The Monkees - Instant Replay (RED VINYL)

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Instant Replay is the seventh studio album by The Monkees. Issued six months after the cancellation of the group's NBC television series in 1968, it is also the first album released after Peter Tork left the group and the only album of the original nine studio albums that does not include any songs featured in the Monkees' TV show.

The band's new music supervisor, Brendan Cahill, believed that releasing previously unused tracks recorded in 1966 — prior to the group's seizing control of their own recording process-was the way for the group to get back to the top. The album's lead single, "Tear Drop City," was one of the songs taken from the vault. The song was sped up around 9 percent from the original recording, changing the song's key from G to A-flat. The single, notably similar to the group's first hit "Last Train to Clarksville," was identified by Mike Nesmith as their intended first single back in 1966. The track was not a major hit, only managing to reach No. 56 on the US charts, while reaching No. 34 in Australia. Despite the single's poor chart performance, the album itself reached the Top 40 at No. 32.

Micky Dolenz's "Just a Game" had originally been written during the sessions of the Headquarters album, while Nesmith's "Don't Wait for Me" was the first released product of his 1968 sessions with Nashville studio musicians. Davy Jones' "You and I," with its lyrics bemoaning the fickle pace of teen stardom, featured guitar work from Neil Young.

Through The Looking Glass

Don't Listen To Linda

I Won't Be The Same Without Her

Just A Game

Me Without You

Don't Wait For Me

You And I

While I Cry

Tear Drop City

The Girl I Left Behind Me

A Man Without A Dream

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