Monkees HEAD from Rhino Handmade

My wife surprised me on my birthday over the weekend. In one of the birthday cards was a picture of the 'Head' - Deluxe Box!!! How cool is that!!!???
She placed the order last week after the preorder date, so no 45 for me, but I'm still VERY happy.

 

"IIRC my BB&M box set came in a cardboard box."

What he said...

 

Congrats, Deke.

RE: the 45... I'll hook you up again like I did before!

BTW, I visited Providence this past weekend and found a terrific record store, Round Again Records, on Wickendon Street. I score a bunch of nice jazz vinyl, and the owner seems like a good bloke.

 

Very good point.

 

I'd love to get a release of the versions of Prithee, Naked Persimmon and Listen to the Band from 33 at some point.

 

Very cool!!!! Thanks sooooo much!

RE: Round Again Records - I used to live on Wickenden about a block and a half up from Round Again back in the 80s and then again in the early 90s less than a block from Round Again. Great little store. A big part of my old record collection made its way there. The owner knows his stuff, but he can be crabby at times. I'm glad you had a great experience. Let me know next time you're coming to town! I owe you a beer or three.

 

Just great. Another damaged CD package for me to send back to Rhino ... and they take forever (plus a couple of phone calls) to replace things.

And mine isn't even here yet!

Damn them.

 

Listening to the single versions of "The Porpoise Song" and "As We Go Along", I have always been surprised that neither was a Top 40 hit. Beautiful music and lyrics with Dolenz shining on lead vocals on both songs. IMO that this single was ignored by radio as a backlash against the Monkees and I also feel that the DJs must have enjoyed the Monkees fall from the charts.

 

got mine today. pretty quick for the free shipping. and it was shipped in a cardboard box (then again, i order the BBM box as well). looking forward to diving into both of them this week.

 

Just got mine today. It was also shipped in the padded envelope, which my mailman carelessly crammed into the mailbox. By some miracle, though, the edges weren't crushed at all. No 45 with the shipment. I haven't opened mine yet, so I don't know if they just put the 45 in the Head box or if its coming later. Last time, My BB&M set came shipped in a corrugated box with the vinyl.

 

The 45 should be inside the Head box.

 

Got Mine Today (Free Shipping Option). It was perfectly packed!! Can't wait to hear it - especially You Told Me.

Side Note - Peter, like Davy, is now saying that there might be a Threekees tour next year.

Off to read and listen!!

 

Received mine today also, free shipping option too ... everything with it is in perfect condition, thankfully ... it WAS delivered in a slightly padded envelope, but it must be enough to keep everything in fine shape ... I'm off to the music room now !

 

indeed it is !

 

Yes. Mike's (Head film version) lead vocal was re-recorded in the studio.

 

Color me surprised... I cancelled my rush shipping pre-order and made another order the Sunday before release date. A Media Mail package (padded mailer) arrived today in Florida shipped from Redwood City, CA. The 45 was included in the shrink-wrapped box.

 

I just finished submitting the CD info for disc 1 to Gracenote. I hope I didn't make any mistakes!

 

Mine arrived today. Some sweet sounds coming out of the system at this moment. Life is good.

 

I'm so envious of you guys right now! I can't afford it right now, and it's killin' me!

 

I'm envious too, and I pre-ordered it the day Rhino started taking 'em! It's gotta show up this week..........

 

Strange. I pre-ordered mine on the 9th of October, which was quite a few days after the first day of pre-ordering started, yet I got mine today. Hope you get yours real soon.

 

What a shame, not really interested if Nesmith is not involved.

 

More's the pity, then, because when I saw The Threekees in the early naughties, they were magnificent. A large band with them perfectly recreated the records, and they did two long sets including all their psychedelic stuff (and ALL of Head!!! Well, not the stupid marching band stuff) as well as a few Mike tunes so he would be represented. They even wore wool hats!

It was really surprising how good it was.

 

+1
I opted for free shipping.

Darryl

 

<TWEET!!!> (Michelle blows her whistle and throws a flag on the field.)

OK, I'm sorry, but I need to call a moratorium on the term "Threekees"..!

With no disrespect to the person who coined it, it's really got to go.

"Threetles" was clever, and it rhymed with Beatles.

"The Monkees minus Nesmith" is fine if you need to be specific, but for gosh sakes, the Monkees has been a trio for much of its history.

"Threekees" sounds like a failed breakfast cereal from the 70's.