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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LP Jacket

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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