Monkee Flips (album)
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Monkee Flips was a 1984 singles
and rarities
compilation album
of songs by the Monkees, issued by Rhino Records. Labeled as the "Best of the Monkees, Volume Four" as it followed the two Arista compilations and Monkee Business
picture disc, the album featured an all-stereo selection of single sides and album tracks, including several songs featured in The Monkees TV series. It was available in both LP record
and cassette
formats.
Until Rhino reissued the whole series of original Monkees albums in 1986, the compilation was the only way to obtain several key Monkees tracks in the mid-Eighties, including "You Told Me" and "No Time" (from Headquarters
), "Love is Only Sleeping" and "Daily Nightly" (from Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn, & Jones, Ltd.
), and "Oh My My" and "I Love You Better" (from the final Monkees album, 1970's Changes).
The album also included Michael Nesmith
's song "Circle Sky
", in an alternate version to the one appearing on the Head album. "Forget That Girl" includes a rare snippet, of Micky Dolenz
asking if President Johnson's son is really a janitor, in its intro.
"Tear Drop City", "Good Clean Fun" and "Oh My My", all of which charted in the Billboard Top 100, make their "greatest hits" debut with this package.
The album cover showed a still of the Monkees (with Peter Tork
playing a banjo
), from the television episode "It's A Nice Place To Visit". The liner notes included a detailed recap of the Monkees career, with recent interview comments from Nesmith and Dolenz. The audio quality of the record was about par for reissues of the period, and notably better than Rhino's earlier Monkee Business.
Monkee Flips went out of print as Rhino shifted from vinyl releases to compact disc
s. Each of the tracks have been reissued on individual Monkees CDs, carefully digitally remastered.
Single (music)
In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...
and rarities
Rarities album
A rarities album is a collection of songs from either a single band or an assortment of bands on the same record label....
compilation album
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
of songs by the Monkees, issued by Rhino Records. Labeled as the "Best of the Monkees, Volume Four" as it followed the two Arista compilations and Monkee Business
Monkee Business (album)
Monkee Business was a 1982 singles and rarities compilation album of songs by the Monkees, issued by Rhino Records. It was a picture disc reissue of an earlier limited-issue collection, and Monkee Business was available in both LP and cassette formats...
picture disc, the album featured an all-stereo selection of single sides and album tracks, including several songs featured in The Monkees TV series. It was available in both LP record
LP record
The LP, or long-playing microgroove record, is a format for phonograph records, an analog sound storage medium. Introduced by Columbia Records in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry...
and cassette
Compact Cassette
The Compact Cassette, often referred to as audio cassette, cassette tape, cassette, or simply tape, is a magnetic tape sound recording format. It was designed originally for dictation, but improvements in fidelity led the Compact Cassette to supplant the Stereo 8-track cartridge and reel-to-reel...
formats.
Until Rhino reissued the whole series of original Monkees albums in 1986, the compilation was the only way to obtain several key Monkees tracks in the mid-Eighties, including "You Told Me" and "No Time" (from Headquarters
Headquarters (album)
HeadquartersThe sleeve and record both render the title as The Monkees' Headquarters. was the third album issued by The Monkees and the first written and recorded primarily by the four members of the group, rather than by session musicians and professional songwriters...
), "Love is Only Sleeping" and "Daily Nightly" (from Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn, & Jones, Ltd.
Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn, & Jones, Ltd.
Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd. was the fourth album by The Monkees, released on November 6, 1967, when the Monkees were exerting more control over their music and actually playing many of the instruments themselves, something their record company had previously forbidden...
), and "Oh My My" and "I Love You Better" (from the final Monkees album, 1970's Changes).
The album also included Michael Nesmith
Michael Nesmith
Robert Michael Nesmith is an American musician, songwriter, actor, producer, novelist, businessman, and philanthropist, best known as a member of the musical group The Monkees and star of the TV series of the same name...
's song "Circle Sky
Circle Sky
Circle Sky is a song written by Michael Nesmith of The Monkees, which appeared on their sixth album, the Head soundtrack, and also in the film Head as a live concert performance....
", in an alternate version to the one appearing on the Head album. "Forget That Girl" includes a rare snippet, of Micky Dolenz
Micky Dolenz
George Michael "Micky" Dolenz, Jr. is an American actor, musician, television director, radio personality and theater director, best known as a member of the 1960s made-for-television band The Monkees.-Biography:...
asking if President Johnson's son is really a janitor, in its intro.
"Tear Drop City", "Good Clean Fun" and "Oh My My", all of which charted in the Billboard Top 100, make their "greatest hits" debut with this package.
The album cover showed a still of the Monkees (with Peter Tork
Peter Tork
Peter Tork is an American musician and actor, best known as a member of The Monkees.-Early life:Tork was born Peter Halsten Thorkelson in Washington, D.C.. Although he was born in 1942, many news articles report him as born in 1944 in New York City as this was the date and place given on early...
playing a banjo
Banjo
In the 1830s Sweeney became the first white man to play the banjo on stage. His version of the instrument replaced the gourd with a drum-like sound box and included four full-length strings alongside a short fifth-string. There is no proof, however, that Sweeney invented either innovation. This new...
), from the television episode "It's A Nice Place To Visit". The liner notes included a detailed recap of the Monkees career, with recent interview comments from Nesmith and Dolenz. The audio quality of the record was about par for reissues of the period, and notably better than Rhino's earlier Monkee Business.
Monkee Flips went out of print as Rhino shifted from vinyl releases to compact disc
Compact Disc
The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...
s. Each of the tracks have been reissued on individual Monkees CDs, carefully digitally remastered.
Track listing
- "You Told Me" (1967 album track)
- "Tear Drop City" (1969 single)
- "I Love You Better" (1970 single B-side)
- "Forget That Girl" (1967 album track/single B-side)
- "Love Is Only Sleeping" (1967 album track)
- "Good Clean Fun" (1969 single)
- "Zor and Zam" (1968 album track)
- "No Time" (1967 album track)
- "Oh My My" (1970 single)
- "Dream World" (1968 album track)
- "Circle SkyCircle SkyCircle Sky is a song written by Michael Nesmith of The Monkees, which appeared on their sixth album, the Head soundtrack, and also in the film Head as a live concert performance....
" (1968 alternate mix) - "Little Girl" (1969 album track)
- "Daily NightlyDaily NightlyDaily Nightly is a song by Michael Nesmith of The Monkees, which appeared on their fourth album, Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd. in 1967, and was featured in two second-season episodes of their television series, "A Fairy Tale" and "Monkees Blow Their Minds".The lyrics are a veiled...
" (1967 album track) - "Gonna Buy Me a Dog" (1966 album track)