John Coltrane: A Force For Good

John Coltrane as interviewed by KPFK radio's Frank Kofsky in November 1966. 

Watch the video or stream it via Soundcloud.

Shot By: Danny Lyon

New years eve, 1966, by Danny Lyon.

See more at This Isn't Happiness, and read more here.

Visit Danny Lyon's Bleak Beauty Blog

Danny Lyon's work at Magnum Photos

Before & After: I'm Your Puppet

Before - the Purify Brothers (1966)

After - Dave Kusworth & the Bounty Hunters (1989)

Movie of the Week: The Legend of Bo Diddley (1966)

 Hat tip to T. Tex Edwards.

Hold on to your wig-hat: Little Richard in Paris, 1966

You  would do yourself well to check out this 1966 live set from Little Richard, recorded in Paris, and brought to us courtesy of the Big O. Listen & download here.

We considered ourselves not fans but connoisseurs. We could sit around and speculate endlessly on the reasons for Elvis’s artistic decline, Little Richard’s intellectual capabilities (he had entered Morehouse College, it said in the liner notes to his second album), Gene Vincent’s amputated leg or Carl Perkins’ speculated insanity…In our hierarchy that made Elvis king, Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis princes, and Carl Perkins, Chuck Berry, Fats Domino, and Gene Vincent archdukes. And that was our high school yearbook. - Peter Guralnick, Feel Like Going Home

Movie of the Week: Made in England (1966)

According to the poster, this is about 40 minutes of French television from 1966. It includes The Merseys, Georgie Fame (always welcome around here) with some Memphis-style horns, the Who, one very hip French DJ, and some other treats. The Georgie Fame footage looks to be from a similar collection of footage from the Ram Jam Club that we saw back in January when I posted this amazing film of Junior Walker and the All Stars. Otherwise I've had difficulty digging up any info on this. Maybe Bedazzled knows?

Rolling Stones 66: Tour Program

Wow...thats some line up! 

See more scans of this fantastic artifact over at Voices of East Anglia.

Movie of the Week: The Wild Angels (1966)

 

Here's another Roger Corman-directed treat. This time in partnership with Peter Bogdanovich, and starring Peter Fonda, Bruce Dern, Nancy Sinatra, and Diane Ladd. Most of the psych/surf soundtrack was done by Davie Allen and the Arrows, and has become something of a cult hit in itself.

Shot by: Jini Dellaccio

The Sonics, 1966, by Jini Dellaccio. Source.

Hooked (1966)

Courtesy of Retrospace comes a full issue of an anti-drug comic book from 1966. Fantastic.

The Ronettes: Cleveland 1966

By Marc Pollock

Its a mod world: The Who, December 1966

Found: 14 black and white shots of the Who taken at an intimate gig at the Cheam Bath Halls, Surrey, in December 1966. See more here.

Friday Ephemera: Bluesville Club

Bluesville Club, Baths Hall, Ipswich UK, 1966, source

Movie of the Week: Monk 1966

I been searching low & high: The Who in 1966 & 1970

Substitute/Man With the Money with live sound at The Halle Music in 1966

Rare promo film for "The Seeker" circa 1970.

Dirty animals, we hate you: The Stones in 1966

Courtesy of the always interesting Letters of Note comes this "fan" letter to the Rolling Stones, circa 1966. All you have to do is read the words spelled out in all caps to get the overall gist of the note.

Friday Ephemera: Newport Folk Festival program booklet, 1966

Thanks to This Isn't Happiness

Maximum indeed: The Who, Live in 1966

Live at Pier Pavillion, Felixstowe, Suffolk (Sept 8th 1966):
1. Heatwave
2. So Sad About Us
3. I'm a Boy
4. Substitute
5. My Generation

Extra enthusiastic hat tip to Anorak Thing!

The Clown

Contemplate the image above while listening to "The Clown" by Charles Mingus. Wow! 

Thanks Gurney Journey!

Movie of the Week - Monk Double Feature!

Monk: Live in 1966:

Straight No Chaser: