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The first Left Banke lineup 1966, before Jeff Winfield joined on guitar and drummer Warren David left the band with George Cameron moving from guitar to drums.

#left Banke #The Left Banke #Warren David #Steve Martin Caro #Tom Finn #Michael Brown #george Cameron

Tokyo fashion stylist and late night 1970s club goddess Miro Horikiri 堀切ミロ here in Heibon Punch magazine 1971.

#Miro Horikiri #Heibon Punch #Tokyo fashion #堀切ミロ

Japanese band Carol, single in 1972 produced by Mickey Curtis on Phillips records.

#Japanese band Carol #Yazawa #Eikichi Yazawa #Mickey Curtis #funky monkey baby

The enigmatic, androgynous and mysterious Wally Tax, star of the Dutch 60s band the Outsiders who died in 2005 age 57.

#Wally Tax #Outsiders Holland

The Byrds 1965.

#the byrds

Pretty young female fashion models and Left Banke band members Steve Martin-Caro, seated, Tom Finn between two mod models and George Cameron photo center.

#The Left Banke #Tom Finn #George Caneron #Steve Martin Caro

“Wedding Bell Blues” - Laura Nyro song.

In 1958 jazz singer Helen Merrill was dating a married man named Bill Carter, a b-film actor. He was at the time married to Nancy “Trink” Wiman (Wakeman-Carter), heiress to the John Deere fortune. Helen Merrill and Bill co-owned a jazz club named The Night Owl (not the Greenwich Village rock venue) and were having a very high profile and public romantic relationship. But the club was likely funded by Mrs. Wiman-Carter' significant John Deere inheritance money. The affair was so serious in fact that Mrs. Wiman-Carter had private detectives invade Helen Merrill’s apartment at 800 Grand Concourse (Bronx) in 1958. The ensuing newspaper scandal was the reason Helen Merrill left for Europe in 1959 to reside there for many years. Of course the Carter / Merrill owned Night Owl club was closed down once all this came to light. Bill Carter and Nancy “Trink” Wiman both passed away in 1996, after leading very separate lives. They both re-married after the scandal caused their divorce. Helen Merrill never got to marry Bill, who instead married pretty young actress Elaine Stewart not long after this debacle, in October 1959.

At around the same time in 1960, young Laura Nyro’s uncle Gary (her mother Gilda’s brother) married Helen Merrill’s sister Dorothy, so naturally Laura heard the family dinner table talk about the newspaper/tabloid scandal. The Bill Carter / Helen Merrill affair was hot gossip and Laura was paying attention, writing the song only a few years later in 1966. Thus immortalizing Bill Carter in ways far loftier and totally unrelated to his not so successful b-film acting career.

#Wedding Bell Blues #Laura Nyro #Helen Merrill #Bill Carter #Nancy Wiman Wakeman #Nancy Wiman Carter #Trink Wiman

Rare photo of blues legend Robert Johnson. Less than a handful of photos of him exist.

#Robert Johnson #Robert Johnson blues

American musician/singer songwriter Phil Trainer (aka Phil Steele) of the late sixties GS band The Lead (RCA) in Japan, later a member of The Clinic, taking bassist Archie Leggett’s place in that British band. Here in this photo at #9 Vicarage Gate, London England W8 in the summer of 1969 where he was working on a very short lived band project called Heartbeat, a group produced by Michael Aldred of “Ready Steady Go” TV fame. They did one demo for Decca records UK but didn’t get a record deal. The band dissolved due to the failure of their manager Elizabeth Gardener to get them a record deal.

Phil has many solo albums and film score music to his credit. He has lived in Paris, France for many years.

#Phil Trainer #Phil Steele #The Lead GS #The Clinic British Band #Kill Bill 2

Arrows drummer Paul Varley and his girlfriend June Bolan, summer of 1977, London England.

#arrows british band #june bolan child #June Bolan #Paul Varley #Paul Varley Arrows

Jazz singer Helen Merrill singing with Romano Mussolini’s trio backing her up on the Bussola On Stage tour of Italy 1961.

Romano Mussolini is Benito Mussolini’s son. Romano went into music and is known as a very talented jazz pianist.

#Romano Mussolini #Helen Merrill #Helen Merrill jazz singer #Bussola On Stage

Mr. Chow restaurant Knightsbridge London England, summer 1977. Left to right - Steve Gould (Rare Bird / Runner / Alvin Lee band) and his wife Carmen (BBC1 TV host, “Cheggers Plays Pop”) June Bolan (T. Rex Marc’s wife), Paul Varley (Arrows / Little Free Rock / Purple Haze).

Photo by Richard Young.

#June Bolan #June Bolan Child #Steve Gould #Rare Bird #Runner British band #Paul Varley #arrows british band #T. Rex #Marc Bolan #Carmen Gould #Carmen Gordon #Tyrannosaurus Rex #cheggers plays pop

Freddie Mercury and Gary Glitter, 1987.

Photo (c) Rex Features.

#Freddy Mercury #Gary Glitter #Glam rock #Glam rock stars

Bob Dylan and guitarist Mike Bloomfield in the studio 1965 NYC.

You might think Bob is ignoring Mike but in fact the control booth at that studio is raised up a level exactly where they’re both looking. They’re both looking up at the control booth, probably talking to the producer or an engineer.

#Bob Dylan #mike bloomfield #Columbia studio NYC

First dates gone terribly wrong. “Bride Of Frankenstein” with Boris Karloff and Elsa Lanchester.

Smoke good!

#Bad first date #boris karloff #elsa lanchester #Bride Of Frankenstien

Steve Anander, phenomenal young bassist with Eric Anderson in the 1960s. A New York legend.

#Steve Anander #Eric Anderson's bass player #60s music #60s fashion

Rare single by the talented chart hit UK harmony band Arrival titled “Jun” (1970) a song written by Frank Collins. This was a song written specifically for the Jun clothing company for on air commercial broadcasts and sale in record shops. Produced by the band’s manager Tony Hall and recorded in Japan.

The band are: Tony O’Malley (keyboards), Don Hume (bass), Lloyd Courtney (drums) Paddy McHugh, Frank Collins, Dyan Birch, Carroll Carter (vocals).

On London/King records, released in Japan only 1970. (London TOP-1569)

Thank you to Izumi Nakatani of Vinyl Japan Eikoku Ongaku for these images.

#Arrival Jun #Jun #Frank Collins #Jun clothing company #Tony Hall #Arrival UK band #Arrival British Band #Izumi Nakatani #Vinyl Japan Eikoku Ongaku

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