Mick & Jimi, Top of the Pops, 1967 by Alec Byrne

Alec recalls: "What happened was, I would go around to the BBC studios and shoot bands who were performing on the Top of the Pops TV show. I was on retainer at New Musical Express, the big music magazine at the time. I heard Hendrix was performing so I made sure I was there. This was May of ’67 which I remember because it was the day after my 18th birthday. Hendrix and his band, Redding and Mitchell, were rehearsing and I was taking photos. Out of the corner of my eye I noticed a guy standing and watching next to the TV camera but it was hard to see. All the lights are on the stage in a studio like that, it’s dark everywhere else. But then I worked out - hey it’s Jagger! And he was just there to watch…checking out the competition I think. Once the rehearsal was done, Hendrix came down off the stage and Jagger went over to talk to him and I just went for it. 'Hey guys, how about a photo?' I got them to move closer together, shoulder to shoulder and they were probably thinking