The Monkees
Instant Replay (Deluxe Edition)

Rhino Handmade hits rewind on INSTANT REPLAY for a triple-disc DELUXE EDITION packed with rarities, as well as 58 unreleased recordings, backing tracks and a generous selection of stereo and mono mixes for both album and non-album cuts. As a bonus, the set comes with a 45-rpm vinyl single that includes the one-of-a-kind acetate versions of “I Go Ape” and “(I Prithee) Do Not Ask For Love.”

Arranged by mixes, the first disc is dedicated to stereo and contains a newly remastered and restored transfer of the original album, expanded with 16 other stereo mixes. Among the highlights are nearly all of Nesmith's highly coveted 1968 Nashville sessions. Also included for the first time is the 1968 mix of Dolenz's “Mommy And Daddy,” a provocative, socially conscious anti-war song that was rewritten for 1969's The Monkees Present.

Devoted entirely to mono, the second disc contains mixes for most of the album tracks, alongside rare and unreleased recordings. While The Monkees' original label Colgems ceased to issue true mono Monkees albums after THE BIRDS, THE BEES & THE MONKEES, most of INSTANT REPLAY's songs were originally mixed in this form, with many making their debut on this collection. The disc is further enhanced by period mono mixes of the never-before-heard backing tracks for “All The Grey Haired Men” (a song recorded for THE BIRDS, THE BEES & THE MONKEES, but never completed) and an early 1969 rendering of Michael Nesmith's “My Share Of The Sidewalk.”

The final disc takes you into the studio to hear the creative process behind INSTANT REPLAY. Highlights include alternate takes and backing tracks produced by studio whiz Bones Howe, who briefly worked with the group to create music for their television special, 33 1/3 Revolutions Per Monkee, and for the single sides “Someday Man” (written by Paul Williams) and “A Man Without A Dream” (composed by Carole King with Gerry Goffin). The final tapes of Howe's productions for the television special have been lost since 1969, but Rhino Handmade has recovered all that remains of these legendary sessions. Included here are never-before-heard backing tracks for “String For My Kite,” “Naked Persimmon” and “Goldie Locks Sometime,”as well as the completed versions from the only surviving video master of the special.

Another unique entry in The Monkees reissue series, Rhino Handmade's Deluxe Edition of INSTANT REPLAY is beautifully packaged in an oversize box with mini-LP paper sleeve reproductions of the original cover art and vintage trade ads, rounded out by an in-depth essay by producer and Monkees aficionado Andrew Sandoval.

Track List:

Disc 1:
1 Through The Looking Glass
2 Don't Listen To Linda (LP Version)
3 I Won't Be The Same Without Her
4 Just A Game (LP Version)
5 Me Without You (LP Version)
6 Don't Wait For Me (LP Version)
7 You And I [Instant Replay Album Version]
8 While I Cry
9 Tear Drop City
10 The Girl I Left Behind Me (LP Version)
11 A Man Without A Dream
12 Shorty Blackwell
13 Someday Man
14 Carlisle Wheeling (Alternate Stereo Mix)
15 Mommy And Daddy (Stereo Mix)
16 Look Down
17 If I Ever Get To Saginaw Again (LP Version)
18 Me Without You (Alternate Stereo Mix)
19 Smile
20 Nine Times Blue
21 Shorty Blackwell (Alternate Stereo Mix)
22 St. Matthew (LP Version)
23 Some Of Shelley's Blues (1968 Stereo Mix)
24 Hollywood (1968 Stereo Mix)
25 Don't Wait For Me (1968 Stereo Mix)
26 Propiniquity (I've Just Begun to Care) [1968 Stereo Mix]
27 The Crippled Lion (1968 Stereo Mix)
28 How Insensitive

Disc  2:
1 Through The Looking Glass (1969 Mono Mix)
2 Don't Listen To Linda [1968 Mono Mix]
3 I Won't Be The Same Without Her (1966 Mono Mix)
4 Just A Game (Alternate Vocal - Mono Mix)
5 Me Without You (Fuzz Guitar Version - Mono Mix)
6 Don't Wait For Me (Mono Mix)
7 You And I (Mono Mix)
8 While I Cry (UK Mono Mix)
9 Tear Drop City (Mono Promo Single Mix)
10 A Man Without A Dream (Mono Promo Single Mix)
11 Someday Man (1969 Mono Mix)
12 Hollywood (Mono Mix)
13 Mommy And Daddy (1968 Mono Mix)
14 You And I (1968 Rough Mix)
15 Carlisle Wheeling (Alternate Vocal - 1969 Mono Mix)
16 Rosemarie (1969 Mono Mix)
17 Changes (1968 Mono Mix)
18 Good Clean Fun (Mono Mix)
19 Through The Looking Glass (Fuzz Guitar Version - Mono Mix)
20 All The Grey Haired Men (Mono Backing Track)
21 War Games (1968 Mono Mix)
22 Propiniquity (I've Just Begun To Care) [Mono Mix]
23 My Share Of The Sidewalk (Version 2 - Mono Backing Track)
24 Party (Mono Mix)
25 The Crippled Lion (Mono Mix)
26 If I Ever Get To Saginaw Again (Mono Backing Track)
27 Some Of Shelly's Blues (1968 Mono Mix)
28 Smile (1968 Mono Mix)
29 Nine Times Blue (Mono Mix)

Disc 3:
1 Through The Looking Glass (Backing Track - Take 11)
2 Don't Listen To Linda (Backing Track - Takes 1-3)
3 I Won't Be The Same Without Her (Backing Track - Take 1)
4 Carlisle Wheeling (Backing Track - Take 1)
5 Nine Times Blues (Backing Track - Take 6)
6 Look Down (Backing Track - Take 1)
7 Just A Game (Backing Track - Takes 1-2)
8 You And I (Backing Track - Take 1)
9 That's What It's Like Loving You (Backing Track - Take 1)
10 Smile (Backing Track - Take 1)
11 A Man Without A Dream (Backing Track - Take 1)
12 A Man Without A Dream (Alternate Vocal - Take 14)
13 Someday Man (Backing Track - Take 1)
14 Someday Man (Alternate Mix)
15 (I Prithee) Do Not Ask For Love [1968 Backing Track - Take 12]
16 i Go Ape (Backing Track - Take 10)
17 Wind Up Man (Backing Track - Take 1)
18 String For My Kite (Version 1 Backing Track - Take 1))
19 Naked Persimmon (Backing Track - Take 1)
20 Goldie Locks Sometime (Backing Track - Take 4)
21 String For My Kite (Version 2 Backing Track - Take 1)
22 Darwin (Backing Track - Take 2)
23 St. Matthew (Alternate Vocal)
24 Don't Wait Fo Me (Alternate Stereo Mix)
25 Rosemarie (Alternate Stereo Mix)
26 (I Prithee) Do Not Ask For Love [1968 Version]
27 Naked Persimmon
28 Goldie Locks Sometimes
29 Darwin
30 I Go Ape

• - 3 CDs featuring 87 tracks including 58 previously unreleased recordings, backing tracks and a generous selection of stereo and mono mixes for both album and non-album cuts 
• - Features 45-rpm vinyl single of the one-of-a-kind acetate versions of "I Go Ape" and “(I Prithee) Do Not Ask For Love” 
• - Released on 11/22/2011

Please click for more details and the complete track list.