The Monkees - Pool It - VINYL LP

Limited yellow colored vinyl LP pressing. Arriving three years after they burst on to the scene with their iconic debut, Descendents' I Don't Want To Grow Up was originally released on D. Boon and Mike Watt's New Alliance Records. The album was recorded after vocalist Milo Aukerman returned from college, and is the first of two Descendents releases to feature guitarist Ray Cooper. It found the band leaning even harder into their penchant for irresistible melodies, often with a much brighter sound than what could be found on Milo Goes To College. This sonic evolution helped the band evade falling into a sophomore slump, and only strengthened their already-cemented legacy.

Limited red colored vinyl LP pressing in MONO sound. InchThat could have been your face!Inch Thus ended a tense January, 1967 meeting between the Monkees and Don Kirshner as Mike Nesmith punched a hole in the meeting room wall. The source of the frustration was the total control that Kirshner, The Monkees television series musical coordinator, exerted over the selection of songs to be recorded as well as the choice of which studio musicians would play on the sessions. The four Monkees, their recording roles limited to vocal contributions, struggled to gain more authority over the process as they were increasingly stung by criticism of them as a mere TV creation, Inchthe Pre-Fab Four.Inch While they were initially brought together by the series, all four members had musical backgrounds and yearned to gain command over their recordings. Kirshner, with his stable of top-tier songwriters and session players, refused to yield, convinced that any alteration of the winning formula would produce disastrous, or at the very least, diminished returns. Something had to give.

2LP, 140g black vinyl. 2LP, Black Vinyl; The Monkees Take The Helm for their Billboard Chart Topping Third Album! The double platinum Original Album was Mastered From Tape by Kevin Gray. Second LP of Bonus Rarities from the Sessions Notes by The Monkees Scholar/Producer Andrew Sandoval