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The Monkees - The Birds, The Bees & The Monkees (1968)

Track listing:
  1. Dream World 3:19
  2. Auntie's Municipal Court 4:01
  3. We Were Made For Each Other 2:22
  4. Tapioca Tundra 3:05
  5. Daydream Believer 2:57
  6. Writing Wrongs 5:06
  7. I'll Be Back Up On My Feet 2:26
  8. The Poster 2:19
  9. P.O. Box 9847 3:14
  10. Magnolia Simms 3:46
  11. Valleri 2:13
  12. Zor And Zam 2:06
  13. Alvin (Previously Unissued) 0:25
  14. I'm Gonna Try (Previously Unissued) 2:42
  15. P.O. Box 9847 (Previously Unissued Alternate Mix) 3:13
  16. The Girl I Left Behind Me (Previously Unissued Early Version) 2:37
  17. Lady's Baby (Previously Unissued Alternate Mix) 2:29
  18. Full Cd In Flac With Cue 49:06

Notes

Not one of their better efforts, dominated almost wholly by session musicians (with the occasional songwriting and instrumental contribution by Mike Nesmith) and containing too many sickly sweet Davy Jones-sung numbers. It does have the hits "Daydream Believer" and "Valleri," as well as Nesmith's "Tapioca Tundra," which just inched into the Top 40, but overall the material is pretty weak. The CD adds some previously unissued songs and alternate takes, the only one of interest being Peter Tork's "Lady's Baby," which sounds like a Buffalo Springfield outtake with its laid-back country/folk/rock flavor.