And Rhino's favorite '60s hitmakers return with a new box set and a string of tour dates across the country as the group gears up for its 35th anniversary. In fact, we did, in 1991. That earlier effort, Listen To The Band, hit most of the same musical bases as the new set. But there are a number of reasons for Monkee maniacs to celebrate the February 20 release of The Monkees Music Box. Three years after Listen To The Band, Rhino began issuing The Monkees' individual albums with remastered sound, bonus tracks, and new liner notes, and the treasure trove we opened with these album reissues gave the impetus for Music Box.
All tracks benefit from remastered sound.
Female vocal groups of the 1960s are the basis of two new Rhino collections and a televised reunion concert that begins airing this month on public television. Taped in Connecticut over two nights last November, the concerts that make up the new PBS broadcast feature some of the greatest names in girl group history singing their biggest hits. But even the technically savvy may be a little in the dark on DVD Audio, a new format promising a vastly improved listening experience. DVD Audio discs offer much better mastering than standard audio CDs, as well as supplemental visual material. If you have a DVD Video player, you can also listen to DVD-A discs on it, though you won't be able to see the extra visual content.