This is a whole lot of Monkees for the money. Whether it is value for money or not is a personal opinion. However everybody's favourite sixties made-for-TV pop group never fail to get your feet tapping and a smile on your face. This is breezy, easy listening.
Good to hear several classic tunes in stereo. No surprises that the DVD opens with the familiar happy-go-lucky Monkees theme tune. This is followed on by several personal favourites including "Take a Giant Step", "Last Train to Clarksville". Bonuses include an alternative version of the theme tune and mono versions of some of the songs in stereo such as "Last Train to Clarkesville". Fillers? Depends on how much of a Monkees completist you want to be. Certainly not sure that you need the third version of it that's on it for sure. There are a few previously unreleased tracks such as "Propinquity". Having heard it there may be a good reason why it was unreleased.
I adore the Monkees but to be honest I probably won't listen to this much. I have their Greatest Hits and that includes all the tracks we love such as "Daydream Believer", "Stepping Stone" and "Shades of Grey" plus their more psychedelic highlights from the film Head. So, overall I would say that this is a bit of a curiosity - and really only for Monkees obsessives unless you can pick up a copy dirt cheap on Amazon or Ebay.
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