tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358784019076014858.post1467481573333647779..comments2023-10-13T19:09:55.119+01:00Comments on Big Plans For Everybody: Monkees: Budokan Hall, Japan, October 4th 1968Rushbohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17368726463563067313noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358784019076014858.post-50802094998779435242011-07-22T17:02:01.109+01:002011-07-22T17:02:01.109+01:00They are the last gasp of the Brill Building era, ...They are the last gasp of the Brill Building era, and therefore a fascinating mix of the old pop establishment and the counterculture. Aside from Boyce and Hart, the songwriters the tapped included Carol King & Gerry Goffin, Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil, Jeff Barry, Harry Nilsson, Neil Diamond, Neil Sedaka, and Jack Keller, aside from all the material they wrote themselves. 40+ years on, the session musician issue seems so trivial. In the CD reissue era that saw Bacharach and Brian Wilson suddenly get a lot of overdue attention, the marketing gals and guys missed an opportunity to cull the best of this material, anthologize it, and sell it on the songwriting. No one would have gotten rich, but it would have framed the band a little differently.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358784019076014858.post-1265017997439232662011-05-17T15:21:41.408+01:002011-05-17T15:21:41.408+01:00these are at 96 kbps ... higher bitrates are avail...these are at 96 kbps ... higher bitrates are available ...<br /><br />at 192 kbs : http://vivalesbootlegs.blogspot.com/2008/01/monkees-tokyo-japan-68.html<br /><br />at 320 kbps : http://vivalesbootlegs.blogspot.com/2010/09/monkees-live-in-japan-budokan-hall.htmlAllezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03001535231757271545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358784019076014858.post-7898952353821127712011-05-07T04:13:03.326+01:002011-05-07T04:13:03.326+01:00This was a great find. I only wish they had some...This was a great find. I only wish they had some audio from the post-Tork shows out there...Shrinerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12843553710427657926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358784019076014858.post-67675436397921727142011-05-05T14:03:47.246+01:002011-05-05T14:03:47.246+01:00Yay. Thank you for this. ::cue memory lane stroll:...Yay. Thank you for this. ::cue memory lane stroll::Adelle the Greathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16192304563507848140noreply@blogger.com