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Title: The Monkees - More Of The Monkees
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1967, Rock, Pop Rock and Psychedelic Pop, Los Angeles, California 8/26
Matrix #: COS-102
Condition: VG+ (LM) | Members: Micky D (45' - ), Michael N (42' - 21'), Peter T (42' - 19'), Davy J (45' - 12')
Cultural Facts:

1. Career Turning: The album contains “I’m a Believer,” written by Neil Diamond, which became one of the Monkees’ defining recordings and a massive international hit.
2. Band Drama: Music supervisor Don Kirshner assembled and released much of the album with limited creative input from the Monkees, intensifying their fight for the right to play instruments and control their own records.
3. Studio Lore: Much of the instrumentation was performed by Los Angeles session musicians while the four Monkees concentrated primarily on vocals, a system they successfully challenged before making Headquarters.