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Rating:  -
The way this Deluxe Edition was produced and mixed is horrible. Are they tone deaf when they started to produce this and Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn and Jones, LTD? As a Monkees Fan since childhood I was overwhelmingly disappointed by the hissing sound on the CDs. Didn't they care enough to do the job properly? I am sure others noticed and I, for one, would like to know if it will be corrected before they do the other Monkees albums. I could have and would have done a better job and not just because I am a fan of the Monkees, but, because I would care enough about the job I was doing to keep my integrity at its highest standards. This production was far from that.
Rating:  -
I am fifty and male, and loved the Monkees since I was a kid. I love they way they tweek these old albums from time to time. If you are a Monkees fan, I highly recommend it.
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The sound of the discs are perfect! Just as it was! Most re-issues are remastered in a way that it doesn't sound as you remember the album sounding. But here in stereo, mono, and even the outtakes sound a little clearer, but just as you remember it sounding!
The best "garage band" sounding album ever made! And that could be why there were no singles or hits from the album. Probably because the powers that be didn't think they sounded as slick as the other singles from the first two albums, but that doesn't matter one bit! Die hard of the music and the TV show always think of this album as their best!
Rating:  -
While the bonus tracks on this CD sound good, I have to agree with other reviewers that the regular Headquarters tracks sound horrible. A large question looms over this release: What happened to the Headquarters master tapes?
In 1986, Arista released the first mastering of Headquarters to CD. The sound quality was excellent, as the source (according to Monkees book author Andrew Sandoval) was the original multi-track remixed to stereo. Purists may have decried this action, but there's no arguing with the excellent audio quality on the Arista release.
One has to wonder if the reason for the 1986 remix was because the original stereo master tapes are either missing or damaged. The quality on this new release sounds as though it is coming from a second generation master, with the production team being heavy-handed with the treble as they desperately try to get some high-end on the CD. The results are an audio nightmare, with tinny, shrill sound.
I do give kudos for the remixes of "The Girl I Knew Somewhere", "A Little Bit Me", and other bonus tracks, which have the best sonics I've heard for some of these songs. If you're a hard core fan, it's worth buying for the extras. Otherwise, I'd pass on this release.
Rating: -
"Headquarters" is one of the Monkees' best albums and this re-issue comes with a very nice booklet. I always appreciate a re-issue of a 60s - 70s album that includes both the mono and stereo mixes. However, the sound on both versions on this re-issue sounds like it was taken from a bootleg cassette. It's thin, shrill and grating. Rhino should be ashamed to put this out with such poor quality sound. You can't attribute the bad sound to the album being recorded in the 60's. There are hundreds of re-issue CDs with music from the 60's that sound 100% better than this version of "Headquarters".
I would suggest only listening to this on small computer speakers or a MP3 player.
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