The Monkees - A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You (Original 1969 Stereo Mix)

Written by Neil Diamond. This has always been my favorite version of this great song! I always thought the single, mono mix was overloaded with the handclaps. Rhino only issued this mix on a budget CD, 1997’s “I’m A Believer And Other Hits“ on their “Flashback“ series CD’s but the sound quality was very poor. This was actually taken from the Japanese 3-CD compilation, “By Request“. Of the 3 CD’s I had this mix on, “By Request“ sounded best. The story of how this recording came to be is, to say the least, extensive! Originally, Micky was to do the vocal! As fate would have it, Davy got the lead vocal as he was “Donnie Kirshner’s Favorite Monkee“, as the unsanctioned promo single said on it’s label! While Donnie had his favorite Monkee in the RCA New York studio, he pretty much made him sing a total of 5 songs! Most had to be slowed to make the key lower to fit Davy’s range. After the sessions, Dav