''Missing Links Volume Three'' is a

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of rare and previously unreleased songs by the American

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band

the Monkees The Monkees were an American pop rock band formed in Los Angeles in the mid-1960s. The band consisted of Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones (musician), Davy Jones, Michael Nesmith, and Peter Tork. Spurred by the success of ''The Monkees (TV series), Th ...

, issued by

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in 1996. It is the third and final volume of a three-volume set, preceded by '' Missing Links'' in 1987 and '' Missing Links Volume Two'' in 1990. While many of the tracks had been featured in the Monkees'

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, only six of the tracks had ever been issued commercially: "Steam Engine" and "Love to Love" had first appeared on the Australian compilation '' Monkeemania (40 Timeless Hits)'' in 1979; "Tema Dei Monkees" and "She Hangs Out" had been issued as singles (in Italy and Canada, respectively) and had been collected on the compilation '' Monkee Business'' in 1982; the alternate mix of "Circle Sky" had first appeared on the compilation '' Monkee Flips'' in 1984; and "Tear the Top Right Off My Head" had first appeared on the '' Listen to the Band'' box set in 1991. The release marks the first time the television edit of the series' opening theme song was made available (not counting the TeeVee Tunes 1987 release, ''Television's Greatest Hits Volume II'', where the theme appeared as track 25 on the CD version). All previous releases of the theme song featured the album version, which is twice as long but lacks the television version's final verse. "Little Red Rider" and "Hollywood" were re-recorded by

Michael Nesmith Robert Michael Nesmith (December 30, 1942 – December 10, 2021) was an American musician, songwriter, and actor. He was best known as a member of the Monkees and co-star of their The Monkees (TV series), TV series of the same name (1966–1968) ...

for his solo album '' Magnetic South''. In 2021, Friday Music released the album on colored vinyl for

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Track listing

Personnel

Credits as per CD liner notes. The Monkees *

Micky Dolenz George Michael Dolenz Jr. ( ; born March 8, 1945) is an American musician and actor. He was the drummer and one of two primary vocalists for the pop rock band the Monkees (1966–1970, and reunions until 2021), and a co-star of the TV series ''T ...

– lead vocals (1–4, 9, 12, 14, 16, 18, 22–24), guitar (3, 23),

kazoo The kazoo is a musical instrument that adds a ''buzzing'' timbral quality to a player's voice when the player vocalizes into it. It is a type of '' mirliton'' (itself a membranophone), one of a class of instruments that modify the player's v ...

(3, 23), backing vocal (7, 14, 24), acoustic guitar (12, 18) *

– lead vocals (5, 8, 11, 15, 19, 21), harmony vocals (5), backing vocals (8), organ (15) * Davy Jones – lead vocals (6, 10, 13, 17), backing vocals (13) *

Peter Tork Peter Halsten Thorkelson (February 13, 1942 – February 21, 2019), better known by his stage name Peter Tork, was an American musician and actor. He was best known as the bass guitarist and keyboardist of the Monkees and co-star of the NBC ...

– lead vocal (7, 20), electric guitar (7),

fuzz guitar Distortion and overdrive are forms of audio signal processing used to alter the sound of amplified electric musical instruments, usually by increasing their gain, producing a "fuzzy", "growling", or "gritty" tone. Distortion is most commonly ...

(7), piano (20), organ (20), bass guitar (20) Additional musicians * Tommy Boyce – backing vocal (1, 4) * Wayne Erwin – guitar (1, 24) * Gerry McGee – guitar (1, 4, 24) *

Louie Shelton William Louis Shelton (born April 6, 1941) is an American guitarist and music producer. Biography During the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s Shelton was a session musician working in recording studios around Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, Hollywood. ...

– guitar (1, 4, 8–9, 21, 24) *

Larry Taylor Samuel Lawrence Taylor (June 26, 1942 – August 19, 2019) was an American bass guitarist, best known for his work as a member of the blues rock band Canned Heat. Before joining Canned Heat, he had been a session musician, session bassist for T ...

– bass guitar (1, 4, 24) * Billy Lewis – drums (1, 4, 24) * Gene Estes – tambourine (1, 24) * Henry Diltz – banjo (3, 23), clarinet (14) *

Chip Douglas Douglas Farthing Hatlelid (born August 27, 1942), better known as Chip Douglas, is an American songwriter, musician (bass, guitar and keyboards), and record producer, whose most famous work was during the 1960s. He was the bassist of the Turtl ...

– bass guitar (3, 23) * Michael Rubini – piano (4, 9–10), keyboards (21) * Alan Estes – tambourine, tympani (4) * Felton Jarvis – guitar (5, 19) * Wayne Moss – guitar (5) * Lloyd Green –

steel guitar A steel guitar () is any guitar played while moving a steel bar or similar hard object against plucked strings. The bar itself is called a "steel" and is the source of the name "steel guitar". The instrument differs from a conventional guitar i ...

(5, 11, 19) * Sonny Osborne – banjo (5, 11) * David Briggs – organ (5), piano (19) * Norbert Putnam – bass guitar (5, 19) * Kenneth Buttrey – drums (5) * Lance Wakely – acoustic guitar (7), harmonica (7) * Ronald Brown – bass guitar (7) * Dewey Martin – drums (7) * Al Casey – guitar (8, 10, 21) *

Larry Knechtel Lawrence William Knechtel (August 4, 1940 – August 20, 2009) was an American keyboard player and bassist who was a member of the Wrecking Crew, a collection of Los Angeles–based session musicians who worked with such renowned artists as Sim ...

– piano (8), bass guitar (10) * Max Bennett – bass guitar (8, 21) *

Joe Osborn Joe Osborn (August 28, 1937 – December 14, 2018Hal Blaine Hal Blaine (born Harold Simon Belsky; February 5, 1929 – March 11, 2019) was an American drummer and session musician, thought to be among the most recorded studio drummers in the music industry, claiming over 35,000 sessions and 6,000 singles. ...

– drums (8, 10, 21) * Mack Johnson – horns (8–9) * Lester Robertson – horns (8–9) * Clifford Solomon – horns (8–9) *

James Burton James Edward Burton (born August 21, 1939, in Dubberly, Louisiana, United States) is an American guitarist. A member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame since 2001 (his induction speech was given by longtime fan Keith Richards), Burton has also ...

– guitar (9) * Bob West – bass guitar (9) *

Earl Palmer Earl Cyril Palmer (October 25, 1924 – September 19, 2008) was an American drummer. Considered one of the inventors of rock and roll, he is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Palmer was one of the most prolific studio musicians of al ...

– drums (9) * John Williams – horns (9) *

Carole King Carole King Klein (born Carol Joan Klein; February 9, 1942) is an American singer-songwriter and musician renowned for her extensive contributions to popular music. She wrote or co-wrote 118 songs that charted on the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billbo ...

– backing vocal (10) * Denis Budimir – guitar (10) *

Tommy Tedesco Thomas Joseph Tedesco (July 3, 1930 – November 10, 1997) was an American guitarist and studio musician in Los Angeles and Hollywood. He was part of the loose collective of the area's leading session musicians later popularly known as The Wre ...

– guitar (10) * Kenneth Watson – tambourine, bells (10) * Jules Chaikin – horns (10) * Jim Horn – horns (10) * Lew McCreary – horns (10) * Jay Migliori – horns (10) * Shorty Rogers – horns (10) * Anthony Terran – horns (10) * Billy Sanford – electric guitar (11) * Bobby Dyson – bass guitar (11) * William Ackerman – drums (11) * Coco Dolenz – harmony vocal (12, 14, 18) * Al Gorgoni – guitar (13, 17) *

Hugh McCracken Hugh Carmine McCracken (March 31, 1942 – March 28, 2013) was an American rock guitarist and session musician based in New York City, primarily known for his performance on guitar and also as a harmonica player. McCracken was additionally ...

– guitar (13, 17) * Don Thomas – guitar (13, 17) * Arthur Butler – organ (13, 17) * Stan Free –

clavinet The Clavinet is an electric clavichord invented by Ernst Zacharias and manufactured by the Hohner company of Trossingen, West Germany, from 1964 to 1982. The instrument produces sounds with rubber pads, each matching one of the keys and respond ...

(13, 17) * Louis Mauro – bass guitar (13, 17) * James Tyrrell – bass guitar (13, 17) * Herb Lovelle – drums (13, 17) * Thomas Cerone – tambourine (13, 17) * Keith Allison – electric guitar (14), guitar (15, 22) * Bill Chadwick – acoustic guitar (14), guitar (15, 22) *

– bass guitar (14) * Richard Dey – bass guitar (15, 22) * John Gross – bass guitar (15) * Eddie Hoh – drums (15, 22) * Clarence White – guitar (16) * Red Rhodes – steel guitar (16) * Lyle Ritz – bass guitar (16) * Jim Gordon – drums (16) * Harold Bradley – guitar (19) * Bobby Thompson – banjo (19) *

Buddy Spicher Buddy Spicher (born Norman Keith Spicher; July 28, 1938 in DuBois, Pennsylvania; pronounced “Spiker”) is an American country music fiddle player. He is a member of The Nashville A-Team of session musicians, and is Grammy-nominated. He was ...

–

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(19) Unconfirmed personnel and duties * Musicians, producers (2) * Handclaps (3, 23) * Backing vocals (4, 13, 16, 22) * Musicians (6) *

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(8–9) * Producer (10, 22) * Harmonica (11) * Drums (14) * Keyboards, horns (16) * Choir (21) * Henry Diltz – unknown (22) * Piano, percussion (22) Technical * Andrew Sandoval – compilation producer; compilation, sessionography, research, annotation *

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 res ...

– compilation producer, remastering * Harold Bronson – executive producer * Tommy Boyce – producer (1, 4) * Bobby Hart – producer (1, 4) * Micky Dolenz – producer (3, 23) * Brendan Cahill – producer (3, 23) * Bill Lazerus – engineer (3, 23) * Michael Nesmith – producer (5, 8–9, 11, 19) * Felton Jarvis – producer (5, 11, 19) * Al Pachucki – engineer (5, 11, 19) * Davy Jones – producer (6) * Pete Abbott – engineer (6, 8–9, 20) * Peter Tork – producer (7, 20) * Artie Butler – arranger (10) * Bill Vandevort – engineer (11) * Chip Douglas – producer (12, 16, 18) * Hank Cicalo – engineer (12, 18) *

Jeff Barry Jeff Barry (born Joel Adelberg; April 3, 1938) is an American pop music songwriter, singer, and record producer. Among the most successful songs that he has co-written in his career are " Tell Laura I Love Her" (written with Ben Raleigh and a ...

– producer (13, 17), arranger (13) *

Don Kirshner Donald Kirshner (April 17, 1934 – January 17, 2011) was an American music publisher, music consultant, rock music producer, talent manager, and songwriter. Dubbed "the Man with the Golden Ear" by ''Time'', he was best known for managin ...

– music supervisor (13, 17) * Ray Hall – engineer (13, 17) * Lester Sill – producer (14) *

The Monkees The Monkees were an American pop rock band formed in Los Angeles in the mid-1960s. The band consisted of Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones (musician), Davy Jones, Michael Nesmith, and Peter Tork. Spurred by the success of ''The Monkees (TV series), Th ...

– producers (15) * Eddie Brackett – engineer (16) *

Colgems Colgems Records was a record label that existed from 1966 to 1971. History Colgems was a joint venture between Screen Gems, the television division of Columbia Pictures, and RCA Victor to issue records by the Monkees and other artists affilia ...

– producer (24) * Patrick Milligan – project assistant * Dan Hersch – remastering * Rachel Gutek – art direction * Lisa Sutton – cover design * Nadia Block – design * Gene Trindl – cover photo

References

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