A few days ago I posted a thread asking if anyone knew who played lead on the original Valleri and the consensus was Louis Shelton.I now have all the personell that played on that song. Davy Jones-vocal;Louis Shelton& Gerry McGee-guitars:Joe Osborn-bass:Jim Horn&Jay Migliori-sax:Roy V. Caton & Oliver Mitchell-trumpet:Lew McCreary-trombone: unknown-backing vocals:Don McGinnis-horn arrangement:Produced by The Monkees: recorded Dec 26&28 1967. I got the info from The Monkees Greatest Hits liner notes.

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'65 Strat,65 Mustang,65 Jaguar,4 more Strats,3 vintage Vox guitars,5 Vox amps,'69 Bassman with a '68 2-15 Bassman cab,36 guitars total-15asst'd amps total,2 vintage '60s Hammond organs & a myriad of effects-with a few rare vintage ones.

Cool, very little known about a popular song at that time.

Now I would have thought Tom Boyce played lead since he play guitar for Boyce and Hart. Gerry Magee come along when the two form th Candy Store and played more rhythm I think.
On stage Nesmith played it. Much mystery around who did what on the Monkees they had alot of albums and hits those years.

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Joe Osborn,the bassist,lived in the same county as I do years ago and I met him several times,all I knew was that he was a bass player....since then I've seen a list of songs he had played on and it was very impressive,tons of hits from the 60s and 70s and later....no telling how many went # 1....I think I remember that he played on alot of the Carpenter's tunes.
Those session guys are the real thing,the musicians who can lay a track down in any style they're asked to.
Too bad you have to do alot of research to even see who they were.