{{More citations needed|date=August 2016}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Missing Links Volume Two | type = compilation | artist = the Monkees | cover = Missing Links Volume Two - The Monkees.jpg | alt = | released = January 1990 | recorded = 1966–1969 | venue = | studio = | genre = Rock | length = 46:33 | label = Rhino | producer = Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart, The Monkees, Jeff Barry, Mike Nesmith, Jack Keller, Chip Douglas | compiler = Bill Inglot, Andrew P. Sandoval | prev_title = Pool It! | prev_year = 1987 | next_title = Listen to the Band | next_year = 1991 }} {{Music ratings | rev1 = ''AllMusic'' | rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/missing-links-vol-2-mw0000202191|title=Missing Links, Vol. 2 - The Monkees | Songs, Reviews, Credits |website=AllMusic|access-date=29 December 2021}}</ref> }}
'''''Missing Links Volume Two''''' is a compilation album of rare and previously unreleased songs by the American pop rock band the Monkees, issued by Rhino Records in 1990. It is the second volume of a three-volume set, preceded by ''Missing Links'' in 1987 and followed by ''Missing Links Volume Three'' in 1996.
While several of the tracks had been featured in the Monkees' television series, only one of the tracks had ever been issued commercially: the live version of "Circle Sky" had appeared in the Monkees' feature film ''Head'' and was previously released on the Australian compilation ''Monkeemania (40 Timeless Hits)'' in 1979.
This compilation contains one mislabeled track, as "Down the Highway" is mistitled "Michigan Blackhawk".<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=The Monkees Present (Deluxe Edition) |last=Sandoval |first=Andrew |author-link=Andrew Sandoval |others=The Monkees |type=CD box set liner notes |publisher=Rhino Handmade |id=RHM2 535908 |year=2013 |location=Los Angeles, California |page=8}}</ref>
In 2021, Friday Music released the album on colored vinyl for Record Store Day.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://recordstoreday.com/UPC/829421709039 |title=The Monkees - Missing Links Volume 2 (Orange) [RSD Drops 2021] |website=Record Store Day |access-date=January 30, 2024}}</ref>
==Track listing== {{Track listing | headline = CD version | extra_column = Lead vocal | all_writing = | total_length = 46:33 | title1 = All the King's Horses | writer1 = Michael Nesmith | extra1 = Micky Dolenz | length1 = 2:18 | title2 = Valleri | note2 = TV version | extra2 = Davy Jones | length2 = 2:34 | writer2 = {{hlist|Tommy Boyce|Bobby Hart}} | title3 = St. Matthew | writer3 = Nesmith | extra3 = Nesmith | length3 = 2:44 | title4 = Words | note4 = TV version | extra4 = {{hlist|Dolenz|Peter Tork}} | length4 = 3:04 | writer4 = {{hlist|Boyce|Hart}} | title5 = Some of Shelly's Blues | writer5 = Nesmith | extra5 = Nesmith | length5 = 2:33 | title6 = I Wanna Be Free | note6 = TV version | extra6 = {{hlist|Jones|Dolenz}} | length6 = 2:48 | writer6 = {{hlist|Boyce|Hart}} | title7 = If I Ever Get to Saginaw Again | extra7 = Nesmith | length7 = 2:45 | writer7 = {{hlist|Bob Russell|Jack Keller}} | title8 = Come On In | extra8 = Tork | length8 = 3:11 | writer8 = Jo Mapes | title9 = I'll Be Back Up on My Feet | note9 = TV version | extra9 = Dolenz | length9 = 2:39 | writer9 = {{hlist|Sandy Linzer|Denny Randell}} | title10 = Down the Highway | extra10 = Nesmith | length10 = 2:16 | writer10 = {{hlist|Carole King|Toni Stern}} | title11 = Hold On Girl | extra11 = Jones | length11 = 2:45 | writer11 = {{hlist|Ben Raleigh|Billy Carr|Keller}} | title12 = The Crippled Lion | writer12 = Nesmith | extra12 = Nesmith | length12 = 2:52 | title13 = Changes | extra13 = Jones | length13 = 2:27 | writer13 = {{hlist|Jones|Steve Pitts}} | title14 = Mr. Webster | extra14 = Dolenz | length14 = 2:55 | writer14 = {{hlist|Boyce|Hart}} | title15 = You Just May Be the One | writer15 = Nesmith | note15 = TV version | extra15 = Nesmith | length15 = 2:00 | title16 = (I Prithee) Do Not Ask for Love | extra16 = Dolenz | length16 = 2:58 | writer16 = Michael Martin Murphey | title17 = Circle Sky | writer17 = Nesmith | extra17 = Nesmith | note17 = live | length17 = 2:27 | title18 = Seeger's Theme | extra18 = Tork (whistling) | length18 = 0:45 | writer18 = Pete Seeger | title19 = Riu Chiu | extra19 = Dolenz | length19 = 1:32 | writer19 = Traditional }}
* Tracks 7, 11, 14 and 15 are CD bonus tracks.
==Personnel== Credits as per CD liner notes.<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=Missing Links Volume Two |author=The Monkees |author-link=The Monkees |publisher=Rhino Records |type=CD liner notes |date=1990 |id=R2 70903 |location=Santa Monica, CA}}</ref>
* Bill Inglot – producer, compiler, digital prep and transfers * Andrew P. Sandoval – producer, compiler, liner notes * Tommy Boyce – producer (1–2, 4, 6, 14–15) * Bobby Hart – producer (1–2, 4, 6, 14–15) * The Monkees – producer (3, 5, 7–8, 12–13, 17) * Jeff Barry – producer (9, 11) * Mike Nesmith – producer (10, 16) * Jack Keller – producer (11) * Chip Douglas – producer (19) * Geoff Gans – art direction * April Conquest – design * Henry Diltz – photos * John Strother – remixing * Ken Perry – digital prep and transfers
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