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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.
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.
After the band's initial breakup and the dissolution of Colgems Records in 1971, control of the Monkees' catalogue moved to Bell Records, [12] who issued the single "Do It in the Name of Love" (credited to "Mickey Dolenz & Davy Jones"), [13] [14] a compilation album, [15] [16] and reissues of Colgems-era songs as singles on their Flashback ...
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 ...
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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". The track reached No. 20 on Billboard magazine's charts.
The Monkees Greatest Hits is the first greatest hits compilation album by the American pop rock band the Monkees, released in 1969 by Colgems Records. [1]Greatest Hits was issued by RCA Records in an attempt to revive interest in the band prior to the return of their television series.