16 Original Classics is actually the 1970 Mike Nesmith album Magnetic South with five extra bonus tracks tacked on. This was one of the highlights from any of the post-Monkee recording careers, confirming Nesmith as a pioneer of the country-rock genre with an incredible vocal range, proven talent as a songwriter, and the ability to arrange a group of top-notch country pickers. The First National Band featured longtime Nesmith cohorts pedal steel guitarist Red Rhodes, bassist {$John ...   [ read more ]

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Although the cover art might suggest that this compiles, features, or in some way includes material from Michael Nesmith's four-year (1966-1970) tenure as a Monkee, this isn't the case at all. Additionally confusing matters is that the same 25 tracks on this collection are replicated -- right down to the exact running order -- on the unimaginatively titled Best Of: Original Hits. Regardless, the contents of both have been culled from Nesmith's first half-dozen post-Monkees long-players. The ...   [ read more ]

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In terms of providing an apt single-disc distillation of Michael Nesmith's first half-dozen post-Monkees long players, Camden's Best of Michael Nesmith (2003) is arguably the finest in the lot. With the exception of the remake of Merle Travis' "Smoke, Smoke, Smoke" -- a previously unreleased "bonus track" on Camden's reissue of the Nevada Fighter/Tantamount to Treason (2001) two-fer -- the remaining 17 selections are drawn from Nesmith and the First National Band LPs {^Magnetic S...   [ read more ]

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