Worldwide Monkee discography for picture sleeves and record 45s
and all CDs, LPs, and Tapes from the USA.
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AUGUST 14:
Updated Michael's section and moved the USA stuff to its own page
and completely updated his solo singles to include every known release in the world.
Next up are his USA LP releases for Pacific Arts & Rio records.
AUGUST 12:
From the collection of Ed Reilly, a cool acetate of Peter's songs,
written in his own hand:
A 1987 promo letter from Spain, included with the
"Heart And Soul" single promoting the "Pool It!" LP:
It's the same info found on the back of the picture sleeve.
This appears to be common for Spain, as I've found 4 promo letters
for their RCA singles as well.
AUGUST 10:
Yesterday on Facebook Andrew said he had just finished mastering
the upcoming super deluxe box set, "More of the Monkees".
Hopefully they have already pressed copies of the single which was finished back in May
and the booklet; so this could come up for pre-order in September.
JULY 31:
Friday records to release the Monkees' Headquarters Stack-O-Tracks on September 29:
First time on vinyl, this will be a 180G clear vinyl.
This is in the same vein as Rhino's "Summer Of Love"; with nothing new here,
just repackaged tunes for the die-hard fan or everyone who missed out on the
Sessions box set (although it is available on iTunes).
Anyway, it's something to talk about while we are all waiting
on the MOTM box set due out this fall.
JULY 30:
Thanks to reader Scott who pointed out that Micky is not on the record
"I Told You I Love You/When I See My Baby" for the band "The Missing Links".
There was an article in Tiger Beat from September '67 that said he was in that band,
but in Andrew's book he cites that Micky never recorded with them
and when I listened to the songs on youtube it was obviously not Micky.
So I removed this record from Micky's page.
Well researched blog post on Micky from that time period.
JULY 19:
...and the LP version:
JULY 18:
It finally arrives, the "Summer Of Love" comp from Rhino,
for starters here is the CD version:
JULY 9:
Found the German promo for "Listen To The Band/Someday Man":
The foreign promos from 1969-70 are so hard to find;
with how easy it is to find records from say, Germany and Japan,
I'm surprised that it is so hard to find these:
Germany:
66-5000 Tear Drop City
66-16025 Hey, Hey With The Monkees
Japan:
SS-1953 Oh My My
I've never even seen pictures of these records anywhere on the 'net.
JULY 7:
Completely revamped the USA "Flashback" section. I noticed I had a bunch of these
in my collection but didn't look at them too hard as they are not as exciting as perhaps
the foreign releases. Anyway, after research I realized that some were
pressed on vinyl & some on styrene and I was able to distinguish that at least some of the
styrene were from the Monarch pressing plant.
I've also included better
descriptions of the labels for the transition from Bell to Arista.
In The Beginning...
When I started collecting Monkee 45s and EPs back in 2006 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.
Credit where Credit is due:
Hey most of these photos are mine, but some are from:
StewMac
Ben Belmares
Ed Reilly
Andrew Sandoval
Lisa Manekofsky
Akira Suzuki
Kevin Schmid
Takao Murakoshi
Peter Cooke
and many others I've met along the way. If I know it's yours, I'll give you credit.
I'm not profiting from this site (free of ads), so if you have any photos of items I'm missing, please share them with me and I'll give you credit.