Editing The Monkees (section)

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With repeats of the television series ''The Monkees'' airing on Saturday mornings and in syndication, the group once again appeared on the charts in 1976 with ''[[The Monkees Greatest Hits]]''. The LP, issued by [[Arista Records]] (who by this time had possession of the Monkees' master tapes courtesy of their corporate owner, Screen Gems), was actually a re-packaging of an earlier (1972) compilation LP called ''Refocus'' that had been issued by Arista's previous label imprint, [[Bell Records]]. 

A Christmas single (credited to Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones and Peter Tork for legal reasons) was produced by Chip Douglas and released on his own label in 1976. The single featured Douglas' and Howard Kaylan's "[[Christmas Is My Time of Year]]" (originally recorded by a 1960s group Christmas Spirit), with a B-side of Irving Berlin's "[[White Christmas (song)|White Christmas]]" (Douglas released a remixed version of the single, with additional overdubbed instruments, in 1986). This was the first (albeit unofficial) Monkees single since 1971. 

In a 1977 interview, Nesmith falsely claimed that the Monkees outsold the Beatles and the Rolling Stones combined in 1967.<ref name="pantsonfire">{{Cite news |url=https://flashbak.com/in-1977-mike-nesmith-fooled-the-world-when-the-monkees-sold-more-records-than-the-beatles-and-rolling-stones-combined-386535/ |title=In 1977 Mike Nesmith Fooled the World: When The Monkees Sold More Records Than The Beatles and Rolling Stones Combined |date=September 18, 2017 |work=Flashbak |access-date=November 9, 2017 |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180620102100/https://flashbak.com/in-1977-mike-nesmith-fooled-the-world-when-the-monkees-sold-more-records-than-the-beatles-and-rolling-stones-combined-386535/ |archive-date=June 20, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> This inaccurate information was later repeated in newspapers and magazines.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/topic/celebrity-parents|title=Celebrity Parents &#124; HuffPost|website=[[HuffPost]]|date=June 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170609182939/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/topic/celebrity-parents|access-date=September 29, 2021|archive-date=June 9, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=The Monkees - 1967 - The Top 25 Teen Idol Breakout Moments |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/the-top-25-teen-idol-breakout-moments-20120511/the-monkees-1967-20120511 |first=Andy |last=Greene |date=May 11, 2012 |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=August 7, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141105075002/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/the-top-25-teen-idol-breakout-moments-20120511/the-monkees-1967-20120511 |archive-date=November 5, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref>