Monkees HEAD from Rhino Handmade (Part two)

Is there a site that you are referring to? Link?

 

Here

http://www.albumartexchange.com/covers.php?sort=4&q=monkees&fltr=1&bgc=&page=

Ben

 

Has anyone ever mentioned the typo on the cover of the open-ended interview album LP/CD?

Well, I am now.

PS It's the Tork tune not called "Can You Dig It"...

 

Thanks! I trimmed them up a little bit...

 

Yeah, It instead of This.
And if they're gonna put a question mark at the end of "Do I Have To Do It All Over Again?", then shouldn't "Can You Dig It" have one too?
Can't do one without the other!

 

A working title?

 

日本ビクター株式会社　定価　￥　１，９５０

Japan Victor Joint-stock Corporation Fixed Price 1,950 Yen.

 

http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=ht...wqLMzo&usg=AFQjCNHqKPwQO0atqdLcunZzmz3M8G6iLA

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I know the charts aren't what they used to be, but this still was cause for excitement for me. Even TBTB&TM didn't make this, AFAIK.

 

Wow, that's pretty cool. So the 'Head' Deluxe set gets a showing on the Billboard charts even if it's not available to the general public? Very cool!

 

Further evidence of the poor state of CD retail sales in general.

 

Still no luck with Disc One.
I think using a digital camera to take a picture
of the cover would be better.
Perhaps to show the mirror finish better.
Sadly I have no digital camera at the moment.

Darryl

 

Fred, my copy of the set hasn't arrived yet, so I can't see the back of the Head outtakes cover. But, since it has the "Nippon Victor" name on it, it's got to be from the original 60's release, not the 80's release on Arista. (Nippon Victor released all of the Monkees & First National Band records on the RCA label.)

Another thing to check for: does the back cover of outtakes sleeve spell Gerry Goffin's name correctly? The initial Colgems release in the USA spelled his first name as "Jerry", and the 60's Japanese RCA LP got it wrong too. (This was all worked out on this thread: http://www.stevehoffman.tv/forums/showthread.php?t=226084)

Below are some shots of the 60's Japanese "Head" LP. Unlike the US version, the Japanese one was a gatefold, with two inner pages that fold outward. Its cover is textured silver foil, not the heavy mylar of the US version. (As a result it's not mirror-like, but it tends to photograph a bit better.)

 

While I was rooting around for the RCA soundtrack, I also came across the 70's version on Bell.

The Bell release is interesting because it wasn't for sale. It was given to those people who bought a set number of the other eight LPs, which Bell had reissued. (I don't have any of the others, so I don't know how many you needed to buy. It might have been all eight.)

The Japanese Bell reissues had cardboard obis that folded over the top of the record. They didn't stay attached when the record was opened, so most were just tossed out.

And while I have seen examples of the Bell reissues with obis intact, I've never seen one for "Head". (It's likely none were made for it because it was not sold in stores.)

Below are pics of it. (The last picture is the final one I took of the earlier RCA release.)

 

I didn't see it mentioned in the extras being advertised for the DVD. I would think that would be too big of a big selling point to not advertise it.

Maybe Andrew can comment on it?

Thank you!

I don't keep track of Billboard, or what it's practices are, but it does specify Soundtrack, as opposed to the general sales, which would explain the lack of TBTB&TM's appearance. I wonder if it made the top 200 of their regular chart? Speaking of Birds & Bees, that Handmade set gets my vote for the best single release in the history of Monkeedom.

 

I'd vote it as a tie with HQ sessions as best single release in the history of post 1970 Monkeedom. After all, without the original 9, none of these deluxe sets would even exist
Gotta give some love to the original 9 Colgems releases.

 

You and Gerry should be pleased to know that they got it right - "Gerry Goffin".

 

I feel your pain.

The pennies they save on shipping cheaply packaged boxed sets add up, I guess. It makes me crazy when I receive a box in an envelope, obviously. I am amazed how many times they survive the USPS or UPS treatment, though.

 

The carboard inlay that holds my BB&M discs was damaged the same as yours when it arrived. I guess I should have complained about it.

 

The sound quality is probably the best I've heard for the material. I am a bit put off by the fact that there's not a single song I didn't own before though, just different mixes of the same seven or eight songs.

The live stuff is interesting.

 

What were you expecting? Not an attack; just curious.

 

Just got Head DLX in the mail 2 minutes ago!!! Padded envelope, but everything inside is just fine - in fact, looks beautiful! That was pretty fast shipping considering my wife ordered it AFTER the release date! Okay - off to do some errands and then come back and listen.

 

For those looking for a protective cover for this box set I used a large zip top freezer bag as temporary storage until I got resealable album sleeves used for 78rpm records. Thats as close as i've been able to find so far. I folded the excess over and taped it to make a nice clean look for now until I can find a better sleeve.

Ben

 

Well I have a digital camara, but it doesn't help much. I must have taken 30 photos, from every angle, mirrors, whatever...everything I could think of, but I just lack the equipment to capture this image the way I want. I'm just going to use the box set pic from the Rhino site.

 

Yeah this is it, a great photo that should have been used in America, you can better see Micky's face and I like that Peter is not puckering up!