STILL SEALED Monkees HEAD - LP - 1968 Colgems COSO-5008
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Description
FORMAT: 12" 33 1/3 RPM LP
ARTIST: The Monkees
TITLE: HEAD
LABEL: Colgems
NUMBER: COSO-5008
YEAR: 19678
MONO/STEREO: Stereo
VINYL'S LABEL DESCRIPTION: Unknown (Still Sealed)
GRADE & DESCRIPTION (COVER): M/NM (SS), Great condition, STILL SEALED. Looks brand new and still sealed in plastic. Not even ring wear, this album was properly stored.
GRADE & DESCRIPTION (RECORD): Assumed M as it is still sealed.
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Head is the soundtrack to the band's first and only theatrical release, Head. It was The Monkees' sixth album and their last to feature Peter Tork until 1987's Pool It! and the last to feature all four Monkees until 1996's Justus.
The original issue of the record (Colgems #COSO-5008) featured a front cover with a surface of aluminized PET film, meant to reflect the listener's " head" (face) back at him. With the movie having only a limited release (and virtually no publicity), the point was largely lost, and while the cover was innovative for its time, manufacturing was problematic; Micky Dolenz recalled years later that the cover was " actually ruining the printing presses at RCA!" A March 1985 LP reissue from Rhino Records (RNLP-145) was less problematic by using foil paper instead, the end result less reflective than the original. The presently in-print CD from Rhino (R2-71795) has a grey cover that is not reflective at all.
Showing the growing influence of Frank Zappa on the Monkees' circle (Zappa even has a cameo role as " The Critic" in the film itself), the soundtrack album intersperses the six proper songs (" Porpoise Song," " Circle Sky," " Can You Dig It?," " As We Go Along," " Daddy's Song" and " Long Title: Do I Have To Do This All Over Again?") with bits of Ken Thorne's incidental music, dialogue fragments and oddball sound effects, for an overall effect close to Zappa's We're Only in It for the Money.
The selection of music and dialogue approximates the flow of the movie itself, and was compiled by actor Jack Nicholson, who cowrote the film's shooting script. Nicholson recalled in Monkee Mania how he observed Michael Nesmith working on the album in the studio, asked if he could try some editing, and Nesmith let Nicholson take over the session, because " I just want to go home!". he said.
Original 1968 1st pressing on Colgems Records. It has the original "foil" cover. Not a re-issue, No barcode. This LP is STILL SEALED in it's original shrinkwrap. There are no cut-outs or punch holes in cover. The corners are sharp, the shrink is tight, and there is no wear. This is an absolutely a beautiful LP, with a perfect, shiny cover and no wear. This sought-after LP is hard to find with a good original cover and really hard to find SEALED!!! Don't pass up this rare opportunity.
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