The Monkees Live: The Mike and Micky Show

The Monkees Live: The Mike & Micky Show
Live album by The Monkees
Released	April 3, 2020 (2020-04-03)
Recorded	March; June 2019
Genre	Pop rock
Length	78:04
Label	Rhino
Producer	Andrew Sandoval
The Monkees chronology
Christmas Party (2018) The Monkees Live: The Mike & Micky Show (2020)

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 final release to feature Nesmith prior to his December 2021 death.

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 fan favorites and deep cuts, ^[1] such as Nesmith compositions "St. Matthew," "Tapioca Tundra," and "Auntie's Municipal Court." The album also includes songs from the acclaimed 2016 album Good Times! . ^[2]

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. ^[3] The album was released in CD and vinyl formats.

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
Record Collector	[5]

Track listing

All songs written by Michael Nesmith, except where noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Lead vocal	Length
1.	"Last Train to Clarksville"	Tommy Boyce Bobby Hart	Micky Dolenz	3:06
2.	"Sunny Girlfriend"		Michael Nesmith	2:39
3.	"Mary, Mary"		Micky Dolenz	2:42
4.	"You Told Me"		Michael Nesmith	2:27
5.	"For Pete's Sake"	Peter Tork Joey Richards	Micky Dolenz	2:18
6.	"The Door into Summer"	Chip Douglas Bill Martin	Michael Nesmith	3:21
7.	"You Just May Be the One"		Michael Nesmith	2:07
8.	"A Little Bit Me, a Little Bit You"	Neil Diamond	Micky Dolenz	2:44
9.	"The Girl I Knew Somewhere"		Micky Dolenz	2:51
10.	"Birth of an Accidental Hipster"	Noel Gallagher Paul Weller	Michael Nesmith Micky Dolenz	3:31
11.	"St. Matthew"		Michael Nesmith	2:54
12.	"As We Go Along"	Carole King Toni Stern	Micky Dolenz	4:15
13.	"Circle Sky"		Michael Nesmith	2:37
14.	"Pleasant Valley Sunday"	Gerry Goffin Carole King	Micky Dolenz	3:15
15.	"Papa Gene's Blues"		Michael Nesmith	3:54
16.	"Randy Scouse Git"	Micky Dolenz	Micky Dolenz	3:49
17.	"Tapioca Tundra"		Michael Nesmith	3:46
18.	"Me and Magdalena"	Ben Gibbard	Michael Nesmith (with Micky Dolenz)	3:33
19.	"Auntie's Municipal Court"	Michael Nesmith Keith Allison	Micky Dolenz	4:46
20.	"Goin' Down"	Micky Dolenz Davy Jones Peter Tork Michael Nesmith Diane Hildebrand	Micky Dolenz	3:08
21.	"Sweet Young Thing"	Michael Nesmith Gerry Goffin Carole King	Michael Nesmith	2:30
22.	"(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone"	Tommy Boyce Bobby Hart	Micky Dolenz	2:56
23.	"Daydream Believer"	John Stewart	Micky Dolenz	3:36
24.	"Listen to the Band"		Michael Nesmith	2:08
25.	"I'm a Believer"	Neil Diamond	Micky 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

Additional

• Andrew Sandoval  – producer
• Christian Nesmith – recording mixer
• Matthew Littlejohn – sound engineer
• Dan Hersch – mastering

Charts

Chart (2020)	Peak position
US Top Album Sales (Billboard) [6]	13
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ) [7]	15

References

1. ELI5:What does it mean to call a song a "deep cut"? : explainlikeimfive
2. The Monkees Present: The Mike Nesmith & Micky Dolenz Show
3. "The Monkees". Billboard.
4. The Monkees Live: The Mike and Micky Show at AllMusic
5. "Review: The Monkees Live: The Mike & Micky Show". Record Collector .
6. "The Monkees Chart History (Top Album Sales)". Billboard. Retrieved April 18, 2022.
7. "Album Top 40 slágerlista – 2020. 18. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Retrieved 29 November 2021.