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Missing Links

The Monkees Format: Audio CD

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A collection of rare and unreleased studio tracks from 1966-1968.

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Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 4.94 x 0.45 inches; 3.68 Ounces
Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Rhino
Date First Available ‏ : ‎ October 21, 2006
Label ‏ : ‎ Rhino
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0000032BG
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

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Buddy Trabucco

Great Music

Reviewed in the United States on January 6, 2020

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If you're a true Monkees fan this is the CD to listen to Its Great

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Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on April 22, 2017

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great group

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SJolly

Perfect

Reviewed in the United States on May 24, 2020

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Thoughtfully and carefully packaged. Case and disc are excellent quality. Very happy with everything and would highly recommend seller based on this experience.

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Dawn Marie

More Monkees !

Reviewed in the United States on May 26, 2013

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Love this album for the "lost" songs I heard on the show, but no where else. I'm so happy I bought this !

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cinnamin

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Reviewed in the United States on March 6, 2013

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As always,in my opinion, anything by the monkees is great! Go monkees! I really love the monkees more than anything except god & my two boys!

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Henry R. Kujawa

Unreleased GEMS!

Reviewed in the United States on December 26, 1999

What a JOY it was when Rhino put this out. After the relative disappointments of "NOW AND THEN" and 'POOL IT!" here was an entire album of terrific (more-or-less) "new" Monkees material! And so MUCH to love here: "Apples, Peaches, Bananas And Pears" (which I suspect was intended to open the shelved 2nd B&H-produced album); "If You Have The Time" (which had turned up on Saturday morning, but strangely went unreleased until here!); "I Don't Think You Know Me" (my favorite of the various versions that have shown up since), "Carlisle Wheeling" (also my fave of the 3 very different takes that have surfaced, including the one on Nesmith's LOOSE SALUTE); "Storybook Of You" (Davy at his romantic best!), "All Of Your Toys" (not really a fave, I can't picture this being a single-- and is it possible the song is really about Don Kirshner?); "Nine Times Blue" (the "definitive" version of this one! ); "So Goes Love" (great ballad from Davy; this makes a strong point that Mike Nesmith should have been the SOLE producer!); "Of You" (more Nesmith magic); and "War Games" (wouldn't this have made a great companion to Micky's "Mommy And Daddy"?). The 4 CD bonus tracks are less memorable (7, 8, 15, 16) but I'm all for a "complete" reissue project, so overall no complaints. The first MISSING LINKS wound up being BETTER than some of the original albums.

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thehammer

A New Monkees album for the 1980's !

Reviewed in the United States on October 1, 2014

Excellent collection of previously unreleased tracks released in the summer of 1987 on vinyl, 1988 on CD.
Yep, for those of you not paying attention and showing your ignorance by pointing out that these tracks are available elsewhere, they weren't when it was released!
When "Missing Links" (there was no Vol 1 in the title, Rhino wasn't even sure there would be more issues along these lines....), it
was in the aftermath of "Then and Now, the Best of....", which teased us with three new tracks and not much else. (Sure, it is one of the more comprehensive CD's, but mastering was mediocre, fans had heard the tunes already,and wanted more new recording....).
Fans had high hopes for "Pool It". Hoping for something more like "Headquarters", the fanbase instead got something that made 1970's "Changes" look like a masterpiece. Strike two!
Enter "Missing Links", a collection of previously unreleased, vintage material that was designed to play like an actual album.
The guys at Rhino wanted this, and possible future such volumes to be able to stand alone, and not be just shoddy hack job complications.
The artwork on the first "Missing Links" most resembles that of an original Monkees album, and it is chock full of gems that are presented in generally good quality. Quite consistent sound quality, considering the tracks are from the 60's, and from many different sessions.
The standard of the material is overall quite good. Exceptional is some cases.
With these tracks all being previously unavailable, Rhino had essentially served up a "new" '60's Monkees album. Which is how most people that remember the initial release generally view it.
When reviewers say it is of no consequence, it makes me say "well, should I skip "Pisces" because "Pleasant Valley Sunday"
is also out on "Best of..."? Duh......! No.
This release, in this form, with these specific versions of these songs became an album in it's own right once it hit the racks in '87/'88 and is now a part of Monkees history. To anyone that heard these tracks for the first time this way, this is the "original" form of these songs, and it is a real album. If you haven't experienced the material this way, you "missed one". There is no telling how much this release did during their resurgence in the '80's to help generate new fan interest, encourage existing fan enthusiasm, and further demonstrate that the Monkees themselves were actual contributors to their recordings, and skilled ones at that!

As to those whom relentlessly criticize some of the tunes included here......
Sure, there is some warble from tape damage on "All of Your Toys" that apparently could not be corrected with mid '80's technology. Sure, "So Goes Love" is "seemingly unfinished.
And it all sounds superb anyway! There abound many similar collections from this and other bands that sound like horrible bootlegs, while this has a warm, crisp, professional sound. So get over yourself, music snobs!!
Frankly, the Monkees first two officially released albums from the '60's contain Kirshner directed tracks that have worse technical issues than anything on "Missing Links (I).
Even the "worst" or "fluffiest" tracks here are entertaining, and come across more charming and representative of the Monkees than some of what was released before.
Any of you that say some of the song selections were poor and should have been passed over, just look at the first two '60's long players by the Monkees......you'll find stuff that is no better, much that is worse. Yeah, the man with the "Golden Ear" suffered from occasional deafness, as well as lapses in taste big enough to drive a bus through!

Bottom line, if you love the Monkees and/or '60's and early '70's pop/rock, get this. It is a classic, and it will entertain you and make you smile.

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Michael Patrick Boyd

Forgotten Monkees songs

Reviewed in the United States on December 15, 2008

Missing Links is 41 minutes and 54 seconds long and was released on July 6, 1987. The CD never charted. With the exception to Apples, Peaches, Bananas, and Pears, none of the other songs never made it to any of their albums or on the show. Apples, Peaches, Bananas, and Pears was feature on the show, but not on any album. Also Teeny Tiny Gnome correct title is Kicking Stones. I like all of the songs on it. Also the song that should of been a hit, but never got a chance, All of Your Toys. For some reason or other it did not make any album. Davey sings lead on seven of the songs; while Mickey and Mike are tied at four and Peter on one. This CD is a must for and Monkees fans. Missing Links gets a B+.

Apples, Peaches Bananas and Pears
If You Have the Time
I Don't Think You Know Me
Party
Carlisle Wheeling
Storybook of You
Rosemarie
My Share of the Sidewalk
All of Your Toys
Nine Times Blue
So Goes Love
Teeny Tiny Gnome
Of You
War Games
Lady's Baby
Time and Time Again

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