''The Headquarters Sessions'' is an 84-track three- CD set by

the Monkees The Monkees were an American rock and pop band, formed in Los Angeles in 1966, whose lineup consisted of the American actor/musicians Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith and Peter Tork alongside English actor/singer Davy Jones. The group was con ...

containing 60 previously unreleased recordings from the sessions that produced the band's third album, '' Headquarters''. It includes recordings from sessions where the band exercised creative control over all aspects of the recording process and where they played most of the instruments. All vocal masters from the sessions that were not included on the original stereo album are included, as well as the surviving vocal demos and a few tracks with vocals which were never completed. In addition, the original mono masters are presented in an initially proposed, but ultimately unused, running order. The packaging contained a gatefold digipack with a 40-page booklet contained photographs and detailed liner notes written by Andrew Sandoval and

Bill Inglot Bill Inglot is an American music engineer and producer, best known for remastering older recordings to high quality digital standards. Inglot worked for Rhino Entertainment and other Warner Music Group labels from 1982 to 2007. He was largely ...

. ''The Headquarters Sessions'' was a limited edition release, with 4,500 copies being made available by Rhino HandMade.

Track listing

;CD 1 # "She's So Far Out, She's In" (Tracking Session Takes 1 and 2) # "

The Girl I Knew Somewhere "The Girl I Knew Somewhere" is a song by the American pop rock band the Monkees, written by Michael Nesmith and first released as the B-side to the " A Little Bit Me, a Little Bit You" single on Colgems Records on March 8, 1967. It was distribut ...

" (First Version) (Tracking Session Composite Takes 1 to 16) # "The Girl I Knew Somewhere" (First Version) (Master Backing Track Take 22) # "All of Your Toys" (Rehearsal) # "All of Your Toys" (Tracking Session Composite Takes 1 to 10) # "All of Your Toys" (Master Backing Track Take 20 Mono Mix) # "The Girl I Knew Somewhere" (Second Version) (Tracking Session Composite Featuring Take 15) # "The Girl I Knew Somewhere" (Second Version) (Tracking Overdub Session Takes 1 and 2) # "The Girl I Knew Somewhere" (Second Version) (Master Backing Track Take 13A) # "Seeger's Theme" (Demo) # "Can You Dig It?" (Demo) # "Nine Times Blue" (Demo Vocal) # "Until It's Time for You to Go" (Demo Vocal) # "She'll Be There" (Demo Vocal) # "Midnight Train" (Demo Vocal) # "Sunny Girlfriend" (Acoustic Remix of Master Vocal) # "Sunny Girlfriend" (Tracking Session Take 7 With Scratch Vocal) # "Mr. Webster" (Tracking Session Take 28) # "Band 6" (Stereo Master) # "Setting Up the Studio for '

Randy Scouse Git "Randy Scouse Git" is a song written by Micky Dolenz in 1967 and recorded by the Monkees. It was the first song written by Dolenz to be commercially released, and it became a number 2 hit in the UK where it was retitled "Alternate Title" after ...

'" # "Randy Scouse Git" (Tracking Session Composite) # "Randy Scouse Git" (Alternate Version Take 18 Vocal) # "You Told Me" (Master Backing Track) # "Monkee Chat" (Studio Dialogue) ;CD 2 # "You Told Me" (Take 15 With Rough Lead Vocal) # "Zilch" (Peter Tork Vocal Track) # "Zilch" (Davy Jones Vocal Track) # "Zilch" (Micky Dolenz Vocal Track) # "Zilch" (Michael Nesmith Vocal Track) # "I'll Spend My Life With You" (Master Backing Track Take 9) # "Randy Scouse Git" (Master Backing Track Take 23) # "Forget That Girl" (Rehearsal) # "Forget That Girl" (Master Backing Track) # "Where Has It All Gone?" (First Version) (Tracking Session Take 1) # "Memphis Tennessee" # "Twelve-String Improvisation" # "Where Has It All Gone?" (Second Version) (Master Basic Track Take 12) # "Jericho" # "Forget That Girl" (Rough Backing Vocals) # "Peter Gunn's Gun" # "I Was Born in East Virginia" (Informal Recording Vocal) # "Forget That Girl" (Rejected Overdub Session Vocal) # "Randy Scouse Git" (Alternate Mix With Unused Tag Vocal) # "Micky in

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" (Studio Dialogue) # "Pillow Time" (Take 1 Vocal) # "

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" (Master Backing Track Take 9B) # "Masking Tape" (Tracking Session Composite Takes 6 to 8) # "You Just May Be the One" (Tracking Session Composite) # "You Just May Be the One" (Master Backing Track) # "No Time" (First Version) (Tracking Session Composite Takes 3 to 5) # "Blues" (Excerpt) ;CD 3 # "I Can't Get Her Off My Mind" (Master Backing Track) # "Banjo Jam" (Excerpt) # " Cripple Creek" # "Six-String Improvisation" # "The Story of Rock and Roll" (First Version) (Tracking Session Take 23) # "Early Morning Blues and Greens" (Master Backing Track) # "Two-Part Invention in F Major" (Informal Recording) # "The Story of Rock and Roll" (Second Version) (Tracking Session Take 5A) # "Don't Be Cruel" # " For Pete's Sake" (Master Backing Track) # "No Time" (Second Version) (Tracking Session Composite) # "No Time" (Second Version) (Master Backing Track Take 7A) # "Just a Game" (Demo Takes 1 to 3) # "Fever" # "Sunny Girlfriend" (Master Backing Track) # "No Time" (second version) (Master Take 7A With Backing Vocals) # "All Of Your Toys" (Mono Master) # "The Girl I Knew Somewhere" (First Version) (Mono Master) # "For Pete's Sake" (Mono Master) # "I'll Spend My Life With You" (Mono Master) # "Forget That Girl" (Mono Master) # "You Just May Be the One" (Mono Master) # "Shades of Gray" (Mono Master) # "Band 6" (Mono Master) # "Sunny Girlfriend" (Mono Master) # "Mr. Webster" (Mono Master) # "You Told Me" (Mono Master) # "The Girl I Knew Somewhere" (Second Version) (Mono Master) # "Zilch" (Mono Master) # "Early Morning Blues and Greens" (Mono Master) # "Randy Scouse Git" (Mono Master) # "I Can't Get Her Off My Mind" (Mono Master) # "No Time" (Mono Master)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Headquarters Sessions The Monkees compilation albums 2000 compilation albums Rhino Handmade compilation albums Rhino Handmade live albums