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DISCID=8b07080e
DTITLE=The Monkees / Head (British Pressing)
DYEAR=1968
DGENRE=
TTITLE0=Opening Ceremony
TTITLE1=Porpoise Song (Theme from ''Head'')
TTITLE2=Ditty Diego - War Chant
TTITLE3=Circle Sky (Alternate Version)
TTITLE4=Supplicio
TTITLE5=Can You Dig It?
TTITLE6=Gravy
TTITLE7=Superstitious
TTITLE8=As We Go Along
TTITLE9=Dandruff?
TTITLE10=Daddy's Song
TTITLE11=Poll
TTITLE12=Long Title: Do I Have To Do This All Over Again?
TTITLE13=Swami-Plus Strings, etc.
EXTD=Head (British Pressing)\n1990 Lightning\n\nOriginally Released De
EXTD=cember 1, 1968\nLightning (British) CD Edition Released 1990 ??\n
EXTD=Rhino Remastered + Expanded CD Edition Released November 15, 1994
EXTD=\n\nAMG EXPERT REVIEW: This disc contains songs and snippets of d
EXTD=ialogue from the Monkees' full-length feature film of the same na
EXTD=me. Although their Emmy-winning television program had been cance
EXTD=lled in the spring of 1968, the quartet quickly regrouped and, wi
EXTD=th the assistance of budding actor/director Jack Nicholson, creat
EXTD=ed a 90-minute surreal cinematic experience -- replete with match
EXTD=ing soundtrack. Without question, both the movie and album are th
EXTD=e most adventurous and in many ways most fulfilling undertaking t
EXTD=o have been born of the Monkees' multimedia manufactured project.
EXTD= The music featured on both the screen as well as this album is a
EXTD= long strange trip from the Farfisa-driven bubblegum anthem "I'm 
EXTD=a Believer." Perhaps even more telling is that Head became the fi
EXTD=rst Monkees long-player not to include a Tommy Boyce/Bobby Hart c
EXTD=omposition. As such, the talents of each member are uniquely show
EXTD=cased -- especially those of Peter Tork, whose contributions were
EXTD= previously too few and far between. Ironically, his acid rocker 
EXTD="Long Title: Do I Have to Do This All Over Again" and Eastern-fla
EXTD=vored "Can You Dig It?" are not only among the best of the six or
EXTD=iginal compositions on the soundtrack, but also among his finest 
EXTD=Monkees offerings, period. Other notable tracks include Micky Dol
EXTD=enz's vocals on two Carole King works: the ethereal "Porpoise Son
EXTD=g," which was co-authored by Gerry Goffin, and the Toni Stern col
EXTD=laboration on the pastoral "As We Go Along." The 1994 CD reissue 
EXTD=includes six "bonus selections." Primary among them are the live 
EXTD=version of Michael Nesmith's balls-to-the-wall rocker "Circle Sky
EXTD=" -- which highlights the self-contained quartet at its most ince
EXTD=ndiary -- and an unissued version of the Harry Nilsson-penned "Da
EXTD=ddy's Song," featuring an alternate lead vocal from Nesmith rathe
EXTD=r than Davy Jones.  -- Lindsay Planer\n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER RE
EXTD=VIEW\nCircle Movie, March 9, 2007 \nBy  Annie Van Auken (Planet E
EXTD=arth)\nPeter, Davy, Mickey and Mike hitting the water is the open
EXTD=ing scene of HEAD and also the movie's finale, or as Davy says in
EXTD= "Ditty Diego": "...when you see the end in sight the beginning m
EXTD=ay arrive." In essence, HEAD is a giant circle-- this movie could
EXTD= literally run perpetually if one were to edit the ends together.
EXTD= But a single time through is more than enough. \n\nSeparated fro
EXTD=m HEAD's intentionally haphazard visuals, what is most obvious on
EXTD= this album is this band's disillusionment, disappointment, disso
EXTD=lution. The two year MONKEES trip was almost over. It had been an
EXTD= incredible experience for everyone, including us fans, but this 
EXTD=simply couldn't last. HEAD was a swan song, and a swan dive. \n\n
EXTD=THE PORPOISE SONG is beautiful and melancholy- a Gerry Goffin/Car
EXTD=ole King masterpiece. \nCIRCLE SKY has an angry Mike Nesmith voca
EXTD=l. The guitars, mixed impossibly high, can't mask his message: "I
EXTD=t looks like we've made it to the end." \nCAN YOU DIG IT?, writte
EXTD=n by Peter Tork, has intricate guitar lines everywhere. Again, lo
EXTD=vely, yet sad. \nAS WE GO ALONG, another Carole King number, prac
EXTD=tically encapsulates the MONKEES and this film: "We'll make up ou
EXTD=r stories as we go along." \nDADDY'S SONG, written by Harry Nilss
EXTD=on, despite it's strange orchestration, is filled with the pain o
EXTD=f an abandoned, embittered child, now grown. \nDO I HAVE TO DO TH
EXTD=IS ALL OVER AGAIN? is Peter Tork's last and best MONKEES song. He
EXTD= expresses a long-held resentment. After a rebuff at the group's 
EXTD=initial 1966 recording session (Peter was derided for bringing hi
EXTD=s guitar), his disenchantment with this TV show project was deep-
EXTD=seated and total. It's no surprise Tork was first to leave-- the 
EXTD=first to break the circle. \n\nCD includes several alternate take
EXTD=s, a rehearsal track, and a radio ad for the movie. There's also 
EXTD=a 12-page foldout liner note booklet, detailing film and songs. H
EXTD=EAD, the movie and the album, are minor classics that perfectly r
EXTD=eflect both 1968 and a manufactured band on the verge of unravell
EXTD=ing. \n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nI sing the praise of never
EXTD= change., October 26, 2005 \nBy  Johnny Heering "trivia buff" (Be
EXTD=thel, CT United States)\nThis is the soundtrack to the Monkees' o
EXTD=nly feature film. It only has six songs, the rest of the soundtra
EXTD=ck features sound collages assembled by Jack Nicholson, of all pe
EXTD=ople. The songs are all great, it's some of the Monkees most matu
EXTD=re work. The sound collages range from a few seconds long to five
EXTD= minutes long, and they are actually fairly interesting. The CD a
EXTD=dds six great bonus tracks. On the alternate take of "Ditty Diego
EXTD=", you can hear Jack Nicholson instructing the boys to be "sillie
EXTD=r". The alternate "Circle Sky" is the live version featured in th
EXTD=e movie. There is a short recording of the other Monkees singing 
EXTD="Happy Birthday" to Mike. The alternate version of "Can You Dig I
EXTD=t" features Peter on vocals instead of Micky. The alternate versi
EXTD=on of "Daddy's Song" features Mike on vocals instead of Davy. The
EXTD= CD closes with a radio advertisement for Head that is an incompr
EXTD=ehensible sound collage which makes no mention of the Monkees, or
EXTD= even the fact that Head is a motion picture. With advertising li
EXTD=ke that, no wonder the movie flopped! \n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER R
EXTD=EVIEW\nThe Monkees meet Zappa, May 11, 2004 \nBy  Mark (Chicago, 
EXTD=IL)\n\nThis album comes as a big shock to fans of the Monkees ear
EXTD=ly pop hits who have no experience with avant garde rock of the l
EXTD=ate 60s. That jarring effect explains the commercial failure of t
EXTD=he film and record in 1968. But those who get over the initial sh
EXTD=ock will be pleasantly surprised to find the Monkees' best album,
EXTD= one that ranks among the better creations of late-60s psychedeli
EXTD=a. \nTo really understand this record, you need to first listen t
EXTD=o Frank Zappa's late 60s masterpiece "Absolutely Free" (1967), be
EXTD=cause that is the template for this album. Absolutely Free like H
EXTD=ead, featured a single track on each album side, linking the song
EXTD=s together with spoken interludes. Head is less ambitious than th
EXTD=e Mothers' record, but adapts Zappa's format. Like those on Absol
EXTD=utely Free, Head's album sides featured a jarring mix of songs in
EXTD= different styles. It's no accident that Zappa himself has a came
EXTD=o in the film. \n\nThis record is the Monkees trying a new direct
EXTD=ion, completely free of their manufactured roots in the aftermath
EXTD= of the spring 1968 cancellation of the TV series that was their 
EXTD=genesis. While Head did not catch on commercially at the time, in
EXTD= retrospect the record holds up quite well. Porpoise Song is the 
EXTD=real gem here, a beautiful song that floats across the room. That
EXTD='s followed up by the hard rocker "Circle Sky", a worthy contende
EXTD=r for the best song here. The remainder of the original album's s
EXTD=ide one songs (Can You Dig It, As We Go Along) are all standout t
EXTD=racks as well. The CD's bonus track of note is a live version of 
EXTD=Circle Sky that is every bit as good as the studio version. \n\n\n
EXTD=AMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nTheir True Masterpiece, August 8, 200
EXTD=3 \nBy  Artie Fisk "artiefisk" (New Paltz, NY, USA)\n\nThis is, p
EXTD=erhaps, the only time the Monkees managed to transcend themselves
EXTD=. They had done a fine job of being themselves and actually BECOM
EXTD=ING the band they'd been pretending (albeit under duress) to be f
EXTD=or some time on "Headquarters" and "Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn &
EXTD= Jones, Ltd.," but "HEAD" remains both hopelessly of its time and
EXTD= completely timeless, ranking alongside such acknowledged classic
EXTD=s as Love's "Forever Changes," simultaneously evoking the late 19
EXTD=60s and the modern, Post-"Pulp Fiction" style of soundtrack, comb
EXTD=ining dialogue and astounding, evocative music. \n\nDO NOT listen
EXTD= to those Monkees fans who tell you that this CD is "weird" or "a
EXTD=n acquired taste." Listen instead to MUSIC FANS and FANS OF PSYCH
EXTD=EDELIA and KNOW that THIS IS WITHOUT A DOUBT THE FINEST ACHIEVEME
EXTD=NT OF THE MONKEES SHORT PERIOD OF VALIDITY. \n\nIn other words, t
EXTD=his is the stuff, this is. \n\nOne listen to "Porpoise Song" or "
EXTD=Circle Sky" should be enough to convince you that this is REAL MU
EXTD=SIC. It puts all the rest of their LPs in its back pocket, with n
EXTD=o disrespect intended to the very nice sounds they'd produced in 
EXTD=1967. These two tracks alone are ESSENTIAL DOCUMENTS IN AMERICAN 
EXTD=PSYCHEDELIA, and merit much more in-depth discussion than is poss
EXTD=ible here. \n\nPeter Tork, for perhaps the only time in his caree
EXTD=r, finally DELIVERS on his unfulfilled potential with a fantastic
EXTD= pair of songs. "Can You Dig It?" is a middle-eastern slice of ac
EXTD=oustic ballad psych with stomping, Kaliedoscope-style breakdowns,
EXTD= (think of Kaliedoscope's second LP, "A Beacon From Mars," but mo
EXTD=re focused) that manages to work even though Mickey sings it. \n\n
EXTD=Tork then really lays it on us with the San Francisco Scene styli
EXTD=ngs of "Do I Have To Do This All Over Again?" In so doing he prov
EXTD=ides the film "HEAD" with its thematic center and he provides us 
EXTD=with a FAR-FREAKIN'-OUT guitar jam that beats most of the lame Fr
EXTD=isco types who were supposedly "heavy" at their own game (think o
EXTD=f the always disappointing Quicksilver or Jefferson Airplane). \n
EXTD=\nWhat can I say? Even the Davy Jones tune on this record is swel
EXTD=l: the Harry Nilsson penned "Daddy's Song," with its very Nilsson
EXTD=/Nesmith-esque 1920s arrangement and cryptic lyrics about a fathe
EXTD=r who was "not a man, and it all was just a game." \n\nThis recor
EXTD=d is eclectic, with great songs and VERY interesting sonic tidbit
EXTD=s. If you are a "Head," you will know why this is the Monkees bes
EXTD=t LP. It's been blowing my mind since the mid- 1980s, when I firs
EXTD=t heard an original pressing (pre-Rhino reissue) while in interes
EXTD=ting circumstances. It blows my mind today under ANY circumstance
EXTD=s. \n\nSo, the upshot of all this is: if you're one of those nerd
EXTD=y guys with a moustache and a Monkees T-shirt who wishes there wa
EXTD=s a Monkees-Fest just like the old Beatlefests, THIS AIN'T FOR YO
EXTD=U, PAL. But, if you're interested in REAL MUSIC without hangups, 
EXTD=and pure, shining transcendence, then GET ON BOARD. \n\nAnd that'
EXTD=s that. \n\n\n\nHalf.com Details \nContributing artists: Dewey Ma
EXTD=rtin, Leon Russell, Neil Young, Ry Cooder \n\nAlbum Notes\nThe Mo
EXTD=nkees: Mickey Dolenz, Davy Jones, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork.\n\n
EXTD=Additional personnel includes: Neil Young, Leon Russell, Ry Coode
EXTD=r, Dewey Martin, Russ Titelman.\n\nIn 1968, combating charges tha
EXTD=t they were a pre-fab Beatles knockoff with no real talent, the M
EXTD=onkees went the Liverpudlians one better by making HEAD, a wild, 
EXTD=experimental film that made A HARD DAY'S NIGHT look like a drawin
EXTD=g-room drama. The soundtrack has some freewheeling moments to mat
EXTD=ch it, but more significantly, it contains some of the Monkees' b
EXTD=est tunes from the period when the runaway train of their huge po
EXTD=p hits started losing speed. Seemingly influenced by the band's (
EXTD=particularly Mickey Dolenz's) love of Tim Buckley (who was a musi
EXTD=cal guest on the Monkees' TV show), "As We Go Along" is an incred
EXTD=ibly moving slice of balladic folk-rock that could have fallen of
EXTD=f of Buckley's seminal HAPPY SAD. The beloved "Porpoise Song (The
EXTD=me from Head)" is a sun-drenched psychedelic gem that stands up t
EXTD=o anything on SGT. PEPPER'S or PET SOUNDS. A batch of previously 
EXTD=unreleased tunes appended to this reissue sweeten the pot some, b
EXTD=ut regardless, HEAD is a vitally important, often undervalued cha
EXTD=pter in the Monkees' history.\n\nIndustry Reviews\n9 - Excellent 
EXTD=Plus - ...an authentically important document of the time, altern
EXTD=ating half a dozen intensely lovely songs (including Tork's mysti
EXTD=cal triumph 'Can You Dig It' plus Nesmith's rousing 'Circle Sky')
EXTD= with nonsense poetry and tripped out dialogue...\nNew Musical Ex
EXTD=press (02/18/1995)
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