UPDATE HISTORY
2020


AUGUST

 

AUGUST 30:

An updated version of this 2011 reissue CD is now appearing In stores.

This insert is using the original first generation jacket
with the misspelling of "Papa Jean's Blues".

It also has WEA new address on the reverse;
in 2018 they moved from Burbank, CA to Los Angeles.

 

AUGUST 29:

2 new ones from Ecuador; stock copies to match the promos I already had-


I'm A Believer

 


A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You

 

and some new Stereo 8 ads -


There was no ad for Headquarters because the release was delayed two months
to accommodate the redesigned cartridge/case.

Changes & Barrel Full Of Monkees weren't advertised because RCA had stopped
doing these in 1970.

 

AUGUST 25:

Did some some deep diving into the trade magazines and found these two RCA LP
promo ads for The Monkees Greatest Hits & The Monkees Present.

Everyone has seen the full page ads that ran up through Instant Replay,
but I was shocked to find out that RCA was continuing to promote their releases throughout 1969.
Though without the full page ads, it would seem RCA had largely given up on them.

Still no ads were found for Changes or Barrel Full Of Monkees.

 

AUGUST 24:

The website has moved to a new server and will be updating throughout the day.
In the meantime, please excuse the missing pages and images.

 

AUGUST 21:

An advertisement for the Stereo 8 release of Head

Cash Box December 21, 1968

Apparently RCA did one of these pages
each month in 1968. Here is the other one from April 20 for
The Birds, The Bees & The Monkees that Ed Reilly shared with me.

 

AUGUST 10:

An RCA Stereo 8 variety pack from 1971 featuring "Joanne"

 

...and here's another find from Jamaica, courtesy of Rikizo Komori

This jacket was printed in the USA with no changes to the copyright info.

Strange the first two LPs haven't shown up yet,
with as popular as those were...

 

AUGUST 1:

Headquarters from Jamaica


The jacket appears to be printed in Jamaica because it has
a quarter inch lip at the opening & they removed
"Printed in the USA" from the copyright.