Then & Now... The Best of The Monkees
| Then and Now... The Best of The Monkees | ||||
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| Compilation album by The Monkees | ||||
| Released | July 1986 | |||
| Recorded | 1966-1969; 1986 | |||
| Genre | Pop rock | |||
| Label | Arista | |||
| Producer | Various | |||
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Then and Now... the Best of The Monkees is a 1986 compilation album of songs by the 1960s American pop group The Monkees, released by Arista Records.
With the 1986 revival of "Monkeemania," Arista Records issued a new Monkees "best of" collection, including three new recordings featuring Micky Dolenz and Peter Tork: "That Was Then, This Is Now," "Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere," and a remake of the Paul Revere and the Raiders hit, "Kicks." Neither Michael Nesmith nor Davy Jones participated in the new recordings. Nesmith also did not join the 1986 tour with the reassembled Monkees (aside from joining them for an encore in one show), while Jones did. However, Jones would leave the stage when the new songs were performed.
"That Was Then, This Is Now" was issued as a single and charted at #20 in the US during that year. Its followup, a remix of "Daydream Believer" (featuring a more modern drum sound), hit #79. At the end of the print run of Then and Now..., Arista inadvertently replaced the original version of "Daydream Believer" with this updated remix on the records and cassettes. The vinyl will have an "RE-1" etched into the run-off groove.
While the album is out of print, the three new songs have been made available on the iTunes Store.
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