Worldwide Monkee discography for picture sleeves and record 45s
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LATEST UPDATES:
May 18:
Updates for the site: Added a readers comments section; also updated want list, site map and update history. Moved the below Davy Jones single to a new page for Friday Music.
MAY 16:
New Davy Jones single Girl/Rainy Jane from Friday Music! Green vinyl and limited to only a 1000 copies; it sold out in about 8 hours. They should have made at least 5K....Hope everyone was able to score a copy! Already seeing the scalpers put these on ebay...scumbags! Ruining the hobby for the casual fan.
MAY 9:
Added another Canadian Bell record this time from the Golden Treasure Series (1973). Easy to recognize with the gold labels but very hard to find!
Also added a Theme/Mary, Mary from Turkey and a Valleri/Tapioca Tundra from Ireland.
Found a Rhino Billboard ad from 2006 thanking Neil Diamond for his contributions to the Monkees. Lists all 4 songs he wrote for them.
Finally found a sealed copy of the first USA EP.
MAY 4:
Found another variation among the Colgems circle labels, this time for Valleri. I'm going to call this one Type 2 with the time found at the bottom in the white, along with the Screen Gems info. Valleri and Pleasant Valley Sunday are the hardest singles to find with this Colgems circle style label.
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How This All Got Started...
When I started collecting Monkee 45s and EPs 6 years ago I spent quite alot of time searching the net to see what was out there. Typically, fan sites will show what records they've found locally, plus a few odds and ends. There was a handful of good sites like this (see links) but thats it.
Then there are online forums where old collectors will occasionally post photos of what they have found. Hoffman music forums is the best I've seen of this.
The bane of collecting is that once you buy it, it just sits in a closet and you never look at it again. So I made this site so I can look at my collection and share it and the knowledge of what is out there worldwide.
I had to stumble around for years not knowing what countries made what records. Certainly the net has made this easier. But you would be surprised how many countries/sellers don't use the net. Going to shows looking for some obscure record from Thailand has kinda bottomed out for me.
Thankfully, StewMac gave me his ultimate list of every Monkee single in the world that he has spent years compiling. Now this site is able to list all these little known records from around the world.
USA Colgems
In collecting the USA versions over the years I've noticed many, many variations in the labels and/or picture sleeves. Now most people are just happy to have the records. I get this. But I give due diligence to note as many variations as I find.
Got photos?
Hey most of these photos are mine, but some are from StewMac and others I've met along the way. If I know its yours, I'll give you credit. This site is fully updated so If you see a page with no photos, thats what I need!