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The Easybeats 1966 - Friday On My Mind | 60s Around Sounds Music

We all know that decluttering is good for the mind, but sometimes it can deliver unexpected treasures. Like this 16mm B&W film of a career-changing performance of Australian rock quintet The Easybeats, Australia’s answer to The Beatles. Given it’s UNESCO’s World Day for Audiovisual Heritage, we think it’s the perfect time to celebrate this golden pop culture find. UNESCO’s event commemorates the importance of preserving audiovisual archives that document our cultural and social lives. This break

On this day in 1966, The Easybeats starred on Top of the Pops — and lost footage of the performance has now been released by the National Film and Sound Archive. The footage was recovered from New South Wales artist Lucy Culliton, whose late father had left a box marked 'Easybeats print — Friday on my Mind' at the back of a shelf. Of the 315 Top of the Pops episodes produced between 1964-69, the NFSA said only five complete episodes have survived. A digital scan of the performance has been sent