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A look inside The Monkees' "Christmas Party" CD (Target exclusive bonus tracks edition)

10/27/2018

12 Comments

 
A big thanks to (who else?!) Ben Belmares for sharing his scans of the Target version of The Monkees' new holiday album, Christmas Party. 
Monkees Christmas Party Target exclusive
Monkees Christmas Party CD booklet
Monkees Unwrap You at Christmas
Monkees What Would Santa Do
Monkees Mele Kalikimaka
Monkees House of Broken Gingerbread
Monkees The Christmas Song
Monkees Christmas Party song
Monkees Jesus Christ
Monkees I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday
Monkees Silver Bells
Monkees Wonderful Christmastime McCartney
Monkees Snowfall Angels We Have Heard on High
Monkees Merry Christmas, Baby
Monkees Riu Chiu Christmas Is My Time of Year
Monkees Christmas Party credits
Monkees Christmas Party Target track listing
Monkees Christmas Party tray inlay
Monkees Christmas Party tray inlay
Monkees Christmas Party compact disc
12 Comments
Miho Oshima
10/27/2018 20:57:02

How I and everybody will have a lot of joy with the Christmas present!!!!!

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Jeff
10/28/2018 12:31:45

Thank you so much for posting this. Especially for those of us that can't locate this CD in stores. And nice to finally have the musician credits for Christmas Is My Time Of Year.

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Monkees Live Almanac
10/30/2018 19:12:35

Jeff,

Listen to Chip Douglas talk more about the sessions for "Christmas Is My Time of Year" here:

https://www.monkeeslivealmanac.com/blog/monkees-live-almanac-iain-lee-exclusive-a-conversation-with-chip-douglas

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Jeff
10/30/2018 23:30:37

Thank you as always! I forgot about this interview and a perfect time to revisit.

mary
10/28/2018 15:53:37

yes, good to see the scans. Nicely done, love the drawings. I'm still waiting on my Target online order. My order seems delayed into next week despite ordering it about a week before release. I did not bother to go to the brick n' mortar stores because I recall getting a copy of Good Times was a slight hassle of visiting a few stores. .... I still prefer to get an old-fashioned CD vs. getting digital copies. I'm in the GenX age bracket, 2nd Gen Monkees fan. Anyway, I'd rather have this album than have them release nothing. I'm also not a big fan of Christmas music, but I like this release so far. I listened to it several times on YouTube.

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Jeff
10/28/2018 16:09:59

Do we happen to know if Chip Douglas' instrumental contributions to "Mele Kalikimaka" were included on the tape of Davy's vocal recorded in '91 or did he record these parts during this Summer's sessions? I realize this could be filed under "useless trivia" but I'm a nerd when it comes to musician credits. :)

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Monkees Live Almanac
10/30/2018 19:08:29

Hi Jeff,

Without asking Andrew Sandoval or John Hughes, my guess would be that Chip's contributions are from the 1991 sessions. You can listen to the original version here:

https://davyjones.bandcamp.com/album/christmas-jones-special-download-edition-w-bonus-tracks

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Jeff
10/30/2018 23:31:57

Makes sense, thank you.

Jeff
11/3/2018 11:52:22

Ok, I got my copy yesterday (finally found one in store), and the sped up "Riu Chiu" sounds like the Chipmunks. I couldn't even listen to it all the way through. How in the heck could this have been missed. The only other possibility was that it was a creative decision, but this is not "Tear Drop City". Peter Tork said he considers "Riu Chiu" the Monkees' musical high point (as a group), and there's merit in that notion, so what a bummer that the casual fan that picks this up is not hearing it in the best light. Now, mistakes of course do happen, but for those of us that support The Monkees/Rhino with purchasing the various high priced box sets (CDs/Blu Ray), I think Rhino owes us an acknowledgement of the mistake, and more importantly some kind of correction. I'm thinking maybe we provide them proof of purchase and they give us access to a digital download of the corrected track. Something along those lines. Or what the heck, just post the corrected track for free on their website. You know, in the spirit of Christmas.

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Scott Erickson link
11/3/2018 21:24:53

The "upgrade" of "Riu Chiu" was extracted directly from the Bluray. However, whomever was responsible for this (most certainly NOT Andrew S.) improperly converted the sample rate from Bluray resolution to CD resolution, resulting in the track being sped up (and in a higher key). It was a careless error. Hopefully, if Andrew compiles a 3CD Super Deluxe Edition of PACJ, this error will be corrected. Until then, the version included on the 2006 Deluxe Edition will be more than sufficient. Truthfully, the upgrade in quality was nominal.

Regarding the Davy tracks.... there seems to be some confusion as to when they were recorded. The notes for "Christmas Party" says they were recorded in 1991. I believe that's incorrect. The song "White Christmas" (the B-side to the original "Christmas Is My Time Of Year" 45) is the key to solving this puzzle. It appears (in a completely different remix than either the 1976 or 1986 singles) on the same Xmas album Davy self-released that "Mele Kalikamaka" and "Silver Bells" were pulled from for the new album. There's now difference in the sound of Davy's voice on "White Christmas" than on any of the other material from those sessions. I'm pretty sure we'd all be able to hear a difference in Davy's voice from 1976 to 1991. It's highly doubtful that Davy did another set of sessions with Chip. So, how could a song that was recorded in 1991 have been originally released in 1976? The answer is that it just didn't happen that way. The liner notes on the new CD are 100% wrong about the recording dates. Even Davy's Bandcamp page (mentioned by the Almanac in a previous comment) says these songs were "Recorded at Sound Advise Studios, Hilo, Hawaii, in 1976." It was confusing, but I think I have the whole timeline figured out.

Oct 1976 - Chip produces Davy's Christmas sessions (including CIMTOF with Micky & Peter).

Dec 1976 - Chip releases "Christmas Is My Time Of Year" b/w "White Christmas" on Christmas Records (green label)

Dec 1986 - Chip re-releases the 45, BOTH songs remixed (gold label)

1991 - Davy releases those Chip-produced sessions on Cassette as "It's Christmas Time Again". As I mentioned above, "White Christmas" (same exact recording as the 76/86 singles, but in a 3rd remix) is included. It's possible that Chip mixed/remixed these tracks earlier in 1991 for this release. That would explain the mistaken recording date.

1997 - Davy re-releases "It's Christmas Time Again", this time on CD with new cover art. Aside from the new artwork, there is NO difference between this and the 1991 cassette.

Finally:
2005 - Davy releases a newly remastered version of the 1997 CD, this time re-titled "Christmas Jones"

I hope that helps.

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Monkees Live Almanac
11/13/2018 19:05:59

Thanks for all of this information, Scott.

Joe
11/13/2018 18:43:31

Does anyone know "What Would Santa Do" is all about?

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