The Monkees Present The Monkees

• 1 Little Girl 01:59
• 2 Good Clean Fun 02:15
• 3 If I Knew 02:19
• 4 Bye Bye Baby Bye Bye 02:17
• 5 Never Tell A Woman Yes 03:44
• 6 Looking For The Good Times 02:00
• 7 Ladies Aid Society 02:40
• 8 Listen To The Band 02:45
• 9 French Song 02:23
• 10 Mommy And Daddy 02:10
• 11 Oklahoma Backroom Dancer 02:34
• 12 Pillow Time 02:25
• Total Runtime 29:31

Info for The Monkees Present

Originally released in 1969, The Monkees Present was the eighth hit album from the The Monkees on Colgems Records. As a more introspective session from the band, each Monkee gets a solid opportunity to present their own aura in the band format, which made this a highly memorable effort.

The Monkees Present featured two amazing hit singles from Mike Nesmith with Listen To The Band and Good Clean Fun. Always the innovator, Nesmith's compositions here truly predate the southern California country-rock sound by several years, featuring some of Nashville's finest musicians who would later become Area Code 615.

Davy Jones outdoes himself with the hip café adult leaning sounds of French Song. A look to past Monkees success with hit makers Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart's Looking For The Good Times is also featured and originally recorded during their More Of The Monkees sessions.

Micky Dolenz resonates his much emulated talents with incredible performances on the album opener Little Girl. This tune features the stunning guitar work of Louie Shelton, who did the amazing speed guitar licks on their hit Valeri. Dolenz also hit the pop music charts with his protest single Mommy And Daddy which is also included in this masterwork.

Friday Music is honored and proud to offer The Monkees classic Colgems Records releases once again with this first amazing installment The Monkees Present. This highly collectable album has been unavailable on compact disc for many years and now features five bonus tracks not on the original LP, plus new liners from Monkees historian Joe Reagoso, as well as original artwork elements and rare picture sleeves and other memorbilla. (fridaymusic. com)

'With Screen Gems caring less and less about the Monkees' activities, the guys were given more control over the creation of their last album as a trio, The Monkees Present. Unfortunately for their careers as a musical unit, it came too late. Still, the result is a masterpiece, and the most underrated of the bunch. Micky's songwriting potential comes to a head with 'Bye Bye Baby Bye Bye,' 'Little Girl,' and 'Mommy and Daddy'-- something Peter later said he was sorry to have missed. Nesmith continued to display his brilliance with the album's first release, 'Listen to the Band,' which he'd later re-cut with The First National Band. Davy sings a mix of new and old songs, doing a couple Boyce and Hart tunes as well as the ballad 'If I Knew,' which he co-wrote with Bill Chadwick.' (Mike Landsberg)

Micky Dolenz, vocals
Michael Nesmith, vocals, guitar
David Jones, vocals

Produced by Bill Chadwick, Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart

Digitally remastered.

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