New book offers glimpse into the Monkees' 1967 tour with Jimi Hendrix

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - Sept. 7, 2018 - PRLog -- Along Came Jones Media, a production company formed by the four daughters of The Monkees' Davy Jones, has announced the release of its first project. When the World & I Were Young – Snapshots from the Collection of Davy Jones, is a book showcasing behind-the-scenes snapshots from The Monkees' summer 1967 tour.

Photos included in the book are part of the personal collection of Davy Jones, left to his daughters after his passing in 2012. They include many photos taken by Jones himself, and some taken by those traveling with him during the 1967 tour. Featured in the photographs are Jones, his bandmates Micky Dolenz, Mike Nesmith, and Peter Tork, and a host of celebrities, performers, and Monkee insiders.

Most notable in the book are the images featuring the members of The Jimi Hendrix Experience, including Noel Redding, Mitch Mitchell, and Hendrix himself. The band opened for seven of The Monkees' 1967 tour dates but left the tour abruptly in mid-July.

With never-before-seen images, When the World & I Were Young – Snapshots from the Collection of Davy Jones features more than 80 full-color photographs—most taken during July 1967 using trendy new Kodak Instamatic 104 cameras. According to legendary rock photographer Henry Diltz, who traveled with the band on the 1967 tour, Mike Nesmith was responsible for getting everyone excited about the latest camera craze.

"One thing I remember is Mike had a Kodak 104 Instamatic camera. It had a little flash: You had a flashcube, four flashes, and it took little square jumbo prints. And he started buying them for everybody on the tour," says Diltz in the foreword of the book. "And they'd jump into someone's room and go flash, flash, flash, flash around the room and get pictures. Then, every city we'd go to, we'd get them printed and everybody was always trading their little jumbo prints around. That was kind of fun.

When the World & I Were Young – Snapshots from the Collection of Davy Jones is available now on Amazon.com. More information on the project is available on the company's Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/Along-Came-Jones-Media-191157554...), and on its website, alongcamejonesmedia.com (http://www.alongcamejonesmedia.com/).

Along Came Jones Media is a partnership created to develop projects that showcase the work and preserve the legacy of actor, singer, songwriter, and artist David Thomas "Davy" Jones. Learn more and come say hello at alongcamejonesmedia.com (http://www.alongcamejonesmedia.com/).

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