Missing Links Volume Two Explained

Missing Links Volume Two
Type:compilation
Artist:the Monkees
Cover:Missing Links Volume Two - The Monkees.jpg
Released:January 1990
Recorded:1966–1969
Genre:Rock
Length:46:33
Label:Rhino
Producer:Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart, The Monkees, Jeff Barry, Mike Nesmith, Jack Keller, Chip Douglas
Compiler:Bill Inglot, Andrew P. Sandoval
Prev Title:Pool It!
Prev Year:1987
Next Title:Listen to the Band
Next Year:1991

Missing Links Volume Two is a compilation album of rare and previously unreleased songs by the American pop rock band the Monkees, issued by Rhino Records in 1990. It is the second volume of a three-volume set, preceded by Missing Links in 1987 and followed by Missing Links Volume Three in 1996.

While several of the tracks had been featured in the Monkees' television series, only one of the tracks had ever been issued commercially: the live version of "Circle Sky" had appeared in the Monkees' feature film Head 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".[1]

In 2021, Friday Music released the album on colored vinyl for Record Store Day.[2]

Track listing

Personnel

Credits as per CD liner notes.[3]

Notes and References

  1. The Monkees Present (Deluxe Edition) . Sandoval . Andrew . Andrew Sandoval . . CD box set liner notes . . RHM2 535908 . 2013 . Los Angeles, California . 8.
  2. Web site: The Monkees - Missing Links Volume 2 (Orange) [RSD Drops 2021] ]. . January 30, 2024.
  3. Missing Links Volume Two . The Monkees . The Monkees . . CD liner notes . 1990 . R2 70903 . Santa Monica, CA.