{"id":4556,"date":"2012-02-08T00:51:43","date_gmt":"2012-02-08T07:51:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/?p=4556"},"modified":"2012-02-08T00:53:04","modified_gmt":"2012-02-08T07:53:04","slug":"the-monkees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/2012\/02\/the-monkees\/","title":{"rendered":"THE MONKEES"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"T<\/strong>HE MONKEES\u00a0<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Instant Replay\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

[Rhino Handmade]<\/p>\n

In February 1986 MTV ran a marathon of episodes from the Monkees\u2019 1960s television show, instantly igniting a wave of new interest in an act known during its heyday as a fabricated cash-in on the appeal of the Beatles. But if MTV started the second wave of Monkeemania, the folks at reissue label Rhino made sure it stuck. The next several years saw a series of loving re-releases of the Monkees\u2019 original albums, as well as multiple in-depth box sets, all undertaken in what seemed a determined attempt to ensure the group\u2019s musical output would never again be devalued.<\/p>\n

This elaborate set represents a new level of Monkees devotion altogether, as Rhino makes the case for the group\u2019s first album as a trio following the 1969 defection of original member Peter Tork. Instant Replay<\/em> found the remaining Monkees trying to right their uneasy ship by exhuming unused songs (and even original backing tracks) from throughout their career. The result is a surprisingly easy-rolling set of songs that balances mid-\u201960s pop classicism and Monkee Mike Nesmith\u2019s budding interest in the country-rock sounds he would go on to pioneer as a solo artist upon his own 1970 exit. This box expands the original album to three very thorough CDs, including numerous alternate mixes and a wealth of instrumental backing tracks that showcase the brilliant \u201960s session players the group regularly employed. (A 7-inch single of \u201c[I Prithee] Do Not Ask for Love\u201d and \u201cI Go Ape\u201d is also included for good measure.) \u2013CN<\/p>\n

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THE MONKEES\u00a0 Instant Replay\u00a0 [Rhino Handmade] In February 1986 MTV ran a marathon of episodes from the Monkees\u2019 1960s television show, instantly igniting a wave of new interest in an act known during its heyday as a fabricated cash-in on the appeal of the Beatles. But if MTV started the second wave of Monkeemania, the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17],"tags":[196,2936,2864,685,2935],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4556"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4556"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4556\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4844,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4556\/revisions\/4844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}