The Rascals - Live on TV: 1966-1970

A few weeks ago (writing this in February 2026), I posted a concert that included a set by the Rascals (originally known as the Young Rascals). A frequent commenter here, Sax and Guitar, saw that and emailed me with an album he'd made of performances the Rascals did for various TV shows in the 1960s, and he suggested that I posted it. It turns out I'd already made an album like that that I'd just never gotten around to posting. (I have hundreds if not thousands of albums like that that I need to post. Sigh!) In fact, the songs on his version were basically exactly the same as mine, since we both went looking for the same things at YouTube. Thanks to his push, I decided to post my Rascals collection sooner rather than later, so here it is.

Before I say more, here's the concert I mentioned above, that includes a set by the Rascals: 

https://albumsthatshouldexist.blogspot.com/2026/01/various-artists-khj-third-annual.html

That concert is a real treasure, because publicly available recordings of the Rascals performing live in the 1960s are rarer than hen's teeth. Besides that, all we seem to have from the 1960s are occasional TV appearances. Some TV shows had them lip-sync to records. But Sax and Guitar and I collected all the ones that were genuinely performed live.

All the performances here are unreleased. I used MVSEP to boost the vocals on songs where the vocals were low in the mix, which was most of them. Also, most of the songs had most or all of the applause at the ends cut off. So I edited the applause to bridge the songs together. Typically, the applause at the end of one song continues until the next song starts. 

Sax and Guitar wrote a nice little write-up meant to go with this album. It includes a short history of the band during this time period. I've included that as a Word file in the download zip.

Note that Sax and Guitar already has two other albums he's helping with, with hopefully more to come, knock on wood. Thanks to him for helping to get this album finished off. 

01 Good Lovin' (Rascals)
02 Mickey's Monkey - Love Lights [Turn On Your Lovelight] (Rascals)
03 I've Been Lonely Too Long - Come On Up (Rascals)
04 Since I Fell for You (Rascals)
05 A Girl like You (Rascals)
06 Groovin' (Rascals)
07 Do You Feel It (Rascals)
08 A Beautiful Morning (Rascals)
09 Carry Me Back (Rascals)
10 In the Midnight Hour (Tom Jones & the Rascals)
11 Glory, Glory (Rascals)
12 People Got to Be Free - Oh Happy Day (Rascals with Barbara McNair)

https://pixeldrain.com/u/Ypr5L16V 

alternate: 

https://bestfile.io/P2jGus4SU9ctROL/file

The cover photo was selected by Sax and Guitar. I don't know the exact details about it, but I believe it's from 1967. I used Krea AI to improve the detail.

Various Artists - KHJ Third Annual Appreciation Concert, Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CA, 8-16-1968

First, some bad news. I've been having some problems with my computer, which is why I haven't posted anything here in the past couple of days. I had to take it into a repair shop. I was excited to get it back home today, only to find there are still some problems, so I have to take it back tomorrow for further fixes. But while I have it today, I can post some albums.

Now, the good news: I'm very psyched to post this concert. It's not often we get concerts like this from this 1960s, and this one was very hard to find. Hopefully it will get wider exposure now. It was put on by a Los Angeles radio station, KHJ, and it was broadcast on that station at the time. It featured four musical acts: the Yellow Payges, Tommy James and the Shondells, the (Young) Rascals, and Eric Burdon and the Animals.

As you can see from the title, this was the third such annual concert for KHJ. The first one, in 1966, featured Sonny and Cher (as the main headliners), Donovan, Bob Lind, the Knickerbockers, the Mamas & the Papas, the Modern Folk Quartet, Otis Redding, and the Turtles. It would be incredible to hear that, but I've never heard of a recording existing for it. Luckily, a recording for the second annual concert in 1967 does exist, and I posted it at this blog in 2024. The one featured Buffalo Springfield, the Fifth Dimension, Brenda Holloway, the Seeds, Johnny Rivers, and the Supremes. If you missed it, here's the page for the link:

https://albumsthatshouldexist.blogspot.com/2024/05/various-artists-khj-second-annual.html

Just like that 1967 concert, this one featured musical acts that rarely or never were bootlegged. Let's start with the first act, the Yellow Payges. If you've never heard of them, don't feel bad. They never had much commercial success, and have pretty much been forgotten. However, they released ten singles in the 1960s, as well as an album in 1969, before breaking up in 1970. Looking at their reviews at the crowd-sourced rateyourmusic.com, it seems they were pretty good, but struggled for a distinctive style. They ranged from poppy to acid rock. 

Their set here consisted almost entirely of covers, even though it seems they had some good original material. The only song they did in this set that wasn't a classic or hit for another musical act is "Crowd Pleaser."  

Here's their Wiki page, if you want to know more:

The Yellow Payges - Wikipedia

Tommy James and the Shondells were very popular in the mid to late 1960s. But they were seen as a light-weight singles band. They had many big hits that you probably know, even if you don't know they did the original hit versions. They had two songs that reached Number One in the U.S.:  "Hanky Panky" in 1966,  and "Crimson and Clover" in 1969. Some of their other big hits were "I Think We're Alone Now," "Mirage," "Mony Mony," "Sweet Cherry Wine," and "Crystal Blue Persuasion." Some of those, like "Crimson and Clover," hadn't been recorded yet at the time of this concert. But still, their set consisted of several original hits, plus some covers: a medley of "People Get Ready" and "Get Ready," "Baby I Need Your Loving," and "What the World Needs Now Is Love."

I have never seen any bootleg or even official live album from this musical act in their 1960s prime, so it's really nice to find this one. True, they were known for their singles, not their live performances, but still, they acquitted themselves well here. And it appears they never recorded the three covers I mentioned above, so those are all unique to this concert recording, I believe.

Here's their Wikipedia entry:

Tommy James and the Shondells - Wikipedia 

The Rascals were similar to Tommy James and the Shondells in that they were mainly known for their singles, and they had many hit singles in the 1960s. For the first couple years of their success, they were known as the Young Rascals. But even though they were still called that on the poster for this concert (as seen in the cover art), they actually changed their name to just the Rascals in early 1968, many months prior to this concert. At the time of this concert, they were probably at the peak of their popularity. Just one month earlier, they released the single "People Got to Be Free." It was their last huge hit, reaching Number One in the U.S. singles chart. Prior to that, their hits "Good Lovin'," "Groovin'," "How Can I Be Sure," and "A Beautiful Morning" all reached the Top Five in the U.S., with the first two making it to Number One. 

Unfortunately, starting in 1969, the band switched styles, lessening their popularity. They broke up in 1972, and had very few reunions after that. I posted one of their rare full reunions, meaning all the original members participated, as part of an Atlantic Records tribute concert in 1988. You can find that at this blog as well.

Just like Tommy James and the Shondells, there is very little live recordings from the Rascals in their 1960s prime. I've found some songs here and there they performed on various TV shows, and I made an album of that. I noticed just now I've never gotten around to posting that on this blog, so I should probably do that. But, other than that, the only 1960s bootlegs I've seen are short and problematic, and there are no official live albums either. So this has to be the best live recording from them in the 1960s.

Here's their Wikipedia entry: 

The Rascals - Wikipedia 

The final act of the concert, and the headliner, was Eric Burdon and the Animals. Funnily enough, just like Tommy James and the Shondells and the Rascals, there are surprisingly few good live recordings from this band from the 1960s. There are some, but most of those suffer from sound quality issues and/or are quite short. I've posted the best one I could find at this blog, a concert in Stockholm, Sweden, in January 1968. Their appearance at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival was excellent (though short), and I've posted that here as well. Plus, there's a lot of BBC material from them as well. But still, considering how famous they were, one would have expected more live recordings to survive. At least this recording can be added in.

At the time of this concert, the Animals were on the decline. Singles were essential to success in the 1960s, and they only had one Top Forty hit in 1968, "Sky Pilot." They broke up at the end of the year. This concert avoided their earlier big hits and concentrated on material the band had done in the last year or so.

However, I strongly suspect there was more to their performance that isn't included here. They were the headliners for this concert. If you look at the 1967 KHJ concert, the headliners (the Supremes) for that one performed for about 50 minutes, 15 minutes longer than what we have for the Animals here. But that's just a guess, I don't know. However, clearly, this concert recording isn't 100 percent complete. For instance, we have DJ intros for the first three acts but not the Animals. Also, I got the Animals portion of this concert from a separate source than the rest, increasing the odds that something might be missing.

Now, let me address sound quality. This was broadcast on a radio station at the time, so this is really good for the 1960s. But still, broadcasting live music was rare in the 1960s, and the sound quality still left something to be desired. So I tried to fix the music as best I could. I ran every song through the MVSEP program twice, fixing different things each time. So it definitely sounds better now. However, the 1967 KHJ concert recording still sounds better, in my opinion.

This album is an hour and 58 minutes long. 

01 talk by emcee (Yellow Payges)
02 Uptight [Everything's Alright] (Yellow Payges)
03 Turn On Your Lovelight (Yellow Payges)
04 Sunshine of Your Love (Yellow Payges)
05 talk (Yellow Payges)
06 Crowd Pleaser (Yellow Payges)
07 Lady Jane (Yellow Payges)
08 I'm a Man (Yellow Payges)
09 talk by emcee (Tommy James & the Shondells)
10 People Get Ready - Get Ready (Tommy James & the Shondells)
11 Mirage (Tommy James & the Shondells)
12 Baby I Need Your Loving (Tommy James & the Shondells)
13 talk (Tommy James & the Shondells)
14 Gettin' Together (Tommy James & the Shondells)
15 What the World Needs Now Is Love (Tommy James & the Shondells)
16 Hanky Panky (Tommy James & the Shondells)
17 Mony Mony (Tommy James & the Shondells)
18 I Think We're Alone Now (Tommy James & the Shondells)
19 talk (Tommy James & the Shondells)
20 Gettin' Together [Reprise] (Tommy James & the Shondells)
21 talk by emcee (Rascals)
22 talk (Rascals)
23 Do You Feel It (Rascals)
24 Love Is a Beautiful Thing (Rascals)
25 talk (Rascals)
26 I'm So Happy Now (Rascals)
27 talk (Rascals)
28 Groovin' (Rascals)
29 A Girl like You (Rascals)
30 A Place in the Sun (Rascals)
31 A Beautiful Morning (Rascals)
32 People Got to Be Free (Rascals)
33 New York 1963 - America 1968 (Animals)
34 San Franciscan Nights (Animals)
35 talk (Animals)
36 Monterey - New York 1963, America 1968 - Monterey (Animals)
37 Sky Pilot (Animals)
38 talk by emcee (Animals)

https://pixeldrain.com/u/rna1kUgu

alternate:

https://bestfile.io/en/wLgVu304138pdrc/file

I couldn't find any photos from this exact concert. However, I found some promotional material, so I used that. I had to make some changes to make it fit into a square shape. 

Atlantic Records 40th Anniversary - Madison Square Garden, New York City, 5-14-1988, Part 4: The Manhattan Transfer, Genesis, Crosby, Stills and Nash, The Bee Gees, & The Rascals

Here's the fourth part of a six-hour long version of the Atlantic Records 40th Anniversary concert. 

Atlantic Records put out a lot of records by jazz artists. But since jazz music isn't a big seller, most of those artists didn't get invited to this concert. Two who did, Herbie Mann and Bobby Short, got cut out of the TV broadcast versions, so I don't have their performances. That just leaves the Manhattan Transfer to represent jazz, since they had some hits and wider commercial success in the 1970s and 80s.

Genesis is a band was only intermittently together in the 1980s. Phil Collins split his time between being in Genesis and having a hugely popular solo career. Mike Rutherford also carved out a successful solo career as the leader of Mike + the Mechanics. Genesis had last put out an album in 1986, "Invisible Touch," then toured to support it into 1987. However, this was the only concert they reunited for in 1988. Their twenty-minute long set was essentially one gigantic medley, although I've broken it into four tracks so I could get all the song names in.

As I mentioned previously, Crosby Stills and Nash sang the song "Southern Cross" to start this concert, but I don't have that recording. Then they returned for their own twenty-minute-long set. Most bootlegs of this concert have "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" earlier in the show, because the song order was scrambled up a bit on some TV broadcasts. But you can tell they did it here with the songs "Wooden Ships" and "Teach Your Children" because actor Michael Douglas referred to all three songs when he introduced them.

The Bee Gees played a relatively short set. In addition to "Lonely Days" and "Jive Talkin'" presented here, they also performed "To Love Somebody." However, I couldn't find a recording on that one. I found mention of it being posted on YouTube and then taken down, so it must be out there. If anyone has it, please let me know. Personally, I think the Bee Gees deserved another song or two, since they've one of the best selling acts of all time, but probably in the late 1980s they were still suffering from the backlash of their disco era overexposure.

The final musical act in this part is the Rascals. They broke up in 1972. This concert was their first reunion since then, going back to the original line-up that ended in 1970. After this concert, they would go on a short tour for a few months. After that, there were further one-off reunions in 1997 and 2010, and another tour in 2012 and 2013.

This album is an hour and 18 minutes long.

069 talk (Manhattan Transfer)
070 Mack the Knife (Manhattan Transfer)
071 Birdland (Manhattan Transfer)
072 Turn It On Again - Land of Confusion - Misunderstanding (Genesis)
073 Throwing It All Away (Genesis)
074 That's All - Tonight Tonight Tonight - Invisible Touch - Turn It On Again [Reprise] (Genesis)
075 You Can't Hurry Love - Shortcut to Somewhere - All I Need Is a Miracle (Genesis)
076 talk (Michael Douglas)
077 Wooden Ships (Crosby Stills & Nash)
078 talk (Crosby Stills & Nash)
079 Our House (Crosby Stills & Nash)
080 Suite- Judy Blue Eyes (Crosby, Stills & Nash)
081 talk (Bee Gees)
082 Lonely Days (Bee Gees)
083 Jive Talkin' (Bee Gees)
084 talk (Dan Aykroyd & Bill Murray)
085 Good Lovin' (Rascals)
086 Groovin' (Rascals)
087 People Got to Be Free (Rascals)

https://pixeldrain.com/u/t2DmMTS8

alternate:

https://bestfile.io/en/3pBToJ89aaas4tj/file

The cover photo is from this exact concert. It shows Mike Rutherford on guitar and Phil Collins singing.