THE MONKEES CHANGES MONKEE'S RAREST ULTRA-RARE ORIGINAL '70 COLGEMS LP VERY NICE

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·       THE MONKEES - CHANGES – ULTRA-RARE  ORIGINAL 1970 COLGEMS STEREO LP COS-119

·       ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING

·       ORIGINAL RED, BLACK AND WHITE COLGEMS LABEL

·       ULTRA-RARE MONKEES FINAL ALBUM, NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND IN ANY CONDITION.

·       THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S. PRESSING; THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.

·       ORIGINAL, THICK CARDBOARD COVER (AMERICAN STYLE)

·       CLEAN, WEAR-FREE LABELS (SMALL 'EX LIBRIS' STICKER NOTED ON ONE OF THE LABELS)

·       THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING

·       MACHINE-STAMPED MATRIX NUMBER IN TRAIL-OFF VINYL (DEAD WAX) OF THE RECORD

·       MATRIX NUMBER IN TRAIL-OFF VINYL (DEAD WAX) ENDS WITH '-3S/-3S'.

(►PLEASE SEE THE IMAGE OF THE COVER, LABEL OR BOTH, SHOWN BELOW)

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Calling their final album Changes made sense for the Monkees. Mike Nesmith had just departed, leaving only Mickey Dolenz and Davy Jones to hold down the fort. The other big change was that after years of struggling to have their voices as songwriters and musicians heard, the remaining duo basically gave up and let the producers take over. The musical reins were given to legendary producer Jeff Barry (who had just come from a huge success with the Archies) and he and his cronies like Bobby Bloom wrote and performed the songs. Apart from one track written by Dolenz (the goofy country rock novelty "Midnight Train"), the Monkees were on hand to provide vocals only. While this could be seen as some kind of defeat and the end of the Monkees as an actual rock band, Changes ends up being a very good bubblegum record. Barry’s production is light and frothy, the songs are hooky and fun, and both Dolenz and Jones perform admirably given the likely somewhat humiliating situation. There are songs that rock harder than you’d expect ("99 Pounds," "Oh My My"), very sweet ballads (the gospelly "Tell My Love" and "You’re So Good to Me"), silly novelty songs ("I Love You Better"), a fun tropical-themed love song ("Acapulco Sun"), and even a vaudeville-y a Boyce & Hart number tacked on the end of the album (the wickedly out of place "I Never Thought It Peculiar"). There are even a couple songs that might make a discerning fan’s homemade best-of comp, namely the achingly pretty Dolenz-sung ballad "Ticket on a Ferry Ride" and "Do You Feel It Too, " a heartfelt love song that shows Jones at his sincere best. It may not be an incredibly inspired album, but it is a lot of fun and if they had stuck together (and with Barry), they could have had a nice little run of albums. Sadly, though, the record tanked completely and the Monkees name was retired soon after its release.

 (EXCERPT FROM AN ONLINE REVIEW BY TIM SENDRA, ALL MUSIC GUIDE  /ALLMUSIC.COM/)

And then there were  (gasp!) --  TWO?!?  This is the Monkees' BRUTALLY hard to find last studio album, recorded after the membership dwindled to only two (of the least musically competent) members. With the exception of various reunions over the past 20 years, this was it for the Monkees. There would be no more Monkee business after this.  The album received miserable promotion from RCA and Colgems, sold in low thousands (not millions!) of copies, and disappeared without a trace shortly thereafter. Needless to say, decently preserved copies have been all but impossible to find in decades.

Track listing:

Side 1:

1.   Oh My My

2.   Ticket On A Ferry Ride

3.   You're So Good To Me

4.   It's Got To Be Love

5.   Acapulco Sun

6.   99 Pounds

Side 2

1.   Tell Me Love

2.   Do You Feel It Too?

3.   I Love You Better

4.   All Alone In The Dark

5.   Midnight Train

6.   I Never Thought It Peculiar

Produced by Jeff Barry, Micky Dolenz and  Tommy Boyce/Bobby Hart

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·                               CONDITION:

·                               THE RECORD

 (IMPORTANT NOTE: unless otherwise noted, ALL records are graded visually, and NOT play-graded!; we  grade records under the strong, diffuse room light or discrete sunlight)

(a)          WE GRADE THE VINYL AS EXCELLENT. This is one of those albums that are somewhat difficult to grade. It is somewhere between VG++ and NEAR MINT, just a notch below NEAR MINT. A few light abrasions ARE visible, but they are extremely shallow, superficial  and only moderately visually distracting (nothing significant).For the most part, the vinyl looks impeccable without any MAJOR visual flaws or imperfections. Much of the original luster is intact, and the vinyl shines and sparkles almost like new.

(b)          The record comes in the original stock inner sleeve.

(c)           The record is pressed on a beautiful, thick, inflexible vinyl, which was usually used for the first or very early pressings. Usually, the sound on such thick vinyl pressings is full-bodied, vivid, and even dramatic. Do not expect to obtain such a majestic analog sound from a digital recording!

(d)          Of course, this is a full-bodied ANALOG recording, and not an inferior, digital recording!!!

·                               THE COVER

THE COVER IS NICE --- ABOUT VERY GOOD++ (VG++).

The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:

-        Cover has some light ring wear (nothing significant); On the scale from 1 to 10 (1 being the least, and  10 being the most severe), we assess the severity of ring wear as 3

-        Back cover has circular tarnish (grayish, dust-covered sections, which closely follow the contour of the record),  probably caused by friction or by rubbing against other covers during the storage. The tarnish is similar in appearance to a common ring wear, but, UNLIKE ring wear, these grayish areas may be possible to clean up with a minor effort and with a right cleansing solution.

-        Cover shows some light yellowing on back side, apparently from aging (nothing significant)

-        Cover has a few tiny wrinkles along the spine. (nothing significant)  (VISIBLE ON BACK SIDE ONLY)

-        Cover has one corner slightly worn / frayed / bent (just a beginning of the split seam)

-        Cover has two corners slightly worn / frayed / bent (just a beginning of the split seam)

-        Cover has a light "wrinkle" (crease)  in one of the corners (affects ONLY the paper slick)  (VISIBLE ON BACK SIDE ONLY)

-        Cover has a minor 'bump' (dent) on the opening side (nothing significant)  (VISIBLE ON BACK SIDE ONLY)

NO OTHER VISIBLE FLAWS OR IMPERFECTIONS ON THE  COVER

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