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Back cover of June 1967 issue of Monkees Monthly

11/30/2013

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Nez live in Massachusetts

11/30/2013

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November 10, 2013 (Photo courtesy Steve Hoffman Music Forum)

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Rockline magazine covers 1986 reunion

11/30/2013

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For easier reading, click on each image to enlarge.

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Peter Tork with Noel Redding of the Jimi Hendrix Experience while on tour in '67

11/29/2013

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(Photo courtesy of Good Time Music)

Read more: Monkees 1967 Summer Tour with the Jimi Hendrix Experience

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Micky performs "No Time" with The Dynamics

11/29/2013

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The label credits "No Time" to The Guess Who (who also had a song named "No Time" - thanks, Kevin), but here's Micky singing The Monkees' "No Time" from the Headquarters album. Members of The Dynamics join Micky. Thanks to Al Bigley for sending this one in...

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Shindig! magazine articles on 'Head'

11/29/2013

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UPDATE: This was originally posted on the Live Almanac blog on May 5, 2013. It's a great article and I thought this would be a good day to revisit it. If you are in the United States and chose not to deal with Black Friday shopping crowds, this will keep you busy for a while. Enjoy!

These articles are a must read for any Monkees fan, and could perhaps be the definitive assessment of the group's 1968 feature film, Head. Written by pop historian Rachel Lichtman (who also produced the video footage shown on the 2011/2012/2013 tours) and Monkees author and archivist Andrew Sandoval, and featuring interviews with Micky, Davy, Michael and Peter, no stone is left unturned as the history, impact and legacy of the film are recalled in the November/December 2010 issue of Shindig!

In upcoming blog posts, an interview with Peter from this same issue will be featured, as well as the magazine's review of the Head Rhino Handmade deluxe edition.

For easier viewing, click on each image and then click on it again.

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The Monkees record 'Headquarters'

11/28/2013

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Happy Thanksgiving to everyone in the United States...and a Happy Hanukkah, too! Don't forget to check out the new banner on the homepage, courtesy of Al Bigley.

From the May 1967 issue of Monkees Monthly (Click to enlarge)

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Micky in a scene from "Monkees Watch Their Feet"

11/27/2013

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PBS show pays tribute to Davy Jones

11/27/2013

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New '60s-Themed Episode of PBS' "My Music" Series to Feature Davy Jones Tribute

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Davy's daughter plans holiday fundraiser

11/27/2013

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Rock ‘n’ roll Christmas fair at Monkee’s home

Davy and Annabel

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Shoe Suede Blues show this Friday in Jersey

11/27/2013

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Peter Tork and Shoe Suede Blues at Open Arts Stage Theater in Bordentown, New Jersey

(Photo courtesy Peter Tork Facebook page)

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Nez provides update on Facebook about upcoming live album

11/27/2013

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"Back in California. Starting work on the live album. It sounded pretty good from the samples we listened to on the road. I'll start editing the best of all the versions of the songs and it will come out in January. It is only a limited edition and won't be available on Amazon or iTunes for a while.

The Super Deluxe is sold out and the Deluxe is almost sold out but there are a stack of the Standards left.

You can read all about it here. www.videoranch.com.

Live albums are hard to do -- so many things have to fit together -- and it's not like taking a recording of one show and having that be the representative of all the live shows. It is almost impossible to catch all the subtleties and nuances in one show. We did 22 shows on this tour and I think there is a little magic in all of them. But it will be a long and arduous editing process. The band performances and the slight changes in the arrangements and the different reactions of the crowds make editing it all together almost intractable --- finding the one take where everything meets and melds just right.

Nonetheless I am going to try to leave each song as complete in one take as I can and try to use the whole song and performance as a minimum meme.

It may not work.

Then again, it might.

Like all Thanksgiving dinners -- one never knows. Just plenty to be grateful for."

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Portrait

11/27/2013

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"The Monkees in Paris"

11/26/2013

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After their performance at the Hollywood Bowl on June 9, 1967, The Monkees spent time recording songs for their fourth album before leaving on a European trip that would include concerts at Wembley in England. On June 23, the band departed Los Angeles for Paris, France. Over the next several days in the French capital, The Monkees filmed what would become the second season episode "Monkees in Paris."

This article appeared in the October 1967 issue of the UK magazine Monkees Monthly. Click on each part of the article to enlarge.