Marc Bolan (December 9, 1966) “Ready, Steady, Go!” Evening Standard – TV Listing

The December 9, 1966 edition of the Evening Standard lists Marc Bolan as a featured performer on the popular ITV pop show Ready, Steady, Go!, appearing alongside The Alan Price Set, Bobby Hebb, and The Move.

Publication: Evening Standard Date: December 9, 1966 Country: United Kingdom Location: London Section: Television Listings

THE STORY

The listing for the 6.8pm slot promotes “Ready, Steady, Go!” with guests including Marc Bolan, highlighting one of his earliest national television appearances during his pre-Tyrannosaurus Rex solo phase.

CONTEXT AND NOTES This appearance on Ready, Steady, Go! — one of Britain’s most influential pop music programmes — gave the young Marc Bolan valuable national exposure at a time when he was transitioning from folk/pop singles like “Hippy Gumbo” toward the psychedelic underground sound that would define Tyrannosaurus Rex.

FEATURE HIGHLIGHTS 

Event: Television appearance listing Era: 1966 (Pre-Tyrannosaurus Rex / Early Career)

Tone: Promotional, mainstream pop exposure

Photography: Text-based TV schedule (no photo in clipping)

WHAT THE CLIPPING SHOWS

• ITV schedule entry for Ready, Steady, Go! at 6.8pm

• Marc Bolan listed among the guests with The Alan Price Set, Bobby Hebb, and The Move

• Classic mid-1960s television listings format

RELATED MATERIAL 

This December 9, 1966 Evening Standard TV listing marks an important early national television appearance for Marc Bolan and connects directly to the November–December 1966 reviews of his single “Hippy Gumbo” as well as the October 30, 1965 London Life piece on the origin of his stage name.

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