Give Up Your Secrets - The Monkees 1968 (Box Set)

 Merry Christmas!

There’s a lot of material The Monkees recorded in 1968 that we, the fans, have not heard yet. Scores of material have been found since 2009, or were left off the TBTB&TM box for various reasons.

I believe, out of everything I have posted here thus far, that this hypothetical box set would be the most important & commercially viable candidate for a Rhino Records release, full stop. I feel so strongly about this one, I even gave it a title!

All tracks here would be previously unreleased except where noted (*).

DISC 1: THE BEST OF THE MONKEES 1968

1. Porpoise Song (202X Remix)
2. You And I (202X Remix)
3. Come On In (202X Remix)
4. Mommy And Daddy (202X Remix)
5. Don’t Listen To Linda (202X Remix)
6. As We Go Along (202X Remix)
7. Tear The Top Right Off My Head (Stereo Mix)
8. Through The Looking Glass (202X Remix)
9. Good Clean Fun (202X Remix)
10. We Were Made For Each Other (202X Remix)
11. Zor And Zam (202X Remix)
12. While I Cry (202X Remix)
13. Rosemarie (202X Remix)
14. Lady’s Baby (Stereo Mix)
15. Valleri (202X Remix)
16. P.O. Box 9847 (202X Remix)
17. My Share Of The Sidewalk (202X Remix)
18. Carlisle Wheeling (Version One, 202X Remix)
19. Changes (202X Remix)
20. The Girl I Left Behind Me / Girl Named Love (202X Remix)
21. Hollywood (202X Remix)
22. Circle Sky (Live, 202X Remix)
23. Look Down (202X Remix)
24. Listen To The Band (202X Remix)

DISC 2: RARE & UNRELEASED 1968

1. Mommy And Daddy (Alternate Take)
2. Long Title (Alternate Lead)
3. Zor And Zam (TV Version, Stereo Mix)
4. Daddy’s Song (Rough Mono Mix)
5. Long Title (Mono Movie Mix)
6. Tear The Top Right Off My Head (Alternate Lead)
7. Carlisle Wheeling (Alternate 1968 Mono Mix)
8. Ceiling In My Room (Alternate Mono Mix)
9. Can You Dig It (Rough Mono Mix)
10. As We Go Along (True Mono Mix)
11. Circle Sky (Alternate 1968 Mono Mix)
12. Auntie’s Municipal Court (Mike’s Vocal, 1968 Mono Mix)
13. Nine Times Blue (October 1968 Mix)
14. D.W. Washburn (Alternate Mono Mix)
15. Writing Wrongs (Alternate 1968 Stereo Mix)
16. Alvin (Mono Master)
17. Shake Em Up & Let Em Roll (202X Remix)
18. How Insensitive (202X Remix)
19. Me Without You (202X Remix)
20. Auntie’s Municipal Court (202X Remix)
21. War Games (202X Remix)
22. Carlisle Wheeling (Version Two, 202X Remix)
23. Smile (202X Remix)
24. Listen To The Band (Alternate Vocal & With Bass Harmonica)

DISC 3: THE UNFINISHED MASTERS

1. That’s What It’s Like Loving You (202X Remix)
2. I’m A Man (Rough Mono Mix)
3. All The Grey Haired Men (Stereo Mix)
4. Little Red Rider (Version One)
5. We Were Made For Each Other (Version One)*
6. The Story Of Rock And Roll (Version Four)
7. Empire
8. Seasons
9. No Title (Version One)
10. No Title (Version Two)
11. Impack
12. The Shadow Of A Man
13. Nine Times Blue (Version Two)
14. St Matthew (Version Two)
15. A Man Without A Dream (Version Three)
16. (I Prithee) Do Not Ask For Love (Version Two)
17. Mr. Richland’s Favorite Song
18. Untitled #3 
19. Title
20. Seeger’s Theme (Version Two)
21. Tears Of Joy
22. Pinball Machine [Excerpt]

DISC 4: SESSIONS 1968 

1. Propinquity (Basic Track)
2. Lady’s Baby (Version One, Take 20)
3. Valleri (Take X)
4. War Games (Version One, Take 12)
5. (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction
6. Listen To The Band (Basic Track)
7. Long Title (Version Three, Take 17)
8. My Share Of The Sidewalk (Take X)
9. P.O. Box 9847 (Take X)
10. I’ll Be Back Up On My Feet (Take X)
11. Porpoise Song (Alternate Take Fragments)
12. As We Go Along (2010 Instrumental Mix)*
13. Long Title (Fast Jam)
14. Long Title (Slow Jam)
15. Circle Sky (Take X)
16. Daddy’s Song (Take 16)
17. Good Times (Take 4)
18. St Matthew (Demo)*
19. Lady’s Baby (Version Four, Take 51)
20. The Girl I Left Behind Me (Take 2)
21. Long Title (Version Two, Take 3)

Sources: The Day-By-Day Story Of The Monkees, Monkeesmixography, Steve Hoffman Forums, Peat, and viewers like you! Thank you.

note: it’s not specified whether or not multitracks for Tapioca Tundra exist. The existence of a (seemingly) new remix from the early 2010s leads me to believe so, but I have no definitive proof. As such, I left off a 202X remix on disc 1. But please know I really wanted to put it on!!