Re-Focus (album)

Re-Focus is a 1972 compilation album of songs by The Monkees, released on Bell Records, the successor to Colgems Records, which had been the Monkees's original record label.

The band had quit, one by one, over 1969 and 1970, but their television series continued to air on CBS-TV on Saturday mornings (moving to ABC in 1972). Two earlier best-ofs collections from Colgems were hard to find. Re-Focus used an early photo of the Monkees on its front cover. This collection also soon headed for obscurity.

The same song lineup was reused in 1976, after Bell Records evolved into Arista Records (with music mogul Clive Davis in charge), for a far more successful compilation, The Monkees Greatest Hits. In the UK, Bell's distributors, EMI, issued this album in a different cover under the title 'The Monkees' (the same title as their 1966 debut album) on their budget Sounds Superb label (a spin off label from their Music For Pleasure label) with the catalogue number SPR 90032 in 1978. The album sleeve can be viewed at http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=231341. In 1983 it was again re-issued as MFP50499 with the title The Best Of The Monkees. This release used the same LP master as the number stamped into the deadwax was the same as for the Sounds Superb release, and the rear sleeve carried the statement "Previously released as 'The Monkees' (SPR 90032)." The sleeve for this release can be viewed at http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=388166.

Track listing

Side 1

"(Theme from) The Monkees" (Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart)
"Last Train to Clarksville" (Boyce, Hart)
"She" (Boyce & Hart)
"Daydream Believer" (John Stewart)
"Listen to the Band" (Michael Nesmith)
"A Little Bit Me, a Little Bit You" (Neil Diamond)

Side 2

"I'm a Believer" (Diamond)
"I Wanna Be Free" (Boyce, Hart)
"Pleasant Valley Sunday" (Gerry Goffin, Carole King)
"(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone" (Boyce, Hart)
"Shades of Gray" (Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil)

The Monkees

Micky Dolenz Davy Jones Michael Nesmith Peter Tork

Production/management	Don Kirshner Bob Rafelson Bert Schneider Ward Sylvester Lester Sill Raybert Productions Chip Douglas Hank Cicalo

Studio albums	The Monkees More of the Monkees Headquarters Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd. The Birds, The Bees & The Monkees Head Instant Replay The Monkees Present Changes Pool It! Justus Good Times!

Box sets	Listen to the Band Music Box The Headquarters Sessions The Monkees: Original Album Series

Compilation albums	Greatest Hits (Colgems) Barrel Full of Monkees Re-Focus Greatest Hits (Arista) Monkeemania (40 Timeless Hits) More Greatest Hits of The Monkees Monkee Business Monkee Flips Hit Factory Then & Now... The Best of The Monkees Missing Links Missing Links Volume Two 25th Anniversary Collection Greatest Hits (Rhino) Barrelful of Monkees: Monkees Songs for Kids! Missing Links Volume Three I'm a Believer & Other Hits Daydream Believer & Other Hits The Monkees Anthology The Definitive Monkees The Best of The Monkees Monkeemania (The Very Best of the Monkees)

Live albums	Live 1967 Summer 1967: The Complete U.S. Concert Recordings Live! 2001: Live in Las Vegas Extended Versions

Singles	"Last Train to Clarksville "I'm a Believer "A Little Bit Me, a Little Bit You" "Pleasant Valley Sunday" "Daydream Believer" "Valleri" "D. W. Washburn" "Porpoise Song" "Tear Drop City" "Listen to the Band" "Good Clean Fun" "Oh My My" "Do It in the Name of Love" "That Was Then, This Is Now" "Randy Scouse Git" "Heart and Soul" "Every Step of the Way" "She Makes Me Laugh" "You Bring The Summer" "Me & Magdalena"

Film/television	The Monkees (Episode list) Head 33⅓ Revolutions Per Monkee Hey, Hey, It's the Monkees

Related articles	Discography Dolenz, Jones, Boyce & Hart An Evening with The Monkees: The 45th Anniversary Tour The Monkees (book) The Monkeemobile New Monkees Songs

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