The Monkees most lucrative venture the three had ever seen in their days as the Monkees, far surpassing the money they had made in the 1960s. Nesmith had little financial need to join in Monkees-related projects, mostly as his mother Bette Nesmith Graham was the inventor of Liquid Paper, leaving Nesmith an inheritance of over $25 million upon her death in 1980. A new album by the touring trio, "Pool It!" (the Monkees' tenth), appeared the following year and was a moderate success. From 1986 to 1989, the Monkees would conduct major concert tours in the United States, Australia, Japan, and Europe.
The Michael Nesmith Radio Special the title of his songs were often indefinite. When he recorded the "Radio Special", Nesmith had yet to finalize the names for "Infinite Rider" and the alternate track names are listed along with the interview. Currently, the only copies of "The Michael Nesmith Radio Special" are available on LP (Pacific Arts #PAC7-1300), which limited and very hard to find. The Michael Nesmith Radio Special In 1980, Pacific Arts issued "The Michael Nesmith Radio Special" to promote Nesmith's album "Infinite Rider on the Big Dogma". Because "Infinite Rider" was originally designed as a multimedia project, the radio special was designed to