Missing Links Volume Two
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Missing Links Volume Two |
| type | compilation |
| artist | the Monkees |
| cover | Missing Links Volume Two - The Monkees.jpg |
| released | January 1990 |
| recorded | 1966–1969 |
| genre | Rock |
| length | 46:33 |
| label | Rhino |
| producer | Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart, The Monkees, Jeff Barry, Mike Nesmith, Jack Keller, Chip Douglas |
| compiler | Bill Inglot, Andrew P. Sandoval |
| prev_title | Pool It! |
| prev_year | 1987 |
| next_title | Listen to the Band |
| next_year | 1991 |
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| name = Missing Links Volume Two | type = compilation | artist = the Monkees | cover = Missing Links Volume Two - The Monkees.jpg | alt = | released = January 1990 | recorded = 1966–1969 | venue = | studio = | genre = Rock | length = 46:33 | label = Rhino | producer = Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart, The Monkees, Jeff Barry, Mike Nesmith, Jack Keller, Chip Douglas | compiler = Bill Inglot, Andrew P. Sandoval | prev_title = Pool It! | prev_year = 1987 | next_title = Listen to the Band | next_year = 1991 | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score =
Missing Links Volume Two is a compilation album of rare and previously unreleased songs by the American pop rock band the Monkees, issued by Rhino Records in 1990. It is the second volume of a three-volume set, preceded by Missing Links in 1987 and followed by Missing Links Volume Three in 1996.
While several of the tracks had been featured in the Monkees' television series, only one of the tracks had ever been issued commercially: the live version of "Circle Sky" had appeared in the Monkees' feature film Head and was previously released on the Australian compilation Monkeemania (40 Timeless Hits) in 1979.
This compilation contains one mislabeled track, as "Down the Highway" is mistitled "Michigan Blackhawk".
In 2021, Friday Music released the album on colored vinyl for Record Store Day.
Track listing
| headline = CD version | extra_column = Lead vocal | all_writing = | total_length = 46:33 | title1 = All the King's Horses | writer1 = Michael Nesmith | extra1 = Micky Dolenz | length1 = 2:18 | title2 = Valleri | note2 = TV version | extra2 = Davy Jones | length2 = 2:34 | writer2 = | title3 = St. Matthew | writer3 = Nesmith | extra3 = Nesmith | length3 = 2:44 | title4 = Words | note4 = TV version | extra4 = | length4 = 3:04 | writer4 = | title5 = Some of Shelly's Blues | writer5 = Nesmith | extra5 = Nesmith | length5 = 2:33 | title6 = I Wanna Be Free | note6 = TV version | extra6 = | length6 = 2:48 | writer6 = | title7 = If I Ever Get to Saginaw Again | extra7 = Nesmith | length7 = 2:45 | writer7 = | title8 = Come On In | extra8 = Tork | length8 = 3:11 | writer8 = Jo Mapes | title9 = I'll Be Back Up on My Feet | note9 = TV version | extra9 = Dolenz | length9 = 2:39 | writer9 = | title10 = Down the Highway | extra10 = Nesmith | length10 = 2:16 | writer10 = | title11 = Hold On Girl | extra11 = Jones | length11 = 2:45 | writer11 = | title12 = The Crippled Lion | writer12 = Nesmith | extra12 = Nesmith | length12 = 2:52 | title13 = Changes | extra13 = Jones | length13 = 2:27 | writer13 = | title14 = Mr. Webster | extra14 = Dolenz | length14 = 2:55 | writer14 = | title15 = You Just May Be the One | writer15 = Nesmith | note15 = TV version | extra15 = Nesmith | length15 = 2:00 | title16 = (I Prithee) Do Not Ask for Love | extra16 = Dolenz | length16 = 2:58 | writer16 = Michael Martin Murphey | title17 = Circle Sky | writer17 = Nesmith | extra17 = Nesmith | note17 = live | length17 = 2:27 | title18 = Seeger's Theme | extra18 = Tork (whistling) | length18 = 0:45 | writer18 = Pete Seeger | title19 = Riu Chiu | extra19 = Dolenz | length19 = 1:32 | writer19 = Traditional
- Tracks 7, 11, 14 and 15 are CD bonus tracks.
Personnel
Credits as per CD liner notes.
- Bill Inglot – producer, compiler, digital prep and transfers
- Andrew P. Sandoval – producer, compiler, liner notes
- Tommy Boyce – producer (1–2, 4, 6, 14–15)
- Bobby Hart – producer (1–2, 4, 6, 14–15)
- The Monkees – producer (3, 5, 7–8, 12–13, 17)
- Jeff Barry – producer (9, 11)
- Mike Nesmith – producer (10, 16)
- Jack Keller – producer (11)
- Chip Douglas – producer (19)
- Geoff Gans – art direction
- April Conquest – design
- Henry Diltz – photos
- John Strother – remixing
- Ken Perry – digital prep and transfers
References
References
- "Missing Links, Vol. 2 - The Monkees | Songs, Reviews, Credits".
- Sandoval, Andrew. (2013). "The Monkees Present (Deluxe Edition)". [[Rhino Entertainment.
- "The Monkees - Missing Links Volume 2 (Orange) [RSD Drops 2021]".
- The Monkees. (1990). "Missing Links Volume Two". [[Rhino Entertainment.
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