Before he was a Monkee, Davy Jones was a Broadway star. He starred as the Artful Dodger in the stage version of Oliver!. Based on this - and an attempt to get him signed to Columbia Pictures as they owned the rights to the movie version - Davy got a record deal with Columbia's record company Colpix
David Jones (Colpix 1965)
Not much to recommend here other than a hoot of a Dylan cover.
In its original incarnation, the album didn't sell and Davy didn't get the part in the movie version of Oliver! Colpix had a warehouse full of these. What to do? Davy becomes a Monkee. Slap a sticker on it and redistribute. That didn't work either and the record was easily found in cut out bins still sealed well into the 80's.
Possibly because of this arrangement, The Monkees recorded for Colgems which was a joint venture between Screen Gems and Columbia Pictures. Much easier to create a joint venture than buy out a contract.
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