(MONKEES -Head )-Jack Nicholson/psych/Annette Funicello/Frank Zappa-J8-LP

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ITEM: VINYL 12” LP 33 1/3rpm
ARTIST: MONKEES
TITLE: Head
COUNTRY PRINTED: OZ
CAT No: RCA, COSO 5008 (STEREO/1968)
ORIGINAL 1ST PRESSING
COVER: External flaps (Grade at strong VG+ to EXCELLENT-)
LABELS: (Grade at NEAR MINT)
VINYL: (Grade at NEAR MINT+)
TRACKS:
 1 -Opening Ceremony  
2 -Porpoise Song [Theme from Head]    
3 -Ditty Diego -- War Chant  
4 -Circle Sky     
5 -Supplico  
6 -Can You Dig It?   
7 -Gravy   
8 - Superstitious  
9 -As We Go Along     
10 -Dandruff?    
11 -Daddy's Song  
12 -Poll    
13 -Long Title: Do I Have to Do This All over Again   
14 -Swami -- Plus Strings  

COMMENT: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 FILM: 
Head is a psychedelic motion picture released in 1968, starring TV group The Monkees (in credit order: Peter Tork, Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz and Michael Nesmith), and distributed by Columbia Pictures. It was written and produced by Bob Rafelson and Jack Nicholson, and directed by Rafelson.

The name seems to be a sort of joke. The Beatles had released the film "HELP", and the physical beginning of a movie is called the "HEAD". "Head" is actually written on the beginnings of every reel of film produced just as "Tail" is written on the ends. A similar joke can be seen later in the movie - when they are playing a concert, you can see the word "Drum" on their drums instead of "Monkees". Additionally, a "head trip" was a common term in the late sixties, and this can also be part of the joke. In 60s and 70s slang, "head" meant someone who used psychedelic drugs, as in "pot head," and "acid head." The name is also suggestive of oral sex. It is rumored that the title was chosen in the case of a sequel being produced, where it would be advertised as coming from the filmmakers who "gave you 'Head'".

The film featured Victor Mature as "The Big Victor" and other cameo appearances by Nicholson, Teri Garr, Carol Doda, Annette Funicello, Frank Zappa, Sonny Liston and Ray Nitschke.

MUSIC:
While the film's music disappointed fans of the band's more traditional pop sound, it features what some critics considered to be some of the best recorded work by The Monkees, including songs contributed by Carole King and Harry Nilsson. Jack Nicholson compiled the soundtrack album, which approximates the flow of the movie and includes large portions of the dialogue.

Andrew Sandoval, Rhino Entertainment's archivist who co-produced the company's reissue of the film, commented on the songs in a 1995 article published when the film was first reissued: "It has some of their best songs on it and, as you know, the movie's musical performances are some of the most cohesive moments in the film."

The music of the Monkees often featured rather dark subject matter beneath a superficially bright, happy sound (the song Last Train to Clarksville, for instance, is actually about a young man who has been drafted, and is trying to arrange one last date with his girlfriend before he ships out); the music of the film takes the darkness and occasional satirical elements of the Monkees' earlier tunes and makes it far more overt, as in "Ditty Diego - War Chant", or "Daddy's Song," which has Jones singing an upbeat, Broadway-style number about a boy abandoned by his father. (Jones' own father, Harry, died just prior to Head's release.)    

  VINYL GRADING SYSTEM

MINT:
RECORD: New condition with no surface marks or loss of sound quality.
COVER: New condition with no surface marks, creases or wear.
NEAR MINT:
RECORD: Barely noticeable surface mark with no loss of sound quality.
COVER: Barely noticeable surface mark/ wear.
EXCELLENT:
RECORD: Some signs of being played with extremely little if no loss of sound quality.
COVER: Slight wear or creasing.
VERY GOOD:
RECORD: Obviously been played with noticeable surface marks & the occasional light scratches but exhibits no major loss of sound quality.
COVER: Noticeable wear on cover, seam or spine.
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