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Monkee Business 
Compilation album by The Monkees Released 1982 Recorded 1966-1969 Genre Rock Label Rhino Records Producer Various The Monkees chronology More Greatest Hits of The Monkees
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(1984)Monkee Business was a 1982 singles and rarities compilation album of songs by the Monkees, issued by Rhino Records. It was a picture disc reissue of an earlier limited-issue collection, and Monkee Business was available in both LP and cassette formats. Several of the tracks were taken from Monkeemania!, an Australian compilation that featured previously-unreleased recordings.
The album is notable for being the first American Monkees rarities collection, and also as an early effort from Rhino Records. It was also the LP debut of several tracks which had only been released as singles, including "Goin' Down," "D.W. Washburn," "It's Nice to Be With You," and "Someday Man." While the track selection and notation were first-rate, the album suffered some technical faults; as a picture disc, the playback quality of the record was inferior to what was available in the early 1980s. There also appeared to be little or no remastering done to the tracks, with equalization and other factors varying widely from song to song. This resulted in the album sounding more like a bootleg recording or home tape, than a professionally produced LP.
The album went out of print as Rhino shifted from vinyl releases to compact discs. Each of the tracks have since been reissued (carefully digitally remastered) on CD, as part of the Missing Links set of collections, or as bonus tracks on concurrent Monkees albums, though not all in the same versions (notably "Tema Dei Monkees", an Italian language version of their television show's theme).
Contents
Track listing
Side 1
- "Porpoise Song" (single version) (King & Goffin)
- "Star Collector" (alternate version) (King & Goffin)
- "It's Nice to Be With You" (Goldstein)
- "D.W. Washburn" (Leiber & Stoller)
- "Steam Engine" (alternate version) (Douglas)
- "Tema Dei Monkees" (Boyce & Hart)
Side 2
- "Pleasant Valley Sunday" (single mix) (King & Goffin)
- "What Am I Doing Hangin' Round" (Murphey)
- "She Hangs Out" (original single version) (Barry)
- "Love to Love" (Diamond)
- "Someday Man" (Nichols & Williams)
- "Goin' Down" (Hildebrand, Tork, Nesmith, Dolenz, & Jones)
External links
The Monkees Production/Management Studio albums The Monkees · More of the Monkees · Headquarters · Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd. · The Birds, The Bees & The Monkees · Head · Instant Replay · The Monkees Present · Changes · Pool It! · JustusOther albums Greatest Hits (Colgems) · Barrel Full of Monkees · Re-Focus · Greatest Hits (Arista) · More Greatest Hits of The Monkees · Monkee Business · Monkee Flips · Hit Factory · Then & Now... The Best of The Monkees · · Missing Links · Missing Links Volume Two · Listen to the Band (box set) · Greatest Hits (Rhino) · Barrelful of Monkees: Monkees Songs for Kids! · Missing Links Volume Three · The Monkees Anthology · Music Box (box set) · · The Best of The Monkees · The Headquarters SessionsLive albums Singles "Last Train to Clarksville"/"Take a Giant Step" · "I'm a Believer"/"(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone" · "A Little Bit Me, a Little Bit You"/"The Girl I Knew Somewhere" · "Pleasant Valley Sunday"/"Words" · "Daydream Believer"/"Goin' Down" · "Valleri"/"Tapioca Tundra" · "D. W. Washburn"/"It's Nice to Be With You" · "Porpoise Song"/"As We Go Along" · "Tear Drop City"/"A Man Without a Dream" · "Someday Man"/"Listen To The Band" · "Good Clean Fun"/"Mommy and Daddy" · "Oh My My"/"I Love You Better" · "Do It In The Name Of Love"/"Lady Jane" · "That Was Then, This Is Now"Film/Television Related articles Discography · Dolenz, Jones, Boyce & Hart · The Monkees (book) · New Monkees · The Monkeemobile · An Evening with The Monkees: The 45th Anniversary TourCategories:- The Monkees albums
- 1982 compilation albums
- Rhino Records compilation albums
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