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Re-Focus is a 1972 compilation album of songs by the Monkees, released on Bell Records, the successor to Colgems Records, the Monkees' original record label. The album replaced Colgems' previous three "best-of" collections, Greatest Hits, Golden Hits, and Barrel Full of Monkees.
The Monkees Greatest Hits is a 1976 greatest hits compilation album of songs by the Monkees released by Arista Records and a reissue of an earlier Bell Records compilation, Re-Focus. While the Monkees were among the top-selling bands of the mid-1960s, their decline was sharp, and their last new albums and singles sold poorly.
In 1986 Dolenz and Tork recorded three new songs for Arista as "Micky Dolenz and Peter Tork (of the Monkees)". [24] On the Arista label (in the U.S.) the Monkees released three charting singles, [ 25 ] three compilation albums, [ 26 ] three compilation EPs, [ 27 ] and reissues of some of the band's albums, including for the first time on ...
Thanks in part to reruns of The Monkees on Saturday mornings and in syndication, The Monkees Greatest Hits charted in 1976. The LP, issued by Arista (a subsidiary of Screen Gems), was actually a repackaging of a 1972 compilation LP called Refocus that had been issued by Arista's previous label imprint, Bell Records, also owned by Screen Gems.
The Monkees Present: Bill Chadwick Davy Jones "Gettin' In" 1987 Pool It! Peter Tork Peter Tork "Girl" (live version) 1995 Together Again: Charles Fox, Norman Gimbel: Davy Jones "The Girl I Knew Somewhere" 1967 More Greatest Hits of The Monkees: Michael Nesmith Micky Dolenz "The Girl I Left Behind Me" 1968 Instant Replay: Carole Bayer Sager ...
The late Michael Nesmith loved returning to the Monkees and the foursome’s hit catalog in recent years as a celebration of his friendship with Mickey Dolenz. But during his tenure with the ...
Greatest Hits was issued by RCA Records in an attempt to revive interest in the band prior to the return of their television series. It peaked at number 89 on the Billboard 200 album charts for the week of July 26. [2] It is the only original Monkees album not to feature any photographs of the group on either the front or back covers.
The Monkees' original albums saw renewed sales, complemented by the release of a new greatest hits compilation, which achieved platinum certification. [89] The success of the band during this period led to the release of their first single since 1971, " That Was Then, This Is Now ".