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Head is the soundtrack to the band’s first and only theatrical release, Head. It was The Monkees’ sixth album and their last to feature Peter Tork until 1987’s Pool It! and the last to feature all four Monkees until 1996’s Justus. The original issue of the record (Colgems #COSO-5008) featured a front cover with a surface of aluminized PET film, meant to reflect the listener’s “head” (face) back at him. With the movie having only a limited release (and virtually no publicity), the point was largely lost, and while the cover was innovative for its time, manufacturing was problematic; Micky Dolenz recalled years later that the cover was “actually ruining the printing presses at RCA!“ A March 1985 LP reissue from Rhino Records (RNLP-145) was less problematic by using foil... Read on...