Category: Photos 1970s

Micky and Davy in the 1970s

9/9/2018

Thanks to Written In Our Hearts on Facebook for sharing this photo of Micky Dolenz and Davy Jones taken circa 1976 or 1977:

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The First National Band live in 1970

8/5/2018

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Sing with Micky and Coco Dolenz for charity

7/13/2018

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Dates, Venues, and Ticket Information at Jodi Ritzen's Monkees Meet & Greets

(From the program for Micky's 1982 tour of Japan)

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Nez with The First National Band

5/12/2018

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L to R: John London, Red Rhodes, Michael Nesmith, and John Ware in 1970 (Photo courtesy of Ultimate Classic Rock)

(L to R: John Ware, John London, Red Rhodes, and Michael Nesmith in 1970)

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Michael Nesmith & The First National Band: "Nevada Fighter"/"Tantamount To Treason" compact disc

3/23/2018

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In 2000, after issuing Michael Nesmith & The First National Band's first two RCA albums on compact disc, BMG/Camden continued to highlight Michael's solo career when they released both Nevada Fighter and Tantamount To Treason as a two-in-one CD package:

Michael Nesmith Nevada Fighter Tantamount CD

(Front cover of booklet)

Liner notes (Click each image to enlarge)

Michael Nesmith 1970 First National Band

(Back cover of the CD booklet)

(Back of the compact disc)

The BMG/Camden reissues of Michael's RCA albums are readily available on Amazon:

Magnetic South / Loose Salute

Nevada Fighter / Tantamount to Treason

And the Hits Just Keep on Comin' / Pretty Much Your Standard Ranch Stash

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Michael Nesmith & The First National Band: "Magnetic South"/"Loose Salute" compact disc

2/17/2018

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Ever since Michael Nesmith reconstituted the First National Band for a series of exclusive concerts last month, I have received many inquiries asking where to find the music of the First National Band, and in particular, which releases were best to seek out. For my money, the late 1990s/early 2000s compact discs by BMG/Camden are the superior representations of Michael's RCA work. The label released the albums as two-in-one reissues. Below are scans of the Magnetic South/Loose Salute CD from 1999.

Michael Nesmith First National Band Nudie

(Front cover of booklet)

Liner notes (Click each image to enlarge)

(Back cover of the CD booklet)

(Back of the compact disc)

The BMG/Camden reissues of Michael's RCA albums are readily available on Amazon:

Magnetic South / Loose Salute

Nevada Fighter / Tantamount to Treason

And the Hits Just Keep on Comin' / Pretty Much Your Standard Ranch Stash

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Peter Tork at New York City's CBGB in 1977

2/17/2018

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(Ad from Village Voice, August 1, 1977 issue)

On July 31, 1977, Peter Tork played a show at CBGB, the legendary Manhattan music club that featured rising stars of the punk and new wave genres in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Lester Bangs, who wrote for both Rolling Stone and Creem, delivered a wholly negative review of the show for the Village Voice:

(Click to enlarge)

Rolling Stone, of all publications, reported about Peter's appearance at CBGB in its September 22, 1977 issue:

Audio from the show has been bootlegged over the years:

The reviews and pieces above are courtesy of Dangerous Minds, which published an article about Peter's appearance at CBGB in 2016.

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Michael Nesmith & The First National Band

1/19/2018

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Michael Nesmith readying debut of revamped First National Band

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Spotlighting the music of the First National Band

1/19/2018

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The Grand Ennui: Michael Nesmith 1970-1975 (A Mixtape)

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Davy, Tommy, Micky, and Bobby

1/12/2018

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Dolenz, Jones, Boyce & Hart in the 1970s

(Photo courtesy of Written In Our Hearts on Facebook)

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Riding bumper cars for "Kool-Aid"

12/10/2017

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Micky, Mike, and Davy filmed a Kool-Aid commercial in February 1970 at a San Diego amusement park. Photos of Micky and Davy driving bumper cars will later appear on the back cover of Changes.

(Photo by Henry Diltz)

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Davy in the early 1970s

9/24/2017

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Here's a photo of Davy Jones from my collection that is dated 1973. I'm not sure of the location or the event. Anyone have any clues?

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The Monkees in early 1970

8/3/2017

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This photo is making the rounds, and it's currently being auctioned on eBay. I've never seen this one before!

(Photo courtesy of eBay)

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Michael Nesmith in 1970

7/14/2017

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(Photo by Henry Diltz)

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Davy Jones in San Francisco in the early 1970s

7/9/2017

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Davy appears to be wearing the jacket he donned in his 1971 guest appearance on The Brady Bunch:

(From the collection of Judith Supple Hadlock)

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Dolenz, Jones, Boyce & Hart advertisement

4/21/2017

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This appears to be an advertisement for the July 20, 1976 Dolenz, Jones, Boyce & Hart concert at Yubin Chokin Hall in Tokyo, Japan. The Tokyo show was recorded and released as a vinyl LP set in Japan in 1981. The live album was never given a formal release in the United States or elsewhere until 1996, when it was issued on compact disc by Varese Vintage.

Can any of our Japanese friends help with a translation?

(Courtesy of Written In Our Hearts on Facebook)

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Spotlight on Nesmith the solo artist

4/13/2017

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Michael Nesmith Solo Revisited

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Micky, Davy, and Coco onstage in 1977

3/25/2017

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(Courtesy of Written in our Hearts on Facebook)

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Nez live at the Palais in Australia

3/24/2017

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Thanks to John who submitted this photograph he found on Facebook - Nez playing live in Melbourne, Australia at the Palais Theatre during a brief tour of Australia in 1977. You'll note that Michael is playing his Gibson Les Paul custom guitar!

(Photo by Veronica Tastl and courtesy of Judith Supple-Hadlock)

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Michael Nesmith "Live at the Palais"

3/5/2017

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Live at The Palais was released by Michael's company Pacific Arts in August 1978. Recorded in Melbourne at the Palais Theatre during a brief tour of Australia in 1977, the set reunites Nez with First National Band drummer John Ware. Notably, some of the songs on Live at The Palais featured new arrangements in comparison to their studio counterparts.

Micky Dolenz and Peter Tork performed at the Palais this past December during a stop on The Monkees' 50th Anniversary Tour.

The LP cover features a photo of Nez with his Black Gibson Les Paul custom guitar. This is the same guitar he played when The Monkees recorded "Pleasant Valley Sunday" in 1967, producing the classic riff that became the cornerstone of the song. The guitar was also seen on 33 1/3 Revolutions Per Monkee during The Monkees' performance of "Listen to the Band," and again in 1969 when Micky, Davy, and Michael performed live on The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour. Nez was last seen using the Les Paul with The Monkees at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles in 1986.

Live at the Palais can be downloaded on iTunes or at Videoranch.

A big thanks to Ben Belmares who supplied the scans seen below: