From: Andrew.Facherty@Tesco.net   
      
   >> There's a live cd of the Monkees 1967(?) tour. One guitar, bass and   
   >> drums.  Even if they were any good (which they weren't at the time) it   
   >> wouldn't have sounded anything like the records.   
   >   
   > I heard that CD. They didn't even sound like a halfway good garage band.   
      
   A little unfair?   
      
   Nothing sounds good on this record - it is very badly recorded - even the   
   professional band who fill out The Monkees' sound towards the end of the set   
   sounds awful. The girls' screaming sounds lo-fi!   
      
   > The studio sound had a richness that would not easily be recreated   
   > by four actors, even if a couple of them could also play instruments.   
      
   By the time The Monkees came anywhere near _my_ town (Wembley in 1997) the   
   four of them sounded just great on their opening song, Last Train to   
   Clarksville. Same players, same instrumentation, as the 1967 live album.   
   Different engineers and amplification! (PS: same shirts)   
      
   Andrew   
      
      
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