The Monkees - When will remaining catalogue be remastered?

musicdav24 · **Joined:** 03 Jan 2007 **Posts:** 75

Has there been any information regarding remasters of the remaining Monkees CD's...deluxe or standard? I thought I read somewhere that Rhino Handmade may be doing these but I can't find info anywhere. Thanks.

AMW · **Joined:** 26 Sep 2006 **Posts:** 4543

Pretty much everything I know about any possible forthcoming Monkees reissues from Rhino I learned from this thread:

http://www.imwan.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.p ... ht=monkees

I have seen unconfirmed rumors elsewhere that the deluxe editions of "The Monkees" and "More Of The Monkees" sold extremely poorly (what does one have to do to access Soundscan stats, anyway?) and as a result other Monkees reissues may not be forthcoming...?

Bigkev · 21 Oct 2006

AMW wrote:

I have seen unconfirmed rumors elsewhere that the deluxe editions of "The Monkees" and "More Of The Monkees" sold extremely poorly......and as a result other Monkees reissues may not be forthcoming...?

Bummer

Jimbo · 19 Jul 2006

The usually gregarious Andrew Sandoval, who wrote the liner notes for the deluxe reissues and is a regular on the Hoffman site, has been very tightlipped about the next batch of reissues. If we see them at all, it will likely be through Rhino Handmade, but who knows when?

72stones · **Joined:** 12 Jul 2006 **Posts:** 2109

Though there has been debate over there concerning just how concrete the June date is supposed to be for the next two, I have the feeling it isn't totally set in stone. We're just going to have to wait and see. I find it stressful in that the Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones, Ltd album deserves to have some kind of Deluxe 2-Disc set treatment given to it. Speaking from an entirely subjective viewpoint on my part, I am of the belief that it is one of the great underrated works of the entire '60s.
I don't want to derail the thread into a political discussion, but given the current situation in the world, I'm awfully surprised that nobody has decided to do a cover of the great song "The Door Into Summer" from the album. The lyrics can definitely apply to a certain situation.

Retro · **Joined:** 18 Oct 2006 **Posts:** 54

I agree that is a great 60's record.I keep wondering how much unreleased Monkee material could there be?

eelkiller · **Joined:** 10 Dec 2006 **Posts:** 1681

Jimbo wrote:

The usually gregarious Andrew Sandoval, who wrote the liner notes for the deluxe reissues and is a regular on the Hoffman site, has been very tightlipped about the next batch of reissues. If we see them at all, it will likely be through Rhino Handmade, but who knows when?

Guaranteed he is under a gag-order by Rhino or else he would have posted some info on SH.tv.

I for one am going to be patient - his work on the Everly's boxes and Monkees reissues has been first class and i am willing to wait for more of the same.

davidam · **Joined:** 03 Mar 2007 **Posts:** 33

The next two deluxe Monkees CD's, Headquarters and Pieces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones LTD are so far only available on Amazon.com's United Kindom branch. Here are the links for pre ordering;
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000GIWS60/?tag=imwan-21
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000GIWS5G/?tag=imwan-21
FYI. David

AMW · **Joined:** 26 Sep 2006 **Posts:** 4543

I'm sitting here listening to Rhino's deluxe edition of "Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd." and realizing that it was released ten months ago...and in surfing the web, including both amazon.com and rhino.com, there is no indication if any deluxe version of "The Birds, The Bees & The Monkees" or "Head" will ever be forthcoming...very depressing. Of course, in the meantime, Rhino has managed to barf up yet another best-of Monkees compilation for Walmart shoppers.

In other Monkees news, the going rate for a silver copy of the "Headquarters Sessions" set is now apparently above the $300 mark.

Dr. Chris Evil · 26 Jul 2006

It would seem to me that they've mined the catalog of all the prime stuff. The post-Pisces albums represent the commercial decline of The Monkees and from what I understand, the deluxe editions didn't sell as well as Rhino hoped.

I hope for the sake of Monkee fanatics, though, that they finish out the rest of the catalogue in the deluxe format. They are great sets.

Dr. Chris Evil · 26 Jul 2006

This isn't an update on the Monkees catalog being updated, but rather, something I noticed yesterday.

I was at Newbury Comics and noticed that Rhino had quietly reissued the Monkees' albums on single CDs with no bonus tracks. The packaging looks similar to the '90s reissues, but the copyright date is 2011.

kajafan · **Joined:** 10 Apr 2009 **Posts:** 656

There is on Amazon UK a Monkee 5 album classics box set too. Too bad the bean counters seem to have called of the reminder of the Deluxe Editions.

Jason Michael · 30 May 2012

There are three-disc deluxe editions of "The Birds, the Bees and the Monkees", "Head", and "Instant Replay" available from Rhino Handmade. Unfortunately they are not of uniform size to the deluxe editions of the first four releases, but they are very nice sets. Pretty exhaustive, full of alternate and mono mixes and alternate takes.

Linda · **Posted:** Sun Jul 01, 2012 4:44 pm

Linked ...

The UK Original Album Series box:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B003097AAQ/?tag=imwan-21

The Rhino Handmade boxes:

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