USA Arista Albums
The Monkees Greatest Hits
Released in June 1976
(Billboard 6.26.1976)
Highest Chart Position:
Billboard:
58
Cash Box: 72
Midline LPs: 4
(1986)
RIAA Certification:
Gold: August 1986
Platinum: December 1991
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Starting with Arista's 8000 series, their catalog number prefixes
were used to denote the list price.
For example, AL5 = $5.98
So when they changed the price they had to also
change the catalog number.
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First Arista Label
1976
AL-4089
$6.98
Type 1 Label
Type 2 Label
Promo Type 1
Promo Type 2
BL 6083
Bell Test Pressing
AL 4089
Arista Test Pressing
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R
113564
RCA Record Club
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Second Arista Label
1978
AL-4089
Promo
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Columbia Record Club
(CRC)
AL-4089
Black Label
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Catalog prefix "AL" changes to "AB"
AB-4089
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Third Arista Label
1979
AB-4089
$7.98
Type 1 Label
Type 2 Label
Type 3 Label
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Columbia Record Club
(CRC)
AL-4089
Still using the AL prefix
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Catalog Number & Price Change
1983
AL5-8061
$5.98
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Skyline Arista Label
1984
AL5-8061
$5.98
(no pictures)
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Reissued in 1986
Charts on May 3, 1986
Highest Chart Position: 69
ALB6-8313
$6.98
In July 1986 (Billboard 7.12.86) Arista stopped shipping this
to instead promote "Then & Now...The Best Of The Monkees"
which was released the following week.
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Columbia Record Club
(CRC)
ALB6-8313