Armed Forces Radio
& Television Services
(AFRTS)
I think RL or RPL is the date
of manufacture: week/year.
For example, RL 37-8 is the 37th week of 1968.
That means the songs would show up on the AFRTS records typically
about 6-9 months
after they were commercially released.
Speculation is they only made 100-200 copies of these each,
and distributed to various deployment spots around the world.
From what I can tell there were at least two sent out
per week:
a various artists disc,
and a two-artist full-length split LP.
Most copies were thrown away
at the end of their weekly cycle.
So that would explain the scarcity.
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December 1967
Small World # 560 Part 1 - Sound Of Nashville # 12
RU-51-7 46
(no pics)
A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You
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February 1968
TOP POPS #245
RPL 5-8
Mono
Words
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February 1968
TOP POPS #249
RPL 9-8
Mono
"Headquarters"
I'll Spend My Life With You/Forget That Girl/Band 6/
You Just May Be The One/I Can't Get Her Off My Mind
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May 1968
TOP POPS #262
RPL 22-8
Mono
Daydream Believer
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June 1968
TOP POPS #267
RPL 27-8
Mono
"Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones, Ltd"
Hard To Believe/Don't Call On Me/
Star Collector
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September 1968
TOP POPS #277
RPL 37-8
Mono
Valleri & Tapioca Tundra
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December 1968
P-10761
SSL-19471
RL 50-8
Mono
"The Birds, The Bees & The Monkees"
Dream World/We Were Made For Each Other/
Writing Wrongs/I'll Be Back Upon My Feet/
P. O. Box 9847/Magnolia Simms
This has the very rare true mono mix!
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November 1969
TOP POPS #339
RL 47-9
Listen To The Band
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March 1970
TP-355
RL 11-0
Good Clean Fun
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May 1970
P-11607
RL 19-0
"The Monkees Present"
If I Knew/Bye Bye Baby Bye Bye/
Never Tell A Woman Yes/Looking For The Good Times Baby/
Ladies Aid Society/French Song/Pillow Time
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January 1971
P-12023/P-12024
RL 1-1
"Changes"
Ticket On A Ferry Ride/It's Got To Be Love/
99 Pounds/ Tell Me Love/
Do You Feel It Too?/All Alone In The Dark/
Midnight Train
"Magnetic South"
Calico Girlfriend/Hollywood/
Joanne/Beyond The Blue Horizon/
First National Rag
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July 1986
P-23672
RL 28-6
That Was Then, This Is Now