The recent Headquarters super deluxe box set is nothing short of fantastic. Andrew Sandoval has given Monkees fans so, so much to listen to over the past 2 decades, and everyone should be grateful for this.
There’s only one Monkees album left that hasn’t gotten an extensive box set treatment. Pisces. I’ve taken it upon myself to make a hypothetical box, just to see what we could get next year.
NOTE: exact multitrack information isn’t known by me, and is assumed by interpereting information written or spoken by Andrew Sandoval. If any tracks here can’t exist, that is my own fault.
NOTE 2: I didn’t include everything. As much as it’d be fun to hear all 1,000 takes of a given song, Disc space is key here as Rhino is really stingy when it comes to Monkees box sets now. 4 discs seems to be the absolute limit.
DISC ONE: THE ALTERNATE ALBUM & MORE
Tracks 1-14 are the initial tracklisting.
- Special Announcement [Mono Mix]
- She Hangs Out [Mono Mix]
- Salesman [Alternate Mono Mix]
- Cuddly Toy [Mono Mix]
- Words [Mono Mix]
- Don’t Call On Me [Alternate Mono Mix]
- Goin’ Down [Alternate Mono Mix]
- The Door Into Summer [Mono Mix]
- Hard To Believe [Alternate Mono Mix]
- What Am I Doin’ Hangin’ Round? [Alternate Mono Mix]
- Daily Nightly [Alternate Mono Mix]
- Peter Percival Patterson’s Pet Pig Porky [Alternate Mono Mix]
- Pleasant Valley Sunday [Mono Mix]
- Star Collector [Alternate Mono Mix]
- Love Is Only Sleeping [Alternate Mono Mix]
- Daydream Believer [2023 Remix]
- Riu Chiu [2023 Remix]
- Goin’ Down [Single Mix]
DISC TWO: OUTTAKES
- Yours Until Tomorrow
- Come On In [Version One]
- Riu Chiu [Version Two, Take X]
- I Don’t Know Yet
- Goin’ Down [TV Version]
- The Story Of Rock & Roll [Version Three]
- What Am I Doin’ Hangin’ Round? [Alternate Vocal, 2023 Remix]
- Tear The Top Right Off My Head [Demo]
- Untitled
- I’ll Be Back Upon My Feet [Version Two]
- A Man Without A Dream [Demo]
- The Door Into Summer [Version One]
- Come On In [Version Two]
- Words [Alternate Vocals]
- Salesman [Unknown Version]
- Star Collector [Unknown Version]
- Riu Chiu [TV Version]
- Riu Chiu [Version Two, Rehearsal]
- Riu Chiu [Version One, Take X]
- Goin’ Down [NG Mix]
DISC THREE: MIXES
- Hard To Believe [2023 Remix]
- Words [2023 Remix]
- Cuddly Toy [TV Mix]
- Star Collector [Dubdown 3]
- What Am I Doin’ Hangin’ Round? [Track & Backing Vocals]
- She Hangs Out [TV Mix]
- Daily Nightly [1967 Alternate Stereo Mix]
- Daydream Believer [Extended Remix]*
- The Door Into Summer [Alternate Mono Mix]
- Don’t Call On Me [2023 Remix]
- Love Is Only Sleeping [TV Mix]
- Salesman [Track & Backing Vocals]
- Star Collector [Acapella]
- The Door Into Summer [Unfinished Instrumental]
- Pleasant Valley Sunday [Extended Remix]*
- Daily Nightly [Basic Track]
- She Hangs Out [2023 Remix]
- Star Collector [TV Mix]
- Goin Down [TV Mix]
DISC FOUR: ODDS & ENDS & MORE
- Diamond Rain [Demo]
- The Coffee Table [Demo]
- Soul-Writer’s Birthday [Demo]
- Carlisle Wheeling [Demo]
- St Matthew [Demo]
- I’m A Man [Demo]
- Don’t Call On Me [Introduction Session Excerpt]
- Words [Vocal Overdub Session Excerpt]
- Jam #1
- Jam #2
- Hawaiian Song
- Can You Dig It? [Demo, Take X]
- Daydream Believer [Brass & Strings]
- Peter Percival Patterson’s Pet Pig Porky [Radio Spot]
- Cuddly Toy [1989 Stereo Mix]
- What Am I Doin’ Hangin’ Round? [1986 Stereo Mix]
- Daydream Believer [1986 ‘no drum machine’ Mix]
- Pleasant Valley Sunday [1991 Stereo Mix]
- Daydream Believer [Basic Track]
SINGLE
Love Is Only Sleeping [Mono Single Mix]
Daydream Believer [Mono Single Mix]
sources: The Day-By-Day Story, Monkeesmixography, Monkee45s, Michael T, Steve Hoffman Forums, The Monkees’ Pad Podcast, Zilch Podcast, & more!
*- I’m not sure what to call this specifically. It’d be like the 2010 remix of Daddy’s Song, where nothing is faded down or edited out, and you can hear all the tape fwips. I love those mixes!
