The Headquarters Sessions

The Headquarters Sessions
Compilation album by The Monkees
Released	September 21, 2000
Recorded	1967
Genre	Rock
Label	Rhino HandMade
Producer	The Monkees, et al.
The Monkees chronology
The Best of The Monkees (2003) The Headquarters Sessions (2003) The Monkees: Original Album Series (2010)

The Headquarters Sessions is an 84-track 3-CD set by the Monkees containing 60 previously unreleased recordings from the sessions that produced the band's third album, Headquarters.

It includes recordings from sessions where the band exercised creative control over all aspects of the recording process and where they played most of the instruments. All vocal masters from the sessions that were not included on the original stereo album are included as well as the surviving vocal demos and a few tracks with vocals which were never completed. In addition, the original mono masters are presented in an initially proposed, but ultimately unused, running order.

The packaging contained a gatefold digipack with a 40-page booklet contained photographs and detailed liner notes written by Andrew Sandoval and Bill Inglot.

The Headquarters Sessions was a limited edition release, with 4,500 copies being made available by Rhino HandMade.

Track listing

CD 1

1. "She's So Far Out, She's In" TRACKING SESSION TAKES 1 & 2
2. "The Girl I Knew Somewhere" (First Version) TRACKING SESSION COMPOSITE TAKES 1 TO 16
3. "The Girl I Knew Somewhere" (First Version) MASTER BACKING TRACK TAKE 22
4. "All of Your Toys" REHEARSAL
5. "All of Your Toys" TRACKING SESSION COMPOSITE TAKES 1 TO 10
6. "All of Your Toys" MASTER BACKING TRACK TAKE 20 MONO MIX
7. "The Girl I Knew Somewhere" (Second Version) TRACKING SESSION COMPOSITE FEATURING TAKE 15
8. "The Girl I Knew Somewhere" (Second Version) TRACKING OVERDUB SESSION TAKES 1 & 2
9. "The Girl I Knew Somewhere" (Second Version) MASTER BACKING TRACK TAKE 13A
10. "Seeger's Theme" DEMO
11. "Can You Dig It?" DEMO
12. "Nine Times Blue" DEMO VOCAL
13. "Until It's Time for You to Go" DEMO VOCAL
14. "She'll Be There" DEMO VOCAL
15. "Midnight Train" DEMO VOCAL
16. "Sunny Girlfriend" ACOUSTIC REMIX OF MASTER VOCAL
17. "Sunny Girlfriend" TRACKING SESSION TAKE 7 WITH SCRATCH VOCAL
18. "Mr. Webster" TRACKING SESSION TAKE 28
19. "Band 6" STEREO MASTER
20. Setting Up the Studio for "Randy Scouse Git"
21. "Randy Scouse Git" TRACKING SESSION COMPOSITE
22. "Randy Scouse Git" ALTERNATE VERSION TAKE 18 VOCAL
23. "You Told Me" MASTER BACKING TRACK
24. Monkee Chat STUDIO DIALOGUE

CD 2

1. "You Told Me" TAKE 15 WITH ROUGH LEAD VOCAL
2. "Zilch" PETER TORK VOCAL TRACK
3. "Zilch" DAVY JONES VOCAL TRACK
4. "Zilch" MICKY DOLENZ VOCAL TRACK
5. "Zilch" MICHAEL NESMITH VOCAL TRACK
6. "I'll Spend My Life With You" MASTER BACKING TRACK TAKE 9
7. "Randy Scouse Git" MASTER BACKING TRACK TAKE 23
8. "Forget That Girl" REHEARSAL
9. "Forget That Girl" MASTER BACKING TRACK
10. " Where Has It All Gone?" (First Version) TRACKING SESSION TAKE 1
11. "Memphis Tennessee"
12. Twelve-String Improvisation
13. "Where Has It All Gone?" (Second Version) MASTER BASIC TRACK TAKE 12
14. "Jericho"
15. "Forget That Girl" ROUGH BACKING VOCALS
16. "Peter Gunn's Gun"
17. "I Was Born In East Virginia" INFORMAL RECORDING VOCAL
18. "Forget That Girl" REJECTED OVERDUB SESSION VOCAL
19. "Randy Scouse Git" ALTERNATE MIX WITH UNUSED TAG VOCAL
20. Micky In Carlsbad Cavern STUDIO DIALOGUE
21. "Pillow Time" TAKE 1 VOCAL
22. "Shades Of Gray" MASTER BACKING TRACK TAKE 9B
23. "Masking Tape" TRACKING SESSION COMPOSITE TAKES 6 TO 8
24. "You Just May Be The One" TRACKING SESSION COMPOSITE
25. "You Just May Be The One" MASTER BACKING TRACK
26. "No Time" (First Version) TRACKING SESSION COMPOSITE TAKES 3 TO 5
27. Blues (Excerpt)

CD 3

1. "I Can't Get Her Off My Mind" MASTER BACKING TRACK
2. Banjo Jam (Excerpt)
3. "Cripple Creek"
4. Six-String Improvisation
5. "The Story Of Rock And Roll" (First Version) TRACKING SESSION TAKE 23
6. "Early Morning Blues And Greens" MASTER BACKING TRACK
7. "Two-Part Invention In F Major" INFORMAL RECORDING
8. "The Story Of Rock And Roll" (Second Version) TRACKING SESSION TAKE 5A
9. "Don't Be Cruel"
10. "For Pete's Sake" MASTER BACKING TRACK
11. "No Time" (Second Version) TRACKING SESSION COMPOSITE
12. "No Time" (Second Version) MASTER BACKING TRACK TAKE 7A
13. "Just A Game" DEMO TAKES 1 To 3
14. "Fever"
15. "Sunny Girlfriend" MASTER BACKING TRACK
16. "No Time" (Second Version) MASTER TAKE 7A WITH BACKING VOCALS
17. "All Of Your Toys" MONO MASTER
18. "The Girl I Knew Somewhere" (First Version) MONO MASTER
19. "For Pete's Sake" MONO MASTER
20. "I'll Spend My Life With You" MONO MASTER
21. "Forget That Girl" MONO MASTER
22. "You Just May Be The One" MONO MASTER
23. "Shades Of Gray" MONO MASTER
24. "Band 6" MONO MASTER
25. "Sunny Girlfriend" MONO MASTER
26. "Mr. Webster" MONO MASTER
27. "You Told Me" MONO MASTER
28. "The Girl I Knew Somewhere" (Second Version) MONO MASTER
29. "Zilch" MONO MASTER
30. "Early Morning Blues And Greens" MONO MASTER
31. "Randy Scouse Git" MONO MASTER
32. "I Can't Get Her Off My Mind" MONO MASTER
33. "No Time" MONO MASTER