THE MONKEES - Armed Forces Radio (AFRTS) LP - Birds, Bees / VIETNAM WAR era
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Description
Very rare Armed Forces Radio & Television Service
STATION LIBRARY RECORD (features 2 different artists per side)
THE MONKEES
The Birds, The Bees & The Monkees
JACK JONES
If You Ever Leave Me
33 1/3
RL 50-8, SSL-19471 P-10761 (Monkees Side)
RL 50-8, SSL-19472 P-10762 (Jack Jones Side)
I've been told the RL 50-8, usually means the 50th week of the 8th year in that decade, so likely pressed in late 1968 which makes sense as both of these albums were released in 1968.
vinyl is VG minus *see notes below
Original AFRTS sleeve, thick brown paper, shuffled around a bit, but no tears
ARFTS records were pressed in low runs in California and shipped to each US base that had its own radio station. These records were then played live for troops and their families located on the bases. In 1968 there may have been as many as 300 bases around the globe, making this particular record very rare and also a highly collectible relic of the Vietnam War.
*This record is very playable as there are no skips though there are audible crackles on each side, The Monkees side plays much better than the Jack Jones side. It is visibly clean though with some visible surface scratches (it has been through a war). At the very end of the Monkees side you can hear a skip that was reset as they had recorded it directly from another record with a skip.
I do not own a professional VPI cleaner, but it is likely this disc may improve with a good cleaning.
Only half of the songs from the original albums were selected for each side of this disc.
TRACKLIST
THE MONKEES - The Birds, The Bees & The Monkees
1. Dream World
2. We Were Made For Each Other
3. Writing Wrongs
4. I'll Be Back Up On My Feet (version with opening drums and monkey sounds)
5. P.O. Box 9847
6. Magnolia Simms
JACK JONES - If You Ever Leave Me
1. I'm Falling In Love Again
2. If You Ever Leave Me
3. Goin' Out of My Head
4. Pretty
5. By the Time I Get to Phoenix
6. Long Ago, Last Night
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