Head - 1968 US Colgems label 14-track Stereo LP

Rare original 1968 US Colgems label 14-track stereo LP - teen television stars' sixth album and the soundtrack to their surreal full-length feature film featuring six sunshiny, psychedelic pop songs songs by The Monkees along with bits of Ken Thorne's incidental music, dialogue fragments, and sound effects from the film.

Vinyl has the generic red company labels with upper white area company-name-logo and vinyl is housed in an era specific company add inner sleeve and ultimately in a sturdy front pasted silver foil front picture cover - which has promotional issue imprint in the upper left corner.

Condition:
Vinyl has a touch of sleeve wear - none to Side 1, a little to Side 2 - otherwise shiny and perfect. Side 1 label is mint - Side 2 label has a short and barely noticeable spindletrace - vinyl is overall graded near perfect.

Cover is still in its intact - but opened - shrinkwrapping. Picture displays a little front and back cover wear - this is only to the shrinkwrapping though. Cover is perfect underneath the wrapping except for a touch of corners denting... a sublime copy.

Tracklisting:

Side 1:
1. Opening Ceremony (film dialogue) 1:20
2. Porpoise Song (Theme from Head) (Gerry Goffin, Carole King) 2:56
3. Ditty Diego - War Chant (Jack Nicholson, Bob Rafelson) 1:25
4. Circle Sky (studio version) (Michael Nesmith) 2:31
5. Supplicio (film dialogue) 0:48
6. Can You Dig It (Peter Tork) 3:23
7. Gravy (film dialogue| voice of Davy Jones) 0:06

Side 2:
1. Superstitious (film dialogue from The Black Cat| voice of Bela Lugosi) 0:07
2. As We Go Along (Carole King, Toni Stern) 3:51
3. Dandruff? (film dialogue) 0:39
4. Daddy's Song (Harry Nilsson) 2:30
5. Poll (film dialogue| voices of Frank Zappa and Victor Mature) 1:13
6. Long Title: Do I Have to Do This All Over Again (Peter Tork) 2:39
7. Swami - Plus Strings, Etc. (arranged by Ken Thorne) (Gerry Goffin, Carole King) 5:21

Credits

The Monkees
Micky Dolenz - vocals, drums on live version of "Circle Sky"
Davy Jones - vocals, maracas and organ on live version of "Circle Sky"
Mike Nesmith - vocals, guitar, electric organ, maracas
Peter Tork - vocals, electric guitar, bass guitar on live version of "Circle Sky"

Additinal Mu sicians:
Ken Bloom, Keith Allison, Bill Chadwick - guitar
Danny Kortchmar, Ry Cooder, Neil Young, Carole King - guitar on "As We Go Along"
Stephen Stills - guitar on "Long Title"
Douglas Lubahn - electric bass
Lance Wakely - guitar, bass
Max Bennett, Clyde Hoggan, James Hughart, Jerry Scheff - string bass
Richard Dey, John Gross, Harvey Newmark - bass
Leon Russell, Ralph Shuckett - keyboard
Dewey Martin, Mike Ney, Earl Palmer - drums
Michael A. Glass, Dennis Bruce, Brendan Cahill - percussion
Gregory Bemko, David Filerman, Jan Kelly, Jacqueline Lustgarten, Justin Ditullio, Raphael Kramer, Emmet Sargent, Eleanor Slatkin - cello
Michael Rubini - piano
Eddie Hoh - drums, cowbell
Pete Candoli, Marion Childers, Anthony Terran - trumpet
Richard Leith, Lewis McCreary - trombone
William Hinshaw, Jules Jacob - horn
Russ Titelman - conductor on "Porpoise Song"
John R. Hoening, Tony McCashen - unknown
unknown - organ and flute


Technical Credits:
Jerry Goffin, The Monkees - Production
Ken Thorne, Incidental Music Composition, Conductor, String arrangements
Jack Nitzsche - arrangement on "Porpoise Song" and "As We Go Along"