]
• Frank Bugbee
  acoustic guitar [9]
• Frank Capp
  percussion [9, 11]
• Frank DeVito
  percussion [11]
• Frank Rosolino
  trombone [8, 12]
• Frederick Seykora
  cello [5.1, 3.6, 1.3]
• Gary Coleman
  percussion [1.11, 5.8, 2.8]
• Gene Estes
  maracas [9], percussion [5.8, 1.1, 1.6-7, 1.9-10], tambourine [8.6, 1.2, 1.7, 1.9]
• George Kast
  violin [1, 3, 5, 8, 12]
• George Roberts
  trombone [1]
• Gerry Goffin
  producer [10]
• Gilbert Falco
  trombone [7]
• Glen Campbell
  electric bass guitar [11], guitar [1.11, 2.8]
• Hal Blaine
  drums (drum set) [5.8, 5.12, 1.11, 8.3-5, 8.9, 2.8-9, 2.11], percussion [12]
• Hank Cicalo
  engineer [1-6, 9-14]
• Harry Nilsson
  instrument [4.3-4, 5.2]
• Henry Diltz
  banjo [6], instrument [12]
• Henry Lewy
  percussion [6]
• Herb Lovelle
  drums (drum set) [10.1, 2.2]
• Herbert Harper
  trombone [6]
• Howard Roberts
  guitar [8]
• Hugh McCracken
  guitar [1]
• Irving Spice
  violin [9]
• Jack Keller
  piano [6], producer [1.1-2, 1.9-10, 2.4-5]
• Jack Nimitz
  baritone saxophone [10]
• Jack Pepper
  violin [9]
• Jack Sheldon
  trumpet [1, 3, 8, 12]
• Jacqueline Lustgarten
  cello [1, 3]
• James Burton
  banjo [4], electric bass guitar [11], guitar [1.11, 5.3, 2.8]
• James Tyrrell
  bass [1]
• Jay Migliori
  saxophone [11]
• Jeff Barry
  arranger [10.1, 2.9, 2.11-12], background vocals [11], piano [12], producer [2.4-5, 2.7, 2.9-12, 9.1-5, 9.7-10, 10.1], tambourine [12]
• Jerome Reisler
  violin [7]
• Jerry Carrigan
  drums (drum set) [2, 8]
• Jerry McGee
  acoustic guitar [3], electric guitar [6-7], guitar [2.1, 2.6, 8.6-7, 5.1, 5.3, 5.9, 5.11, 1.1-2, 1.9-10, 1.12]
• Jerry Williams
  percussion [3]
• Jerry Yester
  bass [6]
• Jim Cox
  piano [12]
• Jim Gordon
  drums (drum set) [1.11, 2.8, 10.6]
• Jim Horn
  baritone saxophone [7], saxophone [10-11]
• Jimmy Bryant
  violin [11]
• Joe Osborn
  bass [11], electric bass guitar [5.9, 5.11, 8.4-5]
• John Cave
  horn [1]
• John Kitzmiller
  tuba [8, 10]
• John London
  bass [9-10]
• John Lowe
  saxophone [10.5, 5.8, 5.12], woodwind [8]
• Julius Wechter
  percussion [9, 11]
• Kauren Seguer
  percussion [7]
• Keith Allison
  background vocals [2], electric guitar [6], guitar [2, 12]
• Kerim Çaplı
  claves [7], cowbell [7], drums (drum set) [7], electric bass guitar [7], guitar [7], percussion [7], piano [7], shakers [7]
• Kurt Reher
  cello [3]
• Larry Bunker
  glockenspiel [6]
• Larry Knechtel
  electric bass guitar [8], piano [11]
• Larry Taylor
  bass [2.1, 2.6, 1.1-2, 1.6-7, 1.9-10, 1.12], electric bass guitar [8.6-7, 1.6, 1.10, 1.12]
• Laurence Juber
  electric guitar [12]
• Leonard Atkins
  violin [7]
• Lew McCreary
  trombone [3, 7-8, 10-12]
• Lloyd Green
  steel guitar [2, 8]
• Lou Blackburn
  trombone [10.5-6, 5.7]
• Louie Shelton
  acoustic guitar [8.9, 1.3], electric guitar [8.1, 8.4, 8.12, 1.6-7], guitar [2.1, 2.6, 1.1-2, 1.9-10, 1.12, 5.9, 5.11, 8.6-7, 8.11]
• Louis Haber
  violin [9]
• Louis Mauro
  bass [1]
• Louis Stone
  violin [9]
• Lyle Ritz
  electric bass guitar [8]
• Manny Stevens
  trumpet [2]
• Manuel Stevens
  trumpet [5]
• Marie Fera
  cello [1, 3]
• Marvin Limonick
  violin [1, 3, 8]
• Maurgan Cheff
  organ [7]
• Max Bennett
  electric bass guitar [8.3, 8.9, 8.11, 5.1, 5.3, 5.7, 5.10, 5.12]
• Michael Lloyd
  background vocals [12], producer [12], synthesizer [12]
• Michael Nesmith
  12 string guitar [1, 3, 5, 10, 13], acoustic guitar [8.5, 3.5, 3.10, 4.5], arranger [2, 5, 8, 11], background vocals [5.2, 3.1, 4.10], electric guitar [4.2, 4.6, 4.10, 8.8, 3.12, 3.14], guitar [5.2, 5.4-6, 5.10, 4.1, 4.4, 4.8, 4.11-13, 10.5], keyboard [6], lead vocals [4.1, 4.3-4, 4.8, 4.12, 2.8, 1.11, 3.1, 3.5, 3.10], percussion [2, 4], producer [1.11, 8.2, 8.5, 8.8, 8.11, 2.8], shakers [1], spoken vocals [11], steel guitar [2, 4, 6, 9], vocal [5.4, 5.6, 5.10, 8.2, 8.5, 8.8, 8.11, 3.14]
• Michael Saluzzi
  guitar [8, 10]
• Michel Rubini
  harpsichord [2.9, 2.11, 1.3, 1.6], keyboard [8, 10], organ [8.9, 2.9, 2.11], piano [3, 11], prepared piano [6]
• Micky Dolenz
  Moog [11], acoustic guitar [1, 12], arranger [10], background vocals [5.5, 3.1, 3.3, 3.5, 3.5-6, 3.10, 4.1-5, 4.8, 4.13, 2.1, 2.4, 2.7, 2.10, 2.12, 8.1, 8.4, 8.6-7, 8.10, 1.6, 1.9, 1.11], drums (drum set) [4.5, 3.1, 3.3-6, 3.10, 3.12-14], electric guitar [2], guitar [9], lead vocals [2.1, 2.6, 2.10, 2.12, 4.10-11, 10.5-6, 10.12, 3.2, 3.9, 3.12, 3.14, 8.1, 8.4, 8.10, 1.1-2, 1.6-7, 1.9, 1.12], percussion [4.1, 5.12], piano [10], producer [9.11, 8.1, 8.4, 8.10, 8.12], spoken vocals [3.4, 3.11, 4.12], timpani [14], vocal [8.12, 5.2, 5.7, 5.9, 5.12, 4.6, 1.12], wood block [14], zither [1]
• Mike Deasy
  electric bass guitar [11], guitar [1.11, 5.1, 5.3, 5.7-8, 8.11]
• Mike Melvoin
  harpsichord [3, 7], piano [12]
• Mike Moran
  recording [1-12]
• Milt Bernhart
  trombone [8, 12]
• Milt Holland
  drums (drum set) [12], percussion [3, 7, 12]
• Murray Sandry
  viola [9]
• Myra Kestenbaum
  viola [3]
• Nathan Kaproff
  violin [5.1, 5.3, 5.5, 5.8, 5.12, 4.7]
• Neil Diamond
  acoustic guitar [7, 12]
• Neil Sedaka
  piano [2], producer [2]
• Norbert Putnam
  electric bass guitar [2, 8]
• Norm Jefferies
  percussion [1]
• Oliver Mitchell
  trumpet [10-11]
• Ollie Mitchell
  flugelhorn [7], trumpet [7]
• Pat Coghlan
  instrument [10]
• Paul Beaver
  Moog [13]
• Paul Leim
  drums (drum set) [12]
• Paul Shure
  violin [3]
• Paul Smith
  tack piano [10]
• Pete Candoli
  trumpet [4.2, 5.5]
• Peter Tork
  12 string guitar [2], background vocals [10.12, 2.1, 2.7, 2.12, 4.5, 3.1-3, 3.5-6, 3.13-14, 1.9, 1.11], banjo [1], bass [10.5, 3.5], celesta [2], electric bass guitar [11], electric guitar [4, 10], electric piano [3, 13], guitar [11], keyboard [3, 5], lead vocals [2.5, 3.6], organ [4.2, 4.4, 4.6, 4.11-13, 3.2, 3.13-14], piano [3.6, 3.9, 3.12, 3.14, 4.10, 5.5], spoken vocals [11], vocal [6]
• Phil Teele
  bass trombone [4.2, 5.5], trombone [5]
• Philip Goldberg
  viola [9]
• Plas Johnson
  saxophone [5]
• Ray Hall
  engineer [9]
• Ray Pohlman
  bass [9, 11], electric bass guitar [2.9, 8.1, 8.12]
• Ray Triscari
  trumpet [8, 10]
• Raymond Kelley
  cello [9]
• Richard Dey
  electric bass guitar [2, 6, 12]
• Richard Leith
  bass trombone [5.5, 4.2], trombone [5.8, 5.12, 10.5]
• Richard Nash
  trombone [5]
• Richard Noel
  trombone [5]
• Richard Perissi
  horn [3]
• Richard Podolor
  engineer [5]
• Richard Romoff
  bass [12]
• Robert Rafelson
  piano [12]
• Ron Hicklin
  background vocals [8.6-7, 1.1-2, 1.9-10, 2.1]
• Roy Caton
  trumpet [11]
• Russ Savakus
  bass [2]
• Sal DiTroia
  guitar [12]
• Sam Freed
  violin [1, 3]
• Seymour Barab
  cello [9]
• Shorty Rogers
  arranger [5.1, 5.3, 5.7-8, 5.10, 5.12, 8.1, 8.4, 8.10, 8.12, 10.6], conductor [6], horn [5.5, 10.5], strings [5]
• Stan Free
  piano [1]
• Stan Levey
  drums (drum set) [12], percussion [7, 12]
• Steve Huffsteter
  trumpet [7]
• Stuart Williamson
  trumpet [6]
• Ted Nash
  reeds [5]
• The Monkees
  producer [10.6, 5.11]
• Thomas Cerone
  tambourine [1]
• Thomas Scott
  reeds [5]
• Tim Weisberg
  flute [9]
• Tommy Boyce
  acoustic guitar [1.6-7, 8.6], arranger [6], background vocals [8.6, 1.1-2, 1.9-10, 2.1, 2.6], producer [9.12, 2.1, 2.6, 1.1-3, 1.6-7, 1.9-10, 1.12, 8.6-7]
• Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart
  producer [6, 12]
• Tommy Morgan
  harmonica [4]
• Victor Arno
  violin [9]
• Vincent DeRosa
  French horn [4.7, 3.6], horn [3]
• Virgil Evans
  trumpet [5]
• Wayne Erwin
  acoustic guitar [3], background vocals [2.1, 1.1-2, 1.9, 8.7], electric guitar [6-7], guitar [1.1-2, 1.9-10, 1.12, 2.1, 2.6, 8.6-7]
• Wayne Moss
  guitar [2, 8]
• Willard Suyker
  guitar [2]
• William E. Martin
  instrument [3-4], percussion [5]
• William Hood
  saxophone [5]
• [unknown]
  background vocals [2.11, 1.6-7, 1.11, 3.12], electric guitar [12], percussion [3.13, 2.1-2]
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Issues

• C
  Classic Album Collection

  10x CD
  2016