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From when The Monkees' 1st album came out until
May 1970 when Davy
& Micky duo'd in Changes, there have been hundreds or possibly thousands of unique releases in the US & Worldwide
Market.
Starting from
their 1st album, The Monkees on Colgems, there were both Mono & Stereo Versions (COM 101 & COM102, released October 1966). The Original version of the first album had a misspelled name on the cover & label for the song "Papa Gene's
Blues." This song was misspelled with the spelling of
"Gene" spelled "Jean" as in a woman's name. The corrected
reissue albums were labeled COM 101-RE & COS 101-RE. The 1st album
was very popular & easy to find with the incorrect spelling version being more difficult. Many of
the easy to find ones were in poor condition.
The second
Album was More Of The Monkees (COM 102 & COS
102 released January 1967). This album is very easy to find also, with many
great tracks on it including: When Love Comes Knockin' at your Door, Steppin'
Stone (actually not one of my favorites), Here Comes Tomorrow, Sometime
In The Morning & I'm A Believer.
The third
album was Headquarters (COM 103 & COS
103 released June 1967). This album was later released as COM 103-RE & COS 103-RE.This version was known as the "Beards" cover because it
removed a picture of the producers on the reverse of the cover.on the bottom, in the middle. The picture was replaced by a picture of the group including Micky. Mike & Peter with
beards. This album is more difficult to find, very hard to find with a
cover in nice condition.
The fourth
album was Pisces. Aquarius. Capricorn & Jones Ltd (COM 104 & COS
104 released November 1967). A very neat cover showing outlines of all 4 (no
faces), in a garden of cartoon flowers.
Many copies out there have had faces drawn in my their original fans. This album is also fairly easy to
find, again condition is a big factor.
The fifth
album was The Birds. The Bees & The Monkees (COM 109 & COS
109 (Thanks, Gary :) released May 1968). This was the last standard release Mono LP for The Monkees & it's very difficult to find a Mono version
(I paid close to $500 for mine).
This was also the last standard release album of The Monkees' original albums that featured all four of The Group.
The sixth
album was actually Head
(COSO 5008 released December 1968). It did include all four of the group in the soundtrack to their
movie Head. It was a movie before it's time & very worthwhile
to watch over & over. A nice collectible, relatively hard to
find, with a nice reflective cover. Lots of nice tracks on this album also.
The seventh
album was Instant Replay (COS
113 released February 1969). Peter left the group for this one & now the albums are starting
to get a little more difficult to find (again, especially in nice condition).
The eighth album was Present (COS
117 released October 1969). This has some nice unique tracks on it, very nice ones by Nesmith.
The ninth & last regular original release
album was Changes
(COS 119 released May 1970). Mike has left the group for this one. so only Davy & Micky remain.
This was my first collectible &
is much harder to find than any of the first eight (excluding some of the previous unique ones).
There you
have it, the standard release albums. How many non Monkees fans would believe that they released so many?
Now you may
wonder how there could be possibly thousands of unique releases of Monkees recordings. Add to the
list many greatest hits compilations, re-issues of original albums, etc & multiply them by many different countries
including: The US, Canada, Japan, Mexico,
France, Great Britain, Australia, Taiwan, Chile, Argentina, Etc.
We also need
to include Promo Copies, Singles, Cassettes, 8-tracks, Reel-To-Reels, EP's,
Solo Albums & Bootlegs (we don't promote bootlegs but there are enough out there to at least consider them in collectibles). There is PLENTY for
everyone to collect & it would be almost impossible to collect
everything.
Here is a
list of the original release US Singles. all on Colgems Labels:
1) Last Train To
Clarksville/Take A Giant Step (66-1001 August 1966) This single had 4 different sleeves (2 each
of B&W & Color)
2) Steppin
Stone/I'm A believer (66-1002 November 1966)
3) A Little Bit
Me. A Little Bit You/She Hangs Out (66-1003
March 1967) No picture sleeve in US
3a) A Little Bit
Me. A Little Bit You/The Girl I knew (66-1004
March 1967) No picture sleeve in US
4) Pleasant
Valley Sunday/Words (56-1007 July 1967)
5) Daydream
Believer/Goin' Down (66-1012 October 1967)
6) Valleri/Tapioca
Tundra (66-1019 March 1968) No picture sleeve in US
7) D.W.
Washburn/It's Nice To Be With You (66-1023 July 1968)
8)
Porpoise
Song/As We Go Along (66-1031 October 1968) From "Head"
9) Teardrop
City/A Man Without A Dream (66-5000 March 1969) Minus Peter
10) Listen To The
Band/Someday Man (66-5004 July 1969) Minus Peter
11) Good Clean
Fun/Mommy & Daddy (66-5005 October 1969) Minus Peter
12) Oh My My/I Love
You Better (66-5011 June 1970) Only Davy & Micky
Those are the
basic US recordings. I myself started my Monkees interest as a listener.
I'm "young enough" to say
I unfortunately don't remember too much about the 1st album when it came out (I was 4 years old) . but I do remember
hearing their songs on the radio & watched reruns on Saturdays
as a child.
There is a
great book by Marty Eck "The Monkees Collectibles Price Guide." It came out in late
1997. You can purchase it in this page if you'd like by clicking HERE.
It's so hard to price collectibles, some times it comes down to what people will
pay for the items. Most items I've seen have actually sold for more than in Marty's book but it's a great guide with
tons of collectibles pictures & great Monkees history. He has far more collectibles
than I could ever hope to have.
I hope you
have fun looking through the "recordings" section of this page. as well of the rest of the page. This
is a hobby for me. I occasionally come across extras in my collection that I put up in the
Monkees Items For Sale link, so
check it frequently for updates.
Please send feedback, I listen to you & look forward to your comments.
Phil
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