The Definitive Monkees

by The Monkees

Overview

This two-CD set, issued in Europe about a week before Rhino Records' expanded box appeared in America, resembles either a considerably expanded and upgraded version of the old Arista Records set Then & Now..., or a more entertaining successor to Rhino Records' 1998 Anthology. The disc, running just under 80 minutes and containing 29 songs, is for the listener who wants the hits and the best album tracks all gathered in one place, including ubiquitous numbers like the television series' second-season end credit track, "For Pete's Sake." These have been remastered, so there's lots of presence in all of the playing, and the vocals never sounded better; the songs all have thick, dense textures, much heavier and harder and upfront than they did on the radio in 1966-1967, with good stereo separation. This set is proof, as though any were needed, that the nicest thing ever to happen to the Monkees' music was getting it moved into the hands of Rhino Records, whose library was the source for these masters. ~ Bruce Eder

Product Details

Release Date:	11/26/2002
Label:	Wea International
UPC:	0685738669127
Rank:	26140

Album Credits

Performance Credits

The Monkees   Primary Artist
Peter Tork   Primary Artist,Organ,Piano,Guitar,Vocals,Keyboards,Double Bass,Harpsichord,Piano (Electric),Guitar (Electric),Vocals (Background)
Micky Dolenz   Primary Artist,Drums,Vocals,Timpani,Vocals (Background)
Clyde "Whitey" Hoggan   String Bass
John "Buddy" Williams   Horn
Matt Harris   Vocals (Background),Vocals (Background)
Mike Deasy Sr.   Guitar
Mark Christian   Guitar
Alex Murray   Violin
Don McGinnis   Horn
Michael Ney   Drums
John Lowe   Sax (Bass)
Coco Dolenz   Vocal Harmony,Vocals (Background)
William Paul Ackerman   Drums
Erno Neufeld   Violin
John Kitzmiller   Tuba
Bobby Helfer   Piccolo,Trumpet,Clarinet (Bass),Piccolo Trumpet
Jules Chaikin   Horn
Bob West   Bass,Guitar (Bass)
Bill Lewis   Drums
Michael Egizi   Keyboards
Manuel Stevens   Trumpet
Phillip Teele   Trombone,Trombone (Bass)
Joe Osborne   Guitar (Bass)
Jan Kelley   Cello
Richard L. Noel   Trombone
Tom Cerone   Tambourine
David Briggs   Piano
Michael Saluzzi   Horn
Thomas Scott   Trumpet
Craig Ostbo   Percussion
Eddie Hoh   Drums
Dick Nash   Trombone
Bill Martin   Percussion
Richard Taylor "Dick" Nash   Trombone
Louie Shelton   Guitar,Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric)
Jerry Scheff   String Bass
Jerry Yester   Bass,Guitar (Bass)
Jim Gordon   Drums,Percussion
Jim Hughart   String Bass
Jim Horn   Saxophone
Plas Johnson   Saxophone
Ralph Schuckett   Keyboards
Michael Cohen   Keyboards
Michel Rubini   Organ,Harpsichord
Mike Deasy   Guitar
Louis Mauro   Bass,Guitar (Bass)
Artie Butler   Organ
Al Porcino   Trumpet
Nathan Kaproff   Violin
Gerry McGee   Guitar,Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric)
Jules Jacob   Horn
William Hinshaw   Horn
Richard Noel   Trombone
Myra Kestenbaum   Viola
Wayne Erwin   Guitar,Guitar (Electric),Vocals (Background)
David Filerman   Cello
Don Thomas   Guitar
Fast Eddie Hoh   Drums
Jacqueline Lustgarten   Cello
Marion Childers   Trumpet
Gregory Bemko   Cello
Al Casey   Guitar
Al Gorgoni   Guitar
Billy Lewis   Drums
Buddy Spicher   Fiddle,Violin
Uan Rasey   Trumpet
Mack Johnson   Horn
Harold Bradley   Guitar
George Kast   Violin
Tommy Boyce   Guitar (Acoustic),Vocals (Background)
Tommy Tedesco   Guitar
Frederick Seykora   Cello
Norm Jeffries   Percussion
Buddy Collette   Saxophone
George Hawkins   Bass,Guitar (Bass)
Hal Blaine   Drums
Glen Campbell   Guitar
Danny Kortchmar   Guitar
Henry Diltz   Clarinet
Curly Smith   Drums
Paul Shure   Violin
Bobby Dyson   Bass
Roy Caton   Trumpet
Richard Leith   Trombone,Trombone (Bass)
Bob Cooper   Oboe
Gary Coleman   Percussion
Billy Sanford   Guitar,Guitar (Electric)
Jack Keller   Piano
Larry Taylor   Bass,Guitar (Bass)
Jerry Carrigan   Drums
Doug Dillard   Banjo,Electric Banjo
Vincent DeRosa   French Horn
Jay Migliori   Saxophone
Leon Russell   Keyboards
Dennis Budimir   Guitar
Gene Estes   Percussion,Tambourine
Doug Lubahn   Bass
Lyle Ritz   Bass
Wayne Moss   Guitar,Guitar (Electric)
Lou Blackburn   Trombone
Dean Parks   Bass
Davy Jones   Chimes,Vocals,Maracas,Tambourine,Vocals (Background)
Ollie Mitchell   Trumpet
Dennis Belfield   Bass
Roger Bechirian   Percussion
Pete Candoli   Trumpet
Lloyd Green   Guitar,Guitar (Steel)
Lester Robertson   Horn
Hugh McCracken   Guitar
Lew McCreary   Trombone
Keith Allison   Guitar (Electric)
Bud Brisbois   Trumpet
Norbert Putnam   Bass,Guitar (Bass)
Max Bennett   String Bass
James Tyrell   Bass,Guitar (Bass)
Ray Triscari   Trumpet
Michael Nesmith   Organ,Guitar,Vocals,Pedal Steel,Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric),Vocals (Background),Guitar (12 String Acoustic),Guitar (12 String Electric)
Edgar Lustgarten   Cello
Sonny Osborne   Banjo
Bill Chadwick   Guitar (Acoustic)
Stan Free   Clarinet,Clavinet
Ken Bloom   Guitar
Bobby Hart   Organ,Glockenspiel,Vocals (Background)
Bobby Thompson   Banjo
Kenny Buttrey   Drums
Bonnie Douglas   Violin
Chip Douglas   Bass,Guitar (Bass),Vocals (Background)
Herb Lovelle   Drums
John London   Bass,Tambourine,Guitar (Bass)
Paul Leim   Drums
James Burton   Guitar
Larry Knechtel   Bass,Piano,Keyboards
Clarence White   Guitar
Laurence Juber   Guitar (Electric)
Felton Jarvis   Guitar
Red Rhodes   Guitar (Steel)
Joey Osbourne   Bass
Bill Hood   Saxophone
Clifford Solomon   Horn
Carole King   Vocals (Background)
Virgil Evans   Trumpet
Russ Titelman   Conductor

Technical Credits

Andrew Howell   Composer
Simon Byrne   Composer,Lyricist
Robert Stone   Composer
Don McGinnis   Arranger
Billy Carr   Composer
Galen   Design
Vance Brescia   Composer
Joseph Richards   Lyricist
Andy R.   Engineer
Gerry Coffin   Composer,Producer
Joey Richards   Composer
Travis Lewis   Composer
Cliff Kane   Engineer
Michael Egizi   Programming
Douglas Farthing Hatlelid   Composer,Lyricist,Producer
Don Peake   Arranger
Boomer Castleman   Composer,Lyricist
Peter Tork   Composer,Lyricist,Producer
Neil Diamond   Composer,Lyricist
Ray Hall   Engineer
Michael Martin Murphey   Composer,Lyricist
Artie Butler   Arranger
Henry Lewy   Engineer
Norman Gimbel   Composer
Wayne Erwin   Composer
Robert Salcedo   Engineer
Mike Stoller   Composer
Harry Nilsson   Composer,Lyricist
Al Pachucki   Engineer
Tommy Boyce   Arranger,Composer,Lyricist,Producer
Toni Stern   Composer
Gerry Goffin   Composer,Lyricist,Producer
Hank Cicalo   Engineer
David Hassinger   Engineer
Jack Keller   Composer,Producer
Peter Doggett   Liner Notes
Antonio Carlos Jobim   Composer
Barry Mann   Composer,Lyricist
John Stewart   Composer
Jeff Barry   Arranger,Producer
Vinicius de Moraes   Composer
Davy Jones   Composer,Lyricist,Producer
Roger Bechirian   Arranger,Engineer,Producer
Scott Gordon   Engineer
Diane Hildebrand   Composer
Peter Abbott   Engineer
Lester Sill   Producer
Jerry Leiber   Composer
Richie Schmitt   Engineer
Michael Nesmith   Arranger,Composer,Lyricist,Producer
Micky Dolenz   Composer,Lyricist
The Monkees   Producer
Traditional   Composer
Shorty Rogers   Arranger
Steve Pitts   Composer
The Others   Engineer
Bill Chadwick   Composer,Producer
Bobby Hart   Arranger,Composer,Lyricist,Producer
Bill Vandevort   Engineer
Chris Hinshaw   Engineer
Jack Nitzsche   Arranger
Chip Douglas   Composer,Producer
Felton Jarvis   Producer
Cynthia Weil   Composer,Lyricist
Ben Raleigh   Composer
Eddie Brackett   Engineer
Carole King   Composer,Lyricist,Producer
David Gates   Composer,Lyricist
Donald Peake   Arranger