Music Box (The Monkees album)
compilation album by The Monkees
Music Box is a four-CD set by the Monkees. It replaced the previous Monkees box set, entitled Listen to the Band. In addition to music recorded in the 1960s, it also includes music from the Monkees reunions in 1986 and 1996, as well as previously unreleased versions.
Track listing
Notes
"I Wanna Be Free" (fast version), "I Don't Think You Know Me" (first recorded version), "Look Out (Here Comes Tomorrow)", "The Kind of Girl I Could Love", "Do Not Ask for Love" (first recorded version), "Valleri" (first recorded version), "All of Your Toys", "Carlisle Wheeling" (first recorded version), "The Girl I Left Behind Me" (first recorded version), "Ditty Diego – War Chant", and "Daddy's Song" are presented in new stereo mixes that were remixed for inclusion on this album.
"All the King's Horses" is presented in a new mono mix that was remixed for inclusion on this album.
The stereo mixes of "Love to Love", "Some of Shelly's Blues", and "Steam Engine" were previously unreleased, even though this is neither reflected on the back cover nor in the booklet. The stereo mix of "Love to Love" is very similar, but not identical to the one that was first released on Missing Links Volume Three.
"Tapioca Tundra", "Auntie's Municipal Court", "Listen to the Band", and "Mommy and Daddy" are presented in alternate stereo mixes that were first released on the Listen to the Band box set.
"Tear the Top Right Off My Head" is presented in an alternate mono mix that was first released on the Listen to the Band box set.
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