The Birds, The Bees, & The MonkeesThe Birds, The Bees, & The Monkees
The Birds, The Bees, & The Monkees
7" Vinyl, 3x CD

The Birds, The Bees, & The Monkees

Album by The Monkees

Released 22 April 1968
popblues rockpop rock
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Tracklist

  • CD 1: The Original Stereo Album & More
  • 1
    Dream World
    3:21
    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
    3:01
    4.7 ★
  • 6
    Writing Wrongs
    5:09
    3.0 ★
  • 7
    I’ll Be Back Up on My Feet
    2:27
  • 8
    The Poster
    2:21
  • 9
    P.O. Box 9847
    3:16
    5.0 ★
  • 10
    Magnolia Simms
    3:48
    5.0 ★
  • 11
    Valleri
    2:14
    5.0 ★
  • 12
    Zor and Zam
    2:13
    5.0 ★
  • 13
    Through the Looking Glass (1968 stereo mix)
    2:49
  • 14
    Long Title: Do I Have to Do This All Over Again (alternate mix)
    2:36
  • 15
    D.W. Washburn (1968 stereo mix)
    2:50
  • 16
    It’s Nice to Be With You (1968 stereo mix)
    2:53
  • 17
    Carlisle Wheeling (1967 stereo mix)
    3:08
  • 18
    Rosemarie (1968 stereo mix)
    2:39
  • 19
    My Share of the Sidewalk (1968 stereo mix)
    3:01
  • 20
    Alvin (alternate take)
    0:22
  • 21
    We Were Made for Each Other (alternate backing track)
    2:46
  • 22
    The Girl I Left Behind Me (1967 stereo mix)
    4:32
  • 23
    Little Red Rider (acoustic version)
    2:30
  • 24
    Lady’s Baby (1968 stereo mix)
    2:25
  • 25
    Ceiling in My Room (1967 stereo mix)
    3:50
  • 26
    I’m a Man (backing track)
    2:56
  • 27
    Me Without You (1968 stereo mix)
    2:16
  • CD 2: The Original Mono Album & More
  • 1
    Dream World
    3:21
    5.0 ★
  • 2
    Auntie’s Municipal Court
    3:56
    5.0 ★
  • 3
    We Were Made for Each Other
    2:22
  • 4
    Tapioca Tundra
    3:06
    4.0 ★
  • 5
    Daydream Believer
    3:02
    4.7 ★
  • 6
    Writing Wrongs
    5:06
    3.0 ★
  • 7
    I’ll Be Back Up on My Feet
    2:28
  • 8
    The Poster
    2:22
  • 9
    P.O. Box 9847
    3:14
    5.0 ★
  • 10
    Magnolia Simms
    3:48
    5.0 ★
  • 11
    Valleri
    2:19
    5.0 ★
  • 12
    Zor and Zam
    2:06
    5.0 ★
  • 13
    Alvin (1968 mono mix)
    0:25
  • 14
    While I Cry (1968 mono mix)
    3:02
  • 15
    D.W. Washburn (mono single mix)
    2:49
  • 16
    It’s Nice to Be With You (mono single mix)
    2:53
  • 17
    Come on In (1968 mono mix)
    3:20
  • 18
    Carlisle Wheeling (1968 mono mix)
    3:03
  • 19
    Rosemarie (1968 mono mix)
    2:40
  • 20
    The Girl I Left Behind Me (1967 mono mix)
    2:46
  • 21
    Seeger’s Theme (alternate version)
    0:43
  • 22
    Tear the Top Right Off My Head (Micky’s vocal)
    1:55
  • 23
    My Share of the Sidewalk (1968 mono mix)
    3:03
  • 24
    Lady’s Baby (1968 mono mix)
    2:27
  • 25
    Ceiling in My Room (1967 mono mix)
    3:15
  • 26
    Merry Go Round (1968 mono mix)
    1:43
  • 27
    Don’t Listen to Linda (1968 mono mix)
    2:57
  • 28
    Me Without You (1968 mono mix)
    2:17
  • 29
    Zor and Zam (TV version)
    2:05
  • 30
    The Birds, The Bees & The Monkees Teen Radio Spot
    1:01
  • CD 3: The Birds, the Bees & The Raritees
  • 1
    Monkees Adult Stereo 8 Spot
    1:00
  • 2
    Tear the Top Right Off My Head (Peter’s vocal)
    1:57
  • 3
    Auntie’s Municipal Court (Mike’s vocal)
    4:09
  • 4
    P.O. Box 9847 (1968 alternate stereo mix)
    3:22
  • 5
    War Games (version one)
    2:13
  • 6
    Lady’s Baby
    2:27
  • 7
    Tapioca Tundra (1967 alternate stereo mix)
    3:03
  • 8
    D.W. Washburn (alternate mix with bass vocal)
    2:56
  • 9
    Nine Times Blue (version two — Davy’s vocal)
    2:20
  • 10
    Lady’s Baby (acoustic version)
    2:20
  • 11
    While I Cry (alternate mono mix)
    3:05
  • 12
    Shorty Blackwell (rehearsal)
    2:55
  • 13
    Laurel and Hardy
    2:46
  • 14
    Seeger’s Theme (acoustic version)
    0:53
  • 15
    Tapioca Tundra (acoustic version)
    3:15
  • 16
    Don’t Say Nothin’ Bad (About My Baby)
    2:08
  • 17
    War Games (version two)
    2:32
  • 18
    (I Prithee) Do Not Ask for Love (second recorded version)
    3:48
  • 19
    My Share of the Sidewalk (Mike’s vocal version)
    3:12
  • 20
    Shake ’em Up and Let ’em Roll (alternate vocal version)
    2:11
  • 21
    Changes (2009 mix)
    2:25
  • 22
    Merry Go Round (version one)
    1:30
  • 23
    Magnolia Simms (acoustic version)
    3:15
  • 24
    I’m Gonna Try
    2:44
  • 25
    Seeger’s Theme (Electric version)
    0:42
  • 26
    Magnolia Simms (stereo remix)
    3:43
  • 27
    The Girl I Left Behind Me (third recorded version)
    2:57
  • 28
    Merry Go Round (third recorded version)
    1:42
  • 29
    Nine Times Blue (version two — Mike’s vocal)
    2:17
  • 30
    The Party (2009 mix)
    3:02
  • 31
    I Wasn’t Born to Follow (backing track)
    2:58
  • 7" Vinyl 4
  • 1
    St. Matthew (acoustic version)
  • 2
    Lady’s Baby (alternate acoustic version)

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Release credits

  • guitar [2.7-8, 3.24, 3.30-31, 1.7-8, 1.21, 1.26]
  • guitar [1.1, 1.3, 1.16, 3.17, 3.21, 3.27, 2.1, 2.3]
  • trumpet [1.5, 2.5]
  • violin [3.17, 3.21, 3.24, 3.27, 3.30, 2.1, 2.3, 2.5, 2.8, 2.12, 1.1, 1.3, 1.5, 1.8, 1.12, 1.16]
  • violin [2.8, 2.12, 3.24, 3.30, 1.8, 1.12]
  • producer, re
  • trumpet [1.8, 1.12, 1.19, 2.8, 2.12, 2.23, 3.24, 3.30]
  • horn [2.1, 3.17, 3.21, 1.1]
  • background vocals [3.3, 1.2, 2.2, 2.14], electric guitar [9], guitar [3.3, 3.20, 1.2, 1.12, 1.15, 2.2, 2.12, 2.14, 2.29]
  • saxophone [1.7, 1.15-16, 1.18-19, 2.7, 2.23]
  • guitar [1.21, 1.26, 3.13]
  • drums (drum set) [2.9, 2.11, 2.27, 1.9, 1.11], percussion [1.9, 2.9], tambourine [1.11, 2.11]
  • drums (drum set) [2.11, 1.11, 1.13, 1.27, 3.4], percussion [3.4, 1.13, 1.27]
  • electric bass guitar [2.25, 1.25]
  • keyboard [27], tack piano [1.9, 1.13, 2.9, 3.4]
  • trumpet [3.17, 3.21, 3.24, 3.27, 3.30, 1.1, 1.3, 1.7-8, 1.12, 1.16, 1.18-19, 2.1, 2.3, 2.7-8, 2.12, 2.23]
  • drums (drum set) [1.24, 3.25], guitar [25]
  • trumpet [15, 18]
  • piano [2.20, 2.25, 1.22, 1.25]
  • bass [2.5, 1.5], electric bass guitar [2.12, 3.16, 3.20, 1.12, 1.15, 1.18], producer [2.5, 1.5, 1.21, 1.26]
  • trumpet [1.8, 1.12, 2.8, 2.12, 3.24, 3.30]
  • re
  • French horn [27], horn [3.17, 3.21, 1.1, 1.3, 1.16, 2.1, 2.3]
  • lead vocals [1.5, 1.11, 2.5, 2.11], vocal [1.1, 1.3, 1.8, 1.16, 1.19, 1.22, 1.25, 1.27, 3.5, 3.9, 3.13, 3.17, 3.21, 3.24, 3.27, 3.30, 2.1, 2.3, 2.8, 2.20, 2.23, 2.25, 2.27]
  • guitar [2.7, 3.31, 1.7]
  • drums (drum set) [1.14, 3.2, 3.6, 2.17, 2.21-22, 2.24]
  • trombone [22]
  • guitar [1.25, 2.25]
  • arranger [13], brass [1.27, 2.27], horn [2.11, 1.11], strings [1.9, 2.9, 2.27]
  • harpsichord [3.17, 3.24, 1.1, 2.1], keyboard [13], organ [1.8, 2.8, 3.30], piano [21]
  • drums (drum set) [3.17, 3.21, 3.27, 3.31, 1.1, 1.3, 1.7, 1.10, 1.16, 2.1, 2.3, 2.7, 2.10]
  • drums (drum set) [1.2, 1.4-6, 1.12, 1.17, 1.19, 1.21-22, 1.26, 3.3, 3.5, 3.9, 3.16, 3.19-20, 2.2, 2.4-6, 2.12, 2.14, 2.20, 2.23, 2.29], percussion [2.6, 2.12, 2.23, 2.29, 1.6, 1.12, 1.17, 1.19]
  • guitar [2.25, 1.25]
  • cello [1.1, 2.1, 3.17, 3.21]
  • cello [1.3, 1.16, 1.19, 2.3, 2.23, 3.27]
  • violin [22]
  • cello [2.23, 1.19]
  • violin [3.17, 3.21, 3.24, 3.27, 3.30, 2.1, 2.3, 2.5, 2.8, 2.12, 1.1, 1.3, 1.5, 1.8, 1.12, 1.16]
  • trombone [1.8, 1.12, 2.8, 2.12, 3.24, 3.30]
  • cello [1.1, 1.22, 3.17, 3.21, 2.1]
  • percussion [3.24, 3.30, 2.8, 1.8, 1.21, 1.26], timpani [26]
  • percussion [1.8, 2.8, 3.24, 3.30]
  • violin [3.17, 3.21, 3.24, 3.27, 3.30, 2.1, 2.3, 2.5, 2.8, 2.12, 1.1, 1.3, 1.5, 1.8, 1.12, 1.16]
  • trombone [2.1, 3.17, 3.21, 1.1]
  • drums (drum set) [1.8, 1.12, 2.8, 2.12, 3.13, 3.24, 3.30], percussion [2.12, 1.12]
  • recording
  • instrument [2.2, 2.14, 1.2, 3.3]
  • banjo [15, 21], clarinet [20], instrument [1.12, 2.12]
  • recording
  • trombone [15, 18]
  • guitar [2.8, 1.8, 3.24, 3.30]
  • violin [22]
  • baritone saxophone [1.10, 2.10]
  • violin [1.9, 2.9]
  • trumpet [3.17, 3.21, 3.24, 3.27, 3.30, 1.1, 1.3, 1.8, 1.12, 1.16, 2.1, 2.3, 2.8, 2.12]
  • cello [2.1, 2.3, 3.17, 3.21, 3.27, 1.1, 1.3, 1.16]
  • guitar [1.3, 1.16, 2.3, 3.27]
  • producer [13]
  • saxophone [2.11, 1.11]
  • guitar [3.4, 3.17, 3.21, 3.27, 1.1, 1.3, 1.9, 1.11, 1.13, 1.16, 1.27, 2.1, 2.3, 2.9, 2.11, 2.27]
  • percussion [3.21, 3.27, 2.3, 1.3], tambourine [17]
  • drums (drum set) [15, 18]
  • saxophone [2.10-11, 1.10-11]
  • bass [2.11, 1.11], electric bass guitar [2.9, 2.11, 2.27, 3.4, 1.9, 1.11, 1.13, 1.27]
  • horn [3.17, 3.21, 1.1, 2.1]
  • electric bass guitar [9]
  • bass [22]
  • saxophone [1.8, 1.12, 3.24, 3.30, 2.8, 2.12], woodwind [2.8, 3.24, 3.30, 1.8]
  • cello [1.19, 2.23]
  • vocal [24]
  • vocal [3.6, 3.10, 2.24]
  • background vocals [1.2, 2.2, 2.14, 3.3], electric guitar [5, 9], guitar [1.2, 1.12-13, 1.15, 1.18, 3.3, 3.16, 3.20, 2.2, 2.12, 2.14, 2.29]
  • drums (drum set) [2.25, 1.25]
  • cello [3.27, 1.3, 1.16, 2.3]
  • electric bass guitar [2.24, 1.14, 1.24, 3.6], guitar [2.17, 2.22, 3.2, 3.25, 1.14], harmonica [3.2, 2.22]
  • percussion [15], tambourine [18]
  • electric bass guitar [21], keyboard [13], piano [26]
  • trombone [1.3, 1.7-8, 1.10-12, 1.16, 1.18-19, 2.3, 2.7-8, 2.10-12, 2.23, 3.24, 3.27, 3.30]
  • trombone [2.7, 1.7, 1.15-16, 1.18]
  • guitar [1.9, 1.11, 1.13, 1.27, 2.9, 2.11, 2.27, 3.4]
  • electric bass guitar [3.13, 3.24, 3.30, 1.8, 2.8]
  • trumpet [2.5, 1.5]
  • cello [2.1, 2.3, 3.17, 3.21, 3.27, 1.1, 1.3, 1.16]
  • instrument [30], violin [3.17, 3.21, 3.24, 3.27, 2.1, 2.3, 2.8, 1.1, 1.3, 1.8, 1.16]
  • electric bass guitar [2.1, 2.3, 2.7, 2.10, 2.12, 1.1, 1.3, 1.7, 1.10, 1.12, 1.16, 3.17, 3.21, 3.27, 3.31]
  • acoustic guitar [5, 9], background vocals [2.2, 1.2], guitar [1.2, 1.4-6, 1.10, 1.17, 1.19, 1.23, 2.2, 2.4-6, 2.10, 2.14, 2.23, 3.3, 3.15, 3.23], keyboard [2.6, 1.6], organ [17], percussion [2.2, 2.4, 3.3, 1.2, 1.4, 1.17], piano [2.23, 1.19, 3.19], vocal [1.4, 1.6, 1.10, 1.17, 1.23, 2.4, 2.6, 2.10, 2.14, 3.3, 3.15, 3.19, 3.23]
  • piano [18], tack piano [15]
  • Moog [4], background vocals [2.5, 3.2, 1.5, 1.14], guitar [18], percussion [2.12, 1.12], piano [12], vocal [2.2, 2.7, 2.9, 2.12, 2.22, 2.29, 3.4, 3.12, 3.16, 3.20, 1.2, 1.7, 1.9, 1.12-13, 1.15, 1.18]
  • guitar [1.1, 1.3, 1.7-8, 1.16, 2.1, 2.3, 2.7-8, 3.17, 3.21, 3.24, 3.27, 3.30-31], sitar [13]
  • harpsichord [3.27, 3.31, 1.3, 1.7, 2.3, 2.7], organ [21, 26], piano [1.12, 1.16, 2.12]
  • trombone [1.8, 1.12, 2.8, 2.12, 3.24, 3.30]
  • drums (drum set) [2.12, 1.12], percussion [2.3, 2.7, 2.12, 3.21, 3.27, 3.31, 1.3, 1.7, 1.12, 1.21-22, 1.26], tambourine [17], timpani [26]
  • violin [3.17, 3.21, 3.24, 3.27, 3.30, 1.1, 1.3, 1.5, 1.8, 1.12, 1.16, 2.1, 2.3, 2.5, 2.8, 2.12]
  • guitar [21, 26]
  • trumpet [2.10-11, 1.10-11]
  • trumpet [1.7, 1.16, 1.18, 2.7]
  • tack piano [1.10, 2.10]
  • trumpet [1.5, 1.19, 2.5, 2.23]
  • recording
  • banjo [2.21, 3.25, 1.17], electric bass guitar [2.17, 3.10, 3.14, 3.25, 3.28], guitar [2.21-22, 2.24, 3.2, 3.6, 3.10, 3.14, 3.18, 3.22, 3.25, 1.14, 1.18, 1.24], handclaps [14], harpsichord [10], keyboard [3.28, 2.26], piano [2.5, 1.5], vocal [3.2, 3.6, 3.10, 3.14, 3.18, 3.22, 3.28, 1.14, 1.20, 1.24, 2.13, 2.17, 2.22, 2.24, 2.26]
  • bass trombone [1.5, 2.5]
  • viola [1.9, 2.9]
  • cello [2.23, 1.19]
  • electric bass guitar [1.21, 1.26, 3.13]
  • cello [1.9, 2.9]
  • bass [22]
  • bass [22]
  • electric bass guitar [3.3, 3.19, 1.2, 1.6, 1.12, 1.19, 2.2, 2.6, 2.12, 2.14, 2.23, 2.29]
  • bass trombone [2.5, 1.5], trombone [1.8, 1.12, 1.19, 2.8, 2.12, 2.23, 3.24, 3.30]
  • trombone [2.5, 1.5]
  • French horn [27], horn [1.3, 1.16, 2.3]
  • violin [22]
  • trumpet [1.11, 2.11]
  • violin [2.1, 2.3, 3.17, 3.21, 3.27, 1.1, 1.3, 1.16]
  • arranger [1.1, 1.3, 1.7-8, 1.10, 1.12, 1.15-16, 1.18-19, 2.1, 2.3, 2.7-8, 2.10, 2.12, 2.23, 3.17, 3.21, 3.24, 3.27, 3.30-31], horn [1.5, 2.5], strings [2.5, 1.5]
  • drums (drum set) [1.12, 2.12], percussion [3.31, 2.7, 2.12, 1.7, 1.12]
  • guitar [2.17, 2.24, 3.6, 3.10, 3.18, 1.14, 1.24]
  • trumpet [15, 18]
  • producer, producer [1.11, 2.11]
  • guitar [13]
  • violin [1.9, 2.9]
  • French horn [1.22, 3.27], horn [1.3, 1.16, 2.3]
  • guitar [13]
  • percussion [2.5, 1.5]

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