The Monkees (album) scheduled around the work done by Boyce, Hart, and Keller. Famously, the Monkees were not permitted by their management to function as a working band for this album, with the group's contributions limited almost entirely to vocal tracks. Eight of the original LP's twelve tracks feature one lone Monkee singing lead vocal over instrumentation and backing vocals recorded entirely by a group of session musicians which varies from song to song. Other tracks feature multiple Monkees singing over session players; only on the two tracks produced by Michael Nesmith does a Monkee (Peter Tork) get to play an instrument (guitar).
The Monkees (album) included on the 2014 Super Deluxe edition of the album. Disc 1 The Original Mono Album The Original Stereo Album Bonus Material Disc 2 The Monkees - Sessions Disc 3 David Jones - The Original Mono Album David Jones - The Singles David Jones - The Original Stereo Album Michael Blessing - The Singles The Monkees – Demos Note "(Theme from) The Monkees" "Saturday's Child" "I Wanna Be Free" "Tomorrow's Gonna Be Another Day" "Papa Gene's Blues" "Take a Giant Step" "Last Train to Clarksville" "This Just Doesn't Seem to be My Day" "Let's Dance On" "I'll Be True to