Michael Nesmith inheritance from his mother's Liquid Paper fortune in 1980 eased those concerns. In a 1980 interview with "Playboy", he said of that time: "I had to start telling little tales to the tax man while they were putting tags on the furniture." While Nesmith had continued to produce his compositions with the Monkees, he withheld many of the songs from the final Monkees albums, only to release them on his post-Monkees solo records. Nesmith did not participate in the Monkees' 20th-anniversary reunion. However, he did appear during an encore with the other three members at the Greek Theatre on September
Monkee Flips and a mono mix of "Love Is Only Sleeping." The sleeve and label are the same for both releases, with only an "RE-1" in the run-off groove of the vinyl denoting the update. The album cover shows a still photograph of the Monkees (with Peter Tork playing banjo) from a filmed performance of "What Am I Doing Hangin' 'Round," featured in the second season episode of "The Monkees" entitled "A Nice Place to Visit." The liner notes included a detailed recap of the Monkees' career, with then-recent interview comments from Nesmith and Dolenz. "Monkee Flips" went out of print as