MONKEES: HEADQUARTERS (SEALED ORIG. w/BEARDS)

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Nov 4, 2008 Sold Date

Oct 28, 2008 Start Date

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MONKEES: HEADQUARTERS

RARER BEARDS COVER

RARE ORIGINAL STEREO (COS-103)

STILL SEALED!!! IN PERFECT CONDITION

NOTE: RE after cat# on back cover

The Monkees: Headquarters

The third album issued by The Monkees, Headquarters was their first LP recorded primarily by the four members of the group. After a struggle for creative autonomy, the group was allowed to record by themselves. Michael Nesmith recruited fellow folk musician Chip Douglas, a member of The Modern Folk Quartet and The Turtles, to produce the album. Douglas was credited under his birth name, Douglas Farthing Hatlelid. Along with Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd., Headquarters constitutes what both critics and supporters alike believe to be the ultimate Monkees recordings. The gamble to attain full artistic control seemed to pay off when Headquarters moved nearly two million copies immediately upon its release.

During the early months of 1967, the four Monkees sequestered themselves in the RCA Music Center of the World Studios, on Sunset Boulevard near Vine Street in Hollywood. Many of the songs were written by the four group members, or came together organically in jam sessions. A few of the songs were also written by songwriters Boyce and Hart.

The only session musicians used on the album were producer Douglas, who played bass guitar on several songs, and the occasional cello and French horn player.

The album was released on May 22, 1967 and charted at the number one position in the United States. It stayed at that position for only one week, when it was replaced by The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. It then began a run of 11 consecutive weeks at the #2 position as Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band remained at #1.

Tracks:

Side 1

You Told Me (Nesmith)

I'll Spend My Life With You (Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart)

Forget That Girl (Douglas Farthing-Hatlelid)

Band 6 (Jones, Nesmith, Tork, Dolenz)

You Just May Be The One (Nesmith)

Shades of Gray (Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil)

I Can't Get Her Off Of My Mind (Boyce, Hart)

Side 2

For Pete's Sake (Tork, Joey Richards)

Mr. Webster (Boyce, Hart)