Артист: The Monkees
Альбом: Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd, 1967
Жанр: Pop, Pop/Rock, Psychedelic Pop, Sunshine Pop
Формат файла: EAC-Ape-Cue-Covers
Ссылка: CD 5 clicks




Артист: The Monkees
Альбом: The Birds, the Bees & the Monkees , 1968
Жанр: Pop/Rock, Psychedelic Pop, Sunshine Pop
Формат файла: EAC-Ape-Cue-Cover
Ссылка: CD 4 clicks




Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd., 1967
One of their better efforts, featuring the double-sided hit "Pleasant Valley Sunday"/"Words," and some of their best album tracks, like "She Hangs Out," "Star Collector," and "Cuddly Toy," the last of which was one of the first Nilsson songs to be covered by a major artist. As usual, some of the country-rockers and half-baked psychedelic tunes are tedious, though a couple tracks are notable for featuring some of the first uses of a Moog synthesizer on a rock record. The CD reissue adds some previously unissued alternate mixes, as well as the killer soulful B-side "Goin' Down," which ranks as one of their very best tracks despite its obscurity.

1. Salesman
2. She Hangs Out
3. The Door Into Summer
4. Love Is Only Sleeping
5. Cuddly Toy
6. Words
7. Hard To Believe
8. What Am I Doing Hangin' 'Round?
9. Peter Percival Patterson's Pet Pig Porky
10. Pleasant Valley Sunday
11. Daily Nightly
12. Don't Call On Me
13. Star Collector
14. Special Announcement (Prev. Unissued)
15. Goin' Down (Prev. Unissued Alternate Mix)
16. Salesman (Prev. Unissued Alternate mix)
17. The Door Into Summer (Prev. Unissued Alternate Mix)
18. Love Is Only Sleeping (Prev. Unissued Alternate Mix)
19. Daily Nightly (Prev. Unissued Alternate Mix)
20. Star Collector (Prev. Unissued Alternate Mix)

The Birds, the Bees & the Monkees , 1968
Not one of their better efforts, dominated almost wholly by session musicians (with the occasional songwriting and instrumental contribution by Mike Nesmith) and containing too many sickly sweet Davy Jones-sung numbers. It does have the hits "Daydream Believer" and "Valleri," as well as Nesmith's "Tapioca Tundra," which just inched into the Top 40, but overall the material is pretty weak. The CD adds some previously unissued songs and alternate takes, the only one of interest being Peter Tork's "Lady's Baby," which sounds like a Buffalo Springfield outtake with its laid-back country/folk/rock flavor.

1. Dream World
2. Auntie's Municipal Court
3. We Were Made For Each Other
4. Tapioca Tundra
5. Daydream Believer
6. Writing Wrongs
7. I'll Be Back Up On My Feet
8. The Poster
9. P.O. Box 9847
10. Magnolia Simms
11. Valleri
12. Zor And Zam
13. Alvin (Prev. Unissued)
14. I'm Gonna Try (Prev. Unissued)
15. P.O. Box 9847 (Prev. Unissued Alternative Mix)
16. The Girl I Left Behind Me (Prev. Unissued Early Version)
17. Lady's Baby (Prev. Unissued Alternate Version)

Also see,
http://netlab.e2k.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=25686
http://netlab.e2k.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=25841
http://netlab.e2k.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=25991
http://netlab.e2k.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=26361

This post has been edited by sastre on 25-02-2004, 02:29