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.





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