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"Another Pleasant Valley Sunday," The Monkees; i.e. Boyce and Hart.
 

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"Another Pleasant Valley Sunday," The Monkees; i.e. Boyce and Hart.
uh uh.
By the 4th album, instrumentation by our boys all the way (ok, bass and drums, were by the Monkees' choice of musicians, who could play those instruments better than they could)
and:
written by Carole King. (!)
From Wiki:
"Pleasant Valley Sunday"
Written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King
Lead vocal by Micky Dolenz
Backing vocals: Davy Jones, Michael Nesmith
Electric guitar: Michael Nesmith
Acoustic guitar: Bill Chadwick
Bass: Chip Douglas
Drums: Eddie Hoh
Percussion: Davy Jones
Electric piano: Peter Tork
Released as a single before the album on July 10, 1967
Reached number 3 on the pop charts
Micky Dolenz was the only member of The Monkees to not contribute to this track instrumentally
The stereo album mix differs from the mix released as a single, also heard on the mono album. The stereo and mono mixes feature slightly different vocals by Micky on the opening verse (particularly obvious in the phrase "just came out to mow his lawn"--in mono, the word "out" is heavily enunciated, while in stereo, it sounds more natural). Additionally, there are group backing vocals in stereo after Micky sings "hard for me to see" in the bridge; these are absent in the mono mix. The distortion occurring on the fade of the stereo mix also happens much more gradually than in mono.
The fade on both released mixes is deliberately drowned in reverb and noise, but a karaoke mix released in 2004 features a conventional fade.
First used in summer 1967 rebroadcast of the episodes "Case Of The Missing Monkee" and "Captain Crocodile," then in the second season episodes "The Picture Frame" and "Monkee Mayor."
Recorded at RCA Victor Studios, Hollywood, June 10 and 11, 1967 after their Hollywood Bowl performance.
 
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"Uno Mundo" - Buffalo Springfield


Robbie Robertson - Ghost Dance


. . . You got the big drum in the distance
blackbird in the sky
That's the sound that you hear
when the buffalo cry . . .
 

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uh uh.
By the 4th album, instrumentation by our boys all the way (ok, bass and drums, were by the Monkees' choice of musicians, who could play those instruments better than they could)
and:
written by Carole King. (!)
From Wiki:
"Pleasant Valley Sunday"
Written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King
Lead vocal by Micky Dolenz
Backing vocals: Davy Jones, Michael Nesmith
Electric guitar: Michael Nesmith
Acoustic guitar: Bill Chadwick
Bass: Chip Douglas
Drums: Eddie Hoh
Percussion: Davy Jones
Electric piano: Peter Tork
Released as a single before the album on July 10, 1967
Reached number 3 on the pop charts
Micky Dolenz was the only member of The Monkees to not contribute to this track instrumentally
The stereo album mix differs from the mix released as a single, also heard on the mono album. The stereo and mono mixes feature slightly different vocals by Micky on the opening verse (particularly obvious in the phrase "just came out to mow his lawn"--in mono, the word "out" is heavily enunciated, while in stereo, it sounds more natural). Additionally, there are group backing vocals in stereo after Micky sings "hard for me to see" in the bridge; these are absent in the mono mix. The distortion occurring on the fade of the stereo mix also happens much more gradually than in mono.
The fade on both released mixes is deliberately drowned in reverb and noise, but a karaoke mix released in 2004 features a conventional fade.
First used in summer 1967 rebroadcast of the episodes "Case Of The Missing Monkee" and "Captain Crocodile," then in the second season episodes "The Picture Frame" and "Monkee Mayor."
Recorded at RCA Victor Studios, Hollywood, June 10 and 11, 1967 after their Hollywood Bowl performance.


Excellent info, Al, thanks!
 

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Excellent info, Al, thanks!
I became addicted shortly after we saw Peter with his F30 in "The Monkees at Sea" episode.
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:highly_amused:
But in fairness to dreadnut:
Even though initiated by Don Kirshner whom the Monkees fired after the release of he second album, the Boyce & Hart connection was strong:
They provided material and session backing for the first 2 albums and their band the Candy Store Prophets was the backing band for the Monkees tours.
Chip Douglas?
Not to be confused with Steve Douglas' 2nd kid,
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He was actually the bassist for the Turtles on "Happy Together" and was invited by Nesmith to be the producer of Headquarters.
"I Am The Highway" - Audioslave

walrus

"Key to the Highway"- Derek and the Dominoes
 
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