Missing Links Volume Three
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Missing Links, Volume Three is the third and final volume in a series of Missing Links compilations by The Monkees
. Like the other two Missing Links collections, the album is made up of unreleased material. The album marks the first time that the television edit of the series' famous theme song had been available as part of a Monkees release (it was released on the TeeVee Tunes "Television Themes Vol 2" in 1986 and as part of a Rhino "Monkees Sampler" in 1994. All previous releases had featured the album version, which is more than twice as long but lacks the TV theme's final verse.)
The Monkees
The Monkees are an American pop rock group. Assembled in Los Angeles in 1966 by Robert "Bob" Rafelson and Bert Schneider for the American television series The Monkees, which aired from 1966 to 1968, the musical acting quartet was composed of Americans Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith and Peter Tork,...
. Like the other two Missing Links collections, the album is made up of unreleased material. The album marks the first time that the television edit of the series' famous theme song had been available as part of a Monkees release (it was released on the TeeVee Tunes "Television Themes Vol 2" in 1986 and as part of a Rhino "Monkees Sampler" in 1994. All previous releases had featured the album version, which is more than twice as long but lacks the TV theme's final verse.)
Track listing
- "(Theme from) The Monkees(Theme from) The Monkees" The Monkees" is a 1966 popular song, written by Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart as the theme song for the TV series The Monkees. It later appeared on their album The Monkees. Originally intended as an album track, it was later released as a single in Australia, where it became a hit. It is still...
" (TV Version) (Boyce & Hart) - "Kellogg's Jingle"
- "We'll Be Back In A Minute" (DolenzMicky DolenzGeorge 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:...
) - "Through The Looking Glass" (Previously Unreleased Alternate Version) (Boyce, Hart, & Baldwin)
- "Propinquity (I've Just Begun To Care)" (NesmithMichael NesmithRobert 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...
) - "Penny Music" (LeonardMichael LeonardMichael Leonard is a male field hockey defender from Scotland, who earned his first cap for the Men's National Team in 1996. He plays club hockey for Grange HC. Leonard has also been capped six times for the Scotland ‘B’ cricket team.-References:*...
, Weinstein, Stroll) - "Tear The Top Right Off My Head" (TorkPeter TorkPeter 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...
) - "Little Red Rider" (Nesmith)
- "You're So Good" (StoneRobert StoneRobert Stone is an American novelist. His work is typically characterized by psychological complexity, political concerns, and dark humor. His novels include the National Book Award–winning Dog Soldiers , and the PEN/Faulkner Award–winning A Flag for Sunrise...
) - "Look Down" (KingCarole KingCarole King is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. King and her former husband Gerry Goffin wrote more than two dozen chart hits for numerous artists during the 1960s, many of which have become standards. As a singer, King had an album, Tapestry, top the U.S...
& Stern) - "Hollywood" (Nesmith)
- "Midnight Train" (Demo Version) (Dolenz)
- "She Hangs Out" (Single Version) (BarryJeff BarryJeff Barry is an American pop music songwriter, singer, and record producer.-Early career:...
) - "Shake 'Em Up" (Leiber & Stoller)
- "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....
" (Alternate Mix) (Nesmith) - "Steam Engine" (Previously Unreleased Alternate Version) (DouglasChip DouglasDouglas Farthing Walter Hatlelid, better known as Chip Douglas, is a songwriter, musician , and record producer, whose most famous work was during the 1960s...
) - "Love To Love" (Previously Unreleased Alternate Version) (DiamondNeil DiamondNeil Leslie Diamond is an American singer-songwriter with a career spanning over five decades from the 1960s until the present....
) - "She'll Be There" (Dolenz, Coco Dolenz)
- "How Insensitive" (JobimAntônio Carlos JobimAntônio Carlos Brasileiro de Almeida Jobim , also known as Tom Jobim , was a Brazilian songwriter, composer, arranger, singer, and pianist/guitarist. He was a primary force behind the creation of the bossa nova style, and his songs have been performed by many singers and instrumentalists within...
, Moraes, & GimbelNorman GimbelNorman Gimbel is an American lyricist of popular songs, television and movie themes whose writing career includes such titles as "Sway", "Canadian Sunset", "Summer Samba", "The Girl from Ipanema", "Killing Me Softly With His Song", "Meditation" and "I Will Wait for You", along with an Oscar for...
) - "Merry Go Round" (Tork & Hilderbrand)
- "Angel BandAngel Band"Angel Band" is an American Gospel music song. The poem, in Common Metre, was originally titled "My Latest Sun Is Sinking Fast," and was written by Jefferson Hascall . The lyric was first set in J. W. Dadmun's tunebook The Melodeon in 1860, to a tune by Dadmun...
" (BradburyWilliam BradburyWilliam Bradbury may refer to:*William Bradbury , English soccer player*William Bradbury , English printer*William Batchelder Bradbury , American musician*Bill Bradbury , U.S. politician...
& Hascall) - "Zor And Zam" (TV Version) (ChadwickBill ChadwickWilliam Leroy "The Big Whistle" Chadwick was the first US-born referee to serve in the National Hockey League...
& ChadwickJohn ChadwickJohn Chadwick was an English linguist and classical scholar most famous for his role in deciphering Linear B, along with Michael Ventris.-Early life and education:...
) - "We'll Be Back In A Minute #2" (Dolenz)
- "Tema Dei Monkees" (Nistri, Boyce & Hart)
- Note: "Angel Band" is a song which is in the public domain. The writing credit shown for Michael Nesmith is for the song's arrangement.
- The tracks "Little Red Rider" and "Hollywood" were re-recorded by Michael NesmithMichael NesmithRobert 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...
for his solo album Magnetic SouthMagnetic SouthMagnetic South could refer to* Magnetic South Pole* South Pole* Magnetic South an album from Michael Nesmith...
. - "Midnight Train" and "She'll Be There" feature Micky Dolenz's sister, Coco Dolenz, singing harmony vocals.