The Monkees - 1986-08-07 - Hoffman Estates, IL (SBD)

The Monkees 

1986-08-07

Poplar Creek Music Theater 

Hoffman Estates, IL

Soundboard recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Monkees theme

02. Last Train To Clarksville 

03. A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You 

04. (I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone 

05. Cuddly Toy 

06. No Time 

07. Daydream Believer 

08. Shades Of Grey 

09. Goin' Down 

10. I'll Love You Forever 

11. Randy Scouse Git 

12. Your Auntie Grizelda 

13. She 

14. I Wanna Be Free 

15. MGB-GT 

16. That Was Then, This is Now

17. Valerie 

18. I'm A Believer 

19. Monkees theme (reprise) 

20. Encore break 

21. Listen To The Band 

22. Pleasant Valley Sunday 

23. Monkees theme (reprise) 

The Monkees - 1986-08-07 - Hoffman Estates, IL (SBD)

In 1986, three of the 4 Monkees - Davy Jones, Peter Tork and Micky Dloenz, reunited for a tour commerating the 20th anniversary of the band's founding. Of course, the Monkees in 1966 were a fictional band starring in a TV sitcom, but by 1967, they were recording and releasing albums, 3 of which went to the top of the charts in that historic year for music. The 4th member of the band, Mike Nesmith, who had generally shied away from all things Monkees since the band split up, actually joined his band mates at a September 7, 1986 show in Los Angeles. The tour was such a commerical success that the original rum was extended all the way to the end of the year. And the press also good things to say about the tour, with US Today writing, for example, that "Critics of the band wouldn't believe it - and they certainly wouldn't have been there to witness it themselves - but The Monkees are a legitimate rock and roll band. They're also entertaining, something that can't be said about some of their '80s counterparts . . . ​The Monkees are a hard act to follow." ​  This soundbaord recording captures the 4 Monkees during that 20th Anniversary tour at August 7, 1986, 3 dozen years ago today.

Happy Together Tour - 2010-06-06 - Big Flats, NY (Ex Aud)

The Happy Together 25th Anniversary Tour

Featuring The Turtles, The Buckinghams, The Grass Roots and more

2010-06-06

The Summer Stage

Tags Outdoor Theatre

Big Flats, NY

Excellent Audience Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

The Buckinghams

01. Intro

02. Don't You Care

03. Mercy, Mercy, Mercy

04. banter

05. Hey Baby (They're Playin' Our Song)

06. banter

07. Susan

08. Expressway (To Your Heart)

09. Kind Of A Drag

Mark Lindsay (former lead singer of Paul Revere and the Raiders)

01. Intro

02. Steppin' Out >

03. Just Like Me >

04. Action > Hungry

05. Arizona

06. banter > Louie Louie (with snippets of Sunshine of Your Love, Gimme Some Lovin' and My Generation) >

07. banter

08. Good Thing

09. Indian Reservation >

10. Kicks

Rob Grill And The Grass Roots

01. Intro

02. Temptation Eyes

03. Heaven Knows

04. banter

05. Let's Live For Today

06. banter

07. Wait A Million Years

08. banter

09. Midnight Confession

Micky Dolenz (of The Monkees)

01. Intro

02. (Theme From) The Monkees > That Was Then, This Is Now >

03. A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You

04. banter > Last Train To Clarksville

05. banter > Purple Haze > "We want The Monkees"

06. banter > Oh! Darling

07. Daydream Believer

08. (I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone *   

09. banter > Pleasant Valley Sunday

10. banter > I'm A Believer

The Turtles (featuring Flo & Eddie)

01. Intro

02. Happy Together instrumental > banter

03. You Baby 

04. banter

05. It Ain't Me Babe

06. banter > Peaches En Regalia > ???

07. Elenore

08. Doors parody > You Showed Me

09. band intros

10. She'd Rather Be With Me

11. Happy Together

12. Outro

Happy Together Tour  - 2010-06-06 - Big Flats, NY (Ex Aud)

The Happy Together tour, which began in 1985, was the brainchild of Flo & Eddie (real names - Mark Voman and Howard Kaylan), who were original members of The Turtles, a band with direct ties to 1967.  In fact, the 25th anniversary of the Happy Together Tour, as captured in the excellent audience recording from June 26, 2010, a dozen yearss ago today, features 5 acts, each one linked to 1967 in one way of another:

• The Turtles: Had their only #1 hit in 1967, Happy Together (hence the name of the tour!), which knocked Penny Lane out of the top spot. Happy Toegther was an excellent example of an interesting dichotomy in music in 1967. While critical attention in 1967 was focused on the psychedelic sounds of albums such as Sgt Pepper's and Surrealistic Pillow, the singles chart was still filled with breezy pop tunes and one hit wonders.  Songs such as Windy by The Association, Incense and Peppermints by the Strawberry Alarm Clock, to Sir With Love by Lulu and Ode to Billy Joe all went to #1 on the Billboard charts in 1967.  
• The Buckinghams:  Also had a #1 hit in 1967, with the tune Kind Of A Drag. That song spent two weeks in the top spot, sandwhiched between I'm A Bbeliver and Ruby Tuesday. All in all, the band had 3 top 10 singles and 5 top 40 hist that year!
• Paul Revere & The Raiders: Had a top 25 album ion 1967, entitled Revolution, while having 4 top 40 singles, including "Him or Me - What's It Gonna Be" which went to #5 on the Billbaord charts.
• The Grass Roots: Released the tune Let' Live For Today in 1967, which climbed to #8 on the Billbaoard charts. That may be the band's 2nd most famous and successful tune after Midnight Conession, which was released the following year and went to #5 on the charts.
• The Monkees: Monkee-mania ran wild in 1967, as the band dominated not only the album charts but also the singles charts. The band had 4 albums go to #1 in 1967, including More Of The Monkees, which soent 18 weeks at the top, 3 more that Sgt Pepper's, and had six top 40 singles , including two at #1 in I'm A Believer and Daydream Believer; one at #2 in A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You and one at #3 in Pleasant Valley Sunday. Given that the Monkees were the biggest selling act in rock, the Monterey Pop organizers gave serious consideration to having them play the festival. In the end, they decided against it, but that didn't stop group members Micky Dolenz and Peter Tork from attending. Tork even introduced Buffalo Springfield, his favorite group, as well as Lou Rawls. In addition, Tork was involved in a bizarre incident during the Grateful Dead's set where he tried to stop fans from climbing on stage and dancing. To top it off, he also informed the crowd that The Beatles were not at the festival in disguise. Even at Monterey Pop, The Beatles and The Monkees, without playing a note, remained linked. 

The Monkees - 1968-10-04 - Tokyo, Japan (TV SBD)

The Monkees
1968-10-04
Budokan Hall
Tokyo, Japan
TV Soundboard Recording
224 kbps
Artwork Included

01. Last Train To Clarksville
02. I Wanna Be Free
03. D.W. Washburn
04. Daydream Believer
05. Cuddly Toy
06. Salesman
07. It’s Nice To Be With You
08. Mary, Mary
09. Cindy, Cindy (Peter Tork solo spot)
10. Peter Percival Patterson’s Pet Pig Porky (Peter Tork solo spot)
11. Johnny B. Goode (Michael Nesmith solo spot)
12. Gonna Build A Mountain (Davy Jones solo spot)
13. I Got A Woman (Micky Dolenz solo spot)
14. I’m A Believer
15. (I’m Not Your) Steppin’ Stone

Tracks 11-13 feature musical backing by the Floral (opening act that night).

The Monkees - 1968-10-04 - Tokyo, Japan (TV SBD)

Given the incredible list of albums that were released in 1967 - Sgt Pepper's, Are You Experienced, Surrealistc Pillow, debut discs from The Doors & The Grateful Dead, etc., you would think that every week a new album would have hit #1 on the Billboard charts as those legendary discs fought for the top spot. Instead, one band dominated the charts, having an album at #1 for 29 weeks. No, it wasn't The Beatles, though Sgt Pepper's did spend 15 weeks at #1. Rather it was The Monkees, who started as fictional TV band loosely based on The Beatles, who had 4 different albums hit #1 in 1967

1. Their self titled debut disc for 5 weeks, 
2. More Of The Monkees for 18 weeks, 
3. Headquarters for 1 week 
4. Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd  for 5 weeks

By the way - just 3 other albums went to #1 that year:

• Sounds Like by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass for 1 week
• Ode To Billie Joe by Bobbie Gentry for 2 weeks
• Greatest Hits by Diana Ross & The Supremes for 5 week

Monkee-mania ran wild in 1967, as the band dominated not only the album charts but also the singles charts. The Monkees had six top 40 singles in 1967, including two at #1 in I'm A Believer and Daydream Believer; one at #2 in A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You and one at #3 in Pleasant Valley Sunday.  By 1968, though, the shine started to wear off. While the album The Birds, The Bees & The Monkees. and the single, Valerie, both released in early 1968, each wnet to #3 on the charts, the band's commercial success was about done.  Their TV show was cancelled, and the band itself was racked by internal tensions. The film Head, and its accompanying soundtrack album, released in late 1968, took direct aim at blowing up their carefully constructed TV personas. By early 1969, peter Tork resigned from the Monkees, ending a 2 year long roller coaster ride.  This TV soundboard recording captures the band on their last tour before Tork quit, in Tokyo on October 4, 1968, a half century ago this very day.

The Monkeees - 1989-06-30 - Hollywood CA (TV SBD)

The Monkees

1989-06-30

Pat Sajak Show

Hollywood CA

TV Soundboard recording

320 kbps

Video Links Below

01. Stepping Stone

02. Interview

03. Pleasant Valley Sunday

The Monkeees - 1989-06-30 - Hollywood CA (TV SBD)

Given the incredible list of albums that were released in 1967 - Sgt Pepper's Are You Experienced, Surrealistc Pillow, etc., you would think that every week a new album would have hit #1 on the Billboard charts as those legendary discs fought for the top spot. Instead, one band dominated the charts, having an album at #1 for 29 weeks. No, it wasn't The Beatles, though Sgt Pepper's did spend 15 weeks at #1. Rather it was The Monkees, who started as fictional TV band loosely based on The Beatles, who had 4 different albums hit #1 in 1967

1. Their self titled debut disc for 5 weeks, 
2. More Of The Monkees for 18 weeks, 
3. Headquarters for 1 week 
4. Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd  for 5 weeks

By the way - just 3 other albums went to #1 that year:

• Sounds Like by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass for 1 week
• Ode To Billie Joe by Bobbie Gentry for 2 weeks
• Greatest Hits by Diana Ross & The Supremes for 5 week

Monkee-mania ran wild in 1967, as the band dominated not only the album charts but also the singles charts. The Monkees had six top 40 singles in 1967, including two at #1 in I'm A Believer and Daydream Believer; one at #2 in A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You and one at #3 in Pleasant Valley Sunday. Given that the Monkees were the biggest selling act in rock, the Monterey Pop organizers gave serious consideration to having them play the festival. In the end they decided against it, bu that didn't stop group members Micky Dolenz and Peter Tork from attending. Tork even introduced Buffalo Springfield, his favorite group, as well as Lou Rawls. In addition, Tork was involved in a bizarre incident during the Grateful Dead's set where he tried to stop fans from climbing on stage and dancing. To top it off, he also informed the crowd that The Beatles were not at the festival in disguise. Even at Monterey Pop, The Beatles and The Monkees, without playing a note, remained linked. In any event, this TV Soundboard recording captures 3 of the 4 Monkees (no Mike Nesmith) on the Pat Sajak show during one of their reunion tours, on June 30, 1989, 28 years ago today.