The Monkees Live: The Mike and Micky Show
2020 live album by The Monkees
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The Monkees Live: The Mike and Micky Show is a 2020 live album by The Monkees, recorded in March and June 2019, during the band's successful tour. The concerts marked the first time that surviving Monkees Micky Dolenz and Michael Nesmith toured as a duo. The album is the first Monkees release following the death of Peter Tork in February 2019, and the last album to feature Nesmith prior to his December 2021 death.
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| Released | April 3, 2020 | |||
| Recorded | March and June 2019 | |||
| Genre | Pop rock | |||
| Length | 78:04 | |||
| Label | Rhino | |||
| Producer | Andrew Sandoval | |||
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In addition to hits such as "Last Train to Clarksville," "I'm a Believer," and "Pleasant Valley Sunday," and songs from the band's television show, such as "Mary, Mary" and "Papa Gene's Blues", the album contains Nesmith compositions "St. Matthew," "Tapioca Tundra," and "Auntie's Municipal Court." The album also includes songs from the acclaimed 2016 album Good Times!.[1]
Additionally notable is the return of Dolenz on lead vocal on "For Pete's Sake", the closing theme to the second season of The Monkees. Dolenz originally sang the lead vocal on Headquarters, but the song was given to Tork to sing during their reunion concerts, since he co-wrote it.
The Monkees Live: The Mike and Micky Show reached No. 178 on the Billboard 200 chart.[2] The album was released in CD and vinyl formats.
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| AllMusic |    [3] |
| Record Collector | [4] |
Track listing
All songs written by Michael Nesmith, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Lead vocal | Length |
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| 1. | "Last Train to Clarksville" | Micky Dolenz | 3:06 | |
| 2. | "Sunny Girlfriend" | Nesmith | 2:39 | |
| 3. | "Mary, Mary" | Dolenz | 2:42 | |
| 4. | "You Told Me" | Nesmith | 2:27 | |
| 5. | "For Pete's Sake" |
| Dolenz | 2:18 |
| 6. | "The Door into Summer" | Nesmith | 3:21 | |
| 7. | "You Just May Be the One" | Nesmith | 2:07 | |
| 8. | "A Little Bit Me, a Little Bit You" | Neil Diamond | Dolenz | 2:44 |
| 9. | "The Girl I Knew Somewhere" | Dolenz | 2:51 | |
| 10. | "Birth of an Accidental Hipster" |
| 3:31 | |
| 11. | "St. Matthew" | Nesmith | 2:54 | |
| 12. | "As We Go Along" |
| Dolenz | 4:15 |
| 13. | "Circle Sky" | Nesmith | 2:37 | |
| 14. | "Pleasant Valley Sunday" |
| Dolenz | 3:15 |
| 15. | "Papa Gene's Blues" | Nesmith | 3:54 | |
| 16. | "Randy Scouse Git" | Dolenz | Dolenz | 3:49 |
| 17. | "Tapioca Tundra" | Nesmith | 3:46 | |
| 18. | "Me and Magdalena" | Ben Gibbard | Nesmith with Dolenz | 3:33 |
| 19. | "Auntie's Municipal Court" |
| Dolenz | 4:46 |
| 20. | "Goin' Down" |
| Dolenz | 3:08 |
| 21. | "Sweet Young Thing" |
| Nesmith | 2:30 |
| 22. | "(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone" |
| Dolenz | 2:56 |
| 23. | "Daydream Believer" | John Stewart | Dolenz | 3:36 |
| 24. | "Listen to the Band" | Nesmith | 2:08 | |
| 25. | "I'm a Believer" | Diamond | Dolenz | 3:11 |
| Total length: | 78:04 | |||
Personnel
- Micky Dolenz – vocals, guitar, percussion
- Michael Nesmith – vocals, guitar
- Christian Nesmith – backing vocals, guitar
- Wayne Avers – guitar, arranger
- Alex Jules – backing vocals, keyboards
- Probyn Gregory – banjo, acoustic guitar, trumpet, melodica
- John Billings – bass
- Rich Dart – drums
- Pete Finney – pedal steel guitar, acoustic guitar
- Coco Dolenz – backing vocals, percussion
- Circe Link – backing vocals, percussion
- Production staff
- Andrew Sandoval – producer
- Christian Nesmith – recording mixer
- Matthew Littlejohn – sound engineer
- Dan Hersch – mastering
Charts
| Chart (2020) | Peak position |
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| US Billboard 200[5] | 178[6] |
| US Top Album Sales (Billboard)[7] | 13 |
| Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[8] | 15 |