Missing Links Volume Two is the second of three rarity albums by the Monkees

The Monkees

The Monkees are an American pop rock group. Assembled in Los Angeles in 1966 by Robert "Bob" Rafelson and Bert Schneider for the American television series The Monkees, which aired from 1966 to 1968, the musical acting quartet was composed of Americans Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith and Peter Tork,...

. It was released in 1990. The album was notable for containing several tracks that had been featured in the television series but had never before been available commercially.

Track listing

1. "All the King's Horses" (Nesmith
   Michael Nesmith
   Robert Michael Nesmith is an American musician, songwriter, actor, producer, novelist, businessman, and philanthropist, best known as a member of the musical group The Monkees and star of the TV series of the same name...
   
   )
2. "Valleri
   Valleri
   "Valleri" is a song written by Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart for The Monkees, who had a #3 on Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on Cash Box with it in early 1968...
   
   " (TV version) (Boyce & Hart)
3. "St. Matthew" (Nesmith)
4. "Words" (TV version) (Boyce & Hart)
5. "Some of Shelley's Blues" (Nesmith)
6. "I Wanna Be Free" (TV version) (Boyce & Hart)
7. "If I Ever Get to Saginaw Again" (Jack Keller & Bob Russell)
8. "Come On In" (Jo Mapes)
9. "I'll Be Back Up On My Feet
   I'll Be Back Up On My Feet
   "I'll Be Back Up on My Feet" is a song by Sandy Linzer and Denny Randell, which was recorded by The Monkees during the 1960s.The first Monkees version of the song was recorded on October 26, 1966, during the period when the band did not perform their own instruments as much on their recordings...
   
   " (TV version) (Sandy Linzer & Denny Randell)
10. "Down the Highway (Michigan Blackhawk)" (Gerry Goffin
    Gerry Goffin
    Gerry Goffin is an American lyricist. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990 with former songwriting partner and first wife, Carole King. he has co-written six Billboard Hot 100 chart-toppers.-Career:Goffin enlisted with the Marine Corps Reserve after graduating from...
    
     and Carole King
    Carole King
    Carole King is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. King and her former husband Gerry Goffin wrote more than two dozen chart hits for numerous artists during the 1960s, many of which have become standards. As a singer, King had an album, Tapestry, top the U.S...
    
    )
11. "Hold On Girl" (Slow version) (Jack Keller, Ben Raleigh, & Billy Carr)
12. "The Crippled Lion" (Nesmith)
13. "Changes" (Pitts & Jones
    Davy Jones (actor)
    David Thomas "Davy" Jones is an English rock singer-songwriter and actor best known as a member of the Monkees.-Early life:...
    
    )
14. "Mr. Webster" (Boyce & Hart)
15. "You Just May Be the One" (TV version) (Nesmith)
16. "Do Not Ask for Love" (Michael Murphy)
17. "Circle Sky
    Circle Sky
    Circle Sky is a song written by Michael Nesmith of The Monkees, which appeared on their sixth album, the Head soundtrack, and also in the film Head as a live concert performance....
    
    " (Live version from "Head") (Nesmith)
18. "Seeger's Theme" (Seeger
    Pete Seeger
    Peter "Pete" Seeger is an American folk singer and was an iconic figure in the mid-twentieth century American folk music revival. A fixture on nationwide radio in the 1940s, he also had a string of hit records during the early 1950s as a member of The Weavers, most notably their recording of Lead...
    
    )
19. "Riu Chiu
    Ríu Ríu Chíu
    Ríu Ríu Chíu, also known as Ríu Chíu, is a Spanish villancico that has attained some contemporary fame as a Christmas carol.-Sources:The villancico is attributed by some sources to Mateo Flecha the Elder, who died in 1553; it has also been described as anonymous...
    
    " (Studio version with Chip Douglas filling in for Davy Jones on vocals) (traditional)
    • "You Just May Be the One," "Hold On Girl," "If I Ever Get to Saginaw Again," and "Mr. Webster" are CD Only Tracks
    • The TV version of "Words" featured here includes a quick backwards tape segment not included in the lone episode the track appeared in ("Monkees Manhattan Style")
    • "Michigan Blackhawk" is a mistitled track; the song included here is a Gerry Goffin/Carole King country-rock tune, "Down The Highway," that Mike recorded in 1968; the mistitling comes from the use of the title "Michigan Blackhawk" on an unfinished Nesmith track from 1969.
    • "All the King's Horses," "You Just May Be the One," and "Do Not Ask for Love" were all 1966 tracks produced by Mike that feature bassist Robert West with a Danelectro
      Danelectro
      Danelectro is an American manufacturer of musical instruments and accessories, specializing in rock instruments such as guitars, bass guitars, amplifiers and effects units.-History:...
      
      "dano" bass; the "dano" bass accounts for the distinctive twang these songs have on bass.
    • The songwriting credit for "Come On In" is mistakenly given as "Levinson/Duboff."

iTunes Mistakes

"I Wanna Be Free" plays the same version from the debut album.
"You Just May Be the One" plays the same version from "Headquarters".
"Circle Sky" plays "You and I" instead.