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(Saturday, August 3, 1968) — The Wichita Train Whistle Sings, the de facto first solo album by Michael Nesmith of The Monkees, although the artist credited on the initial release is actually “The Wichita Train Whistle,” debuted at #161 on today’s Billboard Top LP’s chart.

The album comprises instrumentals performed by a full orchestra. All but one of the songs were recorded by the Monkees (a couple of them weren’t released until the Missing Link albums).