Greatest Hits (1969)

Greatest Hits
Label	Colgems Records
Country	United States
Release date	9 June 1969
Catalog no.	COS-115
Preceded by	Instant Replay
Followed by	The Monkees Present

Colgems's Greatest Hits was the Monkees' first compilation album, containing 14 tracks—seven singles and seven album-only songs—and released in June 1969. It notably contains the stereophonic debut of "A Little Bit Me, a Little Bit You" in a mix markedly different from the mono single. The album reached #89 on the Billboard 200 album charts. Though it has been released in various tape formats, including cassette, 8-track, and reel-to-reel, it has never been officially released in a digital format, though all the mixes are present on other compact disc releases. In 2012 it was reissued for the first time by Friday Music on 180-gram vinyl.

Track Listing

Original album

Side 1

1. "Daydream Believer"
2. "Pleasant Valley Sunday"
3. "Cuddly Toy"
4. "Shades of Gray"
5. "Zor and Zam"
6. "A Little Bit Me, a Little Bit You"
7. "She"

Side 2

1. "Randy Scouse Git"
2. "I Wanna Be Free"
3. "I'm a Believer"
4. "Valleri"
5. "Mary, Mary"
6. "(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone"
7. "Last Train to Clarksville"

Colgems 8-track

Program 1

1. "I'm a Believer"
2. "Shades of Gray"
3. "Daydream Believer"

Program 2

1. "Cuddly Toy"
2. "Zor and Zam"
3. "She"
4. "(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone"

Program 3

1. "Last Train to Clarksville"
2. "Pleasant Valley Sunday"
3. "A Little Bit Me, a Little Bit You"

Program 4

1. "Randy Scouse Git"
2. "I Wanna Be Free"
3. "Mary, Mary"
4. "Valleri"

Sequence is the same for the Colgems cassette, with the first seven tracks grouped as Program 1 on one side and the last seven tracks grouped as Program 2 on the reverse.

Release History

United States

• 1969: Colgems COS-115 — LP
• 19??: Colgems P8CG-1010 — 8-track
• 19??: Colgems PKCG-1010 — cassette
• 19??: Colgems CGP3-1002 — reel-to-reel
• 2012: Friday Music FRM-115 — LP (180-gram vinyl)

See Also

• The Monkees discography
• Greatest Hits (1976)
• Greatest Hits (1995)

Around the Web

• Wikipedia
• Allmusic
• The Monkees Mixography
• Album art: Monkee45s.net
• Both Sides Now
• Rhino