''Missing Links Volume Two'' is a

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of rare and previously unreleased songs by the American

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band

the Monkees The Monkees were an American pop rock band formed in Los Angeles in the mid-1960s. The band consisted of Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones (musician), Davy Jones, Michael Nesmith, and Peter Tork. Spurred by the success of ''The Monkees (TV series), Th ...

, issued by

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in 1990. It is the second volume of a three-volume set, preceded by '' Missing Links'' in 1987 and followed by ''

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'' in 1996. While several of the tracks had been featured in the Monkees'

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, only one of the tracks had ever been issued commercially: the live version of "Circle Sky" had appeared in the Monkees' feature film ''

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'' and was previously released on the Australian compilation '' Monkeemania (40 Timeless Hits)'' in 1979. This compilation contains one mislabeled track, as "Down the Highway" is mistitled "Michigan Blackhawk". In 2021, Friday Music released the album on colored vinyl for

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Track listing

* Tracks 7, 11, 14 and 15 are CD bonus tracks.

Personnel

Credits as per CD liner notes. *

Bill Inglot Bill Inglot is an American music engineer and producer, best known for remastering older recordings to high quality digital standards. Inglot worked for Rhino Entertainment and other Warner Music Group labels from 1982 to 2007. He was largely res ...

– producer, compiler, digital prep and transfers * Andrew P. Sandoval – producer, compiler, liner notes *

Tommy Boyce Sidney Thomas Boyce was an American singer songwriter. He was a part of the songwriting team Boyce and Hart with Bobby Hart. Boyce was born in Charlottesville, Virginia in 1939. Before writing songs with Hart he released three singles as a solo arti ...

– producer (1–2, 4, 6, 14–15) * Bobby Hart – producer (1–2, 4, 6, 14–15) *

The Monkees The Monkees were an American pop rock band formed in Los Angeles in the mid-1960s. The band consisted of Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones (musician), Davy Jones, Michael Nesmith, and Peter Tork. Spurred by the success of ''The Monkees (TV series), Th ...

– producer (3, 5, 7–8, 12–13, 17) *

Jeff Barry Jeff Barry (born Joel Adelberg; April 3, 1938) is an American pop music songwriter, singer, and record producer. Among the most successful songs that he has co-written in his career are " Tell Laura I Love Her" (written with Ben Raleigh and a ...

– producer (9, 11) * Mike Nesmith – producer (10, 16) * Jack Keller – producer (11) *

Chip Douglas Douglas Farthing Hatlelid (born August 27, 1942), better known as Chip Douglas, is an American songwriter, musician (bass, guitar and keyboards), and record producer, whose most famous work was during the 1960s. He was the bassist of the Turtl ...

– producer (19) * Geoff Gans – art direction * April Conquest – design *

Henry Diltz Henry Stanford Diltz (born September 6, 1938, in Kansas City, Missouri) is an American folk musician and photographer who has been active since the 1960s. Career Photography Among the bands Diltz played with was the Modern Folk Quartet. W ...

– photos * John Strother – remixing * Ken Perry – digital prep and transfers

References

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