MONKEES - MADE FOR TV: FAVORITE EPISODES AND BIGGEST HITS Vinyl LP

Expected: 8/14/26

On August 16, 1966, The Monkees introduced themselves to the world with the group's debut single, "Last Train to Clarksville." A month later, the song was racing to #1 when  The Monkees  television series debuted on September 12. Within weeks, Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, Michael Nesmith, and Peter Tork were a global phenomenon, destined to become one of the most popular bands of the 1960s.

Made for TV: Favorite Episodes and Biggest Hits from Season 1 of The Monkees  is a LP/2CD/BR collection serving up the first season's greatest hits with 14 rare, broadcast-exclusive TV mixes created especially for the show, more than two dozen songs from the season, plus 10 fan-favorite episodes—including the series premiere. Monkees historian and author Andrew Sandoval produced the set and contributed the liner notes, including detailed guides to the episodes and songs.

Inspired by  A Hard Day's Night , producers Bob Rafelson and Bert Schneider created  The Monkees , which ran for two seasons on NBC from 1966 through 1968. Rafelson's initial vision was for a musical Marx Brothers—a band of playful jokesters prone to hijinks and breaking into song. What couldn't be scripted, however, was the organic chemistry of the foursome, which flipped the script and transformed a fictional band into a genuine musical force.

Made for TV  includes songs written for the group by some of the world's best songwriters with Neil Diamond's "Look Out (Here Comes Tomorrow)" and Gerry Goffin and Carole King's "Take a Giant Step." Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart are heavily featured, underscoring the team's essential contribution to Season One with the theme song, the B-side "Words" and an early version of the gold-certified #3 hit "Valleri."

The featured episodes capture the zany spirit of the first season, which won the Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series. It begins with the debut episode, "Royal Flush," which earned director James Frawley an Emmy Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy. As a fitting bookend, the collection concludes with the season's final episode, "The Monkees on Tour," which documents the group coming together as a live unit during their record-setting concert run in early 1967.

Tracks:

1LP (TV versions/mixes of tracks from season 1)

Side A:

1. (Theme From) The Monkees (TV Version)

First Heard in Episode: 1 - Royal Flush

1. This Just Doesn't Seem to Be My Day (Mono TV Version)

First Heard in Episode: 1 - Royal Flush

1. Take a Giant Step (Mono TV Version)

First Heard in Episode: 1 Royal Flush

1. Saturday's Child (Mono TV Mix)

First Heard in Episode 3: Monkee vs Machine

1. All the King's Horses (Mono TV Version)

First Heard in Episode 5 The Spy Who Came In from the Cool

1. You Just May Be the One (Mono TV Version)

First Heard in Episode 9: The Chaperone

1. I Wanna Be Free (Fast Version - Mono TV Mix)

First Heard in Episode 10: Here Comes the Monkees - The Pilot

Side B:

1. She (Mono TV Mix)

First Heard in Episode 11: Monkees A La Carte

1. I'll Be Back Up on My Feet (TV Version)

First Heard in Episode 14: Dance, Monkee, Dance

1. Your Auntie Grizelda (Mono TV Mix)

First Heard in Episode 18: I was a Teenage Monster

1. Laugh (Mono TV Mix)

First Heard in Episode 20: Monkees In The Ring

1. Valleri (First Recorded Version - Mono TV Mix)

First Heard in Episode 23: Captain Crocodile

1. Look Out (Here Comes Tomorrow) [Mono TV Mix] (Neil Diamond)

First Heard in Episode 27: Monkee Mother

1. Words (First Recorded Version - Mono TV Mix)

First Heard in Episode 30: Monkees in Manhattan

2CD (full soundtrack to season 1)

Disc 1

1. (Theme From) The Monkees
2. This Just Doesn't Seem to Be My Day
3. Take a Giant Step
4. Last Train to Clarksville
5. Tomorrow's Gonna Be Another Day
6. Saturday's Child
7. Let's Dance On
8. I'm Not Your Steppin' Stone
9. The Kind of Girl I Could Love
10. All the King's Horses
11. I Wanna Be Free
12. Sweet Young Thing
13. Papa Gene's Blues
14. You Just May Be the One

Disc 2

1. I Wanna Be Free (Fast Version)
2. She
3. Gonna Buy Me a Dog
4. Mary, Mary
5. I'm a Believer
6. I'll Be Back Up on My Feet
7. Your Auntie Grizelda
8. Laugh
9. Sometime in the Morning
10. Valleri
11. Look Out Here Comes Tomorrow
12. The Girl I Knew Somewhere
13. Words
14. A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You

Blu-Ray: Greatest Hits (10 episodes, 28 songs total)

Episode 1 - Royal Flush

1. This Just Doesn't Seem to Be My Day
2. Take a Giant Step

Episode 3 - Monkee Vs Machine

1. Saturday's Child
2. Last Train to Clarksville

Episode 6 - Success Story

1. I Wanna Be Free
2. Sweet Young Thing

Episode 9 - The Chaperone

1. This Just Doesn't Seem to Be My Day
2. Take a Giant Step
3. You Just May Be the One

Episode 12 - I've Got a Little Song Here

1. Gonna Buy Me a Dog
2. Mary, Mary

Episode 14 - Dance, Monkee, Dance

1. I'll Be Back Up on My Feet
2. I'm a Believer

Episode 24 - Monkees a la Mode

1. Laugh
2. You Just May Be the One

Episode 27 - Monkee Mother

1. Sometime in the Morning
2. Look Out (Here Comes Tomorrow)

Episode 28 - Monkees on the Line

1. Look Out (Here Comes Tomorrow)

Episode 32 - Monkees on Tour

1. The Girl I Knew Somewhere
2. Last Train to Clarksville
3. Sweet Young Thing
4. Mary, Mary
5. Cripple Creek
6. You Can't Judge a Book by Its Cover
7. I Wanna Be Free
8. I've Got a Woman
9. (I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone
10. I'm a Believer

Label: Rhino