Beatland Books is proud to announce the publication of I’m Advised I Had A Good Time: The Micky Dolenz Archives, Quantity One. Set for launch on November 7, 2023, the ebook is the results of a multi-year excavation of Dolenz’s astonishing private assortment. Over 500 pages, I’m Advised I Had A Good Timehighlights this treasure trove of images, art work, handwritten lyrics, scripts and diverse ephemera spanning the Nineteen Forties by means of the Seventies. I’m Advised I Had A Good Time will probably be out there for preorder in June 2023 and supplied in three distinctive editions: hand-numbered Signed Tremendous Deluxe Version with bonus content material; Numbered Deluxe Hardback Version; and Unnumbered Flexibound.
The primary quantity chronicles Dolenz’s childhood in Los Angeles and progress as an actor and performer in Circus Boy, by means of to his early musical endeavors with such teams as The Spartans and Mickey & The 1-Knighters. In 1965, Micky was forged in The Monkees and he preserved each transfer they made: from unpublished shade pictures on the set of their pilot to uncommon telegrams and keepsakes from their early days. Specifically, the group’s most profitable interval of touring in 1967 is chronicled in-depth with beautiful, unpublished photos direct from the unique negatives. In all, the group’s spectacular impression on report and movie and the aftermath is recorded in Quantity One up till Micky’s transfer to the UK in 1977.
Dolenz was not solely an avid chronicler of the Monkees’ actions, but in addition the intensely inventive circle round him. Included are never-before-seen photos of the Jimi Hendrix Expertise, Otis Redding, The Rolling Stones’ Brian Jones & Ron Wooden, Little Richard, Fat Domino, Jerry Lee Lewis, Harry Nilsson, Ringo Starr, Keith Moon, Alice Cooper, Jack Nicholson, Stephen Stills, David Crosby and Peter Fonda (amongst others).
Maybe probably the most poignant images are his photos of the opposite Monkees; Davy Jones, Peter Tork and Michael Nesmith are seen at their happiest, captured within the act of music or mischief making. The ebook additionally contains photos from Micky’s movie library, working drafts of the hit tune “Randy Scouse Git” and a goldmine of non-public mementos. For the textual content, Dolenz delivers a operating commentary culled from new interviews recorded throughout the discovery course of.
For many years, Micky Dolenz’s archives have been all however a rumor on the planet of popular culture holdings. Now they are going to be offered in a deluxe trend: printed within the highest high quality and delivered to your door.
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