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Christmas Party is the 13th and final studio album by the American pop rock band the Monkees, released on October 12, 2018, by Rhino Records.Produced mainly by Adam Schlesinger (with Michael Nesmith's tracks produced by his sons Christian and Jonathan), the album is the Monkees' first to focus on Christmas themes.
The Monkees released a Christmas album, Christmas Party, [112] on October 12, 2018. The album features a mix of holiday standards and original songs written by contemporary artists. In addition to newly recorded material from the three surviving Monkees, two previously recorded songs featuring vocals from Jones were also included.
The Monkees' discography spans over 50 years, from the release of their first single, "Last Train to Clarksville" in August 1966 [1] [2] [3] to their final live album The Mike and Micky Show in April 2020.
From the MTV music video The Monkees Christmas Medle "Johnny B. Goode" (Mike's solo spot during the Japanese concert of October 1968 recorded for TV - shown only in Japan) 1968 Chuck Berry Michael Nesmith The concert audio from the radio simulcast has been released on the bootleg album, "The Monkees Live In Japan 1968" "Little Darlin'"
In 1967, the Monkees performed the song live on "The Monkees' Christmas Show", a Christmas episode of their TV series. [10] [11] A studio version was released on subsequent compilation albums (and later on the 2018 album Christmas Party).
The remixed version of "Christmas Is My Time of Year" appeared on the 1988 compilation Cool Yule, Volume 2 [7] and as a bonus track on the Monkees' Christmas Party album sold by Target. [8] The 1976 version was released as part of the Christmas Party Plus double single, for the 2019 Record Store Day event.
In 1996, Jones reunited with Dolenz, Tork and Michael Nesmith to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Monkees. The band released a new album entitled Justus, the first album since 1967's Headquarters that featured the band members performing all instrumental duties. It was the last time all four Monkees performed together.
By the end of the Monkees run, Nesmith was withholding many of his original song ideas from Monkees albums, planning to release them in his post-Monkees solo career. Nesmith's last contractual Monkees commitment was a commercial for Kool-Aid and Nerf balls in April 1970 (fittingly, the spot ends with Nesmith frowning and saying, "Enerf's enerf ...