Missing Links Volume Two

Missing Links Volume Two
Missing Links Volume Two
Compilation album by the Monkees
Released	January 1990
Recorded	1966–1969
Genre	Rock
Length	46:33
Label	Rhino
Producer	Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart, The Monkees, Jeff Barry, Mike Nesmith, Jack Keller, Chip Douglas
Compiler	Bill Inglot, Andrew P. Sandoval
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Missing Links Volume Two is a compilation album of rare and previously unreleased songs by the American pop rock band the Monkees, issued by Rhino Records in 1990. It is the second volume of a three-volume set, preceded by Missing Links in 1987 and followed by Missing Links Volume Three in 1996.

While several of the tracks had been featured in the Monkees' television series, only one of the tracks had ever been issued commercially: the live version of "Circle Sky" had appeared in the Monkees' feature film Head and was previously released on the Australian compilation Monkeemania (40 Timeless Hits) in 1979.

This compilation contains one mislabeled track, as "Down the Highway" is mistitled "Michigan Blackhawk".^[2]

In 2021, Friday Music released the album on colored vinyl for Record Store Day.^[3]

Track listing

CD version
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Lead vocal	Length
1.	"All the King's Horses"	Michael Nesmith	Micky Dolenz	2:18
2.	"Valleri" (TV version)	Tommy Boyce Bobby Hart	Davy Jones	2:34
3.	"St. Matthew"	Nesmith	Nesmith	2:44
4.	"Words" (TV version)	Boyce Hart	Dolenz Peter Tork	3:04
5.	"Some of Shelly's Blues"	Nesmith	Nesmith	2:33
6.	"I Wanna Be Free" (TV version)	Boyce Hart	Jones Dolenz	2:48
7.	"If I Ever Get to Saginaw Again"	Bob Russell Jack Keller	Nesmith	2:45
8.	"Come On In"	Jo Mapes	Tork	3:11
9.	"I'll Be Back Up on My Feet" (TV version)	Sandy Linzer Denny Randell	Dolenz	2:39
10.	"Down the Highway"	Carole King Toni Stern	Nesmith	2:16
11.	"Hold On Girl"	Ben Raleigh Billy Carr Keller	Jones	2:45
12.	"The Crippled Lion"	Nesmith	Nesmith	2:52
13.	"Changes"	Jones Steve Pitts	Jones	2:27
14.	"Mr. Webster"	Boyce Hart	Dolenz	2:55
15.	"You Just May Be the One" (TV version)	Nesmith	Nesmith	2:00
16.	"(I Prithee) Do Not Ask for Love"	Michael Martin Murphey	Dolenz	2:58
17.	"Circle Sky" (live)	Nesmith	Nesmith	2:27
18.	"Seeger's Theme"	Pete Seeger	Tork (whistling)	0:45
19.	"Riu Chiu"	Traditional	Dolenz	1:32
Total length:				46:33

Tracks 7, 11, 14 and 15 are CD bonus tracks.

Personnel

Credits as per CD liner notes.^[4]

Bill Inglot – producer, compiler, digital prep and transfers
Andrew P. Sandoval – producer, compiler, liner notes
Tommy Boyce – producer (1–2, 4, 6, 14–15)
Bobby Hart – producer (1–2, 4, 6, 14–15)
The Monkees – producer (3, 5, 7–8, 12–13, 17)
Jeff Barry – producer (9, 11)
Mike Nesmith – producer (10, 16)
Jack Keller – producer (11)
Chip Douglas – producer (19)
Geoff Gans – art direction
April Conquest – design
Henry Diltz – photos
John Strother – remixing
Ken Perry – digital prep and transfers

References

^ "Missing Links, Vol. 2 - The Monkees | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
^ Sandoval, Andrew (2013). The Monkees Present (Deluxe Edition) (CD box set liner notes). The Monkees. Los Angeles, California: Rhino Handmade. p. 8. RHM2 535908.
^ "The Monkees - Missing Links Volume 2 (Orange) [RSD Drops 2021]". Record Store Day. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
^ The Monkees (1990). Missing Links Volume Two (CD liner notes). Santa Monica, CA: Rhino Records. R2 70903.

[1] "Missing Links, Vol. 2 - The Monkees | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 29 December 2021.

[2] Sandoval, Andrew (2013). The Monkees Present (Deluxe Edition) (CD box set liner notes). The Monkees. Los Angeles, California: Rhino Handmade. p. 8. RHM2 535908.

[3] "The Monkees - Missing Links Volume 2 (Orange) [RSD Drops 2021]". Record Store Day. Retrieved January 30, 2024.

[4] The Monkees (1990). Missing Links Volume Two (CD liner notes). Santa Monica, CA: Rhino Records. R2 70903.

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