The Monkees ‘Headquarters: Super Deluxe Edition’ Announced
The Monkees will celebrate 55 years of the Headquarters album with a special reissue. Headquarters: Super Deluxe Edition contains 4 CDs and a 7” vinyl single with All Of Your Toys b/w The Girl I Knew Somewhere. Limited to 4,000 copies worldwide, the set will be released on 18 November, pre-order exclusively at Monkees.com.
Headquarters: Super Deluxe Edition boasts 69 previously unreleased recordings, including the entire album newly mixed from the original multitrack elements which were resynched to create the best fidelity version of the album ever available. It also marks the debut of backing tracks made for an abandoned Don Kirshner-led version of the album, as well as the band’s earliest surviving demos, plus recordings that would be completed in 2016 for The Monkees’ final studio album, Good Times!.
HEADQUARTERS: SUPER DELUXE EDITION
4CD Track Listing
Disc One: Headquarters (& More) Remixed
1. You Told Me
2. I’ll Spend My Life With You
3. Forget That Girl
4. Band 6
5. You Just May Be The One
6. Shades Of Gray
7. I Can’t Get Her Off My Mind
8. For Pete’s Sake
9. Mr. Webster
10. Sunny Girlfriend
11. Zilch
12. No Time
13. Early Morning Blues And Greens
14. Randy Scouse Git
Bonus Material
15. The Girl I Knew Somewhere – Version One
16. All Of Your Toys *
17. The Girl I Knew Somewhere – Version Two *
18. A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You *
19. She Hangs Out *
20. Gotta Give It Time *
21. Love To Love *
22. 99 Pounds *
23. You Can’t Tie A Mustang Dow *
24. If I Learned To Play The Violin *
25. Sally 1969 Version *
Disc Two: January 1967 Sessions
1. The Girl I Knew Somewhere (Gold Star Demo) *
2. All Of Your Toys (Gold Star Demo) *
3. She’s So Far Out, She’s In – Backing Track (Take 2)
4. The Girl I Knew Somewhere – Version One, Backing Track (Take 10) *
5. All Of Your Toys – Backing Track (Take 1)
6. Love To Love – Backing Track (Take 1) *
7. Love To Love – Backing Track (Take 14) *
8. You Can’t Tie A Mustang Down – Backing Track (Take 5) *
9. Gotta Give It Time (Rehearsal) *
10. Gotta Give It Time – Backing Track (Take 4) *
11. 99 Pounds – Backing Track (Takes 3 & 4) *
12. A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You – Backing Track (Take 2) *
13. A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You – Backing Track (Takes 3 & 4) *
14. She Hangs Out – Backing Track (Take 2) *
15. I Wanna Be Your Puppy Dog – Backing Track (Take 10) *
16. Love Is On The Way – Backing Track (Take 7) *
17. Sally – Backing Track (Take 2) *
18. Sugar Man – Backing Track (Take 6) *
19. Poor Little Me – Backing Track (Take 14) *
20. If I Learned To Play The Violin – Backing Track (Take 4) *
21. Black And Blue – Backing Track (Take 6) *
22. Eve Of My Sorrow – Backing Track (Take 7) *
23. The Love You Got Inside” – Backing Track (Take 9) *
24. Seeger’s Theme – Demo (Takes 1 & 2) *
25. Seeger’s Theme – Demo (Take 3) 1967 Mono Rough Mix *
26. The Girl I Knew Somewhere – 1967 Mono Mix 1
27. All Of Your Toys – 1967 Mono Mix
28. The Girl I Knew Somewhere – 1967 Mono Mix 2
Disc Three: February 1967 Sessions
1. 99 Pounds – Alternate Vocal (Take 1) *
2. A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You – Alternate Vocal (Take 1) *
3. She Hangs Out – Alternate Backing Vocals *
4. If I Learned To Play The Violin – CD-Rom Mix
5. 99 Pounds – Alternate Vocal (Take 2 with Handclaps) *
6. A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You – Mono Single Mix
7. 99 Pounds – 1967 Mono Mix *
8. She Hangs Out – Mono Single Mix
9. The Girl I Knew Somewhere – Backing Track (Take 11) *
10. Sunny Girlfriend – Take 7 With Scratch Vocal *
11. Mr. Webster – Alternate Vocal Mix *
12. She’ll Be There – Demo, 1967 Mono Rough Mix *
13. Midnight Train – Demo, 1967 Mono Rough Mix *
14. Can You Dig It – Demo, 1967 Mono Rough Mix *
15. Nine Times Blue – Demo, 1967 Mono Rough Mix *
16. Until It’s Time For You To Go – Davy Demo, 1967 Mono Rough Mix *
17. Until It’s Time For You To Go – Mike Demo *
18. Sunny Girlfriend – Acoustic Remix
19. The Girl I Knew Somewhere – Mono Single Mix
Disc Four: March 1967 (& Beyond) Sessions
1. Randy Scouse Git” – Alternate Version (Take 18) *
2. You Told Me – Take 15 With Alternate Vocal *
3. Peter Gunn’s Gun – Backing Track, 1967 Mono Rough Mix *
4. Forget That Girl – Take 15 With Alternate Overdubs *
5. Where Has It All Gone – Backing Track (Take 12) *
6. The Last Thing On My Mind – Informal Recording *
7. Randy Scouse Git/East Virginia *
8. Forget That Girl – With Alternate Backing Vocals *
9. Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho
10. Fever – Backing Track, 1967 Mono Rough Mix *
11. Pillow Time – Alternate Take Of Demo Version *
12. Masking Tape – Backing Track (Take 16, Called “13”) *
13. Detuned 12-Bar Jam *
14. You Just May Be The One – With Alternate Backing Vocals *
15. No Time – Version One, Backing Track (Take 2) *
16. Cantata & Fugue In C&W – Unedited Version *
17. The Story Of Rock And Roll – Version One, Backing Track (Take 18) *
18. Untitled Jam *
19. The Story Of Rock And Roll – Version Two, Backing Track (Take 28) *
20. Early Morning Blues And Greens – Alternate Vocals *
21. No Time – Backing Vocal Mix *
22. Just A Game – Demos (Takes 1-3) *
23. Zilch – KHJ Radio Spot
24. For Pete’s Sake – TV Edit
25. Tema Dei Monkees – Mono 45 Version
26. Love To Love – 1969 Mono Mix
27. You Can’t Tie A Mustang Down – 1969 Mono Mix *
28. Tema Dei Monkees – Stereo LP Version
29. 99 Pounds – Mono Album Mix
* Previously Unreleased