Monkees fan and childhood friend Dawn Martin joins Craig Smith for a discussion about their Monkees memories, shared and separate, favorite and most embarrassing stories, and much much more.
In this episode, Megan and Craig reunite to discuss Mike and Micky’s live album (and the farewell tour), Andrew’s book coming soon, 7A reissuing Stranger Things Have Happened and Dolenz Sings Nesmith, some discussion and opinion about Friday Music’s Missing Links RSD vinyl reissues, and what ended up being the best piece of Monkees vinyl we’ve gotten in a LONG time – the Run Out Groove 2LP version of the debut album.
When we last left Corey Nowlin, he was saying goodbye to Megan and Craig after spending five days on a boat with a bunch of rabid KISS fans. He has returned to The Pods & Sods Network to discuss a band that he has some history with and that he and Craig appreciated greatly during the pandemic – Phish. Lots to take in here, so read the book and surrender to the flow as Corey and Craig take you into the incredibly deep, wide and rewarding world of Phish.
In the first episode of WHY WE LOVE… – a series to kick off an unscripted and all over the place conversation about bands we love (with a little off-topic fun as well) – Brian Linnen (Permanent Record Podcast) joins Craig for a candid chat about a band Craig has loved forever and Brian has loved for under a year – the amazing Bee Gees. They talk about various albums and songs, the eras of the band, some of their turns on television and films and their solo careers – but not before Brian has a score to settle with Craig and the absent Eric.
Andrew Sandoval comes back to the Pods & Sods Network to discuss his forthcoming book The Monkees: The Day By Day Story! First published in 2005, it had widely been considered the last word on the story of The Monkees – an incredibly detailed chronology of all of the music, filming and tours between their creation and 1970. Now expanded and essentially rebuilt, the new version of the book contains some mindblowing content that’s never been unearthed until now, and Andrew shares some of the new research info with Craig and answers a few listener questions.
As a final gift in 2020, Mister Brian Jacobs returns to the Pods & Sods to join Craig for a quick chat about the seven fan club flexidiscs sent out to Beatles fans between 1963 and 1969 (and as an album in 1970). Happy Holidays to all and enjoy!
After we learned in the previous Beatles episode that Mister Brian Jacobs would try to throw the numbers in his favor, he was banished to a separate desert island that just played one Dylan song on a loop. Thalia Reynolds (Another Kind Of Mind) proved to be up to the task of choosing, and joined Craig for this Two Pick Ten where they focus on the point where she jumped onto Beatle Fandom – 25 years ago as they celebrate the anniversary of The Beatles Anthology.
The Monkees track by track, session by session
Pillow Time – version 1/demo
Micky In Carlsbad Cavern
Shades Of Gray
Masking Tape
You Just May Be The One – version 2 [LP version]
Peter Gunn’s Gun
I Can’t Get Her Off My Mind – version 2 [LP version]
Two-Part Invention In F Major
No Time – version 1
Blues
Banjo Jam
Cripple Creek
The Story Of Rock And Roll – version 1
Cantata & Fugue In C&W
The Story Of Rock And Roll – version 2
Don’t Be Cruel
Early Morning Blues And Greens
For Pete’s Sake
No Time – version 2 [LP version]
Just A Game – version 1/demo
In 1994, Smashing Pumpkins were a rock band coming off a super successful album (Siamese Dream) with an epic heavy sound – but many were surprised at exactly how far they could take “epic” – and they certainly took it far on their 1995 masterwork Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness. Christopher Fritz joins Craig once again as they dive into this one track by track, starting in the neighborhood record store where they met, the show where they saw the original four-piece Pumpkin lineup for what would be one of the last times, Billy’s track notes, what songs from the singles that would swap into the album, and culminating with these two friends reuniting to see the band in 2018 to relive some of those memories one more time. Join us on this empty party afternoon where we sing a birthday song to one of the most ambitious albums to come out of the nineties.
The Monkees track by track, session by session
The Girl I Knew Somewhere – version 2 [45 version]
Sunny Girlfriend
Mr. Webster – version 2 [LP version]
Nine Times Blue – demo
Until It’s Time For You To Go – version 1
She’ll Be There – demo
Midnight Train – demo
Randy Scouse Git
Band 6
You Told Me
Zilch
I’ll Spend My Life With You – version 2 [LP version]
Forget That Girl
Where Has It All Gone – version 1
Memphis Tennessee
Twelve-String Improvisation
Where Has It All Gone – version 2
Monkee Chat
East Virginia
Jericho
Fever
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