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A Whole Scene Going
A Whole Scene Going - BBC tv 1966Pete Townshend interviewed on A Whole Scene GoingThe Pretty Things on A Whole Scene Going
A magazine show reflecting "the tastes and times of Britain's under twenty-one's" presented by Barry Fantoni and Wendy Varnals. Unlike "The Beat Room" & "Gadzooks!" (which had been broadcast at a similar time on weekday evenings on BBC2), "A Whole Scene Going" was aired on BBC1 making it available to a much greater number of viewers.

All shown in black & white
Show 1 - BBC1 Wednesday 5th January 1966, 6:30-7:00pm (Incl The Who "Out in the Street" & "It's Not True" (over end titles) + film insert rec 04/Aug/65 live in Hastings / Spike Milligan / Lulu) exists
Show 2 - BBC1 Wednesday 12th January 1966, 6:30-7:00pm (incl The Pretty Things "Midnight to Six Man" / Sandie Shaw) exists
Show 3 - BBC1 Wednesday 19th January 1966, 6:30-7:00pm (incl The Kinks)
Show 4 - BBC1 Wednesday 26th January 1966, 6:30-7:00pm (Manfred Mann)
Show 5 - BBC1 Wednesday 2nd February 1966, 6:30-7:00pm (incl The Fortunes)
Show 6 - BBC1 Wednesday 9th February 1966, 6:30-7:00pm (incl PJ Proby)
Show 7 - BBC1 Wednesday 16th February 1966, 6:30-7:00pm (incl Marianne Faithfull / Unit Four Plus Two / Dudley Moore)
Show 8 - BBC1 Wednesday 23rd February 1966, 6:30-7:00pm (incl The Animals)
Show 9 - BBC1 Wednesday 2nd March 1966, 6:30-7:00pm (incl Gene Pitney)
Show 10 - BBC1 Wednesday 9th March 1966, 6:30-7:00pm (incl Dave Berry / DC5 / Peter & Gordon)
Show 11 - BBC1 Wednesday 16th March 1966, 6:30-7:00pm (incl Spencer Davis Group / Judy Collins) exists
Show 12 - BBC1 Wednesday 23rd March 1966, 6:35-7:00pm (incl Herman's Hermits / Crispian St Peters)
Show 13 - BBC1 Wednesday 30th March 1966, 6:30-7:00pm (incl Ivy League)
Show 14 - BBC1 Wednesday 6th April 1966, 6:30-7:00pm (incl Small Faces)
Show 15 - BBC1 Wednesday 13th April 1966, 6:30-7:00pm (incl Alan Price Set / Manfred Mann)
Show 16 - BBC1 Wednesday 20th April 1966, 6:30-7:00pm (incl The Vibrations)
Show 17 - BBC1 Wednesday 27th April 1966, 6:30-7:00pm (incl The Dixie Cups)
Show 18 - BBC1 Wednesday 4th May 1966, 6:35-7:00pm (incl Buffy Sainte-Marie)
Show 19 - BBC1 Wednesday 11th May 1966, 6:30-7:00pm (incl Patti LaBelle & the Bluebells / Paul & Barry Ryan / Dusty Springfield)
Show 20 - BBC1 Wednesday 18th May 1966, 6:30-7:05pm (incl Marianne Faithfull / Paddy Klaus & Gibson / Koobas)
Show 21 - BBC1 Wednesday 25th May 1966, 6:30-7:05pm (incl The Animals / Georgie Fame)
Show 22 - BBC1 Wednesday 1st June 1966, 6:30-7:05pm (incl The Merseys / Twice As Much / Cilla Black)
Show 23 - BBC1 Wednesday 8th June 1966, 6:30-7:05pm (incl The Kinks "Sunny Afternoon" / The Yardbirds "Over Under Sideways Down" / Ravi Shankar / DDDBM&T) exists
Show 24 - BBC1 Wednesday 15th June 1966, 6:30-7:05pm (incl The Who "Disguises" / Chris Farlowe)
 

Ready Steady Go! (1966 editions)
Ready Steady Go!Rolling Stones - Ready Steady Go! 1966Rolling Stones - Ready Steady Go! 1966
The final year of RSG! Kathy McGowan continued to host it on her own until the axe fell in December, by which time the programme was only being screened in the London area at the weekends and on Tuesdays in the North.

Last programme as "Ready Steady Goes!" - Rediffusion (ITV London only*) Friday 23rd December 1966, 6:08-6:35pm (black & white) *Granada showed it on Tuesday 27th December 1966, (6:30-7:00pm)

Notable appearances:-

28/01/1966 The Who - "Runaround Sue" & "Instant Party Mixture"
18/02/1966 Yardbirds - "Shapes of Things" & "Mr You're A Better Man Than I"
04/03/1966 Yardbirds - "Shapes of Things"
18/03/1966 The Who - "Substitute" & "Barbara Ann"
04/03/1966 David Bowie and the Buzz - "Can't Help Thinking About Me"
01/04/1966 "Ready Steady Allez!" - Special edition from the Locomotive Disco in Paris featuring The Who "My Generation" & "Substitute" and The Yardbirds
??/04/1966 (Members of Pink Floyd in the audience, they had failed an audition the previous week to appear on the show and were given tickets, presumably as compensation)
27/05/1966 Rolling Stones - "Under My Thumb", "I Am Waiting" & "Paint it Black" (all live vocals, survives) / Yardbirds - "Over Under Sideways Down" / The Animals
19/08/1966 The Who - "I'm a Boy" & "It's Not True"
26/08/1966 Small Faces - "All Or Nothing"
09/09/1966 The Who - "I'm a Boy" & "Heat Wave"
07/10/1966 Rolling Stones - "Have You Seen Your Mother Baby...", "Paint it Black" & "Lady Jane" / Eric Burdon - "Help Me Girl"
21/10/1966 The Who - "Batman", "Bucket T", "I'm A Boy", "Disguises" and "My Generation/Rule Britannia"
04/11/1966 Cream - "NSU" & "Wrapping Paper"
18/11/1966 Small Faces - "My Mind’s Eye" / Eric Burdon & The Animals "Jailhouse Rock" & "Help Me Girl"
25/11/1966 Donovan - "Sunshine Superman" / Creation (probably current single "Painter Man")
09/12/1966 Marc Bolan (probably "Hippy Gumbo") / The Move - "Night of Fear" (only appearance)
16/12/1966 Jimi Hendrix Experience - "Hey Joe" / Marc Bolan "Hippy Gumbo"
23/12/1966 The Who - "Please Don't Touch" & "I'm a Boy (brief)" (The last show)
 

Top of the Pops (1966 editions)
The programme continued to rotate four presenters but David Jacobs left the show this year and was replaced by Simon Dee. Although one complete show exists from 1966 (including the Beatles one and only appearance in front of a TOTP audience) it has not been seen by the public since transmission and only four performances from the entire year are in circulation (plus one film insert).

Surviving edition - BBC1 Thursday 16th June 1966, 7:30-8:00pm (black & white)

Notable appearances (not promo films or the audience dancing to the disc):-

03/02/1966 Rolling Stones - "19th Nervous Breakdown"
10/02/1966 Animals - "Inside - Looking Out"
17/02/1966 Small Faces - "Sha La La La Lee"
10/03/1966 Kinks - "Dedicated Follower Of Fashion"
10/03/1966 Yardbirds - "Shapes Of Things"
24/03/1966 The Who - "Substitute" (pre-taped insert, a 2nd insert was later recorded for the 14/04/66 show)
14/04/1966 Rolling Stones - "Mother's Little Helper"
21/04/1966 Rolling Stones - "Lady Jane"
21/04/1966 Lovin' Spoonful - "Daydream"
12/05/1966 Rolling Stones - "Paint It Black"
26/05/1966 Animals - "Don't Bring Me Down"
16/06/1966 Yardbirds - "Over Under Sideways Down" (exists)
16/06/1966 Kinks - "Sunny Afternoon" (exists)
16/06/1966 Beatles - "Rain" & "Paperback Writer" (exists)
11/08/1966 Small Faces - "All Or Nothing"
15/09/1966 The Who - "I'm A Boy" (pre-taped insert, a 2nd insert was later recorded for the 22/09/66 show)
06/10/1966 Rolling Stones - "Have You Seen Your Mother Baby..."
13/10/1966 Eric Burdon - "Help Me Girl"
27/10/1966 Spencer Davis Group - "Gimme Some Loving"
10/11/1966 Small Faces - "My Mind's Eye"
17/11/1966 Yardbirds - "Happenings Ten Years Time Ago"
01/12/1966 Donovan - "Sunshine Superman"
01/12/1966 Kinks - "Dead End Street"
29/12/1966 Cream - "I Feel Free"
29/12/1966 Jimi Hendrix Experience - "Hey Joe"
29/12/1966 The Who - "Happy Jack" (appeared in person, an insert was recorded for the 12/01/67 show)
 

Eat the Document
Eat the Document
The film of Bob Dylan's April/May 1966 European tour was recorded for ABC tv in the USA but never shown - largely due to Dylan's own involvement in the editing process that produced a fast paced cut-up affair that didn't always make a great deal of sense. There are however some fabulous sequences of Bob and his new backing band The Hawks on stage, though the electric set was clearly not appreciated by the folk purists. An audience member remarked on camera after one of the shows "Pop groups produce better rubbish than that, it was a bloody disgrace, he wants shooting - he's a traitor." One scene shows Dylan sharing a car journey with John Lennon (The outtakes now widely in circulation, but only a very short clip was used in the actual film).

Bob: "I'm Sorry for everything I've done and I hope to remedy it soon."

Film released 8th February 1967 (54 minutes, colour. Not on general release until 1972 and has yet to be issued on video/DVD)
 

Reporting '66: The Beatles Across America
Reporting '66: The Beatles Across AmericaReporting '66: The Beatles Across America - John LennonReporting '66: The Beatles Across America - Paul McCartney
"Reporting '66" was a current affairs series introduced by Andrew Gardner and produced by ITN (Independent Television News). This edition was recorded during the Beatles' current American tour which was shrouded in controversy following the furore over out-of-context John Lennon quotes printed in 'Datebook' magazine that compared the popularity of The Beatles with that of Jesus Christ. Footage included an interview backstage in Memphis on 19th August.

TV Premiere:- ITV (most regions) Wednesday 24th August 1966, most showing it around 11:25-11:50pm (black & white)
                      Rediffusion & Granada (ITV London & North regions) Thursday 25th August 1966, around 6:05-6:35pm (black & white)
 

Reporting '66: End of Beatlemania
John Lennon arriving at EMI - Reporting '66Ringo Starr arriving at EMI - Reporting '66Paul McCartney arriving at EMI - Reporting '66
The 2nd "Reporting '66" edition devoted to The Beatles this year speculated as to whether or not the group were now finished following revelations that they would no longer tour. The programme included new interviews with John, Paul and Ringo filmed as they arrived at the steps of Abbey Road recording studio's on 20th December 1966, George is also seen quickly darting past the interviewer with a one word answer.

TV Premiere:- ITV (most regions) Wednesday 28th December 1966, 11:30-11:55pm (black & white)
                     Rediffusion, Granada and Tyne Tees (ITV London/North/NE) Thursday 29th December 1966 , 6:05-6:35pm, NE at 11:05pm (black & white)
 

Other TV/Film appearances 1966
Titles listed with surrounding question-marks are unconfirmed but are the most likely song performed given that it was the current single

??/??/1966 Pretty Things - "Can't Stand the Pain", "LSD" & "Come See Me" [Popside, Swedish TV b&w]
??/??/1966 Shadows of Knight - "Gloria" [Where the Action is, USA TV b&w] (miming on a small boat)
??/??/1966 The Fugs [David Susskind Show, USA TV]
??/??/1966 The Fugs [The Les Crane Show, USA TV]
??/??/1966 Donovan - "Sunny Goodge Street", "Bert's Blues", "Celeste" & "Guinevere" [Popside, Swedish TV b&w] (plays by a stream)
06/01/1966 Kinks - "I Gotta Move" / The Who - "My Generation" [Shindig, USA TV b&w] (Penultimate Shindig, The Who being a previously unused VT from the 03/08/65 recording)
07/01/1966 Kinks [Beat! Beat! Beat!, German TV b&w]
08/01/1966 Yardbirds - "I'm a Man" & "Still I'm Sad" [Shivaree, USA TV b&w]
19/01/1966 Donovan [A Boy Called Donovan, Rediffusion b&w] (Billed as a 1 hour "lyrical evocation of a young man who has found success but treats it casually.")
25/01/1966 Pretty Things [Five O'Clock Club, Rediffusion b&w] (Probably did "Midnight to Six Man")
27/01/1966 Arthur Brown Set [French TV b&w] (Rec at "Bus Palladium" nightclub in Paris, Brown looks very different here as he is clean shaven with no make-up)
29/01/1966 Yardbirds - "Heartful of Soul" [Shivaree, USA TV b&w] (Also repeat of "Still I'm Sad" from 08/01/66 show)
29/01/1966 Mamas & The Papas - "California Dreamin'" [Hollywood Palace, USA TV colour]
01/02/1966 Yardbirds - "Shapes of Things" & "For Your Love" [Lloyd Thaxton Show, b&w] (Audio exists with interviews inbetween live performance)
13/02/1966 Rolling Stones - "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" & "19th Nervous Breakdown", "As Tears Go By" [Ed Sullivan Show, colour]
05/02/1966 Small Faces [Thank Your Lucky Stars, ABC b&w] (Probably did "Sha-La-La-La-Lee")
19/02/1966 Marc Bolan - "The Wizard" [Thank Your Lucky Stars, ABC b&w] (lost)
05/02/1966 The Byrds - "It Won't Be Wrong", "Set You Free This Time" & "Turn Turn Turn" [Hollywood A Go Go, USA TV b&w] (Final edition of this show)
06/02/1966 Animals - "We Gotta Get Out Of This Place" & "Inside Looking Out" [Ed Sullivan Show, colour]
07/02/1966 Velvet Underground - rehearsal clips of "Venus in Furs" & "Heroin" [USA Artists. USA TV b&w] (Andy Warhol also seen inflating silver cushion shaped balloons)
14/02/1966 Spencer Davis Group [Five O'Clock Club, Rediffusion b&w]
19/02/1966 Marc Bolan - "The Wizard" / The Animals [Thank Your Lucky Stars, ABC b&w]
19/02/1966 The Byrds - "It Won't Be Wrong" & "Set You Free This Time" [Shivaree, USA TV b&w]
19/02/1966 The Mamas and the Papas - "California Dreamin'" [American Bandstand, USA TV b&w]
20/02/1966 Rolling Stones - "Get Off of My Cloud", "Play with Fire", "19th Nervous Breakdown", "As Tears Go By" & "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" [Bandstand Special, Australian TV b&w] (rec 17/02/66)
21/02/1966 The Byrds - "Turn! Turn! Turn!" & "It Won't Be Wrong" [Where the Action is, USA TV b&w] (miming whilst sat on horses for the 1st song)
26/02/1966 Yardbirds - "Shapes of Things" [Thank Your Lucky Stars, ABC b&w]
28/02/1966 Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band - "Won't You Come Home Bill Bailey" [Blue Peter, BBC1 b&w] (pre-recorded and apparently not shown at the time - possibly due to Viv pretending to pick his nose)
??/??/1966 Them - "Call My Name" & "Mystic Eyes" [Where the Action is, b&w] (mimed by the Thames in London)
01/03/1966 Yardbirds [Five O'Clock Club, Rediffusion b&w] (Probably did "Shapes of Things")
04/03/1966 Yardbirds [Now!, TWW b&w] (This show was hosted by future Monty Python member Michael Palin)
05/03/1966 Kinks [Thank Your Lucky Stars, ABC b&w] (Probably did "Dedicated Follower of Fashion")
07/03/1966 The Who - "Substitute" [Scene at 6:30, Granada TV b&w]
07/03/1966 Donovan - "Guinevere" [Hullabaloo, USA TV b&w] (With Shawn Phillips on Sitar)
18/03/1966 Spencer Davis Group [Five O'Clock Club, Rediffusion b&w] (Probably did "Somebody Help Me")
02/04/1966 Them / Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band [Thank Your Lucky Stars, ABC b&w] (Them probably did "Call My Name")
08/04/1966 Yardbirds - "For Your Love" [Where the Action is, USA TV b&w]
09/04/1966 The Who - "Barbara Ann" & "My Generation" [Music-Hall De France, French TV b&w] (rec live in front of an audience on 30/03/1966, see also 22/04/1966)
09/04/1966 Mamas & The Papas - "Monday Monday" [Hollywood Palace, USA TV colour]
15/04/1966 Yardbirds - "Shapes of Things" [Where the Action is, USA TV b&w]
16/04/1966 Shadows of Knight [Upbeat, USA TV b&w]
16/04/1966 Donovan - "Three Kingfishers" (Shawn Phillips on Sitar), "Sweet Joy", "Colours" (Pete Seeger on Banjo) & "Guinevere" [Rainbow Quest, USA TV b&w] (Donovan very much ahead of the game at this point)
17/04/1966 Animals - "Shake" & "Don't Bring Me Down" [Ed Sullivan Show, colour]
22/04/1966 The Who - "Substitute", "Dancing in the Street" & "Man With Money"" [Music-Hall De France, French TV b&w] (remainder of the 30/03/1966 set, part 1 shown 09/04/1966)
23/04/1966 Lovin' Spoonful - "Daydream" [Thank Your Lucky Stars, ABC b&w] (The US band were visiting the UK this month)
27/04/1966 Spencer Davis Group - "Keep on Running" [French TV b&w] (Performing live with a bunch of dancers in front of them)
28/04/1966 Captain Beefheart [9th Street West, USA TV] (Beefheart's first TV appearance yet to surface, probably did "Diddy Wah Diddy" followed by the beef's heart incident)
??/04/1966 Bob Dylan [Bandstand, Australian TV b&w] (possibly songs from a concert)
07/05/1966 Shadows of Knight / Simon and Garfunkel  [Upbeat, USA TV b&w] (Shadows of Knight prob did "Oh Yeah" single rel May, B-side of which was the brilliant "Light Bulb Blues". Lost?)
08/05/1966 The Who "Substitute" & "My Generation" / Spencer Davis Group / Small Faces  [NME Poll Winners Concert Part 1, ABC b&w] (rec 01/05/66, this was the first of two programmes covering the event, sadly part 1 is lost)
10/05/1966 Peter Cook & Dudley Moore [Five O'Clock Club, Rediffusion b&w]
11/05/1966 Yardbirds - "I Wish You Would" & "Mr You're a Better Man Than I" [Where the Action is, USA TV b&w]
14/05/1966 Rolling Stones - "Lady Jane" & "Paint it Black" [Thank Your Lucky Stars, ABC b&w] (rec 08/05/66, also interviewed)
15/05/1966 Yardbirds "Train Kept a Rollin'" & "Shapes of Things" [NME Poll Winners Concert Part 2, ABC b&w] (rec 01/05/66, cameras were switched off during Beatles & Stones sets due to contractual disputes)
24/05/1966 Captain Beefheart - "Diddy Wah Diddy" & "Who Do You Think You're Fooling" [Where the Action is, USA TV b&w]
03/06/1966 The Who - "Daddy Rolling Stone", "It's Not True", "Bald Headed Woman", "The Kids Are Alright", "Substitute" & "My Generation" [Popside, Swedish TV b&w] (Mimed, "Substitute" had negative camera effects)
04/06/1966 Shadows of Knight [Upbeat, USA TV b&w] (also appeared later in the year on 01/10/66, 19/11/66 & 10/12/66 editions)
05/06/1966 Beatles - "Paperback Writer" & "Rain" [Ed Sullivan Show, colour] (videotaped inserts recorded at Abbey Road studios)
11/06/1966 Kinks - "Sunny Afternoon" / Marianne Faithfull [Thank Your Lucky Stars, ABC b&w] (Marianne Faithfull probably did "Tomorrow's Calling")
15/06/1966 Yardbirds - "Over Under Sideways Down" & "Turn Into Earth" [Mod Mod World, USA TV b&w] (Filmed in England on a rail line and a racing track)
18/06/1966 Love - "A Message to Pretty" & "My Little Red Book" [American Bandstand, USA TV b&w] (Arthur Lee wearing diamond shaped shades. Also a Captain Beefheart phone interview)
??/??/1966 Yardbirds "Train Kept a Rollin'", "Shapes of Things" & "Over, Under, Sideways, Down" / Small Faces [Hall de France, French TV b&w] (Live at France Provins Rock Festival outside a castle, rec 27/06/1966)
01/07/1966 The Beatles [The Beatles Recital From Nippon Budokan, Japanese TV colour] (Highlights from two concerts rec 30/06/66 & 01/07/66, the 60 min special also incl airport arrival & press conf footage as well as two local singers)
01/07/1966 Spencer Davis Group [Beat! Beat! Beat!, German TV b&w]
05/07/1966 The Beatles [Die Beatles, German TV b&w] (7 songs + support acts from a concert in Munich on 24/06/66)
09/07/1966 Ivor Cutler [Late Night Line-up, BBC2 b&w]
09/07/1966 Leaves - "Hey Joe" & "Girl From the East" [American Bandstand, USA TV b&w]
12/07/1966 Mothers of Invention [Swingin' Time, Canadian TV] (Lost)
16/07/1966 The Monks - "Monk Chant" [Beat Club, German TV b&w]
23/07/1966 Mothers of Invention [Club 1270, USA TV] (Lost)
23/07/1966 The Creation [Five O'Clock Club, Rediffusion b&w] (May have done "Making Time" live, possibly on 26th rather than 23rd)
24/07/1966 Mothers of Invention [Louis E. Lomax Show, USA TV colour] (Lost)
??/07/1966 Mothers of Invention [Sump'N Else, USA TV] (Played live, Lost)
??/07/1966 Mothers of Invention [Wing Ding, USA TV]
29/07/1966 Yardbirds - "Rack My Mind" [Hey Presto It's Rolf, BBC1 b&w] (performing an LP track for a Friday kids show)
??/08/1966 Zombies - "Gotta Get A Hold Of Myself" [The Hippodrome Show, Rediffusion colour] (A very early example of British colour pop on TV, albeit recorded in colour for the US market and only shown in b&w in the UK)
11/09/1966 Rolling Stones - "Have You Seen You Mother Baby", "Paint it Black" & "Lady Jane" [Ed Sullivan Show, colour]
17/09/1966 The Byrds [Boss City, USA TV] (Lost, The Monkees also made an early TV appearance on the 1st edition of this L.A. only show)
17/09/1966 Mamas & The Papas - "Dancing Bear" & "Dancing In The Streets" [Hollywood Palace, USA TV colour] (different background sets for each song but same clothes)
20/09/1966 Simon & Garfunkel - "I Am A Rock" & "The Dangling Conversation" [The Red Skelton Show, USA TV colour]
23/09/1966 The Creation - "I'm a Man", "That's How Strong My Love Is" & "Making Time" [Beat! Beat! Beat!, German TV b&w]
24/09/1966 Daily Flash [Boss City, USA TV] (This would be serious lost footage if they did "Jack of Diamonds")
24/09/1966 Lovin' Spoonful - "Rain On The Roof" & "Summer in the City" [Hollywood Palace, USA TV colour] (With giant spoons as a back drop)
26/09/1966 13th Floor Elevators - "You're Gonna Miss Me" [American Bandstand, USA TV b&w] (Date for this may have been muddled up with their app on Where the Action is)
15/10/1966 Eric Burdon & The Animals [Countdown, Southern TV b&w] (TV debut of the new Animals on a regional Saturday afternoon show)
18/10/1966 The Who [Seize Millions De Jeunes, French TV b&w] (French TV filmed The Who over 2 days on 8th & 9th September, 16 minutes footage incl live concert clips from 5 songs at The Pier Pavilion in Felixtowe on 9th)
21/10/1966 Small Faces - "Hey Girl", "All Or Nothing", "What'cha Gonna Do About it" & "Sha-La-La-La-Lee" [Beat! Beat! Beat!, German TV b&w] (Live in front of an audience)
22/10/1966 Mothers of Invention [Joe Pyne Show, USA TV colour]
29/10/1966 13th Floor Elevators - "You're Gonna Miss Me" [Where the Action is, USA TV b&w] (recorded at a pool party, date may be muddled up with app on American Bandstand)
11/11/1966 Yardbirds - "Over Under Sideways Down" [Milton Berle Show, USA TV]
18/11/1966 Eric Burdon & The Animals [Crackerjack, BBC1 b&w]
18/11/1966 The Monks [Beat! Beat! Beat!, German TV b&w]
??/??/1966  Donovan - "Sweet Beverly", "The Tinker and the Crab", "Sand and Foam", "Hey Gyp", "Guinevere" & "Season Of the Witch" [French Pop Festival, Belgian TV b&w] (rec 24/11/66)
05/12/1966 The Move - "Disturbance" [Italian TV, b&w] (preceded by some film of them trying on clothes in Savile Row, then miming in a park all stood around a tree)
09/12/1966 Small Faces [Crackerjack, BBC1 b&w]
09/12/1966 Yardbirds - "Happenings 10 Years Time Ago" [Milton Berle Show, USA TV]
11/12/1966 Mamas & the Papas - "Monday Monday", "California Dreamin'" & "Words of Love" [Ed Sullivan Show, colour]
17/12/1966 Monkees - "I'm a Believer" & "Steppin' Stone" [American Bandstand, USA TV b&w]
20/12/1966 Ravi Shankar [Late Night Line-up, BBC2 b&w] (played music from Jonathan Miller's brilliant adaptation of "Alice in Wonderland" which was shown on BBC1 28/12/66)
26/12/1966 John Lennon [Not Only But Also, BBC2 b&w] (John acting in a comedy skit with Peter Cook, rec 27/11/66)
29/12/1966 Buffalo Springfield - "Neighbor Don't You Worry" [Where the Action is, USA TV b&w] (In the recording studio)
30/12/1966 Ravi Shankar [Ravi Shankar, BBC2 b&w] (30 minute special 9:55-10:25pm)
31/12/1966 Blues Magoos - "We Ain't Got Nothin' Yet" [American Bandstand, USA TV b&w]
??/12/1966 Cream - "Wrapping Paper" & "Sweet Wine" [Vient De Paraitre, French TV b&w] (mimed)
??/??/1966 The Kinks - "Sunny Afternoon" [Dutch TV, b&w] (filmed in the snow)

Film
Yardbirds - "Stroll On" [Blow Up, colour]
"Chappaqua" [USA Film, b&w] (Includes brief appearance by The Fugs, also Moondog who had issued some pretty way out album tracks in the 1950's. Film released November 1967)
"Andy Warhol's Exploding Plastic Inevitable with The Velvet Underground" [colour] (Filmed August 1966)

Promo films 1966
The Who - "Substitute" (Straight forward mime indoors with white backdrop, Pete turning his back to camera for the solo, b&w)
Beatles - "Paperback Writer" & "Rain" (mimed in the grounds of Chiswick House in London, colour. Also did b&w studio promo's)
Mamas & The Papas - "I Saw Her Again" (cavorting in a hip Sunset Strip boutique, b&w)
The Who - "The Kids Are Alright" (mimed in Hyde Park by the Serpentine in July for screening in the USA, b&w)
The Who - "I'm a Boy" (mimed in a white studio, Roger has his back to camera until he spins around as his vocal part starts, b&w)
Small Faces - "All Or Nothing" (miming in a city shopping area after dark, b&w)
Rolling Stones - "Have You Seen Your Mother Baby...." (3 versions, one with the band dressing up as women, the other 2 Albert Hall footage, b&w)
Spencer Davis Group - "Gimme Some Lovin'" (Miming in a department store, filmed on the escalators etc. b&w)
The Kinks - "Dead End Street" (A "plot promo" with the band as Undertakers, b&w)
The Who - "Happy Jack" (The band as a gang of thieves, b&w)
John's Children - "Smashed Blocked (The Love I Thought I'd Found)" (mimed colour promo)
Donovan - "Sunshine Superman" (opens with Donovan kissing a cat and flying kites, b&w)

Other
Jefferson Airplane - "It's No Secret" [colour] (Filmed July/August 1966, the pre-Grace Slick line-up on stage with light show and people dancing, a few shots of Signe Anderson on vocals, later incl on a local "Bell Telephone Hour" TV show in Jan '67)
Small Faces (Live at the Marquee) [b&w] (live on stage in their debut appearance at the Marquee 22nd March 1966)
 
 

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