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Instant Replay
Instant Replay LP

Label

Colgems Records

Country

United States

Release date

15 February 1969

Catalog no.

COS-113

Preceded by

Head

Followed by

Greatest Hits

Instant Replay was the seventh studio album by the Monkees, released by Colgems Records in 1969 as COS-113.

With the recent departure of Peter Tork from the group after the taping of 33⅓ Revolutions Per Monkee, Instant Replay was the first Monkees album not to include all four original members. The album features the single "Tear Drop City" and its B-side "A Man Without a Dream". The album reached #32 on the Billboard 200.

Half of the album's twelve tracks were recorded during sessions for previous albums. "Tear Drop City" had been recorded in 1966, but was overlooked for release at that time. Five other songs were recorded during sessions for The Birds, the Bees & the Monkees. Songwriting credits include Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith, David Jones, Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart, Carole King, Gerry Goffin, Carole Bayer, Neil Sedaka, and Bill Chadwick.

Track Listing[]

Original album[]

Side 1

  1. "Through the Looking Glass"
  2. "Don't Listen to Linda"
  3. "I Won't Be the Same Without Her"
  4. "Just a Game"
  5. "Me Without You"
  6. "Don't Wait for Me"

Side 2

  1. "You and I"
  2. "While I Cry"
  3. "Tear Drop City"
  4. "The Girl I Left Behind Me"
  5. "A Man Without a Dream"
  6. "Shorty Blackwell"

Colgems 8-track[]

Program 1

  1. "Tear Drop City"
  2. "Just a Game"
  3. "Me Without You"
  4. "You and I"

Program 2

  1. "While I Cry"
  2. "Don't Listen to Linda"
  3. "Don't Wait for Me"

Program 3

  1. "I Won't Be the Same Without Her"
  2. "The Girl I Left Behind Me"
  3. "A Man Without a Dream"

Program 4

  1. "Through the Looking Glass"
  2. "Shorty Blackwell"

Sequence is the same for the Colgems cassette, with the first seven tracks grouped as Program 1 on one side and the last five tracks grouped as Program 2 on the reverse.

1985 cassette reissue[]

Side One

  1. "Through the Looking Glass"
  2. "Don't Listen to Linda"
  3. "I Won't Be the Same Without Her"
  4. "You and I"
  5. "Just a Game"
  6. "Me Without You"
  7. "Don't Wait for Me"

Side Two

  1. "Tear Drop City"
  2. "While I Cry"
  3. "The Girl I Left Behind Me"
  4. "A Man Without a Dream"
  5. "Shorty Blackwell"

1995 CD reissue[]

Instant Replay CD

CD cover

  1. "Through the Looking Glass"
  2. "Don't Listen to Linda"
  3. "I Won't Be the Same Without Her"
  4. "Just a Game"
  5. "Me Without You"
  6. "Don't Wait for Me"
  7. "You and I"
  8. "While I Cry"
  9. "Tear Drop City"
  10. "The Girl I Left Behind Me"
  11. "A Man Without a Dream"
  12. "Shorty Blackwell"
  13. "Someday Man"
  14. "Carlisle Wheeling" — prev. unissued alternate version
  15. "Rosemarie" — prev. unissued early version
  16. "Smile" — prev. unissued
  17. "St. Matthew" — prev. unissued alternate mix
  18. "Me Without You" — prev. unissued alternate mix
  19. "Through the Looking Glass" — prev. unissued alternate mix

2011 CD box set[]

Disc 1

  1. "Through the Looking Glass"
  2. "Don't Listen to Linda"
  3. "I Won't Be the Same Without Her"
  4. "Just a Game"
  5. "Me Without You"
  6. "Don't Wait for Me"
  7. "You and I"
  8. "While I Cry"
  9. "Tear Drop City"
  10. "The Girl I Left Behind Me"
  11. "A Man Without a Dream"
  12. "Shorty Blackwell"
  13. "Someday Man"
  14. "Carlisle Wheeling" — alternate stereo mix
  15. "Mommy and Daddy" — 1968 stereo mix
  16. "Look Down"
  17. "If I Ever Get to Saginaw Again"
  18. "Me Without You" — alternate stereo mix
  19. "Smile"
  20. "Nine Times Blue"
  21. "Shorty Blackwell" — alternate stereo mix
  22. "St. Matthew"
  23. "Some of Shelly's Blues" — 1968 stereo mix
  24. "Hollywood" — 1968 stereo mix
  25. "Don't Wait for Me" — alternate 1968 stereo mix
  26. "Propinquity (I've Just Begun to Care)" — 1968 stereo mix
  27. "The Crippled Lion" — 1968 stereo mix
  28. "How Insensitive"

Disc 2 — Mono Mixes and Rarities

  1. "Through the Looking Glass" — 1969 mono mix
  2. "Don't Listen to Linda" — 1968 mono mix
  3. "I Won't Be the Same Without Her" — 1966 mono mix
  4. "Just a Game" — alternate vocal – mono mix
  5. "Me Without You" — fuzz guitar version – mono mix
  6. "Don't Wait for Me" — mono mix
  7. "You and I" — 1968 mono mix
  8. "While I Cry" — UK mono mix
  9. "Tear Drop City" — mono promo single mix
  10. "A Man Without a Dream" — mono promo single mix
  11. "Someday Man" — 1969 mono mix
  12. "Hollywood" — mono mix
  13. "Mommy and Daddy" — 1968 mono mix
  14. "You and I" — 1968 rough mix
  15. "Carlisle Wheeling" — alternate vocal – 1969 mono mix
  16. "Rosemarie" — 1969 mono mix
  17. "Changes" — 1968 mono mix
  18. "Good Clean Fun" — mono mix
  19. "Through the Looking Glass" — fuzz guitar version – mono mix
  20. "All the Grey Haired Men" — mono backing track
  21. "War Games" — 1968 mono mix
  22. "Propinquity (I've Just Begun to Care)" — mono mix
  23. "My Share of the Sidewalk" — mono backing track
  24. "Party" — 1968 mono mix
  25. "The Crippled Lion" — mono mix
  26. "If I Ever Get to Saginaw Again" — mono backing track
  27. "Some of Shelly's Blues" — 1968 mono mix
  28. "Smile" — 1968 mono mix
  29. "Nine Times Blue" — mono mix

Disc 3 —Sessions

  1. "Through the Looking Glass" — backing track – take 11
  2. "Don't Listen to Linda" — backing track – takes 1-3
  3. "I Won't Be the Same Without Her" — backing track – take 1
  4. "Carlisle Wheeling" — backing track – take 1
  5. "Nine Times Blue" — backing track – take 6
  6. "Look Down" — backing track – take 1
  7. "Just a Game" — backing track – takes 1-2
  8. "You and I" — backing track – take 1
  9. "That's What It's Like Loving You" — backing track – take 1
  10. "Smile" — backing track – take 1
  11. "A Man Without a Dream" — backing track – take 1
  12. "A Man Without a Dream" — alternate vocal – take 14
  13. "Someday Man" — backing track – take 1
  14. "Someday Man" — alternate mix
  15. "(I Prithee) Do Not Ask for Love" — 1968 backing track – take 12
  16. "I Go Ape" — backing track – take 10
  17. "Wind Up Man" — backing track – take 1
  18. "String for My Kite" — version 1 backing track – take 1
  19. "Naked Persimmon" — backing track – take 1
  20. "Goldie Locks Sometime" — backing track – take 4
  21. "String for My Kite" — version 2 backing track – take 1
  22. "Darwin" — backing track – take 2
  23. "St. Matthew" — alternate vocal
  24. "Don't Wait for Me" — alternate stereo mix
  25. "Rosemarie" — alternate stereo mix
  26. "(I Prithee) Do Not Ask for Love" — 1968 version
  27. "Naked Persimmon"
  28. "Goldie Locks Sometime"
  29. "Darwin"
  30. "I Go Ape"

Bonus single

  1. "I Go Ape" — acetate version
  2. "(I Prithee) Do Not Ask for Love" — acetate version

Release History[]

United States[]

  • 1969: Colgems COS-113 — LP
  • 196?: Colgems P8CG-1009 — 8-track
  • 196?: Colgems PKCG-1009 — cassette
  • 196?: Colgems CGP3-1001 — reel-to-reel
  • 1985: Rhino RNC 146 — cassette
  • 1985: Rhino RNLP 146 — LP
  • 1995: Rhino R2 71796 — CD (bonus tracks)
  • 2011: Rhino Handmade — 3 CDs (bonus tracks; limited edition)

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