The Birds, The Bees & The Monkees

Front Cover of box has a lenticular insert. Limited edition box from Rhino Handmade. Includes stereo & mono mixes of the album on separate discs, each expanded with rare & unreleased tracks. The third disc collects more than two dozen unreleased tracks culled from the album's sprawling sessions complemented by a number of rare recordings. Comes with a 24 page 7" square booklet. The bottom of the inside box tray has a grey ribbon to release the CDs that are in mini LP style sleeves. Also, it includes a 1 1/2" diameter Monkees button. Reissue produced for release by Andrew Sandoval. First 500 orders received a poster, mailed separately, for an extra $5 to cover shipping costs. First 1000 orders received a promotional 7" 45 rpm [r=11388783]. Unlike subsequent SDE releases, the 7" was not sealed in the box. It was shipped separately or included in the same shipping container as BBM. The number of copies pressed for this limited edition was not released. Note: Production and performing credits identical when track has same title as earlier entry but no credits other than songwriter(s). Note: When Role is Instrument Name [Possibly]: When the same instrument is listed as [Possibly] for two names, it means credit is listed with "or" between the names in the book. When there are no additional entries for the instrument, it means credit listed with poss. or possibly after the name. Track release information: Tracks 1-1 to 1-12 and 2-1 to 2-12: Released as [r=543157] (Colgems #109, stereo) and [r=5525492] (Colgems #109, mono), 22 April 1968. Track 1-5: First released as a single A-Side on "[m=23521]," Colgems #1012, 10/67. Tracks 1-11 and 1-4: First released as a single on "[m=211663]," Colgems #1019, 3/68. Track 1-13: First issued on [r=3003808], Rhino #71796, 1/24/95. Track 1-15: First issued on [m=23503]. Arista #6432, 7/86. Track 1-16: First issued on [r=5820425], Arista (Japan) #B18D-51001-3, 1989. Tracks 1-19, 3-6 and 3-17: First issued on [m=97841], Rhino #70150, 7/6/87. Tracks 1-20, 2-24, 3-4 and 3-24: First issued on [r=2588386], Rhino #71794, 9/20/94. Tracks 2-15 and 2-16: First released as [m=188747], Colgems #1023, 6/68. Track 2-25: First issued on [m=939102], Flashback #72883, 8/19/97. Track 2-26 and 2-29: First issued on [m=482014], Rhino #72153, 3/26/96. Track 3-5: First issued on [m=482013], Rhino #70903, 1/23/90. Other tracks previously unissued.