The Birds Of Paradise

Swinging London fashion shoot.

Monterey Pop

Brian Jones at The Monterey Pop Festival, 1967.

Although the Stones didn't play, Brian attended the festival and appeared on stage to introduce The Jimi Hendrix Experience - their first major American appearance.

Photo by Jim Marshall.

Blow-Up!

Iconic image from Blow-Up (1966), directed by Michelangelo Antonioni and starring David Hemmings.

Notable cameos in the film include The Yardbirds (featuring both Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck - Jeff Beck would leave the band a few months later), Micheal Palin and Janet Street-Porter (both unknowns at the time)

Fontella Bass

"I had the first million seller for Chess since Chuck Berry about 10 years before. Things were riding high for them, but when it came time to collect my first royalty check, I looked at it, saw how little it was, tore it up and threw it back across the desk. It actually side-stepped me in the business because I got a reputation of being a trouble maker."
- Fontella Bass (speaking about 'Rescue Me').

Soul singer, Fontella Bass, most famous for her 1965 smash hit, Rescue Me.

Read more at: http://www.heavy.com/entertainment/2012/12/rescue-me-singer-fontella-bass-dead-top-10-facts-you-need-to-know/

I had the first million seller for Chess since Chuck Berry about 10 years before. Things were riding high for them, but when it came time to collect my first royalty check, I looked at it, saw how little it was, tore it up and threw it back across the desk. It actually side-stepped me in the business because I got a reputation of being a trouble maker.

Read more at: http://www.heavy.com/entertainment/2012/12/rescue-me-singer-fontella-bass-dead-top-10-facts-you-need-to-know/

I had the first million seller for Chess since Chuck Berry about 10 years before. Things were riding high for them, but when it came time to collect my first royalty check, I looked at it, saw how little it was, tore it up and threw it back across the desk. It actually side-stepped me in the business because I got a reputation of being a trouble maker.

Read more at: http://www.heavy.com/entertainment/2012/12/rescue-me-singer-fontella-bass-dead-top-10-facts-you-need-to-know/

I had the first million seller for Chess since Chuck Berry about 10 years before. Things were riding high for them, but when it came time to collect my first royalty check, I looked at it, saw how little it was, tore it up and threw it back across the desk. It actually side-stepped me in the business because I got a reputation of being a trouble maker.

Read more at: http://www.heavy.com/entertainment/2012/12/rescue-me-singer-fontella-bass-dead-top-10-facts-you-need-to-kn

Record Boxes

45RPM Record Boxes by Tuktuk

100% Leather boxes with clasp fasten and lined in 100% cotton shirt fabrics. Available to buy in black, yellow, orange and blue from AtomRetro.com

The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner

"Running's always been a big thing in our family, especially running away from the police." 
- The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner (1962) 

Tom Courtney in The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner, 1962. British new wave film directed by Tony Richardson and based on the novel of the same name by Alan Sillitoe.

Paul

"None of us wanted to be the bass player. In our minds he was the fat guy who always played at the back."
-Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney pictured by David Montgomery, c. 1965. (Nb. Paul's bloodshot eyes in these pictures are often commented upon!)

Fly Translove Airways, Gets You There On Time...

"It was one of the best jobs a woman could get back then. I spoke languages and I wanted to travel; it was a very exclusive job and difficult to get. There was nothing else open for women, unless you wanted to be a secretary."  

- Christel Vane, who worked as a Pan Am Air Stewardess from 1959 - 1984


60s Flight Attendants uniforms

Cher

"I am a part of history whether people want to take it seriously or not."
- Cher

Cher in 1964.

Chrissie Shrimpton

"I used to hear them whispering - 'Poor Chrissie, her boyfriend's so ugly!'"
- Chrissie Shrimpton

The younger sister of model, Jean Shrimpton, Chrissie dated Mick Jagger from 1963 - 1966, and claims the title of his first 'serious' girlfriend. Chrissie was in love with Mick and imagined they would be married and always live together - but unfortunately Mick had other ideas. Marianne Faithful turned his head in 1966 and soon Chrissie had been forgotten.

Legend has it that the Rolling Stones songs Under My Thumb, Play With Fire, Backstreet Girl, 19th Nervous Breakdown and Stupid Girl are about Chrissie Shrimpton.

"She purrs like a pussycat,
Then she turns 'round and hisses back.
She's the sickest thing in this world,
Look at that stupid girl." 
- Lyrics to Stupid Girl

Pierre Cardin Swing Coats

 

'The clothes that I prefer are those I invent for a life that doesn't exist yet - the world of tomorrow.'

- Pierre Cardin 

Pierre Cardin, Polka Dot Swing Coats, 1967