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Serious Quality Issues with these CDs

Robert A. Jones | Eastern Oregon | 05/10/2010

(1 out of 5 stars)

"Rhino built a reputation on creating first-quality reissues of rock 'n' roll records. Having purchased more than 200 Rhino LPs, cassettes, and CDs over the years, I have rarely been even a tiny bit disappointed with any of them...until now.



There are two quality control issues with the discs in this set. One or two tracks on each disc suffers from dropouts in the sound. My guess is that when transferring the recordings from master tapes to digital, one of the tape reels was warped, intermittently pulling the tape away from the playback head of the recorder. This problem should have been caught and corrected before any CDs were manufactured.



On "The Birds, the Bees, & the Monkees" track 16 starts with one song, then abruptly shifts to a different song. When track 16 ends this second song continues uninterrupted into track 17, where it concludes. It is not the song listed on the disc label or the slipcase for either track. Then, in the middle of track 17, another song begins (also not the one listed for this track). About 45 seconds into track 17, this song stops, and that is the end of the disc. This problem also should have been noticed and corrected before any discs were manufactured.



I have made two calls to the toll-free number listed on Rhino's web site. They seem to go to a call center in India. The people there could not help me. They suggested sending an e-mail to Dr. Rhino, which I did. 10 days later, no response at all. Today I phoned Rhino's offices in Burbank...twice. I left a voice mail message the second time. Not optimistic about getting a call back, much less a resolution to the problem.



This experience makes me reluctant to purchase any other products from Rhino Europe. Or Rhino USA, for that matter. Not a good way to treat a loyal long-time customer."

Track listing

Giddy Giddy Carousel | California | 03/29/2010

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Disc: 1

1. Monkees, The

2. Saturday's Child

3. I Wanna Be Free

4. Tomorrow's Gonna Be Another Day

5. Papa's Gene's Blues

6. Take A Giant Step

7. Last Train To Clarksville

8. This Just Doesn't Seem To Be My Day

9. Let's Dance On

10. I'll Be True To You

11. Sweet Young Thing

12. Gonna Buy Me A Dog

13. I Can't Get Her Off My Mind

14. I Don't Think You Know Me

15. Monkees, The

16. Jericho

17. Peter Gunn's Gun

18. For Pete's Sake

19. You Told Me

20. Pillow Time

Disc: 2

1. She

2. When Love Comes Knockin' (At Your Door)

3. Mary Mary

4. Hold On Girl

5. Your Auntie Grizelda

6. I'm Not Your Stepping Stone

7. Look Out (Here Comes Tomorrow)

8. Kind Of Girl I Could Love, The

9. Day We Fall In Love, The

10. Sometime In The Morning

11. Laugh

12. I'm A Believer

13. Don't Listen To Linda

14. I'll Spend My Life With You

15. I Don't Think You Know Me

16. Look Out (Here Comes Tomorrow)

17. I'm A Believer

Disc: 3

1. You Told Me

2. I'll Spend My Life With You

3. Forget That Girl

4. Band 6

5. You Just May Be The One

6. Shades Of Grey

7. I Can't Get Her Off My Mind

8. For Pete's Sake

9. Mr. Webster

10. Sunny Girlfriend

11. Zilch

12. No Time

13. Early Morning Blues And Greens

14. Randy Scouse Git

15. All Of Your Toys

16. Girl I Knew Somewhere, The

17. Peter Gunn's Gun

18. Jericho

19. Nine Times Blue

20. Pillow Time

Disc: 4

1. Salesman

2. She Hangs Out

3. Door Into Summer, The

4. Love Is Only Sleeping

5. Cuddly Toy

6. Words

7. Hard To Believe

8. What Am I Doing Hangin' 'Round

9. Peter Percival Patterson's Pet Pig Porky

10. Pleasant Valley Sunday

11. Daily Nightly

12. Don't Call On Me

13. Star Collector

14. Special Announcement

15. Goin' Down

16. Salesman

17. Door Into Summer, The

18. Love Is Only Sleeping

19. Daily Nightly

20. Star Collector

Disc: 5

1. Dream World

2. Auntie's Municipal Court

3. We Were Made For Each Other

4. Tapioca Tundra

5. Daydream Believer

6. Writing Wrongs

7. I'll Be Back Up On My Feet

8. Poster, The

9. PO Box 9847

10. Magnolia Simms

11. Valleri

12. Zor And Zam

13. Alvin

14. I'm Gonna Try

15. PO Box 9847

16. Girl I Left Behind Me, The

17. Lady's Baby

"

Try again, please.

S. Capps | Knoxville, Tennessee United States | 04/25/2010

(3 out of 5 stars)

"I loved the Monkees as a child and I still feel warm and fuzzy when I hear them on the radio. But now I'm feeling a little hot and a lot disappointed because the last disc, after skipping again and again, just cut itself off mid-song. (The second disc has a few skips, but none more than an occasional hiccup.) Aren't CD's supposed to be free of those skips LPs are so prone to?"