Sundazed albums
From Sundazed.com 1998 website:
"Sundazed introduces limited edition, colored vinyl LP's of the first five Monkees albums! The complete original records on snazzy Lifesaver-colored wax, with: bonus tracks that have never before appeared on vinyl, massive liner notes/sessionography by Monkees know-it-all Andrew Sandoval, full color poster inserts in every album, and more!"
Andrew Sandoval back in 2005 on the Hoffman Music Forums:
"They only did the first five albums and those are taken directly from Rhino CD's. I know there is some talk they used the PAC+J analog master, but BMG would not return it in time and it is my understanding it was not used."
So these were just vinyl versions of the 1994-95 Rhino CDs with some
of the bonus tracks.
However the LP liner notes were updated with new information.
Then in 2001 they re-issued these same records
with the inserts
on 180 gram black vinyl. Confusingly, both the colored & 180G vinyl releases
use the same
catalog number & copyright date,
with only the hype sticker
telling the buyer which version they are getting.
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Hype Stickers
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The Monkees
The first 1000 copies were pressed
as "Papa Jean's Blues".
Released on September 11, 1996
(www.monkees101.com)
LP 5045
"Papa Jean's Blues"
Orange Vinyl
$9.98
LP 5045
"Papa Jean's Blues"
Here is a real oddity.
A sealed first pressing
with the generic hype sticker.
LP 5045
"Papa Gene's Blues"
Orange Vinyl
$9.98
Reissued in 2001
LP 5045
180G Black Vinyl
$12.98
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More Of The Monkees
Released on September 11, 1996
LP 5046
Green Vinyl
$9.98
Reissued in 2001
LP 5046
180G Black Vinyl
$12.98
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Headquarters
Released on September 11, 1996
LP 5047
Red Vinyl
$9.98
Reissued in 2001
LP 5047
180G Black Vinyl
$12.98
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Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn
& Jones Ltd.
Released on September 11, 1996
LP 5048
Blue Vinyl
$9.98
Reissued in 2001
LP 5048
180G Black Vinyl
$12.98
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The Birds, The Bees
& The Monkees
Released on September 11, 1996
LP 5049
Yellow Vinyl
$9.98
LP 5049
Test Pressing
Reissued in 2001
LP 5049
180G Black Vinyl
$12.98