Headquarters Sessions

Compilation by The Monkees

Released 21 September 2000

Tracklist

CD 1
1
She’s So Far Out, She’s In (tracking session takes 1 & 2)
4:00
2
The Girl I Knew Somewhere (first version) (tracking session composite takes 1 to 16)
7:13
3
The Girl I Knew Somewhere (first version) (master backing track take 22)
2:59
4
All of Your Toys (rehearsal)
1:53
5
All of Your Toys (tracking session composite takes 1 to 10)
5:33
6
All of Your Toys (master backing track take 20)
3:09
7
The Girl I Knew Somewhere (second version) (tracking session composite featuring take 15)
3:24
8
The Girl I Knew Somewhere (second version) (tracking overdub session takes 1 & 2)
4:15
9
The Girl I Knew Somewhere (second version) (master backing track take 13a)
2:41
10
Seeger’s Theme (demo)
1:25
11
Can You Dig It (demo)
2:20
12
Nine Times Blue (demo vocal)
2:14
13
Until It’s Time for You to Go (demo vocal)
3:05
14
She’ll Be There (demo vocal)
2:36
15
Midnight Train (demo vocal)
2:30
16
Sunny Girlfriend (acoustic remix of master vocal)
2:15
17
Sunny Girlfriend (tracking session take 7 with scratch vocal)
2:37
18
Mr. Webster (tracking session take 28)
2:12
19
Band 6 (stereo master)
0:42
20
Setting Up the Studio for Randy Scouse Git (studio dialogue)
6:19
21
Randy Scouse Git (tracking session composite)
6:29
22
Randy Scouse Git (alternate version take 18 vocal)
2:27
23
You Told Me (master backing track)
2:27
24
Monkee Chat (studio dialogue)
2:40
CD 2
1
You Told Me (take 15 with rough lead vocal)
2:34
2
Zilch (Peter Tork vocal track)
1:06
3
Zilch (Davy Jones vocal track)
1:09
4
Zilch (Micky Dolenz vocal track)
1:07
5
Zilch (Michael Nesmith vocal track)
1:08
6
I’ll Spend My Life With You (master backing track take 9)
2:32
7
Randy Scouse Git (master backing track take 23)
2:40
8
Forget That Girl (rehearsal)
2:56
9
Forget That Girl (master backing track)
2:34
10
Where Has It All Gone (first version) (tracking session take 1)
2:51
11
Memphis Tennessee
2:09
12
Twelve-String Improvisation
3:07
13
Where Has It All Gone (second version) (master basic track take 12)
2:37
14
Jericho
2:28
15
Forget That Girl (rough backing vocals)
2:36
16
Peter Gunn’s Gun
3:40
17
I Was Born in East Virginia (informal recording vocal)
2:30
18
Forget That Girl (Rejected overdub session vocal)
5:10
19
Randy Scouse Git (alternate mix with unused tag vocal)
2:57
20
Micky in Carlsbad Caverns (studio dialogue)
1:05
21
Pillow Time (take 1 vocal)
7:22
22
Shades of Gray (master backing track take 98)
3:44
23
Masking Tape (tracking session composite takes 6 to 8)
4:50
24
You Just May Be the One (tracking session composite)
3:18
25
You Just May Be the One (master backing track)
2:08
26
No Time (first version) (tracking session composite takes 3 to 5)
4:44
27
Blues (excerpt)
4:04
CD 3
1
I Can’t Get Her off My Mind (Master Backing Track)
2:33
2
Banjo Jam (Excerpt)
3:14
3
Cripple Creek
1:49
4
Six-String Improvisation
0:46
5
The Story of Rock and Roll (First Version) (Tracking Session Take 23)
2:43
6
Early Morning Blues and Greens (Master Backing Track)
3:10
7
Two-Part Invention in F major (Informal Recording)
1:35
8
The Story of Rock and Roll (Second Version) (Tracking Session Take 5A)
3:27
9
Don’t Be Cruel
0:47
10
For Pete’s Sake (Master Backing Track)
2:19
11
No Time (Second Version) (Tracking Session Composite)
4:10
12
No Time (Second Version) (Master Backing Track Take 7A)
2:43
13
Just a Game (Demo Takes 1 to 3)
3:54
14
Fever
1:51
15
Sunny Girlfriend (Master Backing Track)
2:37
16
No Time (Second Version) (Master Take 7A with Backing Vocals)
2:31
17
All of Your Toys (Mono Master)
3:02
18
The Girl I Knew Somewhere (First Version) (Mono Master)
2:39
19
For Pete’s Sake (Mono Master)
2:12
20
I’ll Spend My Life With You (Mono Master)
2:25
21
Forget That Girl (Mono Master)
2:24
22
You Just May Be the One (Mono Master)
2:02
23
Shades of Gray (Mono Master)
3:20
24
Band 6 (Mono Master)
0:38
25
Sunny Girlfriend (Mono Master)
2:33
26
Mr. Webster (Mono Master)
2:04
27
You Told Me (Mono Master)
2:24
28
The Girl I Knew Somewhere (Second Version) (Mono Master)
2:34
29
Zilch (Mono Master)
1:07
30
Early Morning Blues and Greens (Mono Master)
2:34
31
Randy Scouse Git (Mono Master)
2:35
32
I Can’t Get Her off My Mind (Mono Master)
2:28
33
No Time (Mono Master)
2:09

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Release credits

Chip Douglas
background vocals [15], bass [1.21-23, 2.6, 2.8-9, 2.15, 3.5-6, 3.10-13], producer [2.6, 2.8-15, 2.17, 2.20-21, 2.23, 2.26-27, 3.1-3, 3.5-6, 3.10-13, 1.1-9, 1.17-23]
Coco Dolenz
vocal [14]
Davy Jones
background vocals [15], maracas [1.1, 3.6], percussion [13], quijada [6], tambourine [1.2-6, 1.18, 1.23, 2.6, 2.10, 2.13, 2.23, 3.10-12]
Dick Bogert
engineer [1-6]
Hank Cicalo
engineer [2.6, 2.8-15, 2.17, 2.20-21, 2.23, 2.26-27, 1.7-9, 1.17-23, 3.1-3, 3.5-6, 3.10-13]
Jerry Yester
bass [2.23, 2.26-27, 3.1]
John London
bass [2.10, 1.2-9, 1.17-18], tambourine [8-9]
Michael Nesmith
12 string guitar [1.1-8, 1.8-9, 1.9, 1.17, 1.21-23, 2.8-10, 2.12-13, 2.15, 2.23, 2.26-27, 3.1, 3.6, 3.10], electric guitar [5, 11-12], steel guitar [1.18-19, 2.6], vocal [17]
Micky Dolenz
background vocals [15], drums (drum set) [1.1-9, 1.17, 1.19, 1.21-23, 2.8-10, 2.13, 2.15, 2.23, 2.26-27, 3.1, 3.5-6, 3.10-12], electric guitar [2.6, 3.13], horn [14], vocal [3.13, 1.14, 2.20-21]
Peter Tork
12 string guitar [6], acoustic guitar [2-3], background vocals [15], banjo [2.17, 3.2-3, 1.10, 1.23], bass [1], celesta [6], electric guitar [1.17, 1.19, 2.10, 2.23, 3.10], electric piano [2.8-9, 2.15, 3.6], harpsichord [4-6, 8-9], organ [2.6, 2.13, 3.6], percussion [13], piano [2.26-27, 3.5, 3.11-12, 1.18, 1.21-22], tack piano [1]
Rich Schmitt
engineer [1-6]

Issues

H
Headquarters Sessions
3x CD
21 September 2000
H
Headquarters Sessions
Digital Media
2005