The Monkees leads were hired to portray a band on television. However, they also had an abundance of musical talent. Therefore, it was bound to come to pass that Davy Jones, Mike Nesmith, Micky Dolenz, and Peter Tork would push for more control over the music that had their names attached to it. But that shift didn’t occur until their third album, Headquarters, their producer called “the sound of liberty itself.”
‘Headquarters’ was The Monkees genuinely expressing themselves as musicians
“We aren’t the only musicians on this album,” an inscription on the back cover of the LP reads. “But the occasional extra bass or horn player played under our direction, so this is all ours.”
