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AUGUST 23:

The A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You/She Hangs Out unreleased picture sleeve

For the first time a complete copy or this unreleased sleeve has been located.
These were known to exist however finding one has been rather difficult.

Kirshner had these picture sleeves printed as he intended this combo to be
their next single however his power play back fired and he was fired.

This production copy surfaced 6 years ago.

 

This single was released in Canada, before being withdrawn.

The picture was only issued to radio stations

 

A Promotional LP for NBC-TV Theme Songs for 1966-67

 

A new 8-track find from the Great White North
(Courtesy of Louisa Thomsen)

Has the same slipcover as the US version

 

AUGUST 15:

Friday Music announces new releases:

 

This was first reissued in 2016, nothing new with this one.

Release date: September 5, 2025

 

A Goldmine Magazine exclusive both on gold vinyl
MOTM limited to 350 copies & GHits limited to 500 copies

Release date: September 26, 2025

Greatest Hits again, this time with "Sunspot Orange Hand Poured Effect Vinyl"

Release date: October 31, 2025

 

Micky's King For A Day from 2010 but first time on vinyl
This one would actually be worth buying.

Release date: November 7, 2025

 

AUGUST 5:

Acquired from Michael Sievers the Davy Jones Record Club of America tapes -
The cassette & 8-track

 

AUGUST 3:

Test copy of Nesmith's Rio on the Island label
(Courtesy of Ed Reilly)

 

and a promo copy of Rio from France

 

Acetate test copy of Tear Drop City that recently sold on eBay for $456.51

 

AUGUST 2:

Almost blank label for this printing error copy of Goin' Down

 

Promo or sample version of this Japanese 5 CD set The Original Album Collection
(Courtesy of Ed Reilly)

 

German Heart & Soul test pressing

 

AUGUST 1:

Friday Music to reissue this again on "Sunspot Orange Hand Poured Effect Vinyl"
To be released on October 31

Previously this one has been issued on black (2012), orange (2012 & 2019) vinyl

 

JULY 1:

Unnumbered promo copy of Selections from the Headquarters Sessions

 

The 2024 Headquarters double LP test pressing, dated April 23 & 26, 2024

 

and The Mike & Micky Show test pressing

 

JUNE 25:

Found another Pleasant Valley Sunday contract pressing from what I believe is the Capitol Records
pressing plant in Los Angeles, CA.

Even when the rest of RCA was on strike from June to July, 1967 the employees
at the Hollywood plant kept working. So that explains why the Capitol plant (LA)
and Allied Records (Hollywood) were able to use the stampers from the RCA Hollywood plant.

Whereas the contract records produced at the Capitol plant (Scranton, PA)
and the Columbia plant (Terra Haute, IN) had no RCA stamper marks in the dead wax.

 

The Monkees on the cover of Kink magazine from the Netherlands, dated April 15, 1967.

At the bottom it plugs their current single, A Little Bit Me... and their first two LPs.
It also has the catalog number for their first EP from France which must have been
available where this was sold.

 

Found another cassette from Singapore, this pirated tape was issued sometime in the '80s

Presumably there is a Vol. 1 out there as well.

 

JUNE 7:

Arista UK album titled simply, The Monkees, a great double LP from 1981
(Courtesy of Ed Reilly)

 

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Coming Soon:

Pisces SDE Box Set

On the recent (May 5) Material Issues Podcast Episode #202 featuring Andrew Sandoval,
he confirmed that he worked on the box set for an upcoming release.
Skip to the 1:04:20 mark.

Release date: September?

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David Jones

Friday Music to reissue this LP

Release date: September 5, 2025

Previously reissued by Friday in 2016, this one doesn't appear to be any different.
Gatefold jacket; same black vinyl.

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More Of The Monkees &
The Monkees Greatest Hits

To be reissued by Friday Music as a Goldmine Magazine exclusive both on gold vinyl
MOTM limited to 350 copies & GHits limited to 500 copies

Release date: September 26, 2025

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The Monkees Greatest Hits

Friday Music to reissue the LP for the third time, the vinyl is
"Sunspot Orange Hand Poured Effect"

Release date: October 31, 2025

Previously this one has been issued on black vinyl (2012) & orange vinyl (2012 & 2019)

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King For A Day

Micky's solo release from 2010 first time on vinyl

Release date: November 7, 2025

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