The Monkees complete ‘Head’ soundtrack album 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 3 1968)


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(Saturday, August 3, 1968, 3:00 p.m.-6:30 p.m. PDT) — The Monkees completed “Ditty Diego today at RCA Victor Studios in Hollywood, completing the recording sessions for Head, the band’s sixth studio album and the soundtrack to the group’s first and only feature film Head.

The Head soundtrack album, released Dec. 1, 1968, would be the last Monkees album to feature Peter Tork until Pool It! in 1987 and the last to feature all four Monkees until 1996’s Justus.