Description
Available on April 20th, 2024 for Record Store Day. Available at participating RSD stores in North America only.
- THE MONKEES - FRIDAY MUSIC VINYL SERIES CONTINUES!!!
- CELEBRATE RECORD STORE DAY 2024 WITH THE MONKEES 1968 SMASH LP "THE BIRDS, THE BEES & THE MONKEES"
- FIRST TIME SUPER LIMNITED EDITION PRESSING ON STUNNING CORAL VINYL
- STELLAR ORIGINAL MONOPHONIC SOUND
- PRODUCED BY THE MONKEES
- MASTERED IMPECCABLY BY LONG TIME FRIEND & MONKEES RE-ISSUE PRODUCER JOE REAGOSO FROM THE COLGEMS RECORDS MONOPHONIC TAPES
- FEATURES THE #1 MONKEES CLASSIC "DAYDREAM BELIEVER" PLUS THE TWO SIDED HIT SINGLE "VALERIE/TAPIOCA TUNDRA" "I'LL BE BACK UPON MY FEET" "WRITING WRONGS" "P.O. BOX 9847" "ZOR AND ZAM" & "WE WERE MADE FOR EACH OTHER"
- STUNNING 1968 ALBUM COVER ARTWORK BY ALAN WOLSKY
- MICKY DOLENZ ON TOUR 2024
Track List
SIDE 1
1. Dream World
2. Auntie's Municipal Court
3. We Were Made For Each Other
4. Tapioca Tundra
5. Daydream Believer
6. Writing Wrongs
SIDE 2
1. I'll Be Back Up On My Feet
2. The Poster
3. P.O. Box 9847
4. Magnolia Simms
5. Valleri
6. Zor And Zam
Additional Details
1968 was an incredible year for The Monkees. Not only had they achieved four #1 albums in a row within a year's time, they also chalked up another smash hit album with "The Birds, The Bees & The Monkees."
Featuring smash hits like their #1 "Daydream Believer", their rockin' hit single "Valerie" and stellar "I'll Be Back Upon My Feet", The Monkees fifth effort "The Birds, The Bees & The Monkees" celebrates it 56th birthday this year.
As part of our continuing Monkees original Colgems releases, Friday Music is pleased to honor our legendary artists with a first-time coral colored vinyl edition of their debut smash.
Mastered impeccably by Joe Reagoso from the Colgems Records tapes, this will also be presented in stunning original MONOPHONIC Sound!
Known for its stunning line-up of top notch material, the self produced Platinum plus album also features a treasure trove of more Monkees classics from the pen of Michael Nesmith including his psychedelic workouts on "Writing Wrongs" and "Auntie's Municipal Court" which also features the brilliant lead vocal from Micky Dolenz.
More hits abound as Boyce and Hart's "P.O. Box 9847" and the aforementioned "Valerie", which features a solid rock vocal from Davy Jones, truly emphasizes the great material found on this stunning Lp.
Tracks like "Dreamworld" and "We Were Made For Each Other" show a more orchestrated side of the band, as you get to hear stunning strings and horn arrangements thanks to the great jazzman Shorty Rogers.
Michael Nesmith's "Tapioca Tundra" is truly one of his finest Monkees tracks, and was a hit in its own right as the B-Side of "Valerie", which would go on to receive solid airplay as well during the AM Top 40 hit radio era.
The anti-war album closer "Zor and Zam" was a definitive Micky Dolenz masterwork. As one of the more pivotal songs of the times, this Monkees classic insightfully questions "Two little kings playing a game. They gave a war and nobody came"
The Monkees "The Birds, The Bees & The Monkees" First time Coral Vinyl presentation,
stunning Monophonic sound, and one of the more important albums to revisit for your
Record Store Day 2024 holiday.