Monkee45s.net
JANUARY 2:
Site update with new header (from Facebook) and added Russia button on the left
for those Some Wax CDs: the USSR button is for the postcards & flexies.
Picked up this early Arista LP from Mexico on Christmas morning,
and got this test pressing of Monkeemania in the mail over the holidays
This was the second edition that was distributed by Festival Records;
probably released in 1980 soon after Arista Australia
switched from EMI to Festival for distribution.
DECEMBER 27:
Rhino's Flashback Daydream Believer And Other Hits from Australia
This was recently discovered by collector Louisa Thomsen.
I wonder if the other two in this series saw release there as well.
DECEMBER 25:
El Salvador mono Birds & Bees LP confirmed to have the same mix as the US!
(Courtesy of Stephen Wright)
Page Updated: The Birds, The Bees & The Monkees Mono & Stereo by country
DECEMBER 23:
Santa brought me a new find - an EP from Colombia
No picture sleeve unfortunately
Micky's Live At The Troubadour CD
(Courtesy of Ed Reilly)
The concert sounds great. The CD is very expensive ($39, $59 signed) and sold
only at Micky's website,
although if you just want
the songs you can purchase them
at iTunes.
DECEMBER 21:
A unique mix of Nesmith's Some Of Shelly's Blues has been found a sampler LP from Japan
(Courtesy of Ed Reilly)
Japan RCA chose 3 songs from the forthcoming LP And The Hits Just Keep On Comin':
Keep On/ Roll With The Flow/
Some Of Shelly's Blues
SOSB has a unique single tracked vocal. How they managed to get this alternate mix or take
is quite the mystery.
Another promo LP sleeve from Peru
(also Ed Reilly)
Created a new page for the Australian Arista LP releases
DECEMBER 19:
Picked up an uplayed copy of this cassette, Then & Now, & added it to the German cassette page.
Sold throughout Europe but manufactured in Germany.
While traveling last month I found a copy of their first LP pressed by Mercury Records
An untrimmed error pressing? of the single included
with the 2013 box set The Monkees Present.
DECEMBER 15:
Partial sheet jukebox strips for Tear Drop City
(Courtesy of Ed Reilly)
A first of it's kind - a Japanese 8-track on the Bell label
(Courtesy of Michael Sievers)
Unfortunately it is missing the slipcover
Cassette version
DECEMBER 10:
New finds from El Salvador:
Pisces, Birds & HEAD LPs have surfaced.
Pisces is said to have the same mix has the US,
so the hope is that the Birds LP matches and can be added to the list
of countries with the dedicated mono.
DECEMBER 6:
The Japanese cassette of Dolenz, Jones, Boyce & Hart's first LP
(Courtesy of Takeo Suzuki)
The LP came out in 1976 but the tape was not until 1981
when the DJBH Japanese Concert was released
NOVEMBER 28:
It looks like Friday Music finally got this released on the 22nd.
Changes on Aqua or Clear Red vinyl.
The gate-fold jacket and labels are the exact same as the 2012 release
(even the copyright year). And they were sold in poly sleeves (not sealed).
Original reissued on Green vinyl back in 2012.
NOVEMBER 16:
Promo copy of the original Greatest Hits from Peru
(Courtesy of Ed Reilly)
Present & Changes have never been found from Peru
so this is the last known album.
NOVEMBER 13:
Released today - Micky Dolenz Live At The Troubadour
Fridays reissue of Changes now delayed till November 22
NOVEMBER 3:
The updated reissued Greatest Hits from Rhino:
It looks like this was re-issued around 2021...after Rhino moved back
to Los Angeles (from Burbank), which happed in March 2019.
Differences: the yellow box around "Greatest Hits" on the front cover is gone
and the blue stripe on the left is darker and stays blue all the way to the top
On the back the font is different for the song titles
and the Rhino logo has been updated to the current one
NOVEMBER 2:
Created a new page for this NBC promo album that recently came up on ebay (sold for $709)
Added Takeo Suzuki's Best 111 campaign promotion to the Japanese RCA page for the first album
According to Takeo, this promotional campaign consisted of 111 records.
They each had the "Ace Mark" hype sticker with the Nipper and the words "Best 111".
This promo ran for very short period of time.
Also a part of that campaign was this album, which was intended to be played in record stores,
promoting I'm A Believer. Pictures added to the RCA singles page.
OCTOBER 11:
A unique promo jacket for Headquarters from Peru
(Courtesy of Ed Reilly)
Amazing find!
OCTOBER 8:
Updated the Headquarters double LP page with the black vinyl version
(Courtesy of Ben Belmares)
A new find: The Monkees Greatest Hits from South Africa
(Courtesy of Stephen Wright)
With this one found we can confirm that South Africa is the only foreign country
to issue all the US Colgems albums
(except the mail-away Golden Hits).
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Coming Soon:
Pisces SDE box set or double LP in 2025?
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StewMac
Ben Belmares
Ed Reilly
Andrew Sandoval
Lisa Manekofsky
Akira Suzuki
Kevin Schmid
Takao Murakoshi
Peter Cooke
Rikizo Komori
Michael Sievers
Jesus Galeote
Stephen Wright
Louisa Thomsen
Takeo Suzuki
Derek Miner
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