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The Monkees: The Day-By-Day Story of the 60s TV Pop Sensation Paperback – June 10, 2005

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A day-by-day look at the years from 1965 to 1970 reveals the remarkably rich story of the Monkees, one of the most successful pop bands of the 1960s. The Monkees immensely popular television series began in 1966. It was immediately followed by a remarkable four consecutive Number 1 albums and six Top 10 singles. In the 1980s the Monkees reached an entirely new audience when MTV began re-running the TV show. Their cult status remains solid today as critics reassess their music and new fans discover the show. Follow the bands short but explosive career in this examination that includes exclusive interviews with each member of the group, details of recording sessions, filming commitments, concert performances, other public appearances, and over 100 photographs and illustrations.

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288 pages
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English
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Thunder Bay Press
Publication date

June 10, 2005
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8.25 x 0.75 x 11.25 inches
ISBN-10

1592233724
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978-1592233724
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Music historian Sandoval obsessively covers concerts, recordings and TV in pursuit of all Monkees trivia. Beginning with the 1942–1945 births of the quartet members (Peter Tork, Michael Nesmith, Micky Dolenz and Davy Jones), Sandoval traces their solo careers until the four were brought together in 1966 for NBC's The Monkees TV series, followed by hit albums through the late '60s. With a complete "Songography," 135 illustrations, a TV episode guide, lengthy interview quotes and exhaustive research through thousands of press clippings, Sandoval and designer Paul Cooper deliver a strong package, including captivating notes on Jack Nicholson's soundtrack work for the 1968 Monkees movie, Head, which was made the year before Nicholson gained recognition as an actor in Easy Rider. Unfortunately, the book has many speculative passages and an awkward use of present and future tense, resulting in such strained sentences as "No tapes will survive from this date, and it is quite possible that no takes are made today. Peter will return to the song in January." All the same, devoted Monkees fans will be pleased. (July)
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Thunder Bay Press (June 10, 2005)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 288 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1592233724
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1592233724
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.43 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.25 x 0.75 x 11.25 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #311,480 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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- #875 in Television Performer Biographies

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Andrew Sandoval is an American record producer, who is best known as a Grammy Award nominated producer and engineer of historical albums, containing popular music from the rock era. Additionally, Sandoval has ongoing careers as author, DJ, journalist, songwriter and professional musician. Born in Santa Monica, California, his career in music began in 1986 as the editor and publisher of a fanzine called New Breed, a project that blossomed into work as a reissue producer for such labels as Rhino and PolyGram. His writing has appeared in the form of liner notes to record and CD releases, as well as in articles featured in The Hollywood Reporter and Shindig!

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Scotto Moore

flawed but wonderful

Reviewed in the United States on October 6, 2005

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the other reviewers have commented fairly well about the book's merits. i wanted to just raise one quibble - the group's work on the television show is given massively short shrift. indeed, this is essentially the day by day story of the monkees as recording and touring artists, not the story of their days on set, their days working with interesting guest stars, their days developing an improvisational style on set, their relationships with directors or crew members or any of that. given that the monkees would never have reached any level of musical success without the backbone of the show, it seems horrible to ditch james frawley from the narrative after only one quote, or ignore the inner workings of the series. it's a minor quibble, but i was disappointed to see it missing. i can understand why - it's probably not as well documented as the sessions, which had union records to evaluate; but it's clear sandoval had interview access with many major players, and chose to just focus on the music.

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People Who Spread Rumors Are Dangerous

That Monkees Anthology You Have Been Waiting For

Reviewed in the United States on October 10, 2009

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This is it! This is the case!
The case has been made by Andrew Sandoval for die hard Monkees fans that have had an unfulfilled appetite for a day by day playback into Monkees history. Even the casual Monkees admirer will appreciate the history, the pictures, the mania.

The Monkees were a band of four musician/actors created by Screen Gems. Fed up with the bubblegum pop sound generated by their producers on "The Monkees" and "More Of The Monkees" albums, the band gained creative control of their music and the rest is history.

This book is that history.

If you want to know answers to such questions as:

(1)Which song featured what Monkee on which instrument and where was that song recorded on what day in which studio? (2)Where did The Monkees perform live on which date and what was the actual gross earning/attendance for which concert? (3)Where did The Monkees perform as a trio in 1969 after Peter Tork left and on which television show or shows did they make live guest appearances on?

Then buy this book.

If you want a rare glimpse into an extremely detailed pictoral history of the most underated rock band of all time history...

Then buy this book.

If you have to know every single solitary thing about The Monkees, like your reviewer does....

Then buy two copies of this book because you'll need one copy untouched for your collection and one copy for constant review.

The Monkees: The Day-By-Day Story of the 60s TV Pop Sensation

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Duane Tudahl

The Monkees Bible

Reviewed in the United States on October 19, 2008

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This joins the ranks of similar books about The Beatles, Elvis and Hendrix as the most authoritative source of Monkees information. If you are a fan, you'll love the details about the sessions and MANY unreleased songs. The passion and care that went into this book are evident from the amount of details. Not a book to read in one session but these books never are. This is a great reference to thumb through while you are listening to the CDs. OK, so The Monkees weren't as important as The Beatles, Elvis or Hendrix, but there are fans (count me as one) who remember these songs from their youth and love re-living that era.

Great job. Amazing book.

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Music Is Love

If you are a Monkees' Fanatic like myself..this is a MUST!

Reviewed in the United States on November 23, 2010

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Well documentented. Easy to look up song histories, filming & touring days. Unfortunetly (or fortunetly), with time passing, some missing masters have been recovered from sources unknown. It would be great to have an update version now that "Head Deluxe" has been issued and hopefully a final retrospect of the 1969-1970 recordings in perhaps an "Instant Replay Deluxe" The final EXTENSIVE recordings of Micky, Michael & David with possible "Sam & The Goodtimers" Live recordings....c'mon Andrew, I have faith!

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Tom Zambrano

Super book on The Monkees

Reviewed in the United States on January 19, 2019

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This is the most detailed book on The Monkees out there. All their recording sessions, records, appearances, concerts and TV episodes up through 1970 are chronologically examined in this great book. Also includes hundreds of great photos. If you want to know everything about The Monkees, this is the book for you.

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Michael A. Ventrella

THE official Monkees book. More of a reference book ...

Reviewed in the United States on January 26, 2018

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THE official Monkees book. More of a reference book than a story you read page by page. You skip around and read the parts that interest you, but there is no other Monkees book out there as complete and detailed. A must for all fans.

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Mutton Lettuce Tomato

This is the definitive book of all things Monkee...

Reviewed in the United States on June 22, 2013

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Andrew Sandoval loads this book up with everything you could want to know about The Monkees and the whole experience. His level of detail is more than you could ask for to satisfy those who understand music production and yet he makes it understandable to the masses. You can tell he's a long time fan and yet he's honest about difficult to ingest or the lesser quality parts of the music. All in all, an impressive work and well worth the $. Lot's of photos and facts. It's a perfect coffee table book....

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Sandoval's magnificent obsession

Reviewed in the United States on September 12, 2006

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This is a jaw-dropping volume of research from the world's foremost authority on the Monkees, painstakingly assembled and magnificently presented. I can hardly believe it exists! The only book it can be compared to is Mark Lewisohn's THE BEATLES RECORDING SESSIONS, which has (incredibly! impossibly!) been allowed to go out of print.

The lesson, Monkee fans? Grab it while you can. You know who you are.

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K. Brunton

A joy to behold

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 13, 2021

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Definately one for the fanboys. Hard to find glad I did

J. D. Quayle

A must for the Monkees/sixties music obsessed

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 8, 2007

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A fascinating and well-researched account of the day-by-day activities of the Monkees. Loads of detail for those interested in 1960s recording techniques, and those wanting to know who sang and played what on which Monkees tracks. Less detail, however, on how the TV shows were produced than I'd expected. More suitable for those with a Monkees/sixties music obsession than anyone wanting a biography of the 'prefab' four. I loved it.

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JML

Must Have book for Monkee fans

Reviewed in Canada on July 31, 2018

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This is a book every fan of The Monkees should own. Unbelievable detail as the title says, day-by-day over the bands whole career. It's full of great information and brimming with obscure details and trivia.

robinslug

the monkees, paper back

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 1, 2012

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Brought this for my daughters b'day and she loves it. there are plenty of great photos and the book was in good condition.

likearollingstone

Too Much Monkees Business

Reviewed in Japan on July 26, 2005

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Monkeesに関してはライノのリイシュー等を担当している著者による、1965年から1970年までの毎日のメンバーや関係人物等の動向をまとめた「データ本」です。レコーディングセッション、ライブ、テレビ・映画の撮影等を関係者のインタビュー等も交えながら、本人たちが覚えていないことまで完璧に網羅しています。その資料性の高さには右に出るものはいないと思います。巻末にはレコーディングに参加したミュージシャンのリストと活動期間中に録音されたソングリストが掲載されています。
　ちなみに86年・96年の再結成等や70年以降のメンバーのソロ活動には殆ど言及されていないので、そちらも知りたい方は別のバイオ本を購入されたほうが良いと思います。（70年のマイケルの'Nevada Fighter'までのレコーディング活動は収録されていますが）
　英文は平易な方ですので、ある程度の英語力のある人なら全く問題は無いはずです。くれぐれも言いますがあくまで「データ本」ですので当時の裏舞台を知りたい方は別の「バイオ本」を購入されることをお勧めします。

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