ALBUMS
South Africa RCA

The Monkees first 5 LPs have only been found in mono
and the last 5 only in stereo.

With the recently confirmed release of Barrel Full of Monkees,
SA is the only other country to release the complete Colgems catalog.

Just like the singles, the labels & sleeves do not mention where they were pressed.
However their numbering system is unique to SA.

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The Monkees

Released in 1966

32.173
Mono

The jacket never corrected the misspelled "Jean",
although oddly, the label is corrected.

 

32.173

Later Pressing with catalog number
& RCA Victor in clear box

 

More Of The Monkees

Released in 1967

32.215
Mono

 

Headquarters

Released in 1967

32.266
Mono

 

Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn
& Jones Ltd.

Released in 1967

32.328
Mono

 

32.328
Mono Acetate

Only contains the first 3 songs on each side.
From the collection of Takao Murakoshi

 

The Birds, The Bees
& The Monkees

Released in 1968

32.378
Mono

This mono mix is the same as the USA version.

More on this issue here.

 

Head

Released in 1969

38.052
Stereo

 

Instant Replay

Released in 1969

38.056
Stereo

SA received the revised jacket with the new headshots and the red background
that was also used for the US cassette and the LPs from India & Puerto Rico.

In addition, there is a "RE" on the front slick (bottom left corner).
This seems to be tied to the fact that Mike's headshot has been reversed to
possibly match his other pictures on the front jacket.

The Monkees Present

Released in 1969

38.162
Stereo

South Africa is one of only 3 countries (the others being Ecuador & Mexico)
to release Present with the revised rear slick that corrected
Neko's last name to "Chohlis".

Changes

Released in 1970

38.227
Stereo

 

Barrel Full Of Monkees

Released in 1971

34.012