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JULY 3:
The Japanese pressing of the A's, The B's & The Monkees
It includes a sticker sheet, the US booklet & a matching Japanese booklet,
which always seems to be in B&W.
JUNE 27:
Announced yesterday, Timeless, a new EP from Micky Dolenz on the Friday music label (!)
To be released on September 4
It will be available on CD and "Ruby Red" vinyl. A new promo single
Terri
is already out, but it doesn't appear that you can buy it.
Added to the Friday music page
JUNE 22:
Announced today, a new box set "Made For TV" produced by Andrew Sandoval.
To be released on August 14
It includes:
The First Season's Greatest Hits (2 CDs)
14 Rare Broadcast-Exclusive TV Mixes (1 LP)
10 Fan-Favorite Episodes on Blu-Ray (1 BR)
JUNE 14:
An early pressing of this Iran EP on the Mono Gram label
(Courtesy of Ed Reilly)
JUNE 10:
Updated the page for the Good Times Rhino Reserve LP
(Photos courtesy of Ed Reilly & Ben Belmares)
Except for the hype sticker & labels, it's the same as the original release
The record comes in an open poly sleeve sealed only with the hype sticker.
Also added the Good Times 10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition CD
(Courtesy of Ben Belmares)
MAY 30:
New find: the Japanese Bell 8-track Gold 20
(Courtesy of Ed Reilly)
We thought this probably existed; foreign 8-tracks rarely come up for sale
Found a paper box case for the Colgems Oliver cassette
If RCA had kept the Monkees recordings (instead of Bell)
and they stayed in print
they would have been released like this in the early 70's.
MAY 27:
Rhino announces another "new" release for July 24:
Greatest Hits.
This yellow flame vinyl was previously released back in 2023
as a part of their Rocktober series.
Link to the Monkees store.
Rhino also releases "Love's What I Want" as a digital single to promote
the
Good Times! Deluxe CD set to be released in 2 days.
MAY 23:
Found a MOTM from India that was reportedly sold in the UK.
The labels
are blacked out on the rims where it says
"Made In India".
There is also a gold RCA sticker on the rear jacket covering the
"Manufactured & Distributed by the Gramophone Company of India"
Regular rear jacket/label of MOTM from India
MAY 21:
While Ed Reilly and I were working on something completely different,
Ed spotted one of his first LPs that had a slightly different copyright:
First/Second pressings on their first album (Jean & Gene) have this:
The "RCA, New York, N.Y." was first used when Headquarters was released in May 1967.
I had always thought that RCA must have updated the first two LPs to match
this copyright but didn't find any copies at the time...and then I forgot about it.
Every time RCA changed something on the jacket they would add an "RE or RE2, RE3, etc.
to the end of the catalog number, so when manufacturing pulled the master sheet
they would know which one to use. Apparently, RCA did not destroy the older ones.
Anyway, they forgot to change the catalog numbers for these two LPs -
so it is not an obvious thing to notice.
Here is MOTM:
Original first pressing
second pressing issued summer 1967
Now these two jackets were updated again 6-9 months later when RCA added
the Colgems symbol to the rear jackets and they also changed the copyright yet again
to match their Pisces album. That's when an RE2 (The Monkees) and RE (More of the Monkees)
were added to their catalog numbers.
All this to say that if your jacket copyright has has the "New York, N.Y." on it -
it's not a first pressing. I have found mono & stereo pressings for each album
(The Monkees & More Of The Monkees), but haven't seen a sealed copy yet.
Both album pages are now updated.
MAY 12:
A new find for yet another label from Taiwan, Hua Sun Records -
and this one is a 10" record, very unusual. The album's title translates
roughly to Latest West Pop Songs and has songs from their first two LPs.
(Courtesy of
Louisa Thomsen)
MAY 10:
A promo copy of Then & Now from Spain with a biography insert
(Courtesy of Ed Reilly)
The rear jacket confirms the existence of this one on a tape,
which I have never seen before.
MAY 8:
Pisces ad for Montgomery Wards department store.
Found in "The Beat", a top 40 weekly newspaper put out by
the Los Angelos radio station KLRA.
Monkeemania ad for the second wave of Rhino reissues from June 1986
A&S (NY Department Store) Top 50 Charts
(Courtesy of Ed Reilly)
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Coming Soon:
The Monkees Greatest Hits
July 24, 2026
Yellow Flame vinyl
$24.98
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Made For TV
August 14, 2026
A box set containing 2 CDs, 1 LP & 1 Blu-Ray with 10 First Season Episodes
$89.98
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Timeless
September 4, 2026
New EP from Micky Dolenz
Ruby Red vinyl ($26.98) and CD ($16.98)
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